Almanacs.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Publications, usually annuals, containing a variety of useful facts of miscellaneous nature, or statistical information; originally included projections of coming days, months, and holidays. All examples of almanacs were normally indexed under this heading in the published volumes of the 'Catalogue of Manuscripts Acquired since 1925'.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
(1) `Monthly Review Almanack`, 1902-1903; and,(2) `Monthly Review`, number 65, February 1906. Included are two inserts to the magazine : (i) "Mr Murray`s Monthly List of books published during the month preceding and of books about to be published during the month succeeding the present date", 1 February 1906; and, (ii) handbill, [1906], "`Arethusa` training ship New Year gifts earnestly solicited"., 1902-1903, 1906.
File
Identifier: MS.42618
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1902-1903, 1906.