Correspondence and literary manuscripts of James Sheridan Knowles
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Correspondence and literary manuscripts of James Sheridan Knowles
Classmark: BC MS 19c Knowles
Creator(s): Knowles, James Sheridan (1784-1862)
Date(s): 1825-1925
Language: English; German; French
Size and medium: 10 bound vols held on 1 shelf, manuscript, typescript, and printed
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/7416
Description
Comprises: Vol.1: A collection of autograph letters from James Sheridan Knowles to James Muspratt, with a letter from Lady Max Muspratt presenting the collection to Lord Brotherton, 18th April, 1831-12th June, 1862, and 25th July, 1925; includes typescript transcripts; Vol.2: Plays, William Tell, 1825; The beggar's daughter of Bethnal Green, 1828; Alfred the Great, 1831; Vol.3: Plays, The wife, 1833; Vol.4: Plays, The beggar of Bethnal Green, 1834; Vol.5: Plays, The love-chase, 1837; Vol.6: Plays, Woman's wit, The maid of Mariendorpt, 1838; Vol.7: Plays, John of Procida, 1840; Vol.8: Plays, Love, 1840; Vol.9: Plays, The rose of Arragon, 1842; The secretary, 1843; Vol.10: Criticisms from the 'Times', 'Blackwood's magazine', 'Edinburgh review', and other periodicals on the plays of James Sheridan Knowles; collected for James McHenry Esq. by Francis Harvey, 4 St. James's Street, London, 1875. Includes some translations and critical reviews in German and French.
Each volume is embossed on the spine in gold lettering with its contents and dates
Biography or history
James Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862), the dramatist, was the son of James Knowles the lexicographer. For fuller details see the Dictionary of National Biography
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