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Gosse, Edmund2
"Children of Cirencester"1
Angold, John (John Penrose Angold)1
Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa (Mrs Reginald Walpole Craigie), (Pseud. John Oliver Hobbes)1
Crossley-Holland, Kevin1
Grattan, Thomas Colley1
Haldane, Richard Burdon, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan1
Morley, John, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn1
Orage, Jessie1
Poorten-Schwartz, Joost Marius Willem (Pseud. Maarten Maartens), Van Der1

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Sender: Rich, W.

Recipient: "Children of Cirencester"

Letters: 1

Date(s): [n.d.]

Location: MS Dep 1990/1/5186

Note: In pencil. Attached: envelope postmarked 15 Jan 1915, passed by

censor.

Sender: Riches, Jack

Recipient: Crossley-Holland, Kevin

Letters: 2

Date(s): 2-29 Sept 1986

Location: BC MS 20c Crossley-Holland-1-10-1

Sender: Rich, Jack M.

Recipient: Roth, Cecil

Letters: 1

Date(s): 8 Apr 1963

Location: SC Roth letters

Note: Letter of condolence on the death of Cecil Roth's brother, Leon.

Sender: Morley, John, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn

Recipient: Haldane, Richard Burdon, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan

Letters: 1

Date(s): 27 Dec 1916; 23 Nov 1917

Location: BC Gosse correspondence. In VISCOUNT HALDANE'S LETTERS, vol. 5 & 6

Note: Postcard. Possibility of recovery of strength (signed J.M.). The second is a transcript by Gosse of a letter to Haldane. Grateful thanks for rich friendship and generosity of judgment.

Sender: Angold, John (John Penrose Angold)

Recipient: Orage, Jessie

Letters: 1

Date(s): 7 Nov 1934

Location: BC MS 20c Orage, Section 31

Note: Mourns the loss of a friend on the death of A R Orage. Adds "May you live to see his work not perish and his name blessed and honoured universally by the poor as well as by the rich who could afford the leisure of his books"

Sender: Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa (Mrs Reginald Walpole Craigie), (pseud. John Oliver Hobbes)

Recipient: Gosse, Edmund

Letters: 17

Date(s): [6 Jun 1898] - 5 Jun 1905

Location: BC Gosse correspondence, shelved in volume lettered JOHN OLIVER HOBBES

Category: 19c2 Female

Note: Mrs Craigie was an American, educated in England, who married young and unhappily, but she was fortunate in having a very charming and rich father, who made a fortune by a world-advertised patent pill. His daughter was also his companion, and lived in his castle in the Isle of Wight. The ambitious authoress had every luxury money could obtain, even to a literary journal, "The Academy". On comedy writing; Mauprat and Donne; a sequel to "The School for Saints"; deep gratitude for letter about "Brigit"; thanks for incomplete delightful letters; willing to write on George Sand; Austin Dobson's poems; Life in Paris, where had met Seaman; novel by Mrs Eustis; hopes something can be done for Joseph Conrad; "as for the birthday, it must have its own proper letter from your completely infatuated grateful Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie"; theatre business; article on "notre cher Jeremy"; encloses "my little satire"; lack of appreciation of comedy and satire.

Sender: Weyer, Sylvain Van de

Recipient: Grattan, Thomas Colley

Letters: 5

Date(s): 1 Nov 1833; 4 n.d.

Location: BC Misc. letters 2

Note: Van de Weyer was an eminent Belgian diplomat and man of letters. Appointed Ambassador to London in 1831, he was influential in many of the European political questions of his day. He left writings and worked for the encouragement and support of other writers. He built up a rich library in his residence at New Lodge, Windsor, where he was buried after his death in London. Grattan, an Irish-born author (novelist, poet, historian, travel writer, dramatist and translator), moved in the most eminent social and literary circles of his day. He is known to have returned to Belgium in 1828 after a long absence, this return being mentioned in letter No. 1. Letter No. 4, written to Sir Robert Adair, is nevertheless obviously meant for Grattan's perusal and is a covering note for letters to be passed on to him. Letter No. 5, perhaps also to Sir Robert Adair, is also a covering note accompanying letters for Grattan. Sir Robert Adair (1763-1855) was a politician entrusted with various foreign missions.
Letters 2 and 3 concern the publication of material which is evidently of interest to both sender and recipient.

Sender: Poorten-Schwartz, Joost Marius Willem (pseud. Maarten Maartens), van der

Recipient: Gosse, Edmund

Letters: 28

Date(s): 17 Apr 1892 - 18 Sep 1914

Location: BC Gosse correspondence. In volume Maarten Maartens.

Note: The letters of 9 Jul 1893, 5 November 1893, 28 June 1911, 19 June 1913 and 4 August 1914 are typewritten copies. In volume MAARTEN MAARTENS M. Poorton-Schwartz was a Dutch novelist who wrote in English under the pseudonym of Maarten Maartens by which name he is well known. Many of his books attained deserved popularity, the best known being "The Sin of Joost Ave lingh", "God's Fool", and "Harmen Pols". Balestier; stamps for G.'s son, Lady Jeune and morality; George Bentley, M.M.'s "Lewes", 5000 high among winter snows; thanks to Mr & Mrs G. for hospitality; thanks for membership of "Nat. Cloyb."; Zola "Questions at Issue", "Diana Tempest"; to "amicissime", G's visit to M.M.; M.M.'s dogs; wants of Society in Holland; Lord de Tabley; (1899) M.M.'s disease; to G. at Torquay from Algiers; wife's illness; (1905) thanks for Patmore, visit to Scotland; elections in Holland, socialists "simply systematic robbers of the rich"; life in Swiss hotel; Grierson; (1907) "lurid time" in New York;
invitation to ride in new motor car; crisis in England "Here, of course, we believe England to be a roaring revolution"; (1911) Wells, Radot; Keats; G. back from Norman holiday; Parisian gastronomy, G. Moore, M.M.'s dinner to 16 clergymen; (1913) sorrow for return after brief visit to G., fire at Doorn, illness of Phillip G; (8 August 1914) "do anything to prevent this little country being trodden down in dirt"; (12 August 1914) "all correspondence has ceased", ... "God be with you and us"; (15 August 1914) "I am convinced you are utterly mistaken", ... "resolve to defend our independence ... don't let us write any more".