Finding Aid for the Richard Bentley and Son papers, 1800-1936

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UCLA Library Special Collections

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Richard Bentley and Son papers

Date (inclusive): 1800-1936

Collection number: 830

Creator: Richard Bentley and Son

Extent: 9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)

Abstract: Richard Bentley (1794-1871) worked at his brother Samuel's printing shop. He published a series of 127 volumes known as standard novels and retired in 1867, after which his son George Bentley (1828-95) ran the business. His grandson, Richard Bentley, (1854-1936) ran the business for five years until its dissolution in 1898. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, business records, catalogs, and ephemera related to the activities and literary associations of Richard Bentley and his publishing firm, Richard Bentley and Son.

Language: Finding aid is written in English.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Purchase, 1950-1995.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Richard Bentley and Son papers (Collection Number 830). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Biography/History

Richard Bentley (1794-1871) was born in London and attended St. Paul's school; in 1819 joined printing office set up by his brother Samuel; became partner of Henry Colburn, publisher of fashionable novels, 1829; after Colburn's departure, Bentley published Dickens' Oliver Twist; began Bentley's Miscellany in 1837, with first Charles Dickens and then W.H. Ainsworth as editor until it ceased publication in 1868; published a series of 127 volumes known as standard novels; retired 1867, after which his son George Bentley (1828-95) ran the business; his grandson Richard Bentley (1854-1936) ran the business for five years until its dissolution in 1898.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, business records, catalogs, and ephemera related to the activities and literary associations of Richard Bentley and his publishing firm, Richard Bentley and Son. Also includes letters to the younger Richard Bentley after the demise of the Bentley firm in 1898.

Expanded Scope and Content

UCLA's collection of the Papers of the publishing firm of Richard Bentley has been collected from various sources. Two large groups of material were purchased in 1963, one from Francis Edwards, Limited, through an American bookseller, and the other at Sotheby's auction, February 19, 1963, Lot 387. The group from Francis Edwards comprises the bulk of the correspondence, while the group purchased at Sotheby's consisted primarily of manuscripts from the firm's archive which had been submitted to them for publication.

In addition we have purchased at various times beginning about 1950 smaller groups of letters to and from the Bentleys. Strictly speaking the letters from the Bentleys to various authors should not be part of the Papers since those letters belong in the papers of the recipient of the letters, but for convenience we have included them in the Bentley Papers. It is interesting that a number of the letters from well-known writers such as James Fenimore Cooper, Marguerite Blessington, and Charles Dickens, to name a few, were purchased from Winfred A. Myers, London manuscript dealer, in large bundles of literary manuscripts, and it was only when we had them in hand that we discovered that they belonged in the Bentley Papers. And in a few cases letters to the Bentleys remained for many years in a file with other letters of the writer until the error was noticed.

UCLA does have some additional manuscript material relating to the firm of Richard Bentley which is not a part of our Bentley Papers, and consequently not on this microfilm. We own the manuscripts of the following novels published by Bentley:

Broughton, Rhoda, 1840-1920. Second Thoughts, by... In three parts. [n.p., ca. 1880] 2 p.l., 739 leaves. Holograph manuscript. Published in 1880.

Buchanan, Robert Williams, 1841-1901. The Shadow of the Sword. A romance. [n.p., 1876] 226 leaves. Holograph manuscript. Published in 1876.

[Burdon, Hannah D., afterwards Mrs. Wolfensberger. Seymour of Sudley; or The Last of the Franciscans. n.p., ca. 1828-1836] [8pp.], 57-343, 337, 345pp. Holograph manuscript. pp.1-56 are missing. Published in 1836.

Patten-Sauners, W.H., Captain. Black and Gold; or The Don! The Don! A Tale of the Circassian War. [n.p., ca. 1864] 3 vol. Holograph manuscript. Published in 1864.

[Pisani, Mme. Marianna. Vandeleur; or Animal Magnetism. A novel. n.p., ca. 1830-1836] 3 p.l., 852 leaves. Holograph manuscript. Published in 1836.

[St. John, Isabella, Lady] The Legacy, by the author of Geraldine Hamilton... In three volumes... [n.p., ca. 1835] 2 p.l., 37-86, 105-735, 29, [1]p. Holograph manuscript. Four stories published in 1836 under the title, Mrs. Cleveland, and The St. Clairs, etc. pp.1-36 and 87-104 are missing. Ascribed to Lady Isabella St. John in the Bentley Catalogue, January 21, 1836. Geraldine Hamilton is ascribed to Lady Isabella Mohn in The English Novel, 1740-1850, by Andrew Block, p.163, and to Miss E.H. Macleod in the British Museum Catalogue.

Two of these, the Burdon and the Pisani, were part of the group purchased at Sotheby's auction, February 19, 1963, and catalogued separately because of their length. The others, with one exception, were purchased at various times and catalogued as individual items for the same reason. The one exception is the manuscript of Rhoda Broughton's Second Thoughts. This was acquired from the University of Illinois Library in 1959 in exchange for an important group of H.G. Wells manuscripts which we thought should join the large Wells Collection in the University of Illinois Library.

Regretting the break-up of the Bentley Archive is certainly an exercise in futility, but on the other hand, I do have a small sense of pleasure and accomplishment that at UCLA we have been instrumental in bringing some of this material together again. An interesting project for the future would be a checklist with location of the Bentley correspondence now scattered in many collections, both public and private.

Brooke Whiting

Curator of Rare Books

Department of Special Collections

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:

Correspondence (Boxes 1-2).
Manuscripts (Boxes 3-7).
Bentley archives for 1891, 1893-98 from the Bodleian Library, Oxford University (Box 8).
Temple Bar and proof sheets (Box 9).

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871.

Bentley, George, 1828-1895.

Bentley, R. (Richard), 1854-1936.

Richard Bentley and Son Archives.

Publishers and publishing--England--London--Archival resources.

Items Removed from Collection

Bentley's List of Publications for the years:

1897 (which was set up in Type).
1891, 1893, 1895, 1896 (which was in manuscript only).

These were withdrawn from this collection in May of 1970, to be bound and catalogued to complete the set: Z2003 B44l.

Container List

Correspondence in the Richard Bentley Firm, Publishers, London

Aflalo, Frederick George, 1870-1918.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

The Age, Melbourne.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882.

Box 1

2 letters to Mr. Bentley.

Albemarle, William Coutts Kepple, 7th earl of, 1832-1894.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Antrobus, Clara Louisa.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II, 1854-1936.

Ashley, Rt. Hon. Anthony Evelyn Melbourne, 1836-1907.

Box 1

3 letters to George Bentley.

Atkinson, W.E.G.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Austin, Alfred, 1835-1913.

Box 1

6 letters to George Bentley.

The Autotype Company, London.

Box 1

2 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Badeley, Mrs.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Baines, Frederick Ebenezer, 1832-1911.

Box 1

4 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Baker, G.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Balch, William Ralston, 1852-1917.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Bangs, Lemuel W.

Note

See Scribner, firm, publishers, New York

Bancroft, Sir Squire Bancroft, 1841-1926.

Box 1

11 letters to George Bentley.

Barham, Richard Harris, 1788-1845.

Box 1

2 letters to Mr. Bentley.

Barker, Edward Harrison, 1851-1919.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Barlee, Edward.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Barnard, Harry, 1906- .

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Barton, William Henry, 1869-1928.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Barttelot, Sir Walter George, bart., 1855-1900.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Batty, Beatrice (Stebbing).

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Beard, Nathaniel Thomas.

Box 1

2 letters to Richard Bentley I.

Beechey, St. Vincent, 1841-1905.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Beeching, Henry Charles, 1859-1919.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Bell, Florence Eveleen Eleanore (Oliffe) lady, 1851-1930.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Bell, Robert, 1800-1867.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Bennet, Miss Helen A.

Box 1

1 letter and enclosure to George Bentley.

Bentley, Anna C.

Box 1

1 letter to My dear cousin, [a Bentley].

Bentley, G. Samuel.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Bentley, Joseph Clayton, 1809-1851.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871.

Box 1

Letters to various persons... 1830-1871.

Box 1

Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London.

Scope and Content Note

Letters to Various Persons from Bentley Publishers.

Box 1

1 letter to the Countess of Blessington from Richard Bentley I.

Box 1

1 letter to Robert William Buchanan from George Bentley.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Dowcett from V.O. Marsh (employee of Bentley Publishers).

Box 1

20 letters to Dr. Garsia from George Bentley.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Harrison from George Bentley.

Box 1

1 letter to Thomas Arthur Nash from George Bentley.

Box 1

1 letter to The Times, London from Richard Bentley I.

Box 1

1 letter addressed to Dear Sir from Bentley Publishers.

Box 1

1 letter to Miss Corkran from Richard Bentley II Purchase, Howard S. Mott May 1884.

Box 1

2 letters to F.G. Kitton from George Bentley Purchase, Howard S. Mott May 1884.

Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London.

Scope and Content Note

Letters re Desart Libel.

Box 1

1 letter to Lean, Mrs. Florence (Marryat) Church, 1837-1899, from George Bentley.

Box 1

1 letter to Florence (Marryat) Church from Clowes, William C.K., 1807-1883.

Box 1

5 letters to Florence (Marryat) Church from Desart, William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe, 4th earl of, 1845-1898.

Box 1

1 letter to William Clowes from George Bentley.

Box 1

1 letter to My dear sir, Colonel White (?), from Florence (Marryat) Church.

Box 1

1 letter to the Earl of Desart from Florence (Marryat) Church; holograph copy.

Bettany, George Thomas, 1850-1891.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Billing & Sons, Limited, Guildford.

Box 1

2 letters to Richard Bentley II.

Box 1

3 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, 1825-1900.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Blackwood, James Hugh, d. 1938.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Blessington, Marguerite (Power) Farmer Gardiner, countess of, 1789-1849.

Note

See Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London. Letters to various persons....

Blyth, Mary Popham.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Bond, Caroline Frances (Barham) lady.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Boner, Charles, n.d.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley. January 29, 1870.

Boucicault, Dion, 1820?-1890.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Boussod Valadon & Company, London.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Bowman, F.E.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Boyle, Frederick, 1841- .

Box 1

4 letters to George Bentley.

Bradley, George Granville, 1821-1903.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Braybrooke, Charles Cornwaleis Neville, 1823-1902.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Breton, Mrs. Florence Barbara (Slade).

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Brew, Miss M.W.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Bridge, Arthur.

Box 1

2 letters to George Bentley.

Broderip, Francis Freeling (Hood), 1830-1878.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Brodie, Mrs. Jessie A Mrs. A Oswald Brodie.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Brooks, Shirley, 1815-1874.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Brougham-Vaux, Henry Peter Brougham, baron, 1778-1868.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Broughton, Augusta Delvia.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Broughton, Rhoda, 1840-1920.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Bruton, H.W.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Box 1

Buchanan, Robert Williams, 1841-1901.

Note

See, Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London, Letters to...

Buckle, George Earle, 1854-1935.

Box 1

2 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Buckton, George Boudler, 1817-1905.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Buél, Kenneth F.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Bunch, R Stanton.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858- .

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Bute, K.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Campbell, Sir James [James Callendar], 1745-1832.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Canton, William, 1845-1926.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Carey, Rosa Nouchette, d. 1909.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 1

2 letters to George Bentley.

Carmichael, Montgomery, 1857-1936.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Carr, Ralph.

Box 1

13 letters to Richard Bentley I.

Carson, Lionel, 1873-1931.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Cassell & Company, Limited, publishers, London.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Castle, Egerton, 1858-1920.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Cave, Henry William, 1854- .

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Chads, Sir Henry Duchie, bart., 1788?-1868.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Chamier, Daniel, 1860-1920.

Box 1

1 letter and circular to George Bentley.

Chamier, Frederick, 1796-1870.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Chaplin, W.H. & Company, London.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Chasles, Philarète, 1798-1873.

Box 1

1 letter, in French, to Bentley Publishers.

Chatterton, Henrietta Georgina Marcia Lascelles (Iremonger) lady, 1806-1876.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Chepman, Clarice.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 1

Chorley, Henry Fothergill, 1808-1872.

Note

See Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871. Letters to various persons... 1848-1871

Chichetifian, Baghis.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 1

Church, Mrs. Ross.

Note

See Lean, Mrs. Florence (Marryat) Church, 1837-1899

Box 1

Clark, Edward.

Note

See Clark, R. & C., printers, Edinburgh

Box 1

Clark, Robert, 1825-1894.

Note

See Clark, R. & C., printers, Edinburgh

Clark, R. & C., printers, Edinburgh.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Box 1

2 letters to George Bentley.

Clifford, Lucy (Lane) Mrs. W.K. Clifford, d. 1929.

Box 1

10 letters to George Bentley.

Box 1

Clowes, William C.K., 1807-1883.

Note

See Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London, Letters re Desart libel

Clowes, William & Sons, Limited, printers, London.

Box 1

2 letters and illustrations to Bentley Publishers.

Box 1

3 letters to Richard Bentley II.

Cockburn, S. & Son, printers, Ossett.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Coleridge, Henry James, 1822-1893.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Colnaghi, Martin Lewis Gaetano, d. 1851.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Constable, Archibald David, 1843-1915.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Constable, Edwin C.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Cook, John Douglas, 1808?-1868.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Cook, Thomas Edward.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Corbett, Edward, d. 1895.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924.

Box 1

3 letters to George Bentley.

Corkran, Henriette.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Costello, Louisa Stuart, 1799-1870.

Box 1

1 letter to Dear Sir.

Cox, Edward William, 1809-1879.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Crisp, Frederick Arthur, 1851-1922.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 1

Croker, Thomas Croftin, 1798-1854

Note

See Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871. Letters to various persons...

Box 1

Croker, Thomas Francis Dillon.

Note

See Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871. Letters to various persons... 1848-1871

Cross, Ada (Cambridge), 1844- .

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Crouch, H.N.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Cruikshank, Percy.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Curryer & Baynes, London.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Davies, Sir William, 1863-1935.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Dayman, Edward Arthur.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

De le Condaime & Johnston, London.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Delane, John Thaddeus, 1817-1879.

Box 1

3 letters to George Bentley.

Box 1

Desart, William Ulick O'Connor Cuffe, 4th earl of, 1845-1898.

Note

See Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London. Letters re Desart Libel

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Diehl, Alice Mangold, d. 1912.

Box 1

11 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Dixon, Frederick Alfred, 1880-1925.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Dobell, Sydney Thompson, 1824-1874.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Doran, John, 1807-1878.

Box 1

4 letters to Mr. Bentley.

Doughty, Fanny Albert.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Dowcett, Mr.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Note

See Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London. Letters to....

Box 1

Drummond, Sir Francis W, bart.

Duff, Charles Edward, 1858-1936.

Box 1

1 letter and photography to George Bentley.

Duff, Henrietta Anne, 1842-1879.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple-Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, marquis of, 1826-1902.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Eastlake, Elizabeth, (RiGeorge Bentleyy) lady, 1809-1893.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall, 1824-1908.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Edwardes, Charles Lincoln, 1863- .

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Edwards, Mrs. Annie, d. 1896.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Edwards, Matilda Barbara Betham, 1836-1919.

Box 1

5 letters to George Bentley.

Box 1

Elliot, Emma.

Note

See Hollis, Margery, pseudonym

Ellis, Stewart Marsh, d. 1933.

Box 1

6 letters to Richard Bentley II.

Emerton, Wolseley Partridge, 1844?- .

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Executors of the Dean of Westminister - Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley.

Box 1

1 letter from George Bentley.

Faber, Reginald Stanley, 1849- .

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Fairbank, Sir William, 1850-1929.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Family Grocer and Wine Merchant, Dublin. (periodical).

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Farrar, Frederic William, 1831-1903.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Faux, William.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Ferrier, John.

Box 1

2 letters to George Bentley.

Festing, Henry.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Fetherstonhaugh, Hon. Mrs. Maria Georgiana (Carleton), 1847- .

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Ficenton, J.K.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Fisher, Esther Y.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Fisher, Sydney George, 1856-1927.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington, 1834-1925.

Box 1

2 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Fitz Gibbon, Mary Agnes, 1851-1915.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Fitzpatrick, William John, 1830-1895.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Flint, Alicia.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Fonblanque, Albany de Grenier, 1829-1924.

Box 1

3 letters to George Bentley.

Forrester, Alfred Henry, 1804-1872.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Forster, Charles, d. 1871.

Box 1, Folder 1

10 letters to Richard Bentley I.

Box 1

10 letters to George Bentley.

Box 1

15 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Box 1, Folder 2

35 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Forster, Laura Mary.

Box 1

7 letters to George Bentley.

Foster, James Richard, 1874-1938.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Fowler, Ada Dayquill.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Foxwell, Ernest.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Francis, John Collins, 1838-1916.

Box 1

2 letters to Richard Bentley II.

Franklin, Sir John, 1786-1847.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Fraser, James Baillie, 1783-1856.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Freeman, Gage Earle.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Friswell, James Hain, 1825-1878.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Fry, Henry.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Galt, John, 1779-1839.

Box 1

1 letter and receipt to Bentley Publishers.

Garcia, Manuel, 1805-1906.

Box 1

1 letter from Garcia to Bentley Publishers.

Box 1

5 letters relating to the Garcia controversy.

Physical Description: (folder)

Garrett-Fisher, W.E.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 1

Garsia, Dr. W. Marston.

Note

See Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London, Letters to...

Gaskell, Annie.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Germains, Victor Wallace.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Giannothi, Maria.

Box 1

4 letters, in Italian, to Bentley Publishers.

Gilby

Box 1

1 letter from Richard Bentley. June 7, 1863.

Goff, Gerald Lionel Joseph, d. 1899.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Gosse, Edmund William, 1849-1928.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Grand, Sarah, pseudonym.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Greely, Adolphus Washington, 1844-1935.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Green, Alfred John Morgan, 1833-1911.

Box 1

1 enclosure to Bentley Publishers.

Green & Williams, solicitors, Nottingham.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke, 1794-1865.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Grey, Henry George Grey, 3rd earl, 1802-1894.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Grimshaw, Beatrice Ethel.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Grimwood, Ethel, Mrs. F. St. C. Grimwood.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Guizot, Francis Pierre Guillamme, 1787-1874.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Guthrie, Thomas Anstey, 1856-1934.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Hachette & Company, Paris.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Haggard, Frederick.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Hake, Thomas Gordon, 1809-1895.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Halcombe, Charles J.H.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 1

Harrison, Mr.

Note

See Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London, Letters to..

Harrison, Elizabeth H., 1849-1927.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Hatley, Mary (Laffan), May Laffan.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Heal, Sir Ambrose, 1872- .

Box 1

3 letters to Richard Bentley II.

Heath, Leopold George, 1817-1907.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Hector, Mrs. Annie (French), 1825-1902.

Box 1

5 letters to Mr. Bentley.

Heinemann, William, 1863-1920.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Helps, Sir Arthur, 1813-1875.

Box 1

2 letters to George Bentley.

Herbert, Henry George, 1813?- .

Box 1

3 letters to George Bentley.

Herbert, Mary Elizabeth (A'Court), baroness, 1822-1911.

Box 1

2 letters to George Bentley.

Higbed, Robert.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Hill, Benson Earle, 1795-1845.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Hill, John Spencer, 1855- .

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Hill, Thomas, 1760-1840.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Hills-Jones, Sir James, 1883-1919.

Box 1

2 letters to Richard Bentley II.

Hissey, James John, d. 1921.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Hollis, Margery [pseudonym of Emma Elliot].

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Holmes, Charles John, 1868-1936.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Holmes, Florie W.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Holt, Henry, 1840-1926.

Box 1

2 letters and clipping to George Bentley.

Box 1

2 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Hook, Theodore Edward, 1788-1841.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers; and 3 contracts between Bentley and Hook, 1830, 1832, and 1836.

Hooper, Jane Margaret (Winnard).

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Horder, Percy Richard Morley, 1870-1944.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Howard, Mr.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Hudson, William Henry, 1841-1922.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Hughes-Hughes, M E.

Box 1

1 letter to George Bentley.

Hutchinson, Clement, 1858- .

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Hutton, John Henry, 1885- .

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Ihlee & Sankey, London.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Inman, George Ellis, 1814-1840.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Inwards, Richard, 1840-1937.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

James, George Payne Rainsford, 1801?-1860.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Japp, Alexander Hay, 1837-1905.

Box 1

2 letters to Richard Bentley II.

Jeir-Carleton, H.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Jennings, Cecil F.J.

Box 1

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Jerdan, William, 1782-1869.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826-1884.

Box 1

2 letters to Richard Bentley I.

Jerrold, Douglas William, 1803-1857.

Box 1

2 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Jerrold, Evelyn.

Box 1

5 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Jerrold, Sidney.

Box 1

2 letters to George Bentley.

Jesse, John Heneage, 1815-1874.

Box 1

2 letters to George Bentley.

Jones, Edward.

Box 1

3 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Jones, J.H.H.

Box 1

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Jouvet & Company, Paris.

Box 1

2 letters, in French, to Bentley Publishers.

Juta, J.C. & Company, Capetown.

Box 1

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Kaye, Sir John William, 1814-1876.

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Kemble, Francis Anne, 1809-1893.

Box 2

2 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Kemsley & Elkington, London.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Kenealy, Edward Vaughan Hyde, 1819-1880.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Keon, Anne D., Mrs. M.G. Keon.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Kimball, Richard Burleigh, 1816-1892.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers (incomplete letter).

Kingsley, George Henry, 1827-1892.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Kirkwood, James.

Note

See Clark, R. & C., printers, Edinburgh

Kitton, Frederic George, 1856-1903.

Box 2

3 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Kuntz, George Frederick, 1856-1932.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Lace, Miss.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Lane-Fox, Florence.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Landon, Letitia Elizabeth, 1802-1838.

Box 2

29 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Le Soudier, H., Librairie Etrangere, Paris.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Lean, Mrs. Florence (Marryat) Church, 1837-1899.

Note

See also Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London, Letters re Desart Libel.

Leech, Catharine E.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Lever, Charles James, 1806-1872.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Lewis, Wilmarth Sheldon, 1895- .

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Liddell, Christina Catherine (Fraser-Tytler).

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

The Living Age, Boston.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Loftie, William John, 1839-1911.

Box 2

1 letter and clipping to Bentley Publishers.

Lean, Mrs. Florence (Marryat) Church, 1837-1899.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Longman, Charles James, 1852-1934.

Note

See Longmans, firm, publishers, London

Longman, Thomas, 1804-1879.

Note

See Longmans, firm, publishers, London

Longman, Thomas Norton, 1859-1930.

Note

See Longmans, firm, publishers, London

Longmans, firm, publishers, London.

Box 2

2 letters to Mr. Bentley from Charles James L.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I from Thomas L.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II from Thomas Norton L.

Lover, Henry William.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Low, Charles Rathbone, 1837-1918.

Box 2

1 letter and enclosure to George Bentley.

Lucy, Sir Henry William, 1845-1924.

Box 2

12 letters to George Bentley.

Lynd, William.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Lyne, Joseph Leycester [Father Ignatius], 1837-1908.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer/Lytton, 1st baron, 1803-1873.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

M'Clure, Sir John David, 1860-1922.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

MacColl, Norman, 1843-1905.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

McFall, Francis Elizabeth (Clarke), 1862-1943.

Note

See Grand, Sarah, pseudonym

McGee, William, bookseller, Dublin.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

MacKerman, H.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Macmillian, Maurice Crawford, 1853-1936.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

McNeile, Hugh, 1795-1879.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Macniven & Cameron, Edinburgh.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Madden, Richard Robert, 1798?-1886.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Maginn, William, 1793-1842.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Majendie, Lady Margaret Elizabeth (Lindsay), 1850- .

Box 2

9 letters to George Bentley.

Makinson, Joseph, 1836-1914.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Malmesbury, James Howard Harris, 3rd earl of, 1807-1889.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Malortie, Baron Carl von.

Box 2

5 letters to Mr. Bentley.

Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Box 2

Marsh, V.O.

Note

See Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London. Letters to...

Marsh-Caldwell, Mrs. Anne (Caldwell), 1791-1874.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Martin, Violet Florence, 1865-1915.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Matthews, Mrs. I Wallar.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Matthey, Rev. A.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Maud, J.W.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Maurice, Frederick Dennison, 1805-1872.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Mayhew, Horace, 1816-1872.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Middleton, Hastings Burton, 1839?- .

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Miles, George Edward, 1852-1942.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Miller, John.

Box 2

1 letter and enclosure to Richard Bentley II.

Mitchell, Edward Card (Captain Cole), 1853-1914.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Mitchell & Hughes, Ye Wardour Press, London.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Moncrieff, William Thomas, 1794-1857.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Money, E. Ernle.

Box 2

2 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Montagu, Basil, 1770-1851.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Mookerjee, C.P., news agent, Calcutta.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Morgan, Sydney (Owenson) lady, 1783?-1859.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Mudie's Select Library, London.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Mulholland, Rosa, (MacMahon).

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Murphy, Sir James Joseph, bart., 1843-1922.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Murray.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Murray, John, 1808-1892.

Box 2

2 letters to Mr. Bentley.

Murray, Sir John, 1851-1928.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Napier, Robina, Mrs. Alexander Napier.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Nash, Thomas Arthur, 1850- .

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Scope and Content Note

See also Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London, Letters to...

Nesfield, William Eden, 1835-1888.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Nicolas, Mrs. Sarah (Davison), 1800-1867.

Box 2

3 letters to Richard Bentley I.

Norris, Emilia (Marryat).

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Norwich, John T.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Ogilvie, Sir Andrew Muter John, 1858-1924.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Oliphant, Lawrence, 1829-1888.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Oliver, Samuel Pasfield, 1838-1907.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Ollier, Edmund, 1827-1886.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Orr, John Gustavus, 1819-1887.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Ortmann, Emmy.

Box 2

1 letter and ledger enclosure to Richard Bentley II.

Outram, Leonard, d. 1901.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

The Overland Mail, London.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Palmer, John McAuley, 1817-1900.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Parr, Louisa, d. 1903.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Patmore, Georgiana.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Peach, Robert Edward Myhill.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Peacock, Bligh.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Peard, Frances Mary, 1835-1923.

Box 2

2 letters to Mr. Bentley.

Pearse, Hugh Wodehouse, 1855-1919.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Pease, Joseph Whitwell, 1828-1903.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Petherick, Edward Augustus, 1842-1917.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Pfitzer, Wilhelm, Stuttgart.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Phipps, Richard, 1865-1934.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Pickford, John.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Pigott-Carleton, Mrs. Attie [Lady Dorchester].

Box 2

4 letters to George Bentley.

Plon, Eugène, 1836-1895.

Box 2

2 letters to Bentley Publishers, in French.

Plury, E.

Box 2

1 letter, in French, to Bentley Publishers.

Pollock, Emma Jane (Pipon), d. 1922.

Box 2

4 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Pollock, Julia (Creed) lady, d. 1899.

Box 2

42 letters to George Bentley.

Pollock, William Herries, 1850-1926.

Box 2

85 letters to George Bentley.

Postans, Robert.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Poulton, William Herring, 1834-1907.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Powell, H.Y.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Power, Tyrone, 1797-1841.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Power, Victor O'Donovan.

Box 2

2 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Praed, Rosa Caroline Mackworth, 1851-1935.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Prideaux, William Francis, 1840-1914.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Prior, Sir James, 1790?-1869.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Proctor, Fred.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Prouting, Frederick J.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Railway Guide General Printing, Publishing & Stationery Works, Manchester.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Ranke, Leopold von, 1795-1886.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Reeves, Charles, 1815-1866.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Reeves, Mrs. Helen Buckingham (Mathers), 1853-1920.

Box 2

15 letters to Mr. Bentley.

Reeves, John Sims, 1818-1900.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Reid, Andrew.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Reinige, Louis, Leipzig.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Retail Newsagents and Booksellers Union, London.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 2

Review of Reviews (periodical).

Note

See Stead, William Thomas, 1849-1912

Ribton-Turner, Charles James.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Richards, Florence B.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Richmond, Charles Gordon Lennox, 5th Duke of, 1791-1860.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Riddell, Charlotte Eliza Lawson (Cowan), 1832-1906.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley from Miss Bird, concerning Mrs. Riddell.

Rideal, Charles F.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Ritchie, Anne Isabella (Thackeray) lady, 1837-1919.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Rivenhall, E.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Rivington & Son, London.

Box 2

1 letter and enclosure to Mr. Bentley.

Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st earl of, 1832-1914.

Box 2

16 letters to Mr. Bentley.

Robertson, Eric Sutherland.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Robertson, George & Company, Melbourne.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Robinson, Nellie.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Roebuck, John Arthur, 1801-1879.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Ross, Emma Mary.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Rossedome, L., Constantinople.

Box 2

1 letter, in French, to Bentley Publishers.

Ryan, Marah Ellis (Martin), 1860?-1934.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Note

Missing from collection.

Sadleir, Michael, 1888-1957.

Box 2

3 letters to Richard Bentley II.

Sala, George Augustus Henry, 1828-1895.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Sargent, Herbert Howland, 1858-1921.

Box 2

5 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Schindler, Johanne.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Schulze, Alfred, 1861- .

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Schwartz, Jozua Marius Willem van der Poorten, 1858-1915.

Box 2

5 letters to Richard Bentley II.

Scribner, firm, publishers, New York.

Box 2

2 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Scott, Hugh Stowell, 1862-1903.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Scott, Mrs. Margaret J.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Secker, E.H.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Seifferth, Charles B.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Serfaty, Solomon.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Shee, Sir Martin Archer, 1769-1858.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Sidgwick, Cecily (Ullman) Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick, d. 1934.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 2

2 letters to Mr. Bentley.

Box 2

3 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Simpson, George & Company Limited, London.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Sinclair, May H. St. C.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Smith, Evangiline J.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Smith, Reginald Bosworth, 1839-1908.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Smith, W. Paterson.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Smith, Sir William, 1813-1893.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Somerville, Edith Anna OEnone, 1861-1949.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Soyer, Alexis Benoit, 1809-1858.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Spackman, Netta.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Spiller, Robert Ernest, 1896- .

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Spottiswoode & Company, London.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Stead, William Thomas, 1849-1912.

Box 2

2 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Story, Alfred Thomas, 1842-1934.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Stubbs, Miss Laura.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Sunndrop.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Swain, John & Son, Limited, London.

Box 2

2 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Symons, George James, 1838-1900.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Box 2

6 letters to Richard Bentley II.

Tabrum, Arthur H.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Tauchnitz, Bernhard Freiherr von, 1816-1895.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 1856-1915.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Tennent, Sir James Emerson, 1804-1869.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Thackery, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Thistlethwayle, James Seymour.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Thompson, Henry, 1797-1878.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Thoms, William John, 1803-1885.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Thuig, Herrick B.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Thurston, B.W.

Box 2

4 letters, clipping and enclosure to George Bentley.

The Times, London.

Note

See also Bentley, Richard, firm, publishers, London, Letters to...

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Tindal, Charles H., 1794-1846?.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Tod, H.M.

Note

See Chaplin, W.H. & Company, London

Toynbee, Paget, 1855-1932.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Tregaskis, James, publisher, London.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889.

Box 2

3 letters to Bentley Publishers.

Twiss, Sir Travis, 1809-1897.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Unwin, Thomas Fisher, 1848-1935.

Box 2

2 letters to Richard Bentley II.

Vanity Fair.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Veitch, John L., 1829-1894.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Vertannes, Z., Esquire.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Vyse, Griffith W.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Waldegrave-Leslie, Howard George.

Box 2

1 calling card to Mr. Bentley.

Waldie, John, 1781-1862.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley.

Walker & Boutall, London.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Walkey, Harriet.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Wallace, Percy R.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Walters, Dr. Alan.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Ward, Sir Adolphus William, 1837-1924.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Ward, B.W.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Ward, P.A.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Ward, Rowdon.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Warner, Susan, 1819-1885.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley I.

Watson, Elizabeth Sophia (Fletcher).

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Watt, John.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Weigall, Caroline Rachel Selina, 1872- .

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

West, Miss Eva.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Weston, F.M.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Wheatten, Anson.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Wilberforce, Edward, 1834-1914.

Box 2

1 letter to George Bentley.

Wilberforce, Samuel, successively bp. of Oxford and of Winchester, 1805-1873.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Williams, Mrs. A.S.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Williams, C. Herbert.

Note

See Green & Williams, solicitors, Nottingham

Williams, Mrs. E.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Williams, Francis Edgar.

Box 2, Folder 1

Physical Description: 30 letters

Box 2, Folder 2

Physical Description: 30 letters

Box 2, Folder 3

Physical Description: 22 letters

Williams, Watkin Wynn, 1859- .

Box 2

7 letters to Richard Bentley II.

Wimphen, R.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Windon.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Wolff, H.W.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Wolffsohn, Lily.

Box 2

2 letters to George Bentley.

Wood, Annie.

Box 2

2 letters to Mr. Bentley.

Wood, Ellen (Price) Mrs. Henry Wood, 1814-1887.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Wood, William H.

Box 2

1 letter to Richard Bentley II.

Workmen's Hall Institute, Blaengarw.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Wright, Edward Percival, 1834-1910.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Wrigley, James & Son, London.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Yates, Edmund Hodgson, 1831-1894.

Box 2

1 letter to Mr. Bentley.

Yates, William, 1816-1888.

Box 2

1 letter to Bentley Publishers.

Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871.

Box 1

Letters to Various Persons, 1830-1871.

Physical Description: 11 items.

Box 1

1 letter to Mrs. Mathews, February 22, 1848.

Box 1

1 letter to My dear Sir, September 22, 1854.

Box 1

1 letter to Miss Stanisby, May 5, 1862.

Box 1

3 letters to Thomas Francis Dillon Croker, 1869-1870.

Box 1

1 letter to Henry Fothergill Chorley, May 6, 1871.

Manuscripts and Ephemera

Box 3

Ingoldsby Legends, related miscellaneous records.

Creator/Collector: Barham, Richard Harris, 1788-1845.

Box 3

1. Incomplete lay-out of three legends: The Witches' Frolic, The Bagman's Dog, and The Smuggler's Leap ca. 1874.

Physical Description: Page numbers penciled on-be back, and volume and page notations for placing illustrations on the front.

Physical Description: 12pp., Manuscript.

Box 3

2. List of illustrations by George Cruikshank and John Leech, with pagination, for the 1874 edition published by Bentley Publishers. 1874.

Physical Description: 2pp. Manuscript.

Box 3

3. Manuscript notes and clipping concerning the Ingoldsby Legends, various editions. ca. 1892.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 3

An Afternoon With Odd Volumes, written by George Bentley, published in Temple Bar, no.162 May, 1874; April 1, 1874.

Creator/Collector: Bentley, George, 1828-1895.

Physical Description: 33pp. Holograph.

Box 3

--- Bentley's Dinner Sale ..., notes written by George Bentley. ca. 1888.

Physical Description: 3 leaves. Holograph.

Box 3

--- Biography of William Godwin, written by George Bentley, published in Temple Bar, no.184. March 1876.

Physical Description: 22pp. Holograph.

Scope and Content Note

This manuscript includes author's revisions and pagination. 1876.

Box 3

Memoirs of the Last Two Years of the Reign of King Charles I 1815

Creator/Collector: Herbert, Sir Thomas, bart., 1600-1682.

Physical Description: Folder 1: 117 sheets. Folder 2: 109 sheets, ca. 1864. 226 sheets. Holograph.

Scope and Content Note

Written by Sir Thomas Herbert, with a particular account of the funeral of his majesty.

An outline in note form, on blue legal size sheets, written by George Bentley [?].

Box 3

--- Miscellaneous manuscripts.

Physical Description: Folder 1: 4 items.

Box 3

1. Book review of the Correspondence of Sir Henry Taylor, edited by Edward Dowden, Longmans, Green and Company, 1888; and the Memorials of Wordsworth and Coleorton, edited by William Knight, D. Douglas, 1887; written by George Bentley. n.d.

Physical Description: 6pp., incomplete. Holograph.

Box 3

2. Memories of Old Friends, written by Caroline Fox, 1882.

Creator/Collector: Fox, Caroline, 1819-1871.

Physical Description: 7pp. Holograph.

Scope and Content Note

Extracts in note form from Memories ..., written by George Bentley. ca. 1882.

Box 3

3. Napoleon I ... , fragment of a manuscript written by George Bentley. n.d.

Physical Description: 4pp. Holograph.

Box 3

4. Sincerity in Biography [?]

Physical Description: 26pp. Holograph and 6pp. Holograph..

Scope and Content Note

Incomplete manuscript of an article about Samuel Wilberforce, successively bishop of Oxford and Winchester, 1805-1873, written by George Bentley, published in Temple Bar, no.248. July 1881. ca. 1880.

Included is a copy of a letter to Mr. Huntington from George Bentley concerning the biography of Wilberforce. n.d.

Box 3

--- Miscellaneous manuscripts.

Physical Description: Folder 2: 11 items.

Box 3

1. [Book review] n.d.

Physical Description: 19pp. Holograph.

Scope and Content Note

Manuscript of a book review written by George Bentley of Memoirs of Mark Pattison written by Mark Pattison.

Box 3

2. The Calamities of Authors ... n.d.

Physical Description: Holograph.

Scope and Content Note

Fragment of an article written by George Bentley.

Box 3

3. [Desiderius Erasmus]

Physical Description: 4pp. Holograph. (This fragment has clippings pasted in with the manuscript, with the author's revisions).

Scope and Content Note

Fragment of a manuscript from papers treating the life and times of Erasmus, written by George Bentley, published in After business, 1884, by Bentley Publishers. n.d.

Box 3

4. [A dialogue]

Physical Description: 2 leaves. Holograph.

Scope and Content Note

Fragment of a manuscript written by George Bentley. ( What the Firelight Fell on, in Temple Bar, no.130, September 1871, ?). ca. 1871.

Box 3

5. Duties of the editor of Temple Bar n.d.

Physical Description: 1 item. Holograph.

Scope and Content Note

Fragment of an article written by George Bentley.

Box 3

6. It Henrich Heine ca. 1874.

Physical Description: Holograph.

Scope and Content Note

Manuscript of a short article about Henrich Heine, 1797-1856, (incomplete ?), written by George Bentley.

Box 3

7. Material wanted for publication n.d.

Physical Description: 1 item. Holograph.

Scope and Content Note

Fragment of an article written by George Bentley.

Box 3

8. Untitled fragments of a prayer written by George Bentley. n.d.

Physical Description: 2 items. Holograph.

Box 3

9. Untitled fragment of a prayer written by George Bentley. ca. 1871.

Physical Description: 1 item. Holograph.

Box 3

10. [Re-Arranging My Library] ca. 1882.

Physical Description: 1 item. Holograph.

Scope and Content Note

Fragment of an article written by George Bentley.

Box 3

11. Science at Fault, incomplete manuscript of an article written by George Bentley. n.d.

Physical Description: 1 item. Holograph.

Box 3

Our ancestors, Before the Days of St. Augustine. n.d.

Creator/Collector: --- Newman, John Henry, cardinal, 1801-1890.

Physical Description: 8pp.

Scope and Content Note

Fragment of a manuscript by John Henry Newman, pasted on one side of one sheet of paper, with a clipping of a newspaper article on the reverse side. Included is a fragment of a drama entitled Mundamor and Infelix written by George Bentley. All the material is related and appears to be a fragment of a larger work, for the pages are numbered 312-313, and 320-325.

Box 3

--- review of book, Memoirs sur le regende Napoleon III, written by George Bentley, with revision and notes of the author. n.d.

Creator/Collector: Count Horace Viel-Castel, 1802-1864

Physical Description: 8pp. Holograph.

Box 3

Bentley records

Scope and Content Note

This group of papers consists of all the items in the collection relating to the business functions of the firm, such as accounts and reports, and the business activities of the Bentleys themselves, their employees, authors and patrons. The papers are divided into folders according to topic and are arranged alphabetically with each item filed chronologically in its respective folder. If a group of items has no date, it is arranged alphabetically within a folder.

Box 3

--- Accounts.

Box 3

1. List of account and other books n.d.

Physical Description: Printed on one gray legal size sheet, with manuscript dates noted beside each title.

Physical Description: 1 sheet.

Box 3

2. Manuscript memo re copyright of Christmas's Phantom World. 1861.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 3

3. Summary of accounts ca. 1892.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Scope and Content Note

Manuscript form booklet with date to be filled in, with a proposed table of contents listed on the inside front cover, and many blank pages and loose notes filed inside.

The cover and title page are marked private. The date of the printing is marked on the front cover as November 1892. This booklet was probably written by George Bentley.

Box 3

4. List of novels in progress, their authors, payments, date of publication, and remarks. 1894

Physical Description: 1 sheet. Manuscript.

Box 3

5. Scheme for a new book, notes for a new account book. n.d.

Physical Description: 1 item. Manuscript.

Box 3

6. Auditors certificate summary. n.d.

Physical Description: 2 sheets. Manuscript.

Box 3

7. List of figures marked private, forming a booklet written by Keith Johnston. (Bentley employee or Bentley printer ?). 1893.

Physical Description: 1 item. Holograph.

Box 3

8. Trial sheets. n.d.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Box 3

9. Printed statement of profit and loss for A Hunter's Wanderings 187_.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Physical Description: With manuscript note on the back.

Box 3

10. Printed statement of accounts for Resant and Palmer's History of Jerusalem, first edition, from publication 1871 to September 30, 1880. 1880.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 3

--- Book lists, miscellaneous fragments. n.d.

Physical Description: 4 items. Manuscript.

Box 3

--- Burlington Street Gazette Extraordinary

Physical Description: 2 items.

Scope and Content Note

A manuscript list of reminders to be done, in booklet form, covering Friday, December 4, 1872, and Monday, December 30, 1872.

Box 3

--- Catalogues, notes and revisions for the Bentley catalogues

Physical Description: 2 items. Manuscript.

Scope and Content Note

Bound in two soft cover booklets, covering 1875 and 1876.

Box 3

--- Catalogues, notes in manuscript, for the Bentley catalogues. September 1881.

Physical Description: Loose, miscellaneous, fragmentary, arranged chronologically.

Physical Description: 47 items.

Scope and Content Note

Included are proof sheets that were probably used in a smaller catalogue or advertisement circular.

Box 3

--- Clippings, articles taken from other periodicals relative to Bentley Publishers.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Box 3

1. Thoughts from the Magazines, from The American March 26, 1881.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 3

2. The American n.d.

Physical Description: 4pp.

Scope and Content Note

A printed advertisement concerning the quality of that magazine.

Box 3

3. Autography department ... , article taken from The American Historical Register. n.d.

Physical Description: 4pp.

Box 3

--- Contracts, examples of agreements made between Bentley Publishers and various authors.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Box 3

1. Original agreement made between R.B. Calton and Bentley Publishers August 7, 1849.

Physical Description: Printed, with manuscript additions and signatures, writing continued on the back of the sheet.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 3

2. Manuscript copy of an agreement made between L. Hachette and Company and Bentley Publishers. 1867.

Physical Description: 3pp.

Box 3

3. Printed agreement July 1881.

Physical Description: Blank, black and red type, a sample form, no.B.1.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 3

4. Manuscript copy of an agreement made between J.C. Parkinson Esquire and Bentley Publishers, marked since varied. December 13, 1886.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 3

5. Manuscript of an agreement made between William Hamilton Maxwell and Bentley Publishers, London. March 3, 1846

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 4

--- Copy and fragments of correspondence from Bentley Publishers to various persons, most of whom are addressed as Sir, or Dear Sir. n.d.

Physical Description: 13 items.

Box 4

--- Copy of correspondence to Bentley Publishers from various persons. ca. 1897.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 4

--- Copy of various reviews.

Physical Description: 6 items.

Box 4

--- Diary of business matters March 4-March 14, 1875

Physical Description: forming one booklet of 22pp.

Physical Description: 1 item. Manuscript.

Box 4

--- Instructions and memos to employees of Bentley Publishers.

Physical Description: fragmentary manuscripts

Physical Description: 15 items.

Box 4

---- Miscellaneous.

Physical Description: 9 items.

Box 4

1. Outlay department, monthly report, new works and new editions in the course of production. 1877.

Physical Description: 1 item. Manuscript.

Box 4

2. Stock return memo. 1882.

Physical Description: 1 item. Manuscript.

Box 4

3. Message to Mr. Tenby. March 17, 1884.

Physical Description: 1 item. Manuscript.

Box 4

4. Notes for a report. ca. 1893.

Physical Description: 1 item. Manuscript.

Box 4

5. Check out slips from Treading room of the British Museum [?]. 1895.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Box 4

6. Register of rainfall, printed sheet. 1926.

Physical Description: 2pp.

Box 4

7. Manuscript of wise or important sayings, quoted. n.d.

Physical Description: 1p.

Box 4

8. The story of Edmund Appleyard, manuscript report of the business ventures and financial status of Edmund Appleyard, anonymous. n.d.

Physical Description: 16pp.

Box 4

9. Monthly report of work. n.d.

Physical Description: 1p. Manuscript.

Box 4

Manuscript list of his works, incomplete. n.d.

Creator/Collector: --- Montgomery, Robert, 1807-1855.

Physical Description: 1 item.

--- Porter, Jane, 1776-1850.

Box 4

1. Replies, four points concerning copyright laws relative to the works of Jane Porter, particularly Thaddeus. December 29, 1843.

Physical Description: 4pp. Manuscript.

Box 4

2. Manuscript note listing publication dates of Jane Porter's works, from Mr. Longman to Mr. Bentley. January 3, 1844.

Physical Description: 1p.

Box 4

3. Manuscript account of Jane Porter's death, anonymous. May 30, 1850.

Physical Description: 5pp.

Box 4

--- Proof sheets, miscellaneous, fragments.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Box 4

--- Form letter concerning rejection of manuscripts, probably sent to rejected authors. n.d.

Physical Description: 2pp. Facsimile.

Box 4

--- Report of the committee of the London Library, to the fifty-first annual general meeting of the members; printed booklet. Thursday, June 2, 1892.

Physical Description: 8pp.

Box 4

Manuscripts of records relating to Robert's Forty-one Years in India, published by Bentley in 1891. ca. 1897.

Creator/Collector: --- Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st earl, 1832-1914.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 4

--- Tales from Bentley, 1859-60, 1865 n.d.

Physical Description: 4pp.

Physical Description: List of contents, incomplete, typewritten.

Box 4

--- Varty-Smith, Miss Augusta A. September 8, 1891.

Physical Description: 15pp.

Scope and Content Note

Printed copy of correspondence and agreement made between Augusta A. Varty-Smith, and Bentley Publishers, printed for reference.

Box 4

Lay-out sheet for a list of his works, probably incomplete. 1884.

Creator/Collector: --- Wood, Charles William, 1850?- .

Physical Description: This is one large sheet of paper with printed clippings pasted on, and manuscript notes.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 4

Miscellaneous manuscripts.

Creator/Collector: Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871.

Box 4

1. Translation of excerpts from Greek literature into English, with notes and vocabulary lists. 1867.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 4

2. 1st Napoleon, a short life 1868.

Physical Description: 2 items. Holograph.

Scope and Content Note

From a biographical library series, in two parts, soft bound, with no record of this work as ever being published.

Box 4

3. Prayer, untitled fragment of a manuscript. n.d.

Physical Description: 1 item. Holograph.

Box 4

Account books relating to Excerpta historica. ca. 1830.

Creator/Collector: Bentley, Samuel, 1785-1868.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 4

--- Excerpta historica or Illustrations of English History, edited by Samuel Bentley. Published by Bentley Publishers. February 6, 1833.

Box 4, Folder 1

1. Unidentified letter relating to Excerpta Historica, addressed to Dear Samuel. February 8, 1831.

Physical Description: 1 item. Manuscript.

Box 4, Folder 1

2. Manuscript material, much of which is written in Latin, with geneological charts, introductory material, and one calligraphy in Latin, on tissue, illustrated. ca. 1830.

Physical Description: 15 items.

Box 4, Folder 2

Miscellaneous manuscript material. ca. 1830.

Physical Description: 12 items.

Box 4

--- Miscellaneous manuscripts.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Box 4

1. An account of the life of Samuel Bentley. ca. 1807.

Physical Description: Untitled manuscript, anonymous, incomplete, probably an autobiographical account.

Box 4

2. Edmund Burke, fragment of a manuscript in Latin. ca. 1818.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 4

3. Latin manuscript, untitled. ca. 1829.

Physical Description: 1 item.

--- Letters from Various Persons to Samuel Bentley

Box 4

1. Letter and enclosures to Samuel Bentley from Charles George Young. n.d.

Physical Description: 2pp. Holograph.

Box 4

2. Letter to Samuel Bentley from Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy C1. ca. 1831.

Physical Description: 4pp. Holograph.

--- Letters to Various Persons from Samuel Bentley

Box 4

1. Letter to Mr. Jones from Samuel Bentley. February 19, 1801.

Physical Description: 1 item. Holograph.

Box 4

2. Copy of a letter to Sir Thomas Phillipps from, Samuel Bentley. ca. 1829.

Physical Description: 1 item. Holograph.

Box 4

--- Records and accounts, fragmentary variously dated from 1819-1831.

Physical Description: 19 items. Manuscript.

Box 5

Fragments of a manuscript n.d.

Creator/Collector: Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, 1842-1885.

Physical Description: Greatly marked over, with a note at the bottom center of the first page that reads Facsimile of a page of Colonel Burnaby's manuscript written during the London campaign.

Physical Description: 4pp.

Box 5

The Fairfax Correspondence September 22, 1848.

Creator/Collector: Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, 1st baron, 1560-1640.

Scope and Content Note

Memoirs of the reign of Charles the First, edited by George W. Johnson, 1805-1886, published by Bentley Publishers.

Box 5, Folder 1

1. A list of persons in the correspondence, not used. n.d.

Physical Description: 1 item. Manuscript.

Box 5, Folder 2

1. Introduction of 64pp. ca. 1827.

Physical Description: 1 item. Manuscript.

Box 5, Folder 2

2. Sketch of the life of Anne Clifford, countess of Dorset, Pembrose and Montgomery. ca. 1828.

Physical Description: 1 item. Manuscript.

Box 5, Folder 3

1. The history of the Fairfaxes as set forth in the manuscripts of their family ca. 1827.

Physical Description: Manuscript of 30pp. 1 item.

Box 5

The French Are on the Sea ... n.d.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Scope and Content Note

An anonymous poem, 2 manuscript copies, one with a Greek title and the date 1707.

Box 5

Manuscript of Gleig's History of the Bible, vol.1, (incomplete?), published by Bentley Publishers September 27, 1830.

Creator/Collector: Gleig, George Robert, 1796-1880.

Box 5, Folder 1

Chapters 1-4

Physical Description: 92pp.

Box 5, Folder 2

Chapters 5-6, 6 chapters. ca. 1829.

Physical Description: 69pp.

Boxes 5, 6

Memoirs of Don Manuel de Godoy, Prince of the Peace ... 1836.

Creator/Collector: Godoy, Alvarez de Faria. Rios Sanchez y Zarzosa, Manuel de, prince de la Paz, 1767-1851.

Scope and Content Note

Written by himself, with an introduction, historical and biographical notes, edited with his supervision by J.B. d'Esmenard, published by Bentley Publishers. This French manuscript is divided into 5 folders.

Box 5, Folder 1

1. Letter to Richard Bentley I, from J.B. d'Esmenard. October 1831.

Physical Description: 1 item. Holograph.

Box 5, Folder 1

2. Introduction of 45pp. n.d.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 5, Folder 2

Vol.1, chapters 1-15. 15 chapters. n.d.

Physical Description: 121pp.

Box 5, Folder 3

Vol.1, chapters 16-32. 16 chapters. n.d.

Physical Description: 173pp.

Box 6, Folder 4

Vol.2, chapters 33-45. 12 chapters. n.d.

Physical Description: 199pp.

Box 6, Folder 5

Vol.2, chapters 46-51. 5 chapters. n.d.

Physical Description: 148pp.

Box 6

This group of papers consists of material written by and about Gordon, most of which is in the handwriting of B.W. Thurston.

Creator/Collector: Gordon, Adam Lindsay, 1833-1870.

Box 6

1. Letter to George Bentley from B.W. Thurston concerning Gordon. April 10, 1884.

Physical Description: 1 item. Holograph.

Box 6

2. Parole d'honneur ... Olliver .... April 11, 1884.

Physical Description: 1 item. Manuscript.

Box 6

3. Notes relative to Gordon, manuscript, anonymous. ca. 1867.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Physical Description: Included are proof sheets, n.d., of this article.

Box 6

4. Incomplete manuscript about Gordon, written by George Bentley. n.d.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Manuscript synopsis of The Life ... of Henry Salt, published by Bentley Publishers. 1834, n.d.

Creator/Collector: Halls, John James, fl. 1791-1834.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 6

History of Greece ca. 1830.

Physical Description: 118pp.

Scope and Content Note

Anonymous manuscript, incomplete, with a letter addressed to young readers, probably to serve as an introduction to the work. The manuscript has no chapter designations, and it is divided into three folders in the collection.

Box 6

Honour Among Thieves, or the boot trick exposed ca. 1850.

Physical Description: Anonymous manuscript, draft of a story, with an introduction.

Physical Description: 33pp.

Box 6

A review, of Kingsley's Oak Stow Castle November 5, 1872.

Creator/Collector: Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876.

Physical Description: 6pp. Manuscript.

Note

Copy of a review that is noted to have appeared in The Times.

Box 6

Synopsis of My Musical Recollections, written by William Kube, published by Bentley Publishers, 1896. n.d.

Creator/Collector: Kube, William, 1823-1912.

Physical Description: 3pp. Manuscript.

Box 6

Life is a Nightwatch, manuscript of a poem sent to Bentley Publishers, with envelope, anonymous. February 4, 1892.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 6

Miscellaneous manuscripts

Physical Description: 4 items

Box 6

1. Elijah's mantle, manuscript of a poem with note on the inside front cover that reads Mr. Colton's copying, anonymous. ca. 1803.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 6

2. Extracts from the Diary of a Nonconformist Physician Who Lived in the Time of Charles the Second, anonymous manuscript. ca. 1832.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 6

3. Selections from an autograph album of Susan Ferrier n.d.

Physical Description: 8pp.

Scope and Content Note

Anonymous manuscript containing copy of verses that were found in the handwriting of Robert Burns, but were not his own compositions.

Box 6

4. Unidentified letter to Bentley Publishers with a copy of three letters from Thomas Gray to Charles Victor de Bonstetten. ca. 1848.

Physical Description: 10pp.

Box 6

Manuscript, of a poem entitled At the rising of the moon. February, 9, 1899.

Creator/Collector: Molloy, James Lynam, 1837-1909.

Physical Description: 4pp. Holograph.

Box 6

Misunderstood, typed copy, incomplete, typed by Miss B. Erwin. n.d.

Creator/Collector: Montgomery, Florence, 1843-1923

Physical Description: 4pp.

Box 6

Letter and manuscript of Historical sketch n.d.

Creator/Collector: Moodie, Susannah, 1803-1885.

Physical Description: 5pp.

Scope and Content Note

Sent to Bentley Publishers for possible publication, incomplete.

Box 6

Material for his autobiography, manuscript of a list of information about his life, anonymous. n.d.

Creator/Collector: Timbs, John, 1801-1875.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 6

W.H.0. [?] ca. 1850.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Scope and Content Note

Manuscript copy of a poem entitled The benefit of grub to Britons, written by W.H.0.0.], with an introduction and an addition.

The entire manuscript is in the handwriting of B.W. Thurston.

Des Was, Rot. 1816.

Creator/Collector: Bentley, Samuel, 1785-1868.

Creator/Collector: Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.

Scope and Content Note

Concio de puero Jesu olim provnciata a puero in schola Ioannis Coleti Londini institvia in qua praesidebat image puero Jesu docentis specie. Londini, typis I, et. I.B. Nichols, et. S. Bentley.

Box 7

1. One copy bound in soft cover. 1816

Box 7

2. Two copies bound in hard cover, first title page dated, 1819; and the second title page tipped in, dated 1818.

Box 7

--- Concio de puero Jesu ... , fragment of the manuscript and related correspondence.

Box 7

1. One envelope of fragments of manuscript. ca. 1813.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 7

2. One letter from Samuel Bentley to John Russell. 1815.

Physical Description: 1 item. Holograph.

Box 7

3. Two letters to Samuel Bentley from John Russell. 1815.

Physical Description: 2 items. Holograph.

Box 7

--- Proof copies of Concio, de Puero Jesu with notes, manuscript. ca. 1815.

Physical Description: 9 items.

Box 7

The History of the French Revolution, written by M.A. Thiers, translated with notes ... from the most authentic sources, by Frederick Shoberl, published by Bentley Publishers. 1854.

Creator/Collector: Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877.

Physical Description: 6 items.

Scope and Content Note

The manuscript is in booklet form, covering parts 11, 5-9. ca. 1836.

Box 7

Calligraphy of title page of Bibliothica scholae Coletinae ... . 1816.

Creator/Collector: Tomkins, Thomas, 1743-1816.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Scope and Content Note

With note written by Samuel Bentley concerning the title page. There is no record of this work ever being completed or published.

Bentley Archives

Box 8

Bentley Archives from the Bodleian Library, Oxford University. 1891, 1893-98

Physical Description: Photocopies.

Scope and Content Note

Included are geneologies of the Bentleys, lists of publications, proof sheets of books published, lists of articles from Temple Bar, manuscripts, etc.

Note

Removed from Collection: Bentley's List of Publications for the year: 1897 (set in type), 1891, 1893, 1895, 1896 (manuscript only).

Temple Bar Magazine

Note

(Published by Bentley)

Box 9

Temple Bar.

Physical Description: Proof sheets of articles and stories intended for the Temple Bar, but never published.

Physical Description: Some corrected in ink, pencil, or crayon. 53 items.

Scope and Content Note

Included is a marked up copy of James Morier's An Oriental Tale, privately published, 1839, (Sadleir 1800), probably intended for republishing in Temple Bar, but not published. no.45.

Collection comprising corrected and uncorrected proofs of articles.

Box 9

1. Miss Fanny's Elopement l877.

Physical Description: 21pp. Octavo. Corrected proof with Reader's report.

Box 9

2. The Nabob's Necklace 1877.

Physical Description: 31pp. Octavo. Corrected proof with Reader's report.

Box 9

3. A Protest and a Warning 1880.

Physical Description: 9pp. Octavo. Uncorrected.

Box 9

4. That Horrible Dr. Wagge 1879.

Physical Description: 25pp. 8vo. Corrected Proof.

Box 9

5. Imperialism.

Physical Description: Galley Proof

Box 9

6. How to Guide the Democracy of the Future (G.A. Ward).

Box 9

7. Idyll of London (Beatrice Harraden) 1889.

Physical Description: First Revision, uncorrected.

Box 9

8. Michael Western's Wedding Day (Alice M. Dale) 1889.

Physical Description: First Proof uncorrected.

Box 9

9. A Pretty Face 1887.

Physical Description: First Proof, uncorrected.

Box 9

10. A Love Match

Physical Description: First Revision, uncorrected.

Box 9

11. Women in Siam.

Physical Description: First proof, uncorrected.

Box 9

12. Some Particulars Concerning Reverend William Cole (Frederick Docker) 1891.

Physical Description: Corrected Proof.

Box 9

13. Irish Bulls. (C.A. Ward) 1891.

Physical Description: 29pp. Octavo. Corrected Proof.

Box 9

14. Sundowners & Other Bush Types (T. Gill) 1895.

Physical Description: Uncorrected proof.

Box 9

15. Lassie a poem by B.H.H.

Physical Description: 1 1/2pp. Octavo. Uncorrected proof.

Box 9

16. The Hour of Her Life (Mabel E. Wotton).

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

17. Fire (by Sir - Blake)

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

18. Giovanni Pierluigi-Palestrina 1887.

Box 9

19. By the Sea-Shore Poem (Stephen Phillips) and other poems by F. Percy A.R.B., & others.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

20. From London to Nice (W.E. Crothers)

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

21. The French Club in London

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

22. Spoiling the Egyptians 1888.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

23. Jim (G.B. Smart) 1886.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

24. Through the Mill (H.O. Davidson) 1887.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

25. The English from a German Standpoint 1880.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

26. The Devil's Last Walk, Poem. 1874.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

27. Commonplace Reflections (Lord Pembroke)

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

28. Guilty or Not Guilty

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

29. Nineteenth Century Epigrams

Physical Description: Corrected.

Box 9

30. In Strange Company

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

31. A Heroine of France (Ms. Crosse) 1895.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

32. Young Love 1895.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

33. The Proof of the Pudding 1891.

Box 9

34. Heinrich Hoffmann's History. (J. Reddie Mallett) poem. 1895.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

35. Spring in New York (Walter Frith) 1894.

Physical Description: A few corrections.

Box 9

36. Our Village (E.U. Harrison) 1895.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

37. A Man of Promise 1894

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

38. On the Other Side of the World. (Mrs. Campbell Praed) 1888.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

39 Handel. His Early Years (by L.E.) 1888.

Physical Description: Corrected Proof.

Box 9

40. Quin Lough.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

41. The Girls of Redbirnie 1886.

Physical Description: A few corrections.

Box 9

42. Nell Gwynn (F. Travers) 1879.

Physical Description: Corrected.

Box 9

43. Letters from Constantinople 1881.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

44. Sand-D ellers (D. Pidgeon)

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

45. The Englishman in Tartary (J. Monier) corrected by erasure lines (of Printer). A few words by Monier (?}.

Box 9

46. Review of Susan Ferrier's Novels. 1874.

Box 9

47. James Luckington 1875.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

48. Rock-Oil & Religion. 1880.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

49. Letters of Edward Fitzgerald to Fenny Kemble. 1895.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

50. That Little Witch

Physical Description: (first page missing) corrected.

Box 9

51. Poems.

Physical Description: Uncorrected.

Box 9

52. List of Articles in type. May 1895.

Box 9

53. Book Reviews (of Wilkie Collins, Mrs. Lynn Linton, G.F. Ruxton, Miss Kavanagh, Johnson's Lives) 1849 & 1854

Physical Description: Proofs.

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