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READE, CHARLES (1814-1884). "Charles Reade's Letter Book.", dates not examined
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Scrapbook of letters (91 leaves, c. 250 items) primarily from Reade's friends and acquaintances in literary and drama circles, heavily annotated by Reade. Together with typed transcripts (2 volumes) of the album's contents. Includes correspondence with Dion Boucicault (Agnes Robertson), Miss Braddon, John Blackwood, Wilkie Collins, Ada Cavendish, Charles Dickens, Edward Dicey, Sutherland Edwards, John Forster, Victor Hugo, Henry James, James Lambert, Mark Lemon, Bulwer Lytton, W.C. Macready, Millais, George Augustus Sala, Robert Southey, Mrs. Laura Seymour, Kate Terry, Ellen Terry, Anthony Trollope, Martin Tupper, Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), Emile Zola (written in French), the Law Office of Chase & Nelson, etc. Also contains several documents and manuscripts including: AMs draft (2 p.) of Richmond's speech from King's Rival, inserted by Reade in co-author Taylor's act, undated; ADS (1 p.) a contract by Reade and Mark Lemon (as representative for Herbert Ingram) for Reade's White Lies, dated 1857 DS (2 p.) a contract with Tauchnitz (1 p., fol. 70v) written in German relating to Peg Woffington, a Terrible Temptation, and Christie Johnstone, dated 1872 ADS (1 p.) an agreement with Henry Pettitt regarding Reade's Love and Money, dated 1882 DS (1 p., fol. 73v) a nomination of Reade as a Steward of the anniversary dinner of the Royal Literary Fund, undated; DS (1 p., fol. 75v) a money order, dated 1871 Document (1 p., fol. 71r) an analysis in tabular form of the account of Reade and Bentley delivered previous to the injunction for Peg Woffington, and Christie Johnstone, undated (printed on satin); DS (1 p., fol.36r) a dinner invitation in the form of a passport, dated 1855 DS (1 p.) a photograph of Reade, dated 1866 Galley proof (1 p., fol. 47r) of "A Suppressed Letter," published in the Pall Mall Gazette, circa 1845-1984
- Arrangement
Shelved alphabetically by author, or in some cases by title.
Collection History
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No materials were separated during 2003 processing.
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- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
READE, CHARLES (1814-1884). "Charles Reade's Letter Book."; Robert H. Taylor Collection of English and American Literature, RTC01, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Firestone Library (hsvm)
- Volumes 1-3
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- Bibliography
See the double issue of The Princeton University Library Chronicle devoted in its entirety to a survey of the Taylor Collection: Robert J. Wickenheiser, "The Robert H. Taylor Collection" (Vol. XXXVIII, no. 2 and 3; Winter-Spring, 1976-77), contains 13 articles by such scholars as G. E. Bentley, James Thorpe, Mary Hyde, Charles Ryskamp, E.D.H. Johnson ("Romantic, Victorian, and Edwardian: Part Two-Manuscripts, Letters, and Drawings," pp. 212-224), H. W. Liebert, Richard M. Ludwig, John V. Fleming, Earl Miner, and Thomas P. Roche. Also, the entire Winter, 1986 issue of the Princeton University Library Chronicle focuses on the Robert H. Taylor Collection. See also: Robert H. Taylor, "Contemporary Collectors III: The Robert H. Taylor Library" in the Book Collector Vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter, 1954); "Association Copies from the Collection of Robert H. Taylor" in the Gazette of the Grolier Club [New series], (June, 1969), no. 10; and A.D. Wainwright, "Robert H. Taylor" in the Gazette of the Grolier Club [New series], (1986), no. 38.
- Names:
- Beerbohm, Max, Sir (1872-1956)
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron (1788-1824)
Pope, Alexander. (1688-1744)
Shaw, Bernard (1856-1950)
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)
Strachey, Lytton (1880-1932)
Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)
Trollope, Anthony
Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)
Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941)
