3:6. #78 Letter from John Churton Collins to A.C. Swinburne with Note about Herbert Mason by Swinburne., 11/27/?, bulk: 1880 - 1908

File — Box: 3, Folder: 6

Dates

11/27/?
Majority of material found within 1880 - 1908

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Extent

From the Series: 0.25 Linear Feet (Item relating to Herbert Mason, a.k.a. "Bertie": printed greeting cards from Algernon Charles Swinburne and his family; notes by Swinburne about Bertie; and letters to Swinburne from his sister Alice Swinburne and mother Lady Jane Henrietta Swinburne that include references to Bertie.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Container Summary

ALS dated November 27, [no year] (3 pages) from John Churton Collins (English literary critic, 1848-1908) to Algernon Charles Swinburne. Reference to Shakespeare's "employment of prose for metrical expression." Includes autograph note on fourth page by Swinburne about Herbert Mason: "Bertie near Dorking sitting down & looking round. 'This reminds me of Switzerland - at least pictures of it.' Likes Moliere better than anything I have read to him."