Miscellaneous literary papers
MS. Bridges 72
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
From Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts
This is an extract only. For more information, see the catalogue record in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts.
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts contains descriptions of the Bodleian Libraries’ archival collections, including post-1500 manuscripts. Some manuscripts with records in other catalogues are also described here as part of a description of a larger archive. Learn more.
Title
Miscellaneous literary papers
Shelfmark
MS. Bridges 72
Summary
Collected and bound by Bridges, with his list of contents, including:
(pp. 1-24) the working rhyme index to Eros and Psyche, Jan.-June 1884
(pp. 27-39) original manuscript of his paraphrase of Homer's Iliad XXIV 339-660, June 1913 (McKay 52)
(pp. 40-53) original manuscript of Epistle 11. To a Socialist in London, 1903 (in McKay 44)
(pp. 55-60) notes and extracts from Voltaire's letters in Bridges's hand, n.d.
(pp. 61-105) press cuttings of articles published mainly in The Speaker, 1903-6, with manuscript notes (McKay 77/X, 75/VII, 83-4, 86-9, 92, 74)
(pp. 121-8) letters to Bridges concerning a proposed contribution to Blighty, 1916
(pp. 129-52) printed paper on Nietszche sent to Bridges, 1914, with a newspaper review of a biography of Nietszche, 1918
Date
1884-1918
Language
English
Physical extent
158 pages
View full record in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts
Collection contents
Archive of Robert Seymour Bridges
Personal and miscellaneous papers
Miscellaneous literary papers
