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More Houghton Manuscripts

Posted on November 11, 2015 by

In his Course in Nonsense Tom Swifty comments on the feud between Learians and Carrollians: The nonsense of these two could not have been more different. We can make fun of rules by blithely ignoring them, like Lear, but also by … Continue reading →

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New Edward Lear Manuscripts from Houghton Library

Posted on October 19, 2015 by

The following items fromHoughton Library have been added to the Manuscripts page: Edward Lear drawings of Central India, 1875. MS Typ 55.5. 49 original landscape drawings on 31 mounts (31 sheets), in watercolor, pen and graphite. From Lord Northbrook’s collection, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear Picks up a Candle and Goes to Bed

Posted on August 6, 2014 by

I found this on my hard disk; can anyone say where this letter to Gussie Bethell can be found? “The Author of the Book of Nonsense takes up his candle & goes to bed.” Edward Lear, letter to Augusta Bethell of … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Last Poem

Posted on November 3, 2013 by

Below are a picture and a transcript of Edward Lear’s “Some Incidents in the Life of My Uncle Arly.” The manuscript was sold at Bonhams in May 2013 as part of the Roy Davids Collection. Part III. Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear Manuscripts Go Online

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

Houghton Library, Harvard University, has started digitizing some of the many Edward Lear manuscripts in their collections. Two weeks ago, the never-before-published Mrs. C. Beadon Edward Lear scrapbook, 1852-1880. MS Typ 55.23 went online. Beside a number of sketches, this … Continue reading →

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