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Mr Lear Recovers his Hat

I have updated the Manuscripts page with information on the Edward Lear material available at the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library. Among the many items which are also part of the Beinecke Digital Collections are at least three picture … Continue reading

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Retrospection: On Lear’s Irish Sources Again

Earth has no green such as once it wore, When my young life with love was crowned; And the very breeze, thro’ the summer trees, Comes with a ’plaining sound. When I hear the glad shouts of revelry To the … Continue reading

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Edward Lear Manuscripts Go Online

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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