NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS

Part 2: The Correspondence and Records of Smith, Elder & Co
from the National Library of Scotland

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Correspondence (MSS.23171-84) and Records (MSS.23185-92) of George Smith (1824-1901), publisher and founder of the Dictionary of National Biography, and his successors as heads of the firm of Smith, Elder & Co, 1846-1924, nd, relating mostly to the publication of articles in The Cornhill Magazine (which he founded) and of books published by the firm.
MS.23171: Correspondence: Matthew Arnold, 1862-1875
MS.23172: Correspondence: Matthew Arnold, 1876-1886
MS.23173: Correspondence: Thomas Hardy

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MS.23174: Correspondence: John Ruskin
MS.23175: Correspondence: Sir Leslie Stephen, 1865-1887
MS.23176: Correspondence: Sir Leslie Stephen, 1888-1902

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MS.23177: Correspondence: William Makepeace Thackeray
MS.23178: Correspondence: Anthony Trollope and Queen Victoria
MS.23179: Correspondence: A - Bri

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MS.23180: Correspondence: Bro - C
MS.23181: Correspondence: D - Ga
MS.23182: Correspondence: Gi - Lee

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MS.23183: Correspondence: Lef - O
MS.23184: Correspondence: P - W

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MS.23185: Account Books, January 1860 - December 1861
MS.23186: Account Books, January 1862 - December 1863
MS.23187: Account Books, January 1864 - December 1865
MS.23188: Account Books, January 1866 - December 1867
MS.23189: Account Books, January 1868 - December 1869
MS.23190: Register of Contributors to The Cornhill Magazine, 1880-1901

REEL 7

MS.23191: George Smith’s The Recollections of a long and busy life, c1895. Unpublished.
MS.23192: George Smith’s The Recollections of a long and busy life, c1895. Unpublished.