GASKELL SOCIETY NEWSLETTERS CONTENTS

No.1. March 1986. Nussey, John. Inauguration of the Gaskell Society: a Brontë Society Members’ Account. p3-5. Brill, Barbara. Annie A. and Fleeming [Jenkin]. p6-11. [Leach, Joan]. Mrs Gaskell – a Cinderella at Chatsworth. p14-16.

No.2. August 1986. Brill, Barbara. Job Legh and the working class naturalists. p3-6. [Keaveney, Jennifer]. Mastermind. p6. Kirkland, Janice. Mrs Gaskell’s country houses, [Boughton House, Worcester; Hulme Walfield, Congleton; The Park, near Manchester]. p10-11. Leach, Joan. Mrs Gaskell’s Cheshire; Summer Outing – June 29th 1986, [Tabley House & chapel. The Mount, Bollington]. [illus.] p12-19. Monnington, Rod. Where can I find Mrs Gaskell? [The Diary of a Hay on Wye Bookseller, by Keith Gowen, 1985]. p23-24.

No.3. Spring 1987. Hewerdine, H., F.R.S.H. Cross Street Chapel. p3-5. Marroni, Francesco. Elizabeth Gaskell in Italian translation. p6-8. Leach, Joan. Cleghorn. p9-10. Moon, Richard. Letter on Boughton Park, [Worcester]. p14. Leach, Joan. Thomas Wright, the Good Samaritan [by G.F. Watts]. [illus.] p15-25.

No.4. August 1987. Thwaite, Mary. The “Whitfield” Gaskell collection, [Knutsford Library]. p3-5. Brill, Barbara. William Gaskell’s hymns. p6-8. [Leach, Joan]. Green Heys Fields, [Manchester]. [Country rambles and wild flowers by Leo Grindon, 1858]. p11-12. [Heathwaite House, Knutsford]. [illus. of 1832 water colour]. p13. Summer outing to North Wales, [Sunday June 29th 1987]. [gen. table]. p14-21. [Lascelles, Gen. Sir Alan]. A Cranford fan. p23. [Leach, Joan]. The Gaskells and poetry. p24.

No.5. March 1988. Jacobi, Elizabeth (later Rye). Mrs. Gaskell, [port. by H.L. Smith]. [illus.] p2-5. Leach, Joan. Hollingford alias Knutsford. p8-10. Thwaite, Mary. Additions to the Knutsford collection, [Cranford. Joan Hassall, illustrator.] [facsimile] p11-13. Leach, Joan. The Gaskell servants. p14-15. Davis, Elsie. Silverdale. p16-17. Lingard, Christine. John Seely Hart. p17-19. Higgins, [Edward] highwayman, [figurine]. [illus.] p19. Leach, Joan. What the Howitts did [in Australia]. p20-21.

No.6. August 1988. Leach, Joan. Obituary, [Dr Ken Walley. President. Gaskell Society]. p2. Farino, Julian. Getting to know Mrs G., [television documentary]. p3-5. Leach, Joan. Outing to Silverdale, [July 3rd 1988]. [Lindeth Tower; Sheiling]. [illus.] [plan] p6-12. Brill, Barbara. Bleak House in Cheshire? p15. Easson, Angus. Wives and Daughters: a further note. p16.

No.7. March 1989. Leach, Joan. In Cousin Phillis country, [Colthurst Farm, Sandlebridge, Great Warford]. [illus.] p4-6. [Leach, Joan]. The Gaskells and Moss Farm, [Bowdon]. [illus.] p7-10. [Leach, Joan]. [Unpublished letter of Gaskell to Mrs Mary Green, 1855]. p12. Pleydell, Doreen. Two authors and Charles Eliot Norton, [Edith Wharton]. p13-15. [Dam Head Farm, Mobberley]. [illus.] p15. [Skrine, Peter?] Fanny Lewald’s impressions of Mrs Gaskell. p16.

No.8. August 1989. Thwaite, Mary. “300 years of history,” [exhibition at Brook St. Chapel, Knutsford]. [illus.] p2-4. Shelston, Alan. Chairman’s visit to Italy. p5. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. Cleghorn again. [port.] p9-11. Leach, Joan. Ruth a subject of pain. p12-16, [reduced facsimile of letter to Mary Green]. p15. Unsworth, Anna. Mrs Gaskell and Charlotte Brontë. p17-18.

Newsletter Contents B.docx 1 date of issue 26 October 2015 Leach, Joan. Outing to Haworth and Gawthorpe Hall, [Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, port.] [illus.] p19-22. Sutherland, Manuela. Why I go to Knutsford. p23-4. [Haworth Parsonage]. [illus. inside rear cover].

No.9 March 1990. Yarrow, Philip J. The Gaskell Society Outing – 8 October 1989, [Quarry Bank Mill, Styal; Dean Row chapel, Wilmslow; Adlington Hall]. p3-4. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. The Gaskell Honeymoon, [Plas Penrhyn]. p5-7. Borromeo, Eva Ahsberg. Elizabeth Gaskell and Fredrika Bremer; a comparison. [port.] p10-13. Bibby, R.E. Greenheys Fields, [Manchester Evening News, 1878]. [illus.] p14-16.

No.10. August 1991. [Leach, Joan]. An unpublished Gaskell letter, [Caroline Davenport]. [Capesthorne Hall, illus.] p3-8. [Leach, Joan]. A Gaskell precept, [R.H. Watt, architect, Knutsford]. p9. Duthie, Enid L. & Yarrow, Philip J. Truth and fiction in Mrs Gaskell: two notes, [My French Master; Round the Sofa]. p10- 12. Foster, Alison (later Harrop). Manchester cholera walk, [outing, July 22nd 1991]. p13-16. Hall, Audrey. A possible new image of Mrs. Gaskell. [port.] p16-17. Kirby, Sylvia. The theology of Unitarianism. p21-24. Ashbourne Hall [Derbyshire] 1839. [illus. to book note, p.19, inside rear cover].

No.11. March 1991. Canal Trippers, [Libbie Marsh’s Three Eras]. p3-4. The Portico Library [Manchester]. [illus.] p8. [Leach, Joan]. Elizabeth Gaskell’s amanuensis, [Catherine Winkworth]. p9. One of Birket Foster’s illustrations for “A Moorland Cottage.” [illus.] p9. [Letters. Marianne Gaskell to Charles E. Norton; Margaret E. Gaskell to Charles E. Norton. [facsimiles]. p12. Leach, Joan. Elizabeth Gaskell as a historian, [Sylvia’s Lovers]. p13-14. Duthie, Enid. Notes on some Gaskell stories, [My French Master; Round the Sofa]. p15-18. Lewis, Suzanne. `A Dark Night’s Work’ [incomplete]. p20.

No 12. August 1991. Yarrow, Dorothy F. Mansfield Park and Wives and Daughters. p4-5. Brill, Barbara. The Lawn, Holybourne. [illus.] p8-11. Leach, Joan. The French master, [Charles Rogier]. [A new plan of defence of Gibraltar. facsimile]. p12-16.

No 13 March 1992. Colloms, Brenda. Thoughts on Mrs Gaskell’s ‘Life of Charlotte Brontë’. p2-9. Gregg, Howard F. Visit to Holybourne, [outing of South of England branch]. p9-10. [Leach, Joan]. William Gaskell’s peaceful end. [Brook St. Chapel, Knutsford]. [illus.] p11-12. Brill, Barbara. An Oxford ghost. p13-15.

No.14. August 1992. Chapman, Raymond. Elizabeth Gaskell and London. p2-7. Leach, Joan. William to Elizabeth Gaskell, [letter]. p8-12. Cox, Marjorie. Mrs Gaskell, Louis Kossuth and the Hungarian revolution. p16-23. Smith, Muriel. Dickens and the ghost story. p23. Leach, Joan. The Dragon of Wantley. [illus.] See letter to Eliza Holland. No.9. p29.

No.15. January 1993. Easter, Muriel & Reddihough, Alice. AGM weekend, 2-4 October 1992. p3-5. Another letter from William Gaskell, traced by J.A.V. Chapple [to Ellen Nussey]. p6. Brill, Barbara. The Charm of Barbara Bodichon. p7-10. Burch, Sylvia. An introduction to Elizabeth Gaskell’s short stories. p11-16. Leach, Joan. Obituary, [John T.M. Nussey]. p16.

No.16. August 1993. Colloms, Brenda. Second thoughts on ‘Cousin Phillis’. p2-12. Waghorn, C[lifford] C. Another birthday present for Elizabeth, [Female Mentor by Honoria, 1798] [William Stevenson, [autograph]. [facsimile] p13-15. Unsworth, Anna. ‘So different a life...’ [Oxford]. p16-18.

No.17. February 1994. Leach, Joan. A Remarkable Gaskell collection, [Brotherton Collection, Leeds University]. p2-3.

Newsletter Contents B.docx 2 date of issue 26 October 2015 [Leach, Joan]. Editor’s Note, [Letter of Charles Herford]. [facsimile in shorthand] p3-4. Wilby, Geraldine. Some Thoughts on Teaching “North and South” to a WEA Class. p5-6. Leach, Joan. The Bradfords of Seedley, [Julia B. Gaskell - birth certificate. facsimile]. p7-9. Smith, Muriel. Whitby in 1793, [theatre production about whalers]. p11. Leach, Joan. The Writing of ‘Cousin Phillis,’ [letter to George Smith]. p12-13. Colloms, Brenda. Dies Calendoniae, [Edinburgh conference]. p14-17.

No.18. October 1994. Tillotson, Kathleen. Anne Thackeray Ritchie and ‘Mary Barton’. p2. Letter from Meta Gaskell to Charles Eliot Norton from Ashbourne Hall, May 9th 1859. p3-4. [Leach, Joan]. A small scrap, Brotherton Library, Leeds University]. [facsimile excerpt from Sylvia’s Lovers]. p5. Brill, Barbara. Extracts from Christina Rossetti by Frances Thomas (published Virago, 1994), [Kathleen Tynan]. p7. Unsworth, Anna. The Star Inn, Oxford. p9-11. Gregg, Howard F. South of England branch to Crix, [Hatfield Peverel, Essex, home of the Shaen family, outing]. p11-12. Leach, Joan. Mrs Gaskell’s bonnet. p13.

No 19. February 1995. Unsworth, Anna. An introduction to Manchester College, [Oxford University]. p2-5. Sharps, J[ohn] G[eoffrey]. [The Valentine sent by George Smith to Elizabeth Gaskell]. [facsimile] p8-9. Colloms, Brenda. Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth, Mrs Gaskell and Charlotte Brontë. p10-12. Mannix, Timothy. Edmund Sharpe 1809-1877, [Church House, Knutsford, now Hollingford House]. [illus.] p13-15.

No.20. August 1995. [Leach, Joan]. Ghost stories, [letter, Berg Collection, New York Public Library]. p2-3. [84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester, facsimile O/S map 1849 sheet 45 five feet to the mile]. p3. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. New light on Elizabeth Gaskell and her family, [Brotherton Collection, Leeds University]. [Sophia Holland. Diary]. p4-5. Brook Street Chapel, Knutsford. [illus.] p6-7. [Leach, Joan]. A day with the engineers: an extract from The Life of Sir David Brewster. p8.

No.21. March 1996. Handley, Graham. Mrs Gaskell and Charles Eliot Norton. p.2-5. Sharps, J. Geoffrey Sharps. Meeting Mrs Jane Whitehill. p.5. Sharp, Pamela. Wives and Daughters – an alternative ending. p.6-9. Winstanley, Roy. Juliet Barker. The Brontës and Mrs Gaskell. (Juliet Barker: “The Brontës”. Weidenfield & Nicholson [sic] 1994). [review] p10-13. Corona, Daniela. Cultural and politics, perspectives in “An Italian Institution” by E. Gaskell. Edited translation to the Italian version, 1990. p16-19.

No.22. August 1996. Leach, Joan. Behind the scenes: sources and contexts, [Elizabeth C. Gaskell. Diary; Sophia Holland. Diary]. [facsimiles] p3- 7. Brill, Barbara. First meetings that led to lasting friendships, [Charles E. Norton, John Ruskin]. p10-13. [Holland, Lucy. King Street, Knutsford: watercolour. [illus.] p14.

No.23. March 1997. Arnaud, Caroline. A study of Mrs Gaskell’s Handwriting. p2-4. Handley, Graham. Humour in Mrs Gaskell’s letters (1) [George Eliot]. p5-9. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. The Royal Literary Fund, [Richard A. Davenport]. p10-12. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. 84 Plymouth Grove, [appeal for funds]. [illus.] p12 & 14.

No.24. September 1997. Williams, Dewi. The Well of Penmorfa. p3-5. Smith, Muriel. Notes on The Moorland Cottage and Other Stories. World Classics p/b ed., 1995. p6-7. [Allan, Janet]. 84 Plymouth Grove, [appeal for funds]. p7. Corrie, Delia. The Recording of Mrs Gaskell’s North and South, BBC Radio 4. p8-9. Leach, Joan. One day in Heppenheim, [visit to Germany]. [illus.] p11-15. Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, in 1856. [illus.] p9. Head, Geoffrey. Cross Street Chapel, [Manchester]. p10. Leach, Joan. Summer outings: Trip to Pendle and Wycoller [June 29th]; Trip to Rivington 16th July 1997. p15-16.

No.25. March 1998. Ohno, Tatsuhiro. “Sylvia’s Lovers”: The First Japanese Translation. p2-4. Lindsay, Jean. Elizabeth and William’s Honeymoon in Aber, September 1832, [Pen y Bryn]. [illus.] p4-7.

Newsletter Contents B.docx 3 date of issue 26 October 2015 Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. Elizabeth Gaskell’s First Music Book. [facsimiles]. p8-12. Brill, Barbara. Charades and amateur theatricals, [Fleeming Jenkin; Robert Louis Stevenson]. p13.14.

No.26. August 1998. Sharps, Heather. Gawthorpe Hall and the Gaskell connection. [illus.] p2-4. Mayston, Bernard. Thoughts about the Brontës, [Thornton, Bradford, birthplace of the Brontës]. [illus.] p8-9. Wiltshire, Irene. ‘Curious, if true’: Le Petit Poucet and Tom Thumb. A case of mistaken identity. p10-12. Lingard, Christine. French translations of Gaskell, [Louise Swanton Belloc. Pierre et Pierrette. [facsimile]. p14-15. Leach, Joan. Cross Street Chapel, [Manchester] [illus.] p16-17. Smith, Muriel. Circular Notes. p18.

No.27. February 1999. Skrine, Peter. Elizabeth Gaskell à Paris. p2-10. Green, Dudley. In the Footsteps of Elizabeth Gaskell, Paris 17-22 September 1998, [study tour]. [Place de Vosges, illus.] p11-14. Sanders, Andrew. The Tenth Annual Gaskell Society Meeting in Tokyo: From a Speaker’s Viewpoint. p15-16. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. A (not) Imaginary Conversation Between a ‘Lady of Quality’ & Mrs Gaskell. p17-20. G.L.328 to George Smith, Dec 29 1856. [t-p 1856 French edition. facsimile]. [Hachette, Louis. port.] p24.

No.28. August 1999. Shelston, Alan. William Gaskell and the Pressures of Work. No.28 August 1999, [W. Gaskell bi-centenary]. p9-12. Horner, Maureen & Miller, Barbara. The Gaskell Society Conference: The London Experience 23 July-26 July 1999. p12- 13. Brill, Barbara. Links in a Chain that Connect Elizabeth Gaskell with Marianne North. p15-18.

No.29. February 2000. Davies, Andrew. Adapting Wives and Daughters, [BBC Television]. p2-5. Lindsay, Jean. Who was Miss Fergusson? [Barbara Fergusson, governess]. p6-8. Hockenhull, Jean & Stephenson, Sheila. Omnibus - A Diary of our Days on Location. [BBC TV] [illus.] p9-17. Brill, Barbara. Marianne North. p17. Lancashire Dialect and the Greyt Eggshibishun. [facsimile]. p19-20. [Robertson, Valerie]. A Dark Night’s Work at Inverary Jail. p20-21.

No.30. August 2000. Horsfield, Jackie. Visit to Belgium, 11th- 15th May 2000. p2-3. Green, Dudley. Following the Brontës in Brussels – May 2000, [Pensionat Heger]. [illus.] p4-8. Allan, Janet. Progress on the Gaskell House, Plymouth Grove, [appeal for funds]. p.8. Moss, Marie. Travelling the literary trail, [Rome]. [illus.] p9-14. [Burch, Sylvia]. Literary walk to Southwark –19th August 2000. p16-17. Marshall, Rosemary. Gaskell Society Southwest. Group Report on. Spring Activities, 2000, [Broadleas, Devizes, outing]. [illus.] p19-20.

No.31. March 2001. Tributes to Barbara Brill. p2-3. Lingard, Christine. The Gaskells, popular education & the free library movement. [part 1]. p4-7. Skrine, Peter. ‘Peccavi.’ [Catherine Winkworth; R.H. Watts. Gaskell Memorial Tower, Knutsford]. [illus.] p7-9. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. Charles Perrault, Madame D’Aulnoy, and ‘Curious if true’. p9-12.

No.32. Autumn 2001. Allan, Janet. 84 Plymouth Grove, [appeal for funds]. p2. Allan, Janet. The Gaskells’ bequests. p2-4. Smith, Muriel. Bellingham, [Ruth] p4. Lingard, Christine. Bank Street Unitarian Chapel, Bolton. [illus.] p5-6. Lingard, Christine. The Gaskells, popular education & the free library movement, [part 2]. p7-16. Group Visits, 2001, [Moravian Church, Fairfield Settlement, Droylsden]. [illus.] p20.

No.33. Spring 2002. Leach, Joan. On the trail of Madame de Sévigné. p2-4. Allan, Janet. The Gaskells’ shawls. p4-5. Rye, Elizabeth (formerly Jacobi). Help please! [port.] p6. Leach, Joan. Samuel Laurence, 1812-1884. [port. facsimile]. p7-8. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. Caroline Holland (1835-1909). p9.

No.34. Autumn 2003.

Newsletter Contents B.docx 4 date of issue 26 October 2015 Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. Obituary: Arthur Pollard. p2-3. Lingard, Christine. Wilmots. p4-5. Smith, Muriel. In pursuit of Madame de Sévigné. p6-7. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. Good Dog Fanny and Tuft the Canary, with other Stories, all True, [Margaret E. Gaskell of Macclesfield]. With Note by Mary Syner. p7-9. [Leach, Joan]. Manchester Botanists. [St. George’s Church, Hulme]. [illus.] p10-11. Marshall, Rosemary. Gaskell Society South-West Excursion to Penzance, Friday May 17th– Sunday May 19th 2002. p15-16.

No.35. Spring 2003. Cox, Marjorie. Mrs. Gaskell and the ‘Climbing Boys’. p2-6. Moss, Marie. A Note on Elizabeth Gaskell’s Visit to The Mount, [Bollington]. [illus.] p5-6. Lingard, Christine. The Frozen North: some links with Sylvia’s Lovers. p7-10. [Wilson, Jane]. Manchester Botanist? [illus.] p11. Stephenson, Sheila & Hockenhull, Jean. The Gaskell trip to Brittany, [Les Rochers, Vitre]. [illus.] No.35. Spring 2003. p12- 17.

No.36. Autumn 2003. Lingard, Christine. And what of Sylvia? p2-3. Sylvia’s Lovers, 1863 ed. title-page, [George Du Maurier, illustrator]. [facsimile]. p.4. Moss, Marie. Elizabeth Gaskell and Macclesfield. [illus.] p5-15. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. Editing Elizabeth Gaskell’s Letters. p16. [Leach, Joan]. Here we go round the mulberry bush, [Brook Street chapel, Knutsford]. [illus.] p16-17.

No.37. Spring 2004. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. Elizabeth Gaskell and Tennyson. p2-6. Twinn, Frances. Haworth through unfamiliar eyes. [Life of Charlotte Brontë. title page facsimile]. p7-9. Weyant, Nancy. Gaskell’s Works now searchable via new Hyper-Concordance. p10-11. Shelston, Alan. Mrs Gaskell and Miss Fergusson: a new connection. p11. [Leach, Joan]. A Gaskell portrait? [Elizabeth Rye, owner]. [illus.] p12-15.

No.38. Autumn 2004 Green, Dudley. Brian Hechle, [obituary]. [port.] p2-3. Shelston, Alan. Elizabeth Gaskell and Tennyson: a footnote. p4-6. Lingard, Christine. Samuel Holland and Liverpool. p6-8. [Leach, Joan]. Visit to Liverpool. [Liscard Vale, Wallasey]. [illus.] p9-10. Moss, Marie. The Oxford Visit-23 June 2004: A Personal View, [South West Group visit] [illus.] p12-15, Kennerley, Janet. Visit to Worcester and Stratford-upon-Avon, 5th– 8th July 2004. [illus.] p16-19.

No.39. Spring 2005. Lingard, Christine. Scientists in Wives and Daughters. p2-4. Wynne, Deborah. Elizabeth Gaskell and Dickens in All the Year Round. p5-6. North and South on BBC TV, [selection of comments]. p7-9. Uglow, Jenny. A Forgotten Wedding Custom. p9-11. Shelston, Alan. A visit to Japan. [illus.] p10-12. Clark, Mary. Lancaster visit, [Ruskin Library, Lancaster University]. p13-14. [Leach, Joan]. Edinburgh. p19.

No.40. Autumn 2005. [Leach, Joan]. The Cober Hill Conspiracy, [Joan ’s M.B.E.] p2-3. Manchester Conference Reviewed. p4-5. Wynne, Deborah. Elizabeth Gaskell and Dickens in All the Year Round, [Lois the Witch]. repeated. p6-7,. Skrine, Peter. Elizabeth Gaskell and the Isle of Man. p7-9. Chapple, J]ohn] A.V. John Ashton Nicholls in Boston. p9-10. Emberson, Ian M. A forgotten wedding custom and Jane Eyre. p11. Clark, Mary. The Lake District in the footsteps of Elizabeth Gaskell, [Greta Hall, Keswick; Old Grammar School; Hawkshead]. [illus.] p11-14.

No.41. Spring 2006. Chapple, J]ohn] A.V. John Geoffrey Sharps (1936-2006). [port.] p2-4. Memories and tributes to John Geoffrey Sharps. Nancy Weyant, Irene Wiltshire, etc. p5-8. [Hartshorne, Susan]. Recollections of Plymouth Grove. p9. Lingard, Christine. Gaskell in Translation: a summary. p10-16. Leach, Joan. Letters relating to The Life of Charlotte Brontë, [Horsfall Turner Collection], acquired by the Brontë Society. p16-18.

Newsletter Contents B.docx 5 date of issue 26 October 2015 Twinn, Fran. Gaskell Society Members at Buckingham Palace, [Joan Leach, M.B.E.] [illus.] p19-20. [Lingard, Christine]. Mrs Gaskell and the O[xford] E[nglish] D[ictionary], [part 1]. p21-22. Leach, Joan. Sylvia’s Lovers. [facsimile] p22-23.

No.42. Autumn 2006. Leach, Joan. My visit to Japan. [illus.] p2-4. Alston, Jean. Visit to Ashbourne, Alstonefield and the Hope House Costume Museum, [Derbyshire] 5th July 2006. p5-6. Leach, Joan. Cranford Houses, [Brook House.] [Edward Higgins highwayman’s house]. [illus.] p6-9. Lingard, Christine. Mrs Gaskell and the OED. (part 2). p11-12. Turner, Coreen. Visit to Plymouth Grove on Monday 5 June 2006 by Members of The Brontë Society. p12-13.

No.43. Spring 2007. Sharps, Heather. John Geoffrey Sharps. p2-4. Shelston, Alan. Garibaldi at Caprera, [by Augusto Vecchji]. p4-7. Skrine, Peter. The Gaskell Society Visit to Rome 18 September– 24 September 2006. [illus.] p7-9. Lingard, Christine. Antonio Gallenga. p10-11. Emberson, Ian M. The Sorrows of Young Philip. p12.

No.44. Autumn 2007. Baker, Fran. The Papers of J.G. Sharps, [John Rylands University of Manchester Library]. p2-6. Stennett, Adrienne. Visit to Bamford country, 9th June 2007, [Middleton. Lancs.] p6-7. Poole, Robert. A letter from Bamford, probably to William Gaskell, [with note on F. Eugene Vembergue by Christine Lingard]. [facsimile] p7-9. O’Brien, Ann. The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition. [illus.] p10-13. [Barnard, Pat]. Elizabeth Gaskell’s guests to The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition. p14-15. [Coles, Anthony]. Mary Barton as a school prize, [Tablet, 29 June 1907]. p15. [Thomas, Heidi]. The BBC and Cranford. [illus.] p19.

No.45. Spring 2008. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. Mary Holland and Anne Marsh Caldwell. [port.] p2-5. Pittock, Malcolm & Williams, Elizabeth. The BBC and “Cranford”, [opinions of the Knutsford group of BBC Cranford]. p5- 8. [Bank Note once on display at Knutsford Library]. [facsimile]. p9. Lingard, Christine. Gaskell and Music. p9-15.

No.46. Autumn 2008. Baker, Fran. Papers of the Green & Jamieson families, [John Rylands University of Manchester Library]. p2-6. O’Brien, Ann. Notes from the Exhibition: Art Treasures in Manchester 150 years on. p6-9. Moss, Marie. The Recollections of a Victorian Gentlewoman, [Elizabeth Anne Galton]. p9-12. Alston, Jean. Tour in Scottish Lowlands, 7–11 July 2008, [Berwick on Tweed]. [illus.] p13-16 & back cover.

No.47. Spring 2009. Lingard, Christine. Gaskell and the Theatre. p2-9. [Leach, Joan]. Gaskell portrait gallery, [Samuel Laurence, artist]. [illus.] p9-12. Weyant, Nancy S. A newly discovered letter of introduction returns to England, [John Rylands University of Manchester Library]. p13-16. Lingard, Christine. Skelwith, [Preston family]. p16-17. Leach, Joan. A model for Lady Ludlow, [Lady Jane Stanley]. p17-19.

No.48. Autumn 2009. Chapple, J]ohn] A.V. Elizabeth Gaskell’s Paternal Grandparents, [Stevenson]. p2-4. Clark, Nicky. Charles Allen Du Val/C.A. Duval: artist and photographer. [illus.] p5-8. Ross, Dr John. The Death of Elizabeth Gaskell. p9-11. Austin, Tim. Photos in Geneva, [Alfred Sharpe; Susan Deane; Elizabeth Sharpe]. [ports.] p11-14.

No.49. Spring 2010. Lingard, Christine. Elizabeth Gaskell’s London. p2-7. Briggs, Dr Katherine Jane. A Tale of Two Centenaries: Elizabeth Gaskell and Lev Tolstoy. p7-8. [Taylor, David]. Vernon Lushington: Mrs Gaskell’s ‘Cousin ‘V’. p8-9. [Leach, Joan]. The Death of Mrs Gaskell reported, [Manchester Guardian, 14 November 1865]. p10. [Leach, Joan]. A Brontë letter correction. p9. Death certificates: [Elizabeth C. Gaskell; Florence Crompton]. [facsimiles]. p11-12. [Moss, Marie]. Emily White, 1925-2010, [obituary]. p13-15.

Newsletter Contents B.docx 6 date of issue 26 October 2015 No.50. Autumn 2010. [Leach, Joan]. [port. cover] & editorial note [by Janet Allan]. Cox, Dr Elizabeth M. “Such happy days as my schooldays were”: Elizabeth Gaskell and Warwickshire. [Stratford upon Avon’, Brook St. Chapel, Knutsford - mulberry tree]. p2-6. Ray, Philip. Archibald Stanton Whitfield, 1900-1974. p7-11. Programme of Bi-centenary events. p11-12.

No.51. Spring 2011. Joan Leach: Our Honorary Secretary from 1985-2010, [obituary & tributes]. p1-15. Gaskell Centenary Westminster Abbey, [i.e. bi-centenary]. [illus.] p12-13. Shelston, Alan. 2010, [bi-centenary year]. p14-15. Alston, Jean. Una Box, who died 14 November 2010, aged 71 years, [obituary]. p15-16. [Waddington, Ann]. A glimpse into the preparations for the memorialisation of Elizabeth Gaskell in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey on 25 September 2010. p16-18. [Smith, Helen]. London Weekend, 24-26 September 2010. p18-19.

No.52. Autumn 2011. Cunliffe-Jones, Janet. Gaskell Society Conference 2011, [Winchester]. [illus.] p3-7. Shelston, Alan. With Gaskell in Naples. p8-11. Smith, Helen. Cranford in Crewe, [Martyn Coleman, dramatist]. [review] p11-12. Prince, Sarah. Elizabeth Rosemary Trevor Dabbs, 8 July 1922-28th September 2010. [illus.] p12-14. Weyant, Nancy. Elizabeth Gaskell’s Encounters with the Internet Technology of the 21st Century. p15-18. Lingard, Christine. A Dear Good Valuable Friend, [Ann Hearn]. p20-23. Pleydell, Doreen. Two Encounters with ECG. p24. Twinn, Fran. Happy 20th Birthday! [South of England branch]. p25-26.

No.53. Spring 2012. Shelston, Alan. Dickens’ Bi-centenary. p2-4. Drife, James. M.D., F.R.C.O.G. A gynaecologist looks at Mrs Gaskell. p4-12. Thornber, Craig. Uncle Peter and Cousin Henry, [Dr Peter Holland, Sir Henry Holland]. p12-16. Lingard, Christine. Death in Leamington Spa? [Sarah, daughter of J.E. Taylor of The Manchester Guardian]. p20-23. Barnard, Pat. Ford Madox Brown: Pre-Raphaelite Pioneer. p16-20. [Pleydell, Doreen] [married 18 April 1942]. [illus]. p.22. Foster, Shirley. Controversy at Cross Street: Was George Eliot guilty of plagiarism? [&] Pryke, Jo. Moorland Cottage. p23- 25. Luce, Stella. Maria Andreansky 1910–2011, [obituary]. [illus.] p25-26. Morey, Philip. Visit to Warrington 28 September 2011. p26-27. Smith, Helen. Greenheys Opening Event, [Manchester]. [illus.] p30.

No.54. Autumn 2012. Foster, Dr Shirley. Presidential address. [port.] p2-3. Williams, Elizabeth. An appreciation of Alan, now former president, Shelston. p5-6. Shelston, Alan. Mary Syner: a personal tribute. [port.] p4-5. Pleydell, Doreen. Life before the Gaskell Society. p6-7. Webb, Sarah. ‘That unfrequented stone hall’: Elizabeth Gaskell and Tabley Old Hall. p7-12. Mrs Gaskell, Haunts, Homes and Stories. By Mrs Ellis H. Chadwick, [review reprinted from The Morning Post, September 29, 1910]. p13-15. Solomon, Katharine. London looks at Charlotte and Elizabeth: “The Life of Charlotte Brontë” – a reading day. p16-17. Shelston, Alan. The Two Elizabeths, [Elizabeth Holland, née Gaskell, 1812-1892]. [port.] p17-21. Shelston, Alan. What a single word can do. p24-5. Marigliano, Emma. A brief account of the illustrated editions of Elizabeth Gaskell’s works. [illus.] p25-30. Kiggins, Pauline. Casa Guidi, Florence. p31-32. Lingard, Christine. Away From It All, [Eastbourne]. [illus.] p30-34. Alston, Jean. Gaskell-Nightingale tour, 30 May 2012, [Derbyshire]. p35.37.

No.55. Spring 2013. Foster, Shirley. Elizabeth Gaskell and food. [illus.] p2-8. Barnard, Pat. George Richmond, 1809-1896 and his portrait of Elizabeth Gaskell. [illus] p8-9. Hardy, Barbara. Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot. p9-16. O’Brien, Ann. Margaret Emily Gaskell. [port.] p17-21. Pleydell, Doreen. Belonging. p21. Former President, Professor J.A.V. Chapple remembers... p24-27. [Sachs, Ann, née Holland]. A tale of two Elizabeths. See article by A. Shelston. No.56.p28-29. From the Inquirer 2 Apl 1892: Mrs Charles Holland. [port.] p29-31.

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No.56. Autumn 2013. Smith, Helen. The Gaskell Society Conference, 19-22 July, Stratford Manor Hotel, near Stratford-on-Avon. p2-6. Lundie, Alison. Elizabeth Gaskell and Shawls; Creative Artistry and Identity. [illus.] p6-12. Lingard, Christine. The Seamstress. p13-22. Barnard, Pat. The Connection between Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Eliot Norton and. Autumn Leaves by John Everett Millais. p22. Stoneman, Patsy. ‘Such a life’: Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte Brontë. p25-31. Greenwood, John. Elizabeth Gaskell and Honoré de Balzac. p32-34. Easson, Angus. ‘Trawling Private Accounts out to the Public Gaze’: Answers and Problems. p35-38. Shelston, Alan. The Uncertainty of Endings. p38-41. Layton, Jean M. Keeping in touch, [visit to Manchester City Art Gallery]. p42-42.

No.57. Spring 2014. Emberson, Ian [died 2013]. Asya [Turgeneve] and Phillis: comparisons and contradictions, [plus obituary of author]. p2-6. Donaldson, Rosemary. Gaskellians, [poem]. p7-9. Pleydell, Doreen. The power of fiction. p9-10. Lingard, Christine. To Tuscany with Murray. p10-12. Easson, Angus. Nineteenth-Century Education: Parity for the Sexes? p13-17. Williams, Elizabeth. Ruth and the Governess Question. p17-22. Weyant, Nancy. Lionizing Elizabeth Gaskell: The Gaskell Journal Goes On-Line. p22-26. Keaveney, Jenny. Who was Louy Jackson? [port.] p27-33. Kiggins, Pauline. Elizabeth Gaskell and Thomas Glover. p33-40. Griffiths, Pam. A Distant Connection, [New Zealand]. p40-43.

No.58. Autumn 2014. Lingard, Christine. Primitive, cheap and bracing: the Gaskells in the Alps, [Hotel Steinbock. illus. cover]. p2-6. Stockdale, Edwin. Corrections, [poem]. p6-7. Shelston, Alan. The naming of a train. [illus. p21-3]. p7-9. Sharps, Heather. John Geoffrey Sharps B.Litt. M.Ed. M.A. B.Th. p9-11. Barnard, Pat. The Murillo trail of ‘Woman Drinking.’ p11-14. Brooks, Ann & Haworth, Bryan. A very modern marriage. p14-20. Greenwood, John. In Praise of the Independent Singleton. p20-29. Chapple, J[ohn] A.V. F.E. Bache: a brief life. [port.] p29-30. Shelston, Alan. Elizabeth Gaskell and Henry James. p31-34. Alston, Jean. Gaskell Study Tour to Worcester, Bromyard and surrounding areas – 20 to 22 May 2014. [Alfrick Court]. [illus.] p35-39.

No.59. Spring 2015. Pleydell, Doreen (died 2014). Charitable Works. p2. Easson, Angus. Domestic Medicine; with Some Notes about Mercury Treatment. p3-6. Larner, A.J. Elizabeth Gaskell and Charles Thurstan Holland – another Liverpool connection. p7-8. McKay, Brenda. Victorian Woman Novelists, Gossip and Creativity. p9-15. Austin, Tim. The Gaskell Broadwood Piano of 1853. p15-18. 84 Plymouth Gaskell in 2014. [illus.] p16-17. Alston, Jean. Marianne and her family in Worcestershire. p19-21. Bhatt, Christine. Italy in the Footsteps of Elizabeth Gaskell. [illus.] p22-26. Shay, Helen. North and South and experience. p26-28.

No.60. Autumn 2015 Smith, Helen. The Gaskell Society Conference: 17-20 July, Cober Hill, near Scarborough. No.60p1-7. Ellis, Pat & Harry. A post-conference note. p7. Stockdale, Edwin. Lair, [poem]. p8. Ross, John H. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65) and the medical world. [illus. from WD]. p9-14. Lingard, Christine. Marianne [Gaskell]. p15-7. Lethbridge, L.P. Murder in Mrs Gaskell country, Hyde, Cheshire 1831. p16-24 Greenwood, John. Gaskell and Sand: two unlikely soulmates. p24-29. Baker, Fran. Gaskelliana for the twenty-first century. [Thomas Carlyle autograph, facsimile]. p30-4. Lingard, Christine. Time for some light relief: Gaskell on the silver screen. p36-7.

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