COLLECTION NAME : O'Sbaughnessy papers. 2ll Page 1 CENTRAL FIGURE: O'Shaughnessy, Arthur William Edgar, 184ll-1881 , poet and litterateur. DATES COVERED : 1832- 1906 or later; bulk in 1870s. DATE WRI TTEN : 1832- 1906 or later PLACE: Great Britain LANGUAGE: English France French us TYPE: Unbound collection of letters received by O'S ; also other letters; literary texts by O'S and others ; some sketches in letters, and photographs. Primarily literary and artistic gossip. EXPLANATION AND PROVENANCE : John Westland Marston (1819- 1890) was a blank- verse dramatist moving in London literary circles. His daughter Eleanor Marston (d. 1879) appears to have kept an album of letters received by Marston from notable English, French , and American authors and actors. In 1873 Eleanor married A.W.E. 0 1Shaughnessy, who worked for the British Museum of Natural History under the protection of the novelist Bulwer- Lytton (Baron Lytton) : O' S's maternal aunt was Lytton's mistress. O'S moved in London and Parisian literary and artistic circles, and Eleanor seems to have added his incoming corr espondence to her album. After O'S's death in 1881 , his cousin and literary executor Alfred W. Newport Deacon (1847- 1915) seems to have added letters addressed to himself (some concerning O'S, some not) , and 3 letters by O' S. He annotated some of the letters and some of the album sheets with identifications. By the time the Department acquired the contents of the album from Maggs in 1956 it had been disbound and the letters cut out (many still show signs of having been mounted on-coloured paper) . Most annotations were lost in this process; and the album may have contained more (or less) than the present collection. Ca 1962 the Department bought and added 1 letter by O'S. In 1963 we added from the O'Hegarty acquisition the literary texts by O'S; in 1989 we added from the Paden acquisition lJ letters by O' S and a contract. We will continue adding to the collection. CONTENTS: [Summary list ; see pp 2- 18 for itemized description) A. LITERARY TEXTS by O' Shaughnessy. 16 items B. CORRESPONDENCE . Ba . LETTERS FROM O' S to Deacon, Miss Compton, Freiligrath- Kroeker, Miss Kortwright, R. H. Horne, Ingram. 8 items Bb. LETTERS TO O' S from Armstrong, Bailey, Banville , B~ll , Bernard, Black, Boughton,""'OM" Brown, Cazalis, Colvin, Coppee, Dierz, Dobson, Duclaux, Eberstadt, Ellis , Francillon, ID Hardy , Holmes , Horne , McCarthy, Maccoll , Manet , J Miller, G Moore , L Morris , Neilson , Nettleship, Panizzi, Payne, Pollock, Ralston, DG & WM Rossetti, Saint- Saens, WB Scott, Solomon , Stephens, Watts- Dunton, Weatherly, Wedmore, Wilcox, Wills. 49 items Be. LETTERS TO DEACON from Blind, Bridge, Caine, Garnett, Gosse , Ingram, Lawson, Lytton (Earl), Marston, W Morris, Moulton, Palgrave, Salaman, Swinburne , and?. 17 i tems Bd . LETTERS FROM ELEANOR to Deacon? ; TO ELEANOR from Hake , Linton. 3 items Be. LETTERS TO MARSTON from Dickens, WH Hunt , Lytton, W Johnson, Millais. 5 i t ems Bf. MISC. CORRESPONDENCE: Cintz; Forster; Lytton to "Mrs oS"; C to DG Rossetti; Mallarm~; Critchett to Mrs Deacon. 6 items Bg. AUTOGRAPHS cut from letters , sometimes with some text {most addressed to Marston) : Bailey, R Browning , Collins, Glyn, Forster, Fox, Hawthorne, Horne, L Hunt , Knowles , Mackay , Munro , Oliphant, Patten, White , Damier , Bellew, Benham , CW Clive, Cobler , Dobell , Fane, SC Hall , Harvey, Loomis , Lytton, Iddesleigh, Parr, Sheepshanks, A Smith, Swain, Talfourd, Thackeray , & ? 38 items C. LITERARY TEXTS by R Garnett , DMM Craik, and M.L. 3 i t ems D. PHOTOGRAPHS of O'S, Regnault, Vezin, Neilson, Rossetti . 5 items E. CONTRACT between 0' S and his publishers Ellis & Green. 1 i t em Date of acq of body of collection: 1956 Sep 27 Maggs (Ley) ( PROCESSING : Temp cards by 1961; listed sm 1961 july 26; classed & desc alb 1977 Feb 16. EMG T619. Cover sheet re- typed alh 1989 Jan 24 to include Paden acq. COLLECTION NAME: 0 1 Shaughnessy MS 24 p.2 CONTENTS: Section A. Literary texts by O'Shaughnessy. 1. cLazarueJ. "At Jesus' voice dead Lazarus awoke •• • " lp, mounted on blue p~ Draft translation of first 16 lines of Ilerx' poem. Published 1n Songs of a Worker, 1881. Prov: Maggs 27 Sep 1956. 2. c:Poem, beginningJ "Ah Horace I have known you a long time." 25 pieces. Paged in pencil: 1- 9 12 10-11 14-16 13 17- 44 L6-70 91-117. Draft, heavily corrected. Dated 17 March 1866. 11 Prov: O•Hegarty (who notes ''Missing p . L5 pp 70-89 ) J. cA group of draft translations of poem.a , heavily correctedJ 9 ff (9 pieces) 1. The Shadow. lp. c:Pubd in Songs •• • , p.196J On British Museum paper. 2. Penthesileia Queen of the Amazons. Jp. c:Songs ••• , p.205J Sweetness of the Past. cSongs ••• , p. 202. J cOn British Huseum paper. J J. c:Fi.rst draft: lp; Versos ''But no; the lamp is unlit and while our eyes •• • "J 4. cFair copy: lp.J 5. (La derniere Ame)-the last soul. Jp (3 pieces). c:Pubd in Songs ••• , p.20).J Prov: 0 1 Hegarty. - 4. - cA group of drafts of reviews, mostly incomplete.J 23 pieces 1. Le Vathek de Beckfordo •• avec preface par ••• ~lanne. 7 pieces (including a note in French by another hand beginnings 11 11 L'hietoire du Calife Vathek conunence au faite • • • ) 2. c:Account of Troubadour literature beginning: J "Though far from pretending to the complete criticaJ. • •• " Jp (2 pieces) on blue paper. J. cReview of CoppeeJ Two attempts. 2p ( 2 piecea) on Britil!h ftluseum paper. 4. cReview ot SUlly Prudhome?J 4p (3 pieces) on blue paper. - '" • --s.- Les Poesies de Catulle Mend~s. ff 1, 2, 10, 16. 6. cPreface to his translations beginning:J "As most of the poets translated are rrry immediate contemporaries ••• " 2p (2 pieces) on blue paper. Signed. 7. cstrq leaf of review of French poetry, including 11 La Vase Br1se" and "La Coupe".J 2p (1 piece) 8. cstra;y leaf of review of Mr B.S.'s book or essays; misc notesJ 2p (1 piece) on blue paper. 9. cNotice in French of T .H. Ward' s work on English poets beginningJ 11 traduit tout de suite en fran~ais." lp. Prov: 0 1Hegarly. A.3 and A1 were folded up together, and annotated (on verso of 4. 1 p . 4) "Old papers reviews, &c (with some trtplslations from the French) AWE OShaughnesy" \.._, --- MS ., COLLECTION NAME: O'Shaughnessy papers. 24:Ba Page 3 CONTENTS [cont. ] Ba . LETTERS FROM 0 1SHAUGHNESSY . RECIPIENT DATE AND PLACE WRITTEN Ba: 1. [Deacon?), Alfred. 1873 Nov , 9 Northumberland Terrace . 4p ( 1 piece) --~ Illness; busy writing; new poem in next Athenaeum ; your suggestion about L. S. Tombeau [de Theophile Gautier?] a disappointment; Payne ' s rubbishing imitations. [Remains of green album leaf on p. 4.] Ba : 2 . Compton, Miss . 18711 June 25 , <9 N'd T> 4p (1 piece) Your setting of the words is very good ; my wife also likes it. I wish you had used tbe first and last verses as well. Suggest " An Invocation" as title. Hope Mrs Compton well again. Ba: 3. Coapton, Miss . 1876 Jan 20, 163 Holborne Rd . 3p (1 piece) My wife too ill to write you her delight in the dedication of the song (my words to your music) . She will distribute the 12 copies to those who might be i nterested. Ba : 4. [Freiligratb-]Kroeker, Kathe, 1845- 1904 . 4p (1 piece) 1876 Mar 20, 163 Holborne Rd. Condolence on death of her father, Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810- 1876 , German poet, in London 1851 - 1866] . "Myself a young disciple." My wife , though ill, joins in sympathy. Ba : 5. Borne, Richard Henry. 1875 June 21 , Br itish Museum . 2p & env (2 pieces) To "My dear Sir". You needed a line engraver for your Cosmo de 'Medici: Mr Reade , Keeper of Dept of Prints, who i s anxious to encour age this art in England, recom­ mends C.W. Sherborne. [Charles William Sherborn, 183 1-1912 , known for his bookplates. ] With postmarked env . addressed t o R. H. Hor ne , 7 Nor thumberland St ••.. Docketed . Ba : 6. Borne, Richard Henry. 1875 Aug 19, 163 Holborne Rd . 4p (1 piece) Sorry my delayed visit missed you . Wife convalescing . Thanks for the books and your own wo rk which I admire (details]. Ba: 7. Ingram, (John Henry?] 1878 Apr 25 , British Museum . 2p (1 piece) Payne ' s Villon bas gone to pr ess, and he wants the subscriptions. Sawyer gave me the names of several possible Whitefriars subscribers : Sawyer , Wharton Simpson, Dillon Cooker, John Strafford , etc. Will you see after it? [Payne is J ohn Pa yne . 1842-1916.) Ba: 8. Kortright, Mi ss [ n.d ., no place] 3p (1 piece) Apology for tardy acceptance of your invi tation for the 24th. [Recipient probably the writer Fanny [or Francesl- Aikin Kortright, 1821 - 1900 . ~.s- · [Remains of grey album leaf on p. 4 . ] [Marked in pencil , pr obably by bookdeal er: "Paden (in Reserve Box) 11 ] SOURCE : 1- 3: Maggs 1956 sep 27 4: Charles Hamilton cat E/59 e (TRB : Paden reserve) 5- 8: Part of Paden acquisition, 1979. (Professor W.D. Paden of the English Dept, KU , collected Victorian and pre- Raphaelite letters. On bis death his MS collection passed to us as the " Paden acquisition" [ see preliminary list in Catalogue IV] ; items from the acquisition are being gradually catalogued into the general MS '- collection. ) Added to MS 24 on 1989 Jan 25 by alh. 5: Formerly Paden F9 :5. 6: Formerly Paden F1:~ . 7 : Formerly Paden F1 :3 . 8: Former­ ly Paden F.3. MS COLLECTION NAME: 0 1Shaughnessy 2u ~ p.L CONTENTS ccont.J Bb.