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Three autograph signatures of Samuel Butler, 1851-55, removed from Butler's school books by Henry Festing Jones.

Five typescripts.

Correspondence of Alfred E. Cathie, Henry Festing Jones, A.J. Hoppe and others, and press cuttings, regarding the sale of Cathie's Butler books in 1927. Includes a proof of the sale catalogue (from Hodgson & Co.).

Press cuttings relating to Henry Festing Jones's editions of Samuel Butler's works, and to Butler generally.

Black and white photograph taken before 1925. A note in Henry Festing Jones's hand reads: 'It was blown down in 1925 the paper is coming off the ceiling & the walls'.

Two-page article about Samuel Butler, being loosely a review of G.D.H. Cole's 'The Essential Samuel Butler'.

Two autograph letters regarding printing and cost issues for the pamphlet on Butler and Darwin. Includes a handwritten draft of the title page.

Quotes and receipts relating to the printing of Jones's 'Diary of a Journey Through North Italy to Sicily'.

Papers relating to Samuel Butler's 'Darwin on the Origin of Species: A Philosophic Dialogue' (originally printed in the Press in 1862) and the subsequent responses to that article printed in The Press of Christchurch, New Zealand. Includes Henry Festing Jones's notes, correspondence and typescripts, which led to the reprinting of Butler's article in The Press in June 1912, and cuttings of the 1912 reprints; autograph letters from G.S. Sale, R.A. Streatfeild and S. Edwards; cuttings from other publications relating to the same article series. Also includes a table plan and attendee list for the fifth Erewhon Dinner.

Typed, signed letter, addressed from 17 Pembroke Road, [London] W. Asks for comments on his article 'The Late Samuel Butler', which is to be published in the London Literary Letter, and encloses a proof copy of the article.