Identity area
Reference code
Butler/Section 8 (VIII)/23/1
Unique identifier
GB 275 Butler/Section 8 (VIII)/23/1
Title
Press cuttings relating to Samuel Butler
Date(s)
- 1900–1919 (Circa) (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 folder paper
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Scope and content
Extracts from the world press, of articles about Samuel Butler and reviews of his works. Includes cuttings of articles by Vernon Rendall (editor of the Athenaeum), Desmond MacCarthy, George Sampson, Edmund Gosse, Professor G. Sale, Augustine Birrell, Edward Thomas, Israel Zangwill, E.H. Lacon Watson, E.W. Hudson and A. St. John Adcock. Includes an autograph postcard from James McCormick to Henry Festing Jones, relating to the Times review of the 'Notebooks' on 5 December 1912, and an autograph letter from S.P. Waddington to Henry Festing Jones (dated 12 December 1912) relating to the 'Notebooks'. Also includes a complete issue of the New Zealand Free Lance (Vol. V, no. 249) of 8 April 1905.