Found 9 collections related to Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917

Robert Browning, English Victorian poet and playwright. The Robert Browning manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of his writings and correspondence. The writings include one holograph verse play (Colombe's Birthday), some autograph corrections of printed proof sheets (La Saisiaz and Jocoseria), and one holograph sonnet, "Tutti ga I so gusti e mi go I mii." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1876 and 1887 and discusses both his professional and personal life, and his Shelley related interests. Correspondents include: Sarah Anne FitzGerald, learned lady ; H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger ; Ellen Heaton, art collector and philanthropist ; George Barnett Smith, author and journalist ; and over forty others. less

To H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and publisher : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Aug 1881 : (S'ANA 0706) : from Villa Novello, Genoa : reads in full, "Since writing I thought I could answer your first query if not the others. My brother in law Charles Cowden-Clarke was born December 15th 1787 at the village of Enfield, Middlesex, near London." With the stamped, postmarked, printed Villa Novello envelope. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Aug 1881 : (S'ANA 0707) : from Villa Novello (printed stationery) : begins, "Your letter of 26 Aug.t I send on to my sister Mary Cowden-Clarke ..." With the stamped, postmarked, printed Villa Novello envelope. less

Holograph short story, "The adventures of Ernest Alembert" : 25 May 1830 : (MISC 0187) : 16 p.; stitched within brown paper covers marked in Brontë's juvenile hand, "The Adventures of Ernest / Alembert a Tale by C / Brontë May 25 1830"; begins, "Many Years ago there lived in a certain country, A youth named Ernest Alembert. He came of an ancient & noble race ..." With the bookplate of H. Buxton Forman. less

Transcriptions of nine major documents in the Chancery suit for custody of Ianthe and Charles Shelley. 13 pages in the hand of H. Buxton Forman; the rest in the hand of a legal secretary or clerk, copied for Forman in the 1870's or 1880's and bearing his annotations. less

Mary Cowden Clarke, English literary scholar and writer. · Holograph essay signed, in the form of a letter to the Editor of "The Illustrated London News" : 7 Nov 1895 : (S'ANA 0010) : 10 leaves, stitched together at top left corner : an article on John Keats, recalling her personal encounters with Keats at the home of her father, Vincent Novello, when Shelley was one of the company; also discussing Keats's poetry. less