- Creator
- Hornby, Emilie B., Lady, . 1868
- Call number
- Pforz Ms
- Physical description
- 2 items
- Preferred Citation
- Lady Emilie B. Hornby manuscript material : 2 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
- Access to materials
- Restricted access. Request an in-person research appointment.
Emilie B. Hornby, wife of Sir Edmund Hornby (1825-1896), a colonial administrator and judge who had a house at Weybridge. George Meredith had lodged with her widowed mother at "The Limes," Weybridge, in 1849-1850; Hornby is said to have been Meredith's inspiration for the heroine in his Emilia in England (1864). · To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet : 2 letters -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Thursday" [?May-Sep 1862] : (P'ANA 0054) : begins, "Sir Edmund leaves in a few days. have you forgotten your promise ..."; mentions Peacock's Gryll Grange. Published as Letter A13 in Joukovsky's edition of Peacock's letters. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 30 Mar 1864 : (P'ANA 0055) : from "Bournalat, a mountain village in Asia Minor, about seven miles from Smyrna"; begins, "I can never forget people whom I like and admire ...".
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Location
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His CircleStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319