Found 4 collections related to Smith, Horace, 1779-1849

William Makepeace Thackeray, English novelist. · To Abraham Hayward, essayist and translator : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Dec 1847 : (MISC 3497) : 3 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from "On my way from the Printing Office" : begins, "My head is only this minute above water and out of the month's whirlpool of work.". less

The James Smith manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph copy of Horace Smith's poem "Man"; holograph sonnets in immitation of Shakespeare ("Absence and presence, born of Elder Night" and "Thoul't still survive, when I to Time shall bow"); and a holograph "Epigram to Count D'Orsay." Four poetic pieces held by the Pforzheimer Collection were published in a posthumous collection edited by Horace Smith in 1840; these four and an additional five pieces were published by Alfred Morrison in 1895, while the remainder remain unpublished. The bulk of the correspondence is from the 1830's. Correspondents include: Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess; Henry Colburn, publisher; Jane Porter, novelist; Horace Smith, writer and humorist (his brother) and over twenty others. less

The Horace Smith manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and artwork. The writings include two holograph poems: "Music" and "Stanzas for the Bazaar held at Brighton for completing the Victoria Fountain on the Steyne;" only the former was published during Smith's lifetime. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1829-1849. Correspondents include: Thomas Campbell, the poet; Thomas Hood, the poet and humorist; John Murray, the publisher; Robert Southey, the poet; and over thirty others. The artwork consists of one undated watercolor pastoral landscape, titled, "Mill at Lewes." less