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Creator
Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
3 items
Preferred Citation
Matthew Arnold manuscript material, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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Matthew Arnold, English poet, writer, and inspector of schools. His Essays in Criticism, Second series, includes analysis of such English Romantic figures as Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley and Keats. · Holograph enemdations in his copy of Alaric at Rome (1840) : [circa 1840] : (MISC 4588) : consiting of changes to stanza XXVII, page 9: the phrase "that ocean-city" has been crossed out and replaced in the right margin with "her ocean Sister." -- Shelved with printed books by Arnold.

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· Holograph enemdations in his copy of Alaric at Rome (1840) : [circa 1840] : (MISC 4588) : consiting of changes to stanza XXVII, page 9: the phrase "that ocean-city" has been crossed out and replaced in the right margin with "her ocean Sister." -- Shelved with printed books by Arnold.

· Presentation inscription in a copy of his Discourses in America : "To G. W. Smalley -- / with cordial regard -- from Matthew Arnold -- August, 1885" : (MISC 4585) : in ink on half-title. Bound in green calico cloth, single blind fillet on each cover; spine ruled and lettered in gilt; white endpapers. -- Shelved with printed books by Arnold.

· To Mr. Myhill : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Aug 1883 : (MISC 1427) : reads in part: "I have just finished my Examination papers, but next week I must set to work at my American utterances -- not a holiday business by any means ..." Letter bears embossed stamp of the Education Department.

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Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319

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