1901-1902. Copies of four issues of the periodical bound together. With contributions by and about Butler. Together with a MS. Italian translation by Capitano Giuseppe Messina Manzo entitled, “La nuova Quistione Omerica,” and other matter relating to the Odyssey question.
1901. Proofs, with corrections by Butler. 2 copies.
1901. First edition. Inscribed, in Butler’s writing, “H. Festing Jones. With the author’s best thanks for much invaluable assistance. Oct. 11, 1901. Second copy issued.”
1902. A copy of the edition intended for the Colonies, not sold in England.
1908. Reprint (Fifield).
1920. The American edition. With Introduction by Moreby Acklom.
1903. First edition, given by R. A. Streatfeild to H. F. Jones.
1903. Streatfeild’s copy, with his alterations to make the second edition (1908). Purchased.
1903. A copy of the Colonial edition.
1908. Second edition (Fifield).
1916. A copy of the American edition. Introduction by Wm. Lyon Phelps. With letter from R. A. Streatfeild to H. F. Jones.
1903. Streatfeild’s Raccolta of Necrologies of Butler.
1904. Diary of a Journey through North Italy to Sicily, by H. F. Jones.
1904. Autograph letter from Cavaliere Biagio Ingroja of Calatafimi to H. F. Jones.
1904. Seven Sonnets and A Psalm of Montreal.
1904. Translations into Italian of Butler’s “Seven Sonnets” (except Nos. I. and V.), by Ingroja. In manuscript. His translation of Sonnet I. is printed with the “Seven Sonnets.” He could not manage Sonnet V. I think the repetitions of “pull” puzzled him.
1904. Translation of Sonnet I. into Italian by De Nobili. In manuscript.
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1904. Seven Sonnets. Proof, and corrected copy, formerly the property of R. A. Streatfeild.
1904. The work as published. H. F. Jones’s original copy, with notes.
1909. The work as published. Ed. by R. A. Streatfeild. These articles first appeared inThe Examinerin 1879.
1907-1910. All the numbers of the “New Quarterly,” a review which appeared during these years and which contained Extracts from Butler’s MS. Notebooks, bound into 3 vols.
1907-1910. The Extracts from Butler’s Notes as they appeared in the “New Quarterly” bound together.
1910-1912. The first MS. of the publishedNotebooks, 2 vols.
1910-1912. The second MS. from which the first edition of the publishedNotebookswas printed, 2 vols.
1912. Proofs.
1912. Revises.
1912. First impression, with MS. Notes by H. F. Jones.
1913. Second impression.
1915. Third and popular impression.
1917. American edition, with Introduction by Francis Hackett.
1911. Charles Darwin and Samuel Butler. A Step towards Reconciliation. By H. F. Jones.
1902-1914. First Manuscript. Second Manuscript. Third Manuscript.
1915-16. Proofs.
1916. Revises.
1917. Advance copy, without illustrations.
1918-1919. Manuscript, proofs, and revises of additional matter for First Impression.
1920. Manuscript, proofs, and revises of additional matter for Second Impression.
1920. Second Impression.
Accademia Dafnica di Scienze, Lettere, e delle Arti in AciReale: Atti e Rendiconti. Vol. ix. Anno 1902.
Accademia di Scienze, Lettere, ed Arti de’ Zelanti di AciReale: Rendiconti e Memorie. 1906. Pp. 22, 27, 44, 50 refer to Butler.
Acklom, Moreby. The Constructive Quarterly, March 1917, containing “Samuel Butler the Third,” by Moreby Acklom.
Barry, Canon William. The Dublin Review, Oct. 1914, with article “Samuel Butler of Erewhon.”
Blum, Jean. Mercure de France, 16 Juillet 1910, with article on Samuel Butler by Jean Blum.
Bodleian Quarterly Record. Vol. II., nos. 16, 17. 1918.
Includes a note on Butler’s use of Frost’s “Lives of Eminent Christians” (see “Quis desiderio . . . ?” in hisEssays); and on Dr. John Frost.
Book Monthlyfor February 1913, with notice of theNote-Books of Samuel Butler, reproducing the portrait.
Booth, Robert B. Five Years in New Zealand (1859 to 1864). By Robert B. Booth, M.Inst.C.E. Printed for private circulation. 1912.
Referred to in myMemoirof Butler. With three letters from Mr. Booth and three other documents. Mr. Booth was with Butler on his run at Mesopotamia, N.Z.
Bridges, Horace J. Samuel Butler’s Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited. By Horace J. Bridges. 1917.
Burdett, Osbert. Songs of Exuberance, together with The Trenches. By Osbert Burdett. Op. I. London, A. C. Fifield, 1915.
This contains, among Sonnets on People and Places, (I.) Samuel Butler; (II.) Samuel Butler.
Cambridge Readings in English Literature. Ed. by George Sampson. Book III. Cambridge, 1918.
Pp. 5-15 are occupied with an extract fromErewhon.
Cannan, Gilbert. Samuel Butler: a Critical Study. By Gilbert Cannan. London, Martin Seeker, 1915.
Clutton-Brock, A. Essays on Books. London, 1920.
Containing reprints of articles on theNote-Booksand theMemoir.
Constructive Quarterly, The. See Acklom, M.
Contemporary Review, The, June 1913, containing review of theNote-Books of S. Butler.
Darbishire, A. D. An Introduction to a Biology. By A. D. Darbishire. London, Cassell, 1917.
With autograph letter to H. F. Jones from the author’s sister, Helen Darbishire.
Darwin, Sir Francis. Rustic Sounds. By Sir Francis Darwin. London, John Murray, 1917.
Reproducing “The Movements of Plants,” a lecture delivered by him at the Glasgow Meeting of the British Association, Sept. 16, 1901. This lecture is referred to in theMemoirof Butler; it quotes a passage from Butler’s translation of Hering inUnconscious Memory.
De La Mare, Walter. The Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1913, containing a notice of theNote-Books of Samuel Butlerin “Current Literature.” By Walter De La Mare.
Dublin Review, The. See Barry, Canon.
Duffin, H. C. The Quintessence of Bernard Shaw. With “Prologue: Of Samuel Butler.” London, Allen and Unwin, 1920.
Edinburgh Review, The. See De La Mare, Walter.
Firth, J. B. Highways and Byways in Nottinghamshire. By J. B. Firth. With Illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs. London, 1916.
See pp. 93-6 for Langar.
Hardwick, J. C. The Modern Churchman, March 1920, containing “A Modern Ishmael,” by J. C. Hardwick.
Harris, John F. Samuel Butler, author of “Erewhon: the Man and his Work.” By John F. Harris. London, Grant Richards, 1916.
Inscribed “H. Festing Jones, with best wishes and very many thanks from John F. Harris, July 5, 1916,” with a few newspaper notices, loose.
Hartog, Marcus. Problems of Life and Reproduction. By Marcus Hartog. London, Murray, 1913.
With letter from the author to H. F. Jones.
Hartog, Marcus. The Fundamental Principles of Biology. By Marcus Hartog. Reprinted from “Natural Science,” vol. XI., nos. 68 and 69, Oct. and Nov. 1897.
Hartog, Marcus. Samuel Butler and recent Mnemic Biological Theories. Extract from “Scientia,” Jan. 1914.
Hewlett, M. In a Green Shade. London, 1920.
Containing an article on theMemoir.
Independent Review, The. See MacCarthy, Desmond.
Jackson, Holbrook. Samuel Butler. “T.P.’s Weekly,” July 1915. “To-Day,” Dec. 1918 and Jan. 1919.
Jones, Henry Festing. Samuel Butler as Musical Critic. “The Chesterian.” N.S. No. 7. London, May 1920.
Larbaud, V. Samuel Butler. In “La Nouvelle Revue Française,” Jan. 1920.Alsospecimens of his translation ofErewhon, etc., in other numbers of the same periodical, and notices of it.
Larbaud, V. L’Enfance et la Jeunesse de Samuel Butler. In “Les Écrits Nouveaux,” April 1920.
MacCarthy, Desmond. The Independent Review, Sept. 1904, with article “The Author of Erewhon,” by Desmond MacCarthy.
MacCarthy, Desmond. The Quarterly Review, Jan. 1914, containing “The Author of Erewhon,” by Desmond MacCarthy.
MacCarthy, Desmond. Remnants. By Desmond MacCarthy. London, 1918.
Being essays and articles reprinted from various periodicals and including “Samuel Butler: an Impression.”
Mais, S. P. B. From Shakespeare to O. Henry. By S. P. B. Mais. London, G. Richards, 1917.
Containing a chapter on Butler.
Mercure de France. See Blum, Jean.
Mind. See Rattray, Robert.
Monthly Review, The. See Streatfeild, R. A.
National Gallery of British Art. Catalogue of the National Gallery of British Art, 19th ed., 1911.
See pp. 37-8 for Butler’s picture, “Mr. Heatherley’s Holiday.”
Negri, Francesco. Il Santuario di Crea in Monferrato. By Francesco Negri (i.e.Butler’s friend the Avvocato Negri of Casale-Monferrato). Alessandria, 1902.
Two of the illustrations are as inEx Voto, Butler having lent his photographs to the Avvocato.
Nuova Antologia, 16 Luglio 1902, with necrology of S. Butler under “Tra Libri e Riviste.”
Pestalozzi, G. Samuel Butler der Jüngere, 1835-1902. Inaugural-Dissertation. Zürich, 1914.
Quarterly Review, The. See MacCarthy, Desmond.
Quilter, Harry. What’s What. By Harry Quilter. 1902.
With MS. Note by H. F. Jones. Pp. 308-311 are about Butler, who possessed a copy of the book, given him, I suppose, by Quilter; but he passed it on to Alfred.
Rattray, Robert F. Extract from “Mind,” July 1914, containing “The Philosophy of Samuel Butler.” By Robert F. Rattray.
Salter, W. H. Essays on two Moderns: Euripides and Samuel Butler. By W. H. Salter. London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1911.
Sampson, George. The Bookman, Aug. 1915, containing illustrated article by George Sampson.
Sella, Attilio. Un’ Inglese Fervido Amico dell’ Italia, Samuel Butler. By Attilio Sella. 1916.
Given to H. F. Jones by the author.
Sinclair, May. A Defence of Idealism. By May Sinclair. London, Macmillan, 1917.
Containing “The Pan-Psychism of Samuel Butler.”
Streatfeild, R. A. The Monthly Review, Sept. 1902, with article, “Samuel Butler.” By R. A. Streatfeild.
Wall, Arnold. A Century of New Zealand Praise. By Arnold Wall. Christchurch, 1912.
Sonnet XC. is about Butler.
Williams, Orlo. The Essay. By Orlo Williams. London Secker [1915].
Yeats, John Butler. Essays, Irish and American. By John Butler Yeats. With an appreciation by A. E. Dublin, 1918.
The first essay is “Recollections of Samuel Butler.”
Zangwill, Israel. Italian Fantasies. By Israel Zangwill. London, Heinemann, 1910.
Contains “Sicily and the Albergo Samuele Butler.”
Adams, C. Warren. A Spring in the Canterbury Settlement. By C. Warren Adams. London, 1853.
Barker, Lady. Station Life in New Zealand. By Lady Barker. London, 1870.
With MS. note by H. F. Jones, referred to in theMemoirof Butler. F. Napier Broome and his wife, then Lady Barker, had a run near Butler’s in New Zealand.
Basler Jahrbuch. See Faesch, Hans Rudolf.
Bateson, Wm.Biological Fact and the Structure of Society: The Herbert Spencer Lecture (p. 19). Oxford, 1912.
Bateson, Wm.Problems of Genetics (Silliman Lectures). By Wm. Bateson, F.R.S. New Haven, 1913.
Butler, James.Copies of Letters by Ensign James Butler (an uncle of Dr. Butler) sent from Deal, Funchal, and Calcutta, 1764-1765; with Introduction by H. F. Jones, all in typewriting and MS.
James Butler and these letters are referred to in theLife of Dr. Butler, and also in theMemoirof Butler. Butler gave to the British Museum an incomplete copy of the Letters and kept another incomplete copy which I gave to the British Museum. Each of the incomplete copies contained matter not in the other. I had this volume (now at St John’s) made up from the two incomplete copies.
Butler, Henry Thomas, and another. Auction Bridge in a Nutshell. By Butler and Brevitas—the Butler being Henry Thomas Butler, nephew of Samuel Butler. [1913].
Butler, Mary. A Kalendar for Lads. 1910. Compiled by Butler’s sister, Mary Butler, and dedicated to her great-nephew, Patrick Henry Cecil Butler (son of her nephew, Henry Thomas Butler).
Referred to in theMemoirof S. Butler. Given to me by Miss Butler.
Butler, Samuel, D.D. A Sketch of Modern and Ancient Geography for the Use of Schools. By Samuel Butler, D.D. A new edition revised by the Rev. Thomas Butler, M.A., F.R.G.S. London, 1872.
Referred to in Butler’sLife of Dr. Butlerand also in theMemoirof Butler.
Butler, Rev. Thomas. See Butler, Samuel, D.D.
Clarke, Charles. The Beauclercs, Father and Son. By Charles Clarke. 3 vols. London, 1867.
Referred to in Butler’sLife of Dr. Butler, also in theMemoirof Butler, who saw the book in the British Museum. I bought this copy second-hand on an open-air bookstall in Paris.
Drew, Mary. Catherine Gladstone. By her Daughter, Mary Drew. London, 1919.
With letter from the Authoress to H. F. Jones, 20 Jan. 1920.
Dudgeon, Robert Ellis. Colymbia. London, Trübner, 1873.
No author’s name is given, but the author was Dr. Robert Ellis Dudgeon, the well-known homoeopathic doctor and friend of Butler. Referred to in theMemoirof Butler.
Faesch, Hans Rudolf. The Easier Jahrbuch, 1906.
Containing Letters from the East by Hans Rudolf Faesch, who is referred to inThe Note-Books of Samuel Butterand also in theMemoir.
Fighting Man in Fiction, The. Woodville, N.Z. (1917?)
A New Zealand pamphlet with letter from and photo of E. C. Chudleigh, who sent it to me and who knew Butler in New Zealand.
Francatelli, C. E. The Cook’s Guide. By Charles Elmé Francatelli. London, 1865.
“I believe you could read Francatelli right through from beginning to end without being moved in the smallest degree.” Miss Savage to Butler (1877).MemoirI. 246.
Galloni, Pietro. Sacro Monte di Varallo. Atti di Fondazione. By Pietro Galloni. Varallo, 1909.
With two post cards from Galloni to H. F. Jones.
Galloni, Pietro. Sacro Monte di Varallo. Origine e Svolgimento. By Pietro Galloni. Varallo, 1914.
With two letters from Galloni and one from R. A. Streatfeild to H. F. Jones.
Grosvenor, The Hon. Mrs. Richard Cecil. Physical Exercises for Women and Girls. By the Hon. Mrs. Richard Cecil Grosvenor. Additional exercises, loose, accompanying. 1903.
She was formerly Mrs. Alfred Bovill, daughter of Charles Clarke, the author ofThe Beauclercs,Father and Son(see above). She is mentioned in Butler’sLife of Dr. Butlerand in theMemoirof Butler.
Helps, Arthur. See Victoria, Queen.
Hering, Ewald. Memory. Lecture on the Specific Energies of the Nervous System, by Professor Ewald Hering, University of Leipzig. English translation. The Open Court Publishing Co., Chicago and London, 1913.
Inscribed “H. Festing Jones, with best wishes from John F. Harris, August 31, 1915.” Cf. Butler’s translation of the Lecture on Memory inUnconscious Memory.
Hutton, Frederick Wollaston. The Lesson of Evolution. By Frederick Wollaston Hutton, F.R.S. 2nd ed. 1907.
King, Rev. S. W.The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps. By the Rev. S. W. King. London, 1858.
Referred to inEx Voto. Near the beginning of this book Mr. King speaks of Varallo-Sesia.
Larken, Edmund Paul. The Pall Mall Magazine, May 1897, with “The Priest’s Bargain,” a story by E. P. Larken.
Butler gave Larken the plot for this story. SeeThe Note-Books of Samuel Butler, pp. 235-6.
Le Dantec, Felix. Lamarckiens et Darwiniens. Par Félix Le Dantec. 3eéd. Paris, 1908.
Lytton, Edward, Lord. The Coming Race. London, 1886.
Referred to in theMemoirof Butler.
Notes and Queries, 2 April 1892. Containing article, “Took’s Court and its neighbourhood,” with plans and illustrations, including Clifford’s Inn, Barnard’s Inn, and Staple Inn.
Pall Mall Magazine, The. See Larken, E. P.
Six“Red Rose”Pamphlets. 1913-1916.
Reinheimer, Hermann. Symbiogenesis, the Universal Law of Progressive Evolution. By Hermann Reinheimer. London, 1915.
See, especially, chap. vii.—Psychogenesis.
Russell, E. S.Form and Function. London, 1916.
Ch. xix—“Samuel Butler and the Memory Theories of Heredity.”
Salt, H. S.Animal Rights. London, 1894.
With MS. note by H. F. Jones.
Sladen, Douglas. Selinunte and the West of Sicily. By Douglas Sladen. London, 1903.
Smythe, William Henry. Memoir descriptive of the Resources, Inhabitants, and Hydrography of Sicily and its Islands. By Captain William Henry Smythe, R.N., K.S.F. London, Murray, 1824.
Smythe, William Henry. The Mediterranean. By Rear-Admiral Wm. Henry Smythe, K.S.F., D.C.L. London, Parker, 1854.
These two books by Admiral Smythe were wanted forThe Authoress of the Odyssey. Butler saw them in the British Museum; I bought these copies.
Tripp, Ellen S.My Early Days. By Ellen Shephard Tripp. Timaru, N.Z., Joyce, 1915.
With letter to H. F. Jones from Leonard O. H. Tripp, of New Zealand.
Victoria, H.M. Queen. Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands. Edited by Arthur Helps. London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1868.
Victoria, H.M. Queen. More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands. London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1884.
“Visit to Inveraray . . . and after lunch we went into the large drawing-room next door to where we had lunched in 1847, when Lorne was only two years old. And now I return, alas! without my beloved husband, to find Lorne my son-in-law!” This passage, which occurs on page 291, is referred to, with a comment, by Miss Savage in a letter to Butler, 18th Nov. 1884. (MemoirI. 429.)
Ward, James. Heredity and Memory. By James Ward. Cambridge, 1913.
Butlerwrote to Robert Bridges, 6 Feb. 1900, “I have, I verily believe, the smallest library of any man in London who is by way of being literary.” (Memoir, II., 320.)
Cf. no. 9 in Section I. Pictures, “Interior of Butler’s sitting-room,” where part of his library is shown. The rest of his books were in a cupboard between his sitting-room and his painting-room. They all passed under the residuary bequest in his will to his nephew, Henry Thomas Butler, who gave them to me. Some were taken by Streatfeild, his literary executor, and some few were lost in transitu; the remainder are here.
Agar, T. L.Emendationes Homericae. [189-]
With notes by Butler.
Allen, Grant. Charles Darwin. By Grant Allen. (English Worthies.) London, 1885.
Butler was asked to review this, but declined on the ground that there was too strong a personal hostility between both Darwin and Grant Allen and himself to make it possible for him to review the book without a bias against it. (Memoir, II. 28.)
Anderson, W. C. F.See Engelman, R.
Bettany, G. T.The Life of Charles Darwin. (Great Writers.) London, 1887.
Bible, The Holy. Oxford, 1836.
Inscribed “Samuel Butler, from his affectionate Godmother and Aunt Anna Worsley, September 13th, 1836.” So that he was not christened till he was more than nine months old, and he used to say that this delay was a risky business, because during all those months the devil had the run of him. He imitated the inscription in this Bible for the inscription in the christening Bible which Ernest spurns from him when he is about to undertake the conversion of Miss Maitland in chapter lx. ofThe Way of All Flesh. But he imitated it too closely for he wrote, “It was the Bible given him at his christening by his affectionate Godmother and Aunt, Elizabeth Allaby.” Whereas Ernest only had one godmother, and she was Alethea, the sister of Theobald. Anna Worsley was a sister of Butler’s mother, and Elizabeth Allaby was a sister of Ernest’s mother.
Bible. New Testament in Greek. Oxford, 1851.
Two copies, with very numerous MS. notes by Butler. Given to St. John’s College some years ago.
Bordiga, Gaudenzio. Notizie intorno alle opere di Gaudenzio Ferrari. Milano, 1821.
Used by Butler in writingEx Voto.
Boswell, James. Croker’s Boswell’s Johnson. New edition. London, 1860.
Pencil marks by Butler.
Bridges, Robert. Poetical Works of Robert Bridges. 2 vols. London, 1898.
Butler and Bridges corresponded about the Sonnets of Shakespeare and the Odyssey and exchanged examples of their published works. (See theMemoir.)
Buckley, Theodore Alois. The Iliad of Homer and the Odyssey of Homer. Translated by Theodore Alois Buckley. (Bonn’s Classical Library.) 2 vols. 1872-3.
Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. By Edmund Burke. London, Daly [18--].
Candler, C.The Prevention of Consumption. By C. Candler. London, 1887.
Inscribed “Samuel Butler, Esq., with the Author’s compliments.”
Carlyle, Thomas. Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches. By Thomas Carlyle. 3 vols. London, 1857.
Colborne-Veel, Mary. The Fairest of the Angels and Other Verse. By Mary Colborne-Veel. London, 1894.
Given to Butler by the Authoress, who is the daughter of J. Colborne-Veel, formerly editor ofThe Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Miss Colborne-Veel found Butler’s “Philosophic Dialogue” inThe Pressof 20 Dec. 1862. (See theMemoir, I. 100.)
Creighton, Charles. Illustrations of Unconscious Memory in Disease. By Charles Creighton. London, 1886.
Inscribed “To Samuel Butler from the author, February, 1888.”
Cruveilhier, J. C.Atlas of the Descriptive Anatomy of the Human Body. By J. C. Cruveilhier. London, 1844.
Dallas, W. S.See Darwin, Charles.
Daly, Ch.See Shakespeare.
Daniel, P. A.Notes and Conjectural Emendations of certain Doubtful Passages in Shakespeare’s Plays. By P. A. Daniel. London, 1870.
Inscribed “S. Butler from his friend the Author.”
Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species. By Charles Darwin. First Edition. London, 1859.
“From the Author.” With MS. notes and marks by Samuel Butler.
Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species. By Charles Darwin Sixth Edition (18th thousand), with additions and corrections to 1872. London, 1876.
With MS. notes and marks by Samuel Butler. Butler bought this in order to compare it with the original edition.
Darwin, Charles. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. By Charles Darwin. London, 1872.
Inscribed “From the Author.” Butler procured for Mr. Darwin the two illustrations by Mr. A. May, pp. 54-5. (See theMemoir.)
Darwin, Charles. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. By Charles Darwin. Second edition. 2 vols. London, 1875.
Darwin, Charles. Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. First edition. London, 1879.
This book is referred to in chapter iv. ofUnconscious Memory; also in my pamphlet, “Charles Darwin and Samuel Butler: a Step towards Reconciliation”; also in theMemoir.
Darwin, Charles. The Life of Erasmus Darwin. By Charles Darwin. Being an introduction to an Essay on his Scientific Works by Ernst Krause, translated from the German by W. S. Dallas. Second edition. London, 1887.
Pencil note by Butler, p. 4. “Second Edition” means second edition of the preceding book which is called “Erasmus Darwin,” that is, the title was altered. In the first book precedence is given to Krause’s Life of Erasmus Darwin, in the second precedence is given to Charles Darwin’s introduction.
Davies, John Llewelyn. See Plato.
Dictys Cretensis. (Teubner Classics.) Leipzig.
Dudgeon, Robert Ellis. The Prolongation of Life. By R. E. Dudgeon, M.D. Second edition. London, 1900.
Given by Dr. Dudgeon either to Butler or to me after Butler’s death, I forget which.
Duncan, W. Stewart. Conscious Matter. By W. Stewart Duncan. London, 1881.
Elements, The, of Social Science; or, Physical, Sexual, and Natural Religion. By a Graduate of Medicine. Third edition. London, 1860.
I have no doubt that Butler was directed to this book by Dr. Dudgeon.
Emslie, John Philipps. New Canterbury Tales. By John Philipps Emslie. London [1887].
EngelmanandAnderson. Pictorial Atlas to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. London, 1892. Thirty-six Plates by R. Engelman and W. C. F. Anderson.
Epicorum Graecorum Fragmenta. (Teubner Classics.) Leipzig.
Garnett, Richard. Poems. By Richard Garnett. London, 1895.
Inscribed “Samuel Butler, with R. Garnett’s very kind regards. December, 1893.”
Garnett, Richard. Edward Gibbon Wakefield. By R. Garnett, C.B., LL.D. London, 1898.
Inscribed “From the Author.”
Garnett, Richard. The Life of Thomas Carlyle. By Richard Garnett. London, 1887.
Inscribed “Samuel Butler from Richard Garnett.”
Garnett, Richard. Dante, Petrarch, Camoens.cxxiv. Sonnets translated by Richard Garnett, LL.D. London, 1896.
Inscribed “Samuel Butler, from R. Garnett.”
Goethe. Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship. Translated. 2 vols. Leipzig, 1873.
Hesiod. (Teubner Classics.) Leipzig.
Homer. Iliad and Odyssey. 2 vols. London, Pickering, 1831.
With numerous MS. notes by Butler. Given to St. John’s College some years ago.
Homer. Iliad and Odyssey. 4 vols. [18--]
Interleaved and profusely adnotated by Butler.
Homer. Iliad, Odyssey, and Hymns. (Teubner Classics.) Leipzig.
Homer. See Buckley, Theodore Alois.
Jebb, Sir R. C.Introduction to Homer. Third edition. London, 1888.Alsoa copy with a few MS. notes by Butler.
Jesus of History, The. London, 1869.
Used by Butler in preparingThe Fair Haven.
Krause, Ernst. See Darwin, Charles.
Lamarck. Philosophie Zoologique. Nouvelle édition par Ch. Martins. 2 vols. Paris, 1873.
Used by Butler in preparingEvolution Old and New.
Laurentius. The Miocene Men of the Bible. By Laurentius. London, 1889.
Locke, John. An Essay concerning Human Understanding. By John Locke. 2 vols. London, 1824.
Malone, E.See Shakespeare.
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix. Letters from Italy and Switzerland. By Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Translated by Lady Wallace. London, 1862.
See p. 37 about Mendelssohn’s staying such a long while before things inAlps and Sanctuaries, ch. ii.
Milton, John. The Prose Works of John Milton. Only Vol. III., containing “The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce.” (Bohn.) London, 1872.
Referred to inThe Way of All Flesh, when Theobald and Christina drive away together after their marriage. And cf.Life and Habit, ch. ii., where, after quoting from a journal an extract about Lycurgus, Butler proceeds: “Yet this truly comic paper does not probably know that it is comic, any more than the kleptomaniac knows that he steals, or than John Milton knew that he was a humorist when he wrote a hymn upon the Circumcision and spent his honeymoon in composing a treatise on Divorce.”
Mivart, St. George. On the Genesis of Species. By St. George Mivart. Second edition. London, 1871.
Used by Butler in preparing his books on evolution.
Paley, William. Natural Theology or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity. By William Paley, D.D. New edition. London, 1837.
Paley, William. A View of the Evidences of Christianity. By William Paley, D.D. New edition by T. R. Birks. London [18--].
Piers Ploughman. The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman. Edited by Thomas Wright. 2 vols. London, 1887.
Butler bought this to help him to make up his mind as to the limits of permissible archaism in translating the Odyssey and the Iliad.
Pilkington, Matthew. A General Dictionary of Painters. By Matthew Pilkington. 2 vols. London, 1829.
Plato. The Republic of Plato. Translated by John Llewelyn Davies and David James Vaughan. Cambridge, 1852.
H. F. Jones to Butler from the Hotel dell’Angelo, Faido, in 1883: “The signora has given me No. 4, the room into which you came one morning, more than five years ago, and said, ‘Oh, you’ve been reading that damned Republic again!’”Memoir, I. 395.
Rigaud, John Francis. See Vinci, Leonardo da.
Rockstro, W. S.The Rules of Counterpoint. By W. S. Rockstro. London [1882].
Out of which Butler used to do his counterpoint exercises.
Rossetti, William Michael. See Webster, Augusta.
Schoelcher, Victor. The Life of Handel. By Victor Schoelcher. London, 1857.
Referred to in theMemoirof Butler.
Shakespeare, William. The Poems of William Shakespeare. London, Daly [18--].
Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare’s Poems. Malone. 1780.
This is part of Vol. I. of Malone’s “Supplement to the Edition of Shakespeare’s Plays published in 1778 by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens.” I do not know where Butler got it; he wanted Malone’s comments on the Sonnets and he may have bought this second-hand or it may have been given to him. It was probably in a bad state, for he had it bound; there is an entry to that effect in his account book, 30th March, 1899.
Skertchly, Sydney B. J.See Tylor, Alfred.
Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn. The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, D.D. By Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. Seventh edition. London, 1852.
Butler bought this when he was writing the Life of his Grandfather, because he was told that it was a model biography of a great schoolmaster.
Strauss, Friedrich. A New Life of Jesus. By Friedrich Strauss. Authorised translation. 2 vols. London, 1865.
Used by Butler in preparingThe Fair Haven.
Swift, Jonathan. The Works of Jonathan Swift. 2 vols. London, 1859.
With pencil marks by Butler.
Tylor, Alfred. Colouration in Plants and Animals. By Alfred Tylor. Edited by Sydney B. J. Skertchly. London, 1886.
Alfred Tylor was a friend of Butler, and is referred to in myMemoir.
Tylor, Alfred. On the Growth of Trees and Protoplasmic Continuity. By Alfred Tylor. London, 1886.
This was originally a lecture read by Skertchly to the Linnean Society, Mr. Tylor being too ill to attend. Butler was present and spoke. Referred to in theMemoir.
Vaughan, David James. See Plato.
Vinci, Leonardo da. A Treatise on Painting. By Leonardo da Vinci. Translated by John Francis Rigaud. London, 1835.
Webster, Augusta. Mother and Daughter. By the late Augusta Webster. London, 1895.
With an Introductory Note by Wm. Michael Rossetti. Inscribed, “Samuel Butler, with kind regards from Thomas Webster.” Augusta Webster is referred to in theMemoir.
White, William. The Story of a Great Delusion. By William White. London, 1885.
Wilberforce, Samuel. Agathos and other Sunday Stories. By Samuel Wilberforce, M.A., Archdeacon of Surrey. Nineteenth edition. London, 1857.
Wright, Thomas. See Piers Ploughman.
Some of the maps are marked with red lines showing, in the words of another illustrious Johnian, “fields invested with purpureal gleams.” These red lines, specially noticeable in Butler’s ordnance maps of the neighbourhood within thirty miles round London, denote his country walks, and are referred to in his Introduction toAlps and Sanctuaries.
Butler, Samuel, D.D.An Atlas of Modern Geography for the use of Young Persons and Junior Classes in Schools. Selected from Dr. Butler’s “Modern Atlas,” by the Author’s son, the Rev. T. Butler, Rector of Langar. London, 1870.Alsoan edition inscribed, “Samuel Butler, October 20th, 1850”; and an edition of Dr. Butler’s “Atlas of Antient Geography.”
Environs of London, North side (eastern half missing).
Environs of London, South side—Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Maidstone.
There is something wrong; one piece is much dirtier than the other; the two do not belong to one another. The dirty one is inscribed, almost illegibly, thus: “S. Butler, 15, Clifford’s Inn, Fleet Street, London, E.G. Please return to the above address. The finder, if poor, will be rewarded; if rich, thanked.” May be he did lose one half, and it was not returned, and he bought another.
Environs of London (Surrey).
Environs of London (Sussex).
Brighton and Environs (reduced Ordnance).
Chatham (near) to Romney Marsh (in two parts).
France (part of) and Channel Islands.
Boulogne }
Dieppe }
Dieppe } Mounted, and all in one envelope.
Canton Uri }
Tuscany }
Canton Ticino.
Provincia di Torino.
The Val Leventina, 1681.
Trapani, Monte S. Giuliano and neighbourhood, in two sheets.
Trapani (Ordnance).
Ithaca and Corfu (three sheets).
An envelope containing maps and plans relating to Butler’s Run, Mesopotamia, New Zealand.
These volumes contain many pencil notes, exclamations, and marks by Butler. xxx means very great admiration; xx moderate admiration; x slight admiration.
Handel’s Oratoriosin Novello’s octavo edition:—
Acis and Galatea.
Alceste.
Alexander Balus.
Athaliah.
Belshazzar.
Chandos Te Deum and St. Cecilia’s Day.
Deborah.
Dettingen Te Deum.
Israel in Egypt.
Jephtha.
Joshua.
Miscellaneous.
Occasional Oratorio.
The Passion.
Samson.
Selections.
Semele.
Solomon.
Susanna.
Theodora.
Time and Truth.
Handel’s16Suites, Trois Leçons, Chaconne, Sept Pièces, Six Grandes Fugues(p. 118. Note in Butler’s writing at no. 6, “This is the ‘Old Man’ Fugue”; cf. theMemoirof Butler), andSix Petites Fugues.
Twelve Grand Concertos. By G. F. Handel. Pencil marks by Butler,e.g.p. 27, “xxx the whole of this concerto”; and by Butler and Jones,e.g.p. 88, “cf. Sarabande Suite, xvi. (Set 2, no. 8)” (so far by Jones and the rest is by Butler), “cf. ‘When Myra Sings,’ Clarke’s ‘Beauties of Purcell,’ pp. 124-5.”
A volume containingConcertosby Handel and Hasse andSix Overturesby Handel. Two papers pasted in; one printed with verses, the other MS. with “Upbraid me not, capricious fair.” This was set to music by H. F. Jones, and at that time we were told, throughNotes and Queries, that the words were by Alexander Brome.
A volume inscribed “15, Clifford’s Inn, Fleet Street, E.G.” containingArrangements of Handel, by Wm. Hutchins Callcott;Handel’s Hautboy Concertos, Nos. 2, 4 and 5; Eight of hisSuites; hisConcertante; hisSix Organ Concertos; aFantasia; hisWater Music, andTwo Minuetsby Geminiani.
A volume containingHandel’s Coronation Anthem;Acis and Galatea; anOratoriowith no title or composer’s name, the first song being “Tune your Harps to Chearful Strain”; theOverture, Songs, DuetsandTrioin “Comus” by Dr. Arne; andThe Blackbirds, a Cantata by M. Isaac.
A volume with “Miss E. Parkes” on a label outside; inscribed, “Samuel Butler, with the love of his Aunt, Ellen Worsley, January 2nd, 1865”; containing Corelli’s Sonatas and Concertos, “Thorough-Bass,” by M. P. King, and a few of Handel’s Overtures. Pencil marks by Butler.
A volume containingL’Indispensable(a Manual for performers on the Pianoforte);Melodies of all Nations, English Airs, and various pieces by Handel, Bach and others.
Two Portfolios containing unbound music by Handel and others, including theSix Fugues, of which no. 6 in C Minor is the “Old Man” Fugue.
The Handel Album for the Pianoforte. Arranged by William Hutchins Callcott.
Handel’s Concertos and Roseingrave’s Suites. Walsh’s edition. Inscribed, “To S. Butler, with kind regards from Julian Marshall, June 20, 1873.”
The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. Ed. by Fuller Maitland and Barclay Squire. Butler subscribed for this at the instigation of Fuller Maitland. He had the parts bound and gave the volumes to me.
The Beauties of Purcell(John Clarke), inscribed “S. Butler.”
The Well-Tempered Clavichord. By John Sebastian Bach. (Czerny).
371Vierstimmige Choralgesänge von Johann Sebastian Bach.
Lieder Ohne Worte. 6 books, by Mendelssohn.
A Musical MS. Scrap-book, containing Notes of Rockstro’s lessons; also pieces copied by Butler, including some composed by him for Alfred to learn.
Thomas Harris, of Shrewsbury.
Butler when a boy was amused by the advertisement put up over his shop by this man, who was a baker. He copied or invented the two pictures showing Harris (1) making bride cakes, (2) making funeral cakes, and composed the music. Miss Butler showed it to me at Shrewsbury in June or July, 1902, and I copied it.
MS. copies of “The New Scriptures,” according to Darwin, Tyndall, Huxley and Spencer.
The first twenty-four verses of this appeared in an American paper (theIndex, if I remember right) many years ago. They were given to me by Herbert Phipson; I showed them to Butler; he copied them and composed verses 25 to 33.
Testimonials by Eyre Crowe, A.R.A.; G. K. Fortescue; R. Garnett, LL.D.; A. C. Gow, A.R.A.; T. Heatherley; the Rev. B. H. Kennedy, D.D.; Henry Stacy Marks, R.A.; and W. T. Marriott, M.P., submitted by Butler in 1886 when a Candidate for the Slade Professorship of Fine Art at Cambridge.
Two numbers of the Parish Magazine of St. Augustine’s, Kilburn, Mar. 1887 and April 1887.
Between pp. 80 and 81 of the March number are unsuitable advertisements of Pears’ Soap involving the Bishop Q of Wangaloo and Lillie Langtry. Their appearance drew from the Editor, pp. 97 and 112 of the April number, an expression of regret, distress, and surprise, and a statement that precautions had been taken against any occurrence of a similar nature in future. If I remember right Miss Savage sent these to Butler and they are referred to in their correspondence, but perhaps not in any of the letters included in theMemoir.
Review of “Luck or Cunning?” written by George Bernard Shaw, which appeared in thePall Mall Gazette, 31st May, 1887.
This was given to me by Dan Rider, who told me that Bernard Shaw’s original review, which he wrote off his own bat, was very much more laudatory and much longer, but the Editor of thePall Mall Gazettecut it down in length and took out some of the praise because he was afraid of offending the Darwins and their friends.
A collection of Butler’s Letters to theAthenæumand theAcademyand other contributions to the press. See theMemoir.
20 Marzo 1893. Nomination of Butler as Socio Corrispondente of the Accademia di Scienze, Lettere, ed Arti de’Zelanti di Aci-Reale.
4 Luglio 1893. Nomination of Butler as Socio Corrispondente of the Accademia Dafnica di Scienze, Lettere, ed Arti in Aci-Reale.
An envelope containing papers relating to Dr. Butler and to Butler’sLifeof him, which appeared in 1896.
Statement as to the position of the violinist Mademoiselle Gabrielle Vaillant, May 1897.
She occurs in theMemoir. She broke down, and a few hundred pounds were raised to help her.
A collection of obituary notices of Butler. 1902.
Two collections of notices of Butler’s books, one made by Butler, the other by Streatfeild.
Particulars and Conditions of Sale of such of Butler’s houses near London as were sold after his death, Oct. 1902.
A parcel of newspapers, mostlyThe PressandThe Weekly Pressof New Zealand, referring to Butler and to his contributions to the New Zealand press. Some of his early contributions are reprinted. SeeA First Year in Canterbury Settlement(1914), Introduction.
A collection of letters and papers relating to the Erewhon Dinners.
An envelope containingpièces justificativesin connection with the “Diary of a Journey,” by H. F. Jones. 1903.
The Cambridge Magazinefor 1 March 1913, containing “Samuel Butler and the Simeonites,” by A. T. Bartholomew. SeeA First Year in Canterbury Settlement(1914), pp. 266-272.
Catalogue of the Butler Collection at St. John’s College, Cambridge. Pts. 1-3. Extracted fromThe Eaglefor March and June 1918 and for June 1919. (No more published in this form.)
Menu of Dinner given to Henry Festing Jones on the completion of theMemoirof Butler, the hosts being Mansfield Duval Forbes and A. T. Bartholomew, 11th Nov. 1916, in Forbes’s rooms, Clare College, Cambridge. Each course is illustrated by an appropriate quotation from theMemoir.
Menu of Dinner given to Henry Festing Jones on the publication of hisMemoirof Butler by A. T. Bartholomew at the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, 22 Nov. 1919.
A collection ofpièces justificatives, permissions to print letters in theMemoirof Butler, and the original MSS. of Reminiscences of Butler therein included by Miss Aldrich, Rev. Cuthbert Creighton, the Hon. Mrs. Richard Cecil Grosvenor, H. R. Robertson.
A collection of newspaper cuttings, being reviews and notices of theMemoir.
A collection of letters received by H. F. Jones on the publication of theMemoir.
An engraving of “The Fortune Teller,” by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
An engraving of “The Woodman,” by Gainsborough.
A print of a view of “Clifford’s Inn Hall from the Garden.” 1800.
A paper about Clifford’s Inn, extracted from “Picturesque Views and an Historical Account of the Inns of Court,” by Samuel Ireland, published in the year 1800.
An envelope containing prints of the photograph of Butler’s Fireplace, 15 Clifford’s Inn.
Six boxes of photographic negatives. Portraits and Italian works of art.
Five volumes of prints of snap-shots by Butler.
Photographs illustrating Butler’s notions about the Portraits of Gentile and Giovanni Bellini as to which he wrote to theAthenæum, 20 Feb. 1886. (Memoir, ch. xxv.)
Photographs to illustrate his notions about the Holbein drawing, “La Danse,” dealt with in the article in theUniversal Review, “L’Affaire Holbein-Rippel.” Together with various papers relating to the same matter. This article was not reproduced inEssays on Life,Art and Science(afterwardsThe Humour of Homer) because of the trouble of reproducing the illustrations, but it is among theUniversal Reviewarticles bound together and included in this catalogue (p. 19).
A print of the great statue of S. Carlo Borromeo, near Arona, called “S. Carlone.”
A collection of photographs of Italian pictures, unmounted.
Three large cards with photographs of the fresco by Gaudenzio Ferrari which is in S. Maria delle Grazie at Varallo-Sesia. It is in twenty-one compartments.
Two cards, not so large, with photographs of pictures and frescoes by Gaudenzio. One of these reproduces frescoes and pictures in the Crucifixion Chapel at Varallo. In the left-hand bottom corner is the whole of the fresco in S. Maria delle Grazie showing how the twenty-one compartments are placed. The other card contains Gaudenzio’s frescoes in the Church of S. Cristoforo at Vercelli.
A card with five photographs, two of the frescoes at Busto Arsizio near Varese—at least, I think that is where they are. One is “St. John Baptist’s head in a charger,” the other “The baptism in the Jordan.” Butler particularly liked the scratchings of names and dates on the former. The other three photographs are of pictures. The foregoing six cards (three, two and one) used to hang framed in Butler’s chambers.
A woman in a black dress from Lima. Used by Butler to make female heads for sale, but he was not successful.
The Weekly Press, N.Z., 21st Mar. 1917. Page 26 contains views of Butler’s homestead at Mesopotamia.
Two views of Butler’s homestead, Mesopotamia, New Zealand, extracted from thePress.
A view of the ruins of Hagiar Chem (Haggiar Kim in Malta).
A card with five photographic views. Two are the Garden at Langar. One is at Langar, Mrs. Barratt. Cf. snapshot album, 891, p 27. The remaining two are huts or whares in New Zealand, one being “Whare at Mount Peel Station, Oct. 14.”