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Essays, diaries, and commonplace books of Helen Taylor [manuscript], 1844-1851.

Taylor, Helen, 1831-1907, author.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, sender.; Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, addressee.; Taylor, Helen, 1831-1907, sender.; Taylor, Helen, 1831-1907, addressee.
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Title
Essays, diaries, and commonplace books of Helen Taylor [manuscript], 1844-1851.
Description
27 items.
Associated name
Taylor, Helen, 1831-1907, author.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, sender.
Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889, addressee.
Taylor, Helen, 1831-1907, sender.
Taylor, Helen, 1831-1907, addressee.
Scope and content
The collection of papers includes: S.b.80 (1)--Eighteen brief essays on Shakespeare and the stage and drama, including such subjects as Sheridan, Shakespeare, Schiller, The jew of Malta, plays and afterpieces, dramatic censorship in France, King Lear; some of the pieces are dated, from 1847 to 1851. S.b.80 (2-6)--Five brief diaries (on small folded and stitched sheets), each covering from one to four months, 1844, 1849-50. The five items are numbered 7,10,42,43,44--parts, clearly of a long series. S.b.80 (7-8)--Two small notebooks, with extracts from Shakespeare, other Elizabethan dramatists, and contemporary writers. S.b.80 (9-10)--An autograph letter to J.O. Halliwell, enclosing £100 as a contribution toward the purchase of New Place; also Halliwell's autograph reply; both dated 1861.
Note
Various sizes.
Historical background
The writer is the stepdaughter of John Stuart Mill.
Binding information
(2-10) Enclosed in a red cloth box.
Genre/form
Notebooks.
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Diaries.

Call number
S.b.80 (1-10)

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