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Letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne, November 6, 1871

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: D.3.1
Letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne (MS23 D.3.1)
Letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne (MS23 D.3.1)

Dates

  • Creation: November 6, 1871

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase: Quaritch 756:557 Date of acquisition: 1956 (Rose Morgan Fund)

General

"1871 Nov 6, Cheyne Walk; Pseudonymity of B.B. [i.e. on Robert Buchanan's pseudonymous attack "The fleshly School of Poetry" and Rossetti's envisaged retort: wants Swinburne's comments. Swinburne makes himself vulnerable by his wild japes, which he should give up. Awaiting publication of Prelude to Tristan: Swinburne should not get into such a publication mess again. Description of his poem Rose Mary. Brown's illustrations to R. Hüffer. [Envelope (dated 7th) may not go with this letter, but likely does.]"

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