Murray, John. Autograph letters signed from John Murray, London, to John Wilson Croker

Folger bibliographic ID: 230863
Folger call number: Y.c.1970 (1-23)
Folger holdings ID: 279624
Accession Number: cs1381

(1-5) letters from John Murray the elder and (6-23) from his son. Letters deal with Shakespearean matters and were written from Albemarle Street. (1) Murray hopes Croker does not feel he is encumbering him with tracts about Shakespeare, and he sends the first volume of Harness' Shakespeare. (2) concerns Dr. C. Severn and the diary of John Ward. (3) concerns a manuscript entitled "New illustrations of the works of Shakspeare." Also, with (3), a short note in French references an autograph of Marat. (4) mentions that "it is supposed that Steevens - that Puck of literature had access to the papers which Collier discovered and that he forged the letter of Lord Southampton." (8) refers to Knight's/Collier's Shakespeare, Jackson's "Restorations" and Caldecott's Hamlet and As you like it. (9) mentions Richardson's Essays on Shakespeare. (11) indicates that "the second folio in Bohn's Catalogue has been disposed of" and says that Act IV, scene 3 of Taming of the Shrew begins "Enter Catharina & Grumio." (12) refers to Bohn's Catalogue and Malone's edition of Shakespeare. (13) expresses interest in obtaining a correct copy of Shakespeare's epitaph from Stratford. (14) refers to Knight and Collier's Shakespeare and Alexander Dyce's upcoming critique of both editors. (16) mentions Dyce's critique of Collier. (17) and (18) refer to the loan of publications of the Shakespeare Society. (19) mentions that he is sending Twiss' index, to be followed by Collier and Halliwell. (20), (22) and (23) all deal with Collier's discovery of annotations in the second folio

Extended title: Autograph letters signed from John Murray, London, to John Wilson Croker 1838-1852?

Murray, John, 1778-1843 Murray, John, 1808-1892 Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Harness, William, 1790-1869 Ward, John, 1629?-1681. Diary of the Rev. John Ward, A.M Severn, Charles Steevens, George, 1736-1800 Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883 Knight, Charles, 1791-1873 Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869 Jackson, Zachariah. Shakespeare's genius justified Caldecott, Thomas, 1744-1833 Richardson, William, 1743-1814 Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, Earl of, 1573-1624 Bohn, Henry G. 1796-1884. Catalogue of books Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793 Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. 1820-1889 Twiss, Francis, 1760-1827. Complete verbal index to the plays of Shakspeare

correspondent: Murray, John, 1778-1843
subject: Murray, John, 1778-1843
subject: Murray, John, 1808-1892
subject: Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Harness, William, 1790-1869
subject: Severn, Charles
subject: Steevens, George, 1736-1800
subject: Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883
subject: Knight, Charles, 1791-1873
subject: Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869
subject: Caldecott, Thomas, 1744-1833
subject: Richardson, William, 1743-1814
subject: Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, Earl of, 1573-1624
subject: Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793
subject: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889
correspondent: Murray, John, 1808-1892
correspondent: Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857