Chats on Autographs

INDEX

• Addison, Joseph, 56, 341
• Adelaide, Queen, 163-4
• Agar, Welbore Ellis, 182
• Albert, Prince, facsimile of letter of, 165
• Aldrich, 340
• d'Alençon, Duc, 34
• Alexander of Battenberg, anecdote of, 144
• Algarotti, letter to, 377
• Alleyn, Edward, letter to, 109
• Amateur d'Autographes, 58
• Amelia, Princess, 134
• American catalogues and books on autographs, 320, 322
• American MSS., destruction of, 337;
• prices, 341-2;
• Civil War documents, 375
• André, Major, 335-7
• Arabi Pacha, 9, 11
• Arago, E., 98-9
• Archivist, The, 58
• Arne, Dr., 365
• Arnold, Christopher, 34-5
• Austen, Jane, 341
• Autographs, antiquity of collecting, 33-4;
• tricks of collectors, 42-9;
• hints to collectors, 53-9;
• dealers, 60-1;
• care and restoration of, 65-6;
• royal, 118;
• statesmen's, 172;
• literary, 196-8;
• naval and military, 238-41, 254;
• music, drama, and art, 259-81;
• collecting in America, 237-40
• Bacon, Lord, quoted, 171, 361
• Bailie, Mr., 37-9
• Ball, Nelson's letters to Sir A. J., 370
• Ball, Sir Alex., letter from Nelson to, 358
• Banks, Sir Joseph, 362
• Barker, Frederick, 110, 120, 197, 202, 357, 365, 370-1
• Barnard, Fred, illustration by, 281
• Bathurst, Earl, 111
• Beaconsfield, Lord, 39, 187, 189-92, 371, 373-5
• Beattie, James, 39
• Beecher, H. W., 341
• Beethoven, L. van, 257, 360
• Belvoir, discovery of letters at, 100-1
• Benjamin, William Evarts, 124
• Berry, Miss, 65, 311
• Bindley, James, 36
• Bismarck, Prince, 40
• Blackburn, Douglas, work by, 81
• Blackmore, 341
• Blake, William, 341
• Blathwayt, R. W., 60
• Blathwayt, William, 343
• Blessington, Lady, 374
• Blott, Mr., 38
• Blücher, Marshal, 254
• Bodleian Library, the, 36
• Books on Autographs, 56-9, 69
• Boswell's correspondence, discovery of, 96;
• letter to Mrs. Thrale, 363
• Bousy, Charles de, 35
• Bovet, Alfred, collection of, 58-9, 69, 292
• Boydell, John, 358
• "Boyhood of a Great King, the," 154-5
• Bradshaw, John, 355
• Brahms, 365
• Brandling, W., letter of, 98
• Brébion, Edmund, 293
• Brereton, Sir William, 355
• Brewster, Sir David, 88
• Bright, John, 341
• Brontë, Charlotte, 353, 376, 341
• Brougham, Lord, 98-9, 185
• Broughton, Lord, 111
• Brown, John, 341
• Browne, Hablot K., illustration of, 286
• Browning, E. B., 340-1
• Browning, Robert, 56, 358-9
• Brueys, Admiral, facsimile of letter of, 310
• Bryant, W. C., 340
• Buckingham, Duke of, letter of, 54;
• letter to, 357
• Bulletin d'Autographs, 57, 60, 292
• Bunbury sale of MSS., 110-11, 366, 368-9
• Burckhardt's Journal, 100
• Burke, Edmund, sale of poem by, 12;
• letter to from Crabbe, 65;
• letter to Mrs. Montagu, 211-12;
• value of autograph of, 355, 363, 368
• Burns, Charles de F., 13
• Burns, Robert, 341, 359, 367, 375-6
• Burr, Aaron, 338
• Burroughs, John, 341
• Byng, Admiral John, 241-2
• Byron, Lord, 69, 76, 78, 99, 341, 355, 359, 376
• Caddell, Captain W., work by, 81
• Cain, George, 58
• Camolin Cavalry Detail Book, the, 112
• Campbell, Thomas, 355, 357
• "Canadie, La," 54-5
• Carlyle, James, 229-30
• Carlyle, Thomas, 56, 229, 341, 359, 375-6
• Caroline, Queen, 139-43
• Catharine of Aragon, 56
• Catharine II. of Russia, 129-33
• Cawdor, Lord, 105
• Chamberlain, Joseph, 47
• Chambers, Sir Robert, 363
• Chambord, Comte de, 164, 306
• Chapman, Frederic, work by, 142
• Charavay, Étienne, works by, 58-9, 69, 87, 90
• Charavay, Mme. Veuve G., 57, 60-1
• Charavay, Noël, 13-14, 57-8, 60-1, 118, 129, 257
• Charavay, the house of, 291-2
• Charles Edward Stuart, 61
• Charles I., 61
• Charles II., 56, 365, 372
• Charlotte, Queen, 162-3
• Chasles, Michel, 88-9
• Chatham, Lady, 38
• Chesterfield, Lord, 12, 181-5, 341, 356
• "Chesterfield's Letters," 67
• Child, Mr., 335
• Chippendale, Thomas, 357
• Churchill, John, 56
• Cibber, Colley, 358-9
• Cleopatra, copy of forged letter from, 89
• Clive, Kitty, 373
• Cobden, Richard, illustrated letter of, 281;
• facsimile of letter of, 287-8
• Coburg, Duke of, 35, 40, 148-9, 166
• Coleridge, S. T., 56, 341, 364
• Collectanea Napoleonica, 110
• Collingwood, Lord, 370
• Collins, David, 362
• Connaught, Duke of, 148
• Conolly, Lady Louisa, letters from Duke of Richmond to, 368
• Cooper, 341
• Corot, 15
• Cowley, Abraham, 365
• Cowper, William, 355
• Crabbe, George, 65, 100, 110, 210-11, 368
• Cranmer, Archbishop, 56
• Crawford, Earl of, 296
• Cromwell, Oliver, 56, 120, 125, 355, 359, 376
• Cruikshank, George, 277-8
• Cumberland, Richard, 358
• Cuyler, T. C. S., 13, 320-4, 329, 336-7, 339
• Damer, Arne, 65
• Darwin, Charles, 342
• Davey, Samuel, 57-8
• Davy, Sir Humphry, 97
• Dayrolles Correspondence, 351
• Deffand, Mme. du, 61
• De Quincey, 341, 359
• Derby, Earl of, 355
• Desaix, Marshal, 303
• Dibdin, Charles, discovery of songs by, 105-7
• Dickens, Charles, 15, 42, 44, 56;
• forgeries, 82, 84;
• letters of, 220-6, 356;
• value of autograph of, 356, 359, 364, 374, 341-2
• Digby, Colonel, 107-8
• Dillon, John, 120, 353
• "Diplomatique, Manuel de," 117
• Disraeli, see Beaconsfield
• Doggett, Thomas, 356
• Donizetti, 365
• Donnadieu Sale, the, 353
• Doyle, Richard, 342
• Drake, Sir Francis, 359
• Dreer, Ferdinand J., 338
• Dryden, John, 56
• Dumouriez and the Defence of England against Napoleon, 105, 369
• Dumouriez, General, MS. by, 101, 102, 105, 368-9
• Edward VI., 56, 372
• Edward VII., facsimile of bulletin of birth of, 116;
• facsimile of the early writing of, 344
• Elgar, Sir Edward, facsimile of bars of a song by, 49
• Elizabeth, Queen, 56, 361
• "Elliot, George," 40, 357, 359
• Ellis, Sir Henry, 353
• Emerson, R. Waldo, 341, 376
• Emmet, Dr. T. A., 13, 321-2, 324, 327, 336-7
• Erskine, Nelson's letters to Sir J. St. C., 369
• Evelyn, John, 201, 352
• Extra-illustrating, 66-8
• Facsimiles, how to obtain, 55-6
• Fairfax, Lord, 355
• Fairfax, Sir Thomas, 357
• Fawkes, Guido, 357
• Fénelon, Archbishop, 14
• Fishguard Invasion, correspondence regarding the, 105
• FitzGerald, Edward, 358
• FitzGerald, Lord Robert, 370
• FitzGerald, Pamela, 54
• FitzRoy, Lord William, 38
• Fletcher, Joseph, letter to, 358
• Flint, Sir Charles, 129
• Foote, Samuel, 357
• Forbes, Archibald, 303
• Forgeries, 75-91;
• how to detect, 80-2, 90-1
• Forster, John, 210
• Fox, C. J., 111, 368
• France, Anatole, 58
• France, autographs of Kings of, 351
• "Frank," the, 36-9
• Franklin, Benjamin, letter of, 332;
• facsimile of letter of, 334;
• value of autograph of, 342
• Frederick, Duke of York, 156
• Frederick, Empress (of Germany), 168
• Frederick the Great, 368, 373, 377
• French autographs, 292-3
• Frowde, J. A., 41
• Garrick, David, 262-3, 357-8, 363
• Garrick, Mrs., 263
• Gascoyne, Bamber, 243
• "Gatty," see Agar
• Geoffrin, Mme. de, 61
• George III., 56, 119, 137-42, 155, 278, 376
• George IV., 161
• George V., facsimile of letter of, 167
• Gerothwohl, Prof., 13, 131
• Gibbon, Edward, 356
• Giry, A., work of, 117
• Gladstone, W. E., 187-8, 342, 363, 374
• Goethe, W. von, 213-4, 216, 376
• Goldsmith, Oliver, 363, 368, 373
• Goodspeed, C. E., 339
• Gordon, General, 56, 364
• Grangerising, see Extra-illustrating
• Gray, Thomas, 356
• Greaves, Mr., 350
• Green, J. H., 364
• Grenville Library, 55
• Greville, C. F., 370
• Greville, J., 243
• Greville, Hon. Charles, 249
• Grimston, Sir Harbottle, 37
• Guizot, F. P. G., 40
• Gulston, Miss E., 57
• Gurwood, Colonel, 237
• Gwinnett, Button, 321, 323-5;
• facsimile of writing and signature of, 326
• Haber, Louis J., sale of library of, 12-3, 211, 216, 320;
• catalogue of, 340-2
• Hamilton, Lady, 56, 360, 362, 367, 370, 375-6
• Handel, 365
• Handwriting of Kings and Queens of England, The, 117
• Hanmer, MSS. of Sir Thos., 368-9
• Hardy, Captain T. M., 249-50
• Hardy, T., 341-2
• Hardy, W. J., work by, 117
• Harley, see Oxford, Earl of
• Harris, J. C., 341
• Harte, Bret, 341
• Hawaian postage stamp, 377
• Hawkins, Sir R., 359
• Hawthorne, N., 341-2
• Haydn, Joseph, 257, 260, 365
• Hayes, William, 257
• Hearne, Thomas, 36
• Heber's hymn, discovery of Bishop, 96
• Henrietta Maria, Queen, 355, 365, 375
• Henry VII., 362
• Henry VIII., 56, 118, 361-2
• Heralds' College, 36
• Hewson, Colonel John, 355
• Hill, Sir Thomas Noël, 367
• History of the Festivals of the Three Choirs, 257
• Hobhouse, see Broughton
• Hogarth, William, 270, 273
• Holdernesse, Earl of, 155-61, 173
• Holland, Lord, 368
• Holmes, 341
• Holmes, Thomas Knox, 263
• Holst, Duke of, 34
• Hood, Lord, letter of George III. to, 137-8
• Hooper, correspondence of Bishop, 96
• Hortense, Queen, 303
• Ibrahim, Hilmy, Prince, 11
• "Iconographies," the, 59
• Illustrated letters, 278
• Ireland, finds relating to rebellion in, 112
• Ireland, W. H., forgeries of, 75-6, 196;
• facsimile of, 77
• Irving, Sir Henry, 341, 370-1
• Ismail Pacha, 9, 11
• L'Isographie des Hommes Célèbres, 58, 292
• James II., 125
• James Stewart, 56
• Jay MSS., the, 100
• Jeffrey, Miss, letter from Keats to, 363
• Jekyll, Joseph, 39
• Jermyn, Henry, 365
• John II. of France, 118
• Johnson, Dr., and Mrs. Thrale, 364, 367
• Johnson, Samuel, 76, 206-10, 342, 356-7, 359, 363-4, 373
• Joline, Adrian, quoted, 10, 33, 41, 66, 117, 144, 196, 337
• Jones, Charles C., Jr., 338
• Jonson, Ben, 372
• Joseph Bonaparte (King of Spain), facsimile letter of, 299
• Kean, Edmund, 80, 264
• Keary, Mr. Peter, 371
• Keats, John, sale of letter of, 12, 62;
• facsimile of, 56;
• forgery, 87;
• discovery of letters of, 100;
• letter of, 215;
• value of autograph of, 341, 353, 359, 361, 363, 371, 374, 375
• Kemble, J. P., 269
• Kent, Duke of, 156
• King, Thomas, 356, 358
• Kipling, Rudyard, 342
• Knapp, O. G., collection of, 366
• Lacordaire, 42
• Lamb, Charles, 216, 356, 359, 364
• Landseer, Edwin, 355
• Lang, Andrew, signed poem by, 343
• Lansdowne, Marquis of, 80
• Larochejaquelein, Louis, 110
• Latimer, Bishop, 56
• Lavoisier, 133-4
• Lawrence, Thomas, 366
• Lechmere, Captain William, 248-9
• Le Neve, Peter, 36
• Lenthall, William, 355
• Lescure, M. de, 59
• Lewes, 342
• Lisbourne, Lord, 243
• Liszt, facsimile of letter of the Abbé, 258
• Literary Letters, value of, 352
• Lloyd, Thomas, 78, 80
• Lobb, Rev. Mr., 357
• Lockwood, Sir F., 278;
• illustrations by, 282, 285
• Longfellow, H. W., 40
• Longwood Household, expenses book, 111, 292
• Louis XVI., 133-4
• Louis XVIII., 294
• Louis Philippe, 278
• Lowe, Sir Hudson, 111, 254, 368
• Lynch, T., 321, 323-5, 327;
• facsimile of letter of, 328
• Lyte, Sir H. Maxwell, 100-1
• Mackey, George, discoveries amongst the MSS. of, 105
• Macpherson, James, forgeries of, 75-6, 87, 342
• Madan, F., 152
• Mainwaring, Mrs., collection of, 373
• Majendie, Dr., letter to from Prince William (William IV.), 143
• Manby, Charles, 277
• Marat, J. P., 359
• Marie Antoinette, facsimile of letter of, 312
• Marlborough, Duke of, correspondence of, 96
• Marryat, Captain, 342
• Marshall, collection of Mr. Julian, 364
• Martin, Sir Theodore, 65, 210
• Marvel, Andrew, 359
• Mary, Queen, facsimile of letter of, 168
• Mary, Queen of Scots, 56
• Massey, Sir Edward, 355
• Masson, Frédéric, 10
• Mather, Cotton, 375
• Mathews, Charles, facsimile of letter of, 266
• Mauritius Post Office, stamps of, 31-2
• Mee, Dr., work of, 259
• Mendelssohn, F., 357
• Meredith, George, 217, 342
• Milton, John, 32, 35, 201-3, 364
• Molé, Count, 309
• Monmouth, Duke of, 56
• Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, 360
• Montchenu, Marquis, 111
• Montesquieu, Abbé de, 294
• Montrose, Duke of, 365
• Montrose, Lord, 253
• Moore, Colonel John, 355
• Moore, Thomas, 355, 359
• More, Hannah, letter of Walpole to, 206;
• value of letter of Garrick to, 357
• Morland, George, 274
• Morris, W., autograph MS. of, 342, 363
• Morrison, Alfred, collection of, 36, 68, 294, 354
• Mount Norris, Earl of, 112
• Mulgrave, Lord, letter to, from George III., 140
• Murray, Lindley, 358
• Napoleon I., 32, 62, 105;
• facsimile of letter of, 123;
• illustrated letter of, 278;
• as letter-writer, 293-6;
• value of letter of, 352, 362, 372
• "Napoleon and the Invasion of England," 105
• "Napoleon, Last Reign of," 111
• Napoleon II., facsimile of letter of, 305-9
• Napoleon, Captain James, 362
• Napoleonic Correspondence, 110-11
• Napoleon III., forged letter of, 90;
• birth of, 303
• Nelson, Lady, 244-7
• "Nelson, Life of," Clarke and McArthur's, 67;
• Churchill's, 78
• Nelson, Lord, 32, 56, 78-80, 237, 243-9, 358, 360, 363, 366-72, 374-6
• "Nelson's Hardy," 249
• Nethercliff, Joseph, work by, 57
• Newman, Cardinal, facsimile of autograph of, 43
• Ney, Marshal, facsimile of letter of, 304
• Nichols, John Gough, work by, 56
• Norris, Admiral, 351
• Northumberland, Duke of, 355
• Norton, Hon. Mrs., 226
• O'Connell, Daniel, 185-6
• Oldys, William, 100
• Oxford, Robert Harley, Earl of, 36
• Paganini, 365
• Paine, Thomas, 342
• Palloy, M., 180-1
• "Paradise Lost," 32, 364
• Paris, Comte de, 164
• Parnell Letters, forged, 90
• Paston Letters, the, 99
• Paterson, Colonel William, 362
• Paul, Emperor of Russia, 62
• Pembroke, Earl of, 358
• Penn, William, 357, 359
• Pennington, Mrs., letter from Mrs. Siddons to, 366
• Pepys, Samuel, 374
• Percy, Bishop, 357
• Peters, Hugh, 357
• Philbrick, Judge, K.C., 31
• Phillipps, Sir Thomas, 89, 353-4
• Picard, Ludovic, 42
• Pigott, Richard, 90
• Piozzi, Mrs., 13, 342, 363, 367
• "Piozziana," 373
• Pitt, William (the elder), 56, 80, 173-5, 355
• Pitt, William (the younger), 175, 179-80
• Poe, E. A., 41-2, 342
• Pollapiolo, Antonio del, 15
• Poniatowski, Marshal, 292, 303
• Poole, Thomas, letter to, 364
• Pope, Alexander, 202-5, 342, 368
• Porson, Richard, 359
• Porter, Jane, 342
• Portland, Duke of, 105
• Powell, S., letter to, 377
• Pretyman, Bishop Tomline, 99
• Prior, Thomas, 181, 361, 368
• Privy Council Letter, value of, 362
• Raffles, Dr., 96, 323
• Raffles, Sir Stamford, visit of to St. Helena, 110;
• value of autograph of, 360
• Rambaud, M., 129
• Ramsay, Allan, 356
• Reade, Charles, 342
• Reed, Lady, 138-9
• Revue des Autographs, 57, 60-1, 292
• Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 64
• Richard Plantagenet, 372
• Richardson, Samuel, 342, 357
• Richmond, Duke of, 368
• Robertson, Ross, 55
• Robespierre, 356
• Robinson, John, 376
• Robinson, Memoirs of Mrs., 108
• Romney, George, facsimile of letter of, 274
• Rose, George, 370
• Rose, Dr. Holland, 10, 105, 175, 180, 293, 295
• Rosebery, Lord, 41, 46
• Rossetti, D. G., 342
• Royal autographs, value of, 118-25;
• sale of, 164
• Ruskin, John, 48
• Russell, G. W. E., work by, 144
• St. Vincent, Earl, 358
• Sala, George Augustus, 231-3
• Sandby, Paul, 262
• Sandeau, Jules, 42-3
• Sandwich Islands stamp, 32
• Scarlati, 365
• Schiller, F. von, 375
• Schubert, 365
• Schumann, 365
• Scott, Dr. H. T., 13, 57-8, 60, 65-6, 109, 201, 353
• Scott, Sir Walter, 335-7, 359
• Sévigné, Letters of Mme. de, 57, 76
• Shakespearean forgeries, 75-9;
• Wilson's letter, 109-10;
• documents, 195-6
• Shelbourne, Lord, 61
• Shelley, P. B., 342, 370, 376
• Shenstone, William, 359
• Sheridan, R. B., facsimile of letter of, 265
• Siddons, Sarah Martha, 84-6, 264-9, 357, 363, 366, 375
• Sidney, Sir P., 351
• Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Lives of the, 322
• Simonides, Dr. Constantine, 89
• Sims, see FitzGerald
• Sloane MSS., 34
• Smith, Charles John, work by, 56
• Smith, William, 359
• Sophia of Hanover, 126
• Sotheby's, the firm of, 354-5;
• notable sales at, 355-65, 369-70, 372-4
• Southey, William, letter to, 359
• Sprague, Rev. Dr. W. B., 323, 325, 338
• Staël, Mme. de, 65
• Stanhope, Lord, 180-1
• Stanley, Sir H. M., 361
• State Papers, 376
• Steele, Sir Richard, 368-9
• Stevenson, George, 98
• Stevenson, R. L., 41, 342
• Stoddart Sale of MSS., 375
• Stowell, Lord, 370
• Strafford, Lord, 368
• Strode, William, 125
• Sussex, Duke of, 161
• Swift, 375
• Swinburne, Algernon, 342
• Sydney, Lord, 139
• Talleyrand, C. M. de, 300-3, 311
• Tayleure, William, 38
• Taylor, letter to John, 374
• Tedder, H. R., quoted, 348
• Tefft, Israel K., 321, 323, 338
• Temple, Rev. W. J., 96
• Tenniel, Sir John, 44-5
• Tennyson, Alfred, 216-17, 342, 356
• Thackeray, W. M., 42, 56;
• forgeries, 81-3;
• letter of, 198, 217-20;
• value of autograph of, 342, 356-8, 374
• Thatcher, Benjamin B., 323
• Thibaudeau, M. A. W., 68
• Thiers, 40
• Thoresby, Ralph, 36
• Thrale, Mrs., see Piozzi
• Three Dorset Captains, The, 249
• Tonson, Jacob, 32
• Turner, Dawson, 350
• Twain, Mark, 229, 341
• Tyndall, correspondence of, 96
• Upcott, William, 120, 347-50;
• sale of collection of, 351-3
• d'Urbino, R. S., 375
• Value of autographs:
• Royal, 118-25;
• diplomatic, 172;
• literary, 196-8;
• naval and military, 23-8, 41, 254;
• musicians', 259;
• dramatic personages, 263-4, 269;
• artists', 270;
• French, 303-11;
• American, 342-3;
• variations in, 356-77
• Verdi, G., 357
• Vicars, Sir Arthur, 375
• Victoria, Empress of Germany, 168
• Victoria, Queen, 56, 144-7, 355
• Villeneuve, Admiral, 311
• Voltaire, 311, 315, 355
• Vrain-Lucas, 87-9, 90-1
• Wallace, Dr., 110, 195
• Waller, John, 120, 124-5, 238
• Walpole, Horace, quoted, 8, 133-4, 205-6, 342
• Washington, George, 56, 325, 329-32;
• value of autographs of, 352;
• facsimile of letter of, 333;
• portfolio of, 372;
• documents signed by, 375;
• letter of, 377
• Watson, G. L. de St. M., 214
• Watts, Isaac, 356
• Wellington, Duke of, 56, 64, 237, 253-5, 360-1, 369, 373
• Wesley, John, facsimile of letter of, 232;
• value of autograph of, 373, 342
• West, Sir Benjamin, 369
• West, James, 36
• Wexford, the War in, 112
• Whalley, Dr., 367
• Wheeler, H. F. B., works by, 105, 112
• Whistler, J. Arch., 229
• White, Sir George, collection of, 68, 76, 125
• White, Gilbert, 364
• Whitelock's MS., discovery of, 99
• Wilkinson, Miss Patty, 85
• William III., 56, 126
• William IV., 143, 156
• William of Orange, 365
• Wilson, William, 109
• Wolfe, James, 375
• Woollan, B. M., 248
• Wordsworth, Dorothy, 56, 361
• Wren, Sir Christopher, 355
• Wright, Captain, 374
• Yates, Edmund, 233, 356
• York, Cardinal, MSS. of, 96
• Young, Mr., 120, 353