9. NOTE ON THE MANUSCRIPTS I subjoin such notes as I have been able to gather respecting the whereabouts of MSS. of Gray's works. These notes make no pretence to completeness. The Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge, possesses Gray's Commonplace books (cf. Bradshaw's introduction, 1891), including a MS. of the Elegy (cf. Gosse's ed. i. 225-32 and Bradshaw's note on the Elegy). For facsimiles, see nos. 18, 625, 655. [1994 Another MS. of the Elegy is in the Library of Eton College. This was the Fraser MS.; see no. 662 and Bradshaw's note on the Elegy. Eton also has the original MS. of the Eton Ode; cf, The Illus. Lon. News, June 20, 1908, cxxxii. 896. [1995 A third MS. of the Elegy is in Egerton 2400 in the British Museum. This formerly belonged to Thomas Wharton. See no. 1997. For a facsimile see no. 735b. [1996 The British Museum also contains the following MSS. of interest to students of Gray: [1997 Add. 5821, fol. 53, Impromptu, suggested by the ruins at Kingsgate. Add. 5833, fol. 11-4, 20-2, 24, Memoranda. Add. 5842, fol. 119, Will. Add. 15,000, fol. 209, Two odes, printed. 4to. Add. 19,918, Letter to the Rev. J. Brown, 1764. Add. 24,503, fol. 95, and 24,614, fol. 8, Notes by John Hunter, 19th cent. Add. 26,889, fol. 23, 25, 40, 46, 50, 52, 54, 81, Correspondence with W. T. Howe. Add. 27,637, The bard set to music, by J. W. Callcott, 1786. Add. 32,329, fol. 1, 2, Letters to T. Percy and Prof. L. Brocket, n. d. Fol. 3, Anecdote of Gray, c. 1750. Fragment. Add. 32,561-2, Poems and extracts from Gray's MSS. The valuable collection made by Mitford.* The former includes, fol. 126-56, copies of Gray's letters to Asheton, 1740, 1742. Cf. Tovey, Gray and his friends, pp. vii-xi. Described in the Catalogue of Add. MSS., 1882-7, pp. 153-4. These MSS. were written between 1845 and 1856. Add. 36,270, fol. 77-84, Elegy, c. 1749. * The entire series of Mitford's commonplace books and recollec tions, 1845-56, fills 17 volumes, which are numbered Add. 32,559-75. Add. 36,359, fol. 59, Drawing of Gray's monument at Stoke Pogis, 1828. Fol. 60b, Epitaph on his mother's tomb at Stoke, copied in 1828. Add. 36,817, Notes on classical Greek literature, 1747. Fol., pp. iii, 19. Given in 1806 by Richard Stonhewer to Mathias. At the Mathias sale, 1887, bought by Samuel Rogers; descended to his grandniece, Emily Sharpe; given by her between 1900 and 1905 to the British Museum. Add. 36,818, Transcript of La Cueva's Relazione di Venetia, 18th cent. In Gray's autograph. The MS. has the same history as 36,817, q. v. Add. 37,683, fol. 77, A parody on the Elegy, made at Cambridge by William Taylor. See no. 912. Egerton 2400, fol. 1-217, Letters to Wharton, March 12, 1740-May 24, 1771 (including El, fol. 45); fol. 218-227, Letters from James Brown to Wharton, July 24-Aug. 17, 1771; fol. 228-235, copies by Wharton of some of Gray's poems and rhymes, etc.; fol. 236-271, Letters from Mason to Wharton relating to Gray, Oct. 28, 1765-July 15, 1773; fol. 272, Letter from Mitford to Mrs. Wharton about his forthcoming ed. of Gray and reflecting on Mason's ed., Feb. 28, 1816. Stowe 865, fol. 86, Latin version of the Elegy by W. H. Roberts, 18th century. Gray's nine MS. volumes of music are in the possession of Henry E. Krehbiel, Esq., 152 West 105th Street, New York. See no. 1886. [1998 A MS. owned in 1899 by the Misses Sharpe, grandnieces of Samuel Rogers, was described in The Athenæum, March 18, 1899, p. 338. This is now, apparently, B. M. Add. 36,817; see no. 1997. [1999 The late Mr. John Morris, of 13, Park Street, Grosvenor Square, London, possessed a valuable collection of Graiana, which is described by Gosse in his ed. iv. 339-43. [2000 Mr. John Murray also has some MSS. relating to Gray, including his Journal in the Lakes; cf. Tovey's ed. of the Letters iii. 232, n. 1. [2001 "An early correspondence of Gray's which is said to throw light upon his difference with Walpole" was owned in 1912 by the Messrs. Quaritch, of London. [2002 For the letters recently discovered by Mr. Toynbee, see no. [2003 1248. For the letters lately sold by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, see no. 1249. [2004 For some MSS. at Buffalo, N. Y., see Mrs. H. L. Elmendorf, Descriptive catalogue of the Gluck collection of MSS. and autographs in the Buffalo Public Library, Buffalo, N. Y., 1899, 8vo, pp. 47-8. [2004a APPENDIX UNDATED EDITIONS Works. With a memoir by W. Mason. Lon. Priestley. 8vo. 15/-. [2005 From the London Catalogue, 1814-34. Cf. no. 20. The poetical works | of | Mr. Gray. | A new edition. | London: Sold at H. Fenwicks Wholesale Book Warehouse, Snow Hill. [2005а [17-?] 8vo, pp. viii, 46. Frontispiece. Life, pp. v-viii. English poems only. Poems. Lon. Bogue. 1/6. From the London Catalogue, 1831-55. HU [2006 Poems by Thomas Gray, L. L. B. | [sic], with the author's life. [Oval port. after Wilson.] Printed and sold by G. Nicholson, Poughnill near Ludlow. Sold also in London by H. D. Symonds, Paternoster-Row [and others]. [2007 About 1800-02. 12mo. Oval portrait after Wilson. Cited from The Athenæum, April 14, 1894, p. 483; cf. p. 252. The Life extends to p. xxix, and ends thus: "Besides "The Long Story,' the pieces omitted in this Selection, are, 'The Fatal Sisters', and 'The Descent of Oden' [sic], from the Norse tongue; the first is too trifling, and the latter abound with too much of gross fable and superstition, to be admitted into a design of retaining pieces of unquestionable excellence only." The poetical works of Thomas Gray. With a memoir. New York. T. R. Knox & Co. [2008 NYP [18-] 16mo, pp. cxix, [1], 146. Not in Leypoldt, 1880. Poetical works in English and Latin, and life. Illus. with [2009 steel plates and wdcts. Sm. 8vo. The poetical works of Thomas Gray, William Collins, and John Pomfret. Lon. Cooke. 12mo. With engravings. See no. 129. [2010 The poetical works of Thomas Gray. Sampson Low, Son & Co. [2010a [London. 187-?] 16mo, pp. xii, 124. 8 plates. Illustrations drawn by Birket Foster. The poetical works of Thomas Gray. | with a memoir. | [Emblem.] New York: | James Miller, 779 Broadway. [2011 Sm. 8vo, pp. cxix, [1], 146. Life, by Mitford. Apparently a pirated reprint of the Aldine Edition. The back of my copy is lettered, British Poets | Gray | Aldine Edition | Cf. no. 2008. In The poetical works of Goldsmith and Gray, part ii. N. p., n. d. [189-?] The British Poets xxii. [2011a BPL, UP Maynard's English Classic Series.-No. 19. | An elegy | in | a country churchyard | and | odes | on the pleasure arising from vicissitude, A distant prospect of Eton College, and The bard. By Thomas Gray. With prefatory and explanatory notes. New York Charles E. Merrill Co. | 16mo, pp. 42. Portrait. See no. 317. [2012 Elegy in a country churchyard, etc. New York. Putnam. 16mo. Ariel Booklets. [2013 The grave. A poem. By Robert Blair. To which is added Gray's Elegy written in a country church-yard. [Lon.] J. Barker. [17-?] 16mo, pp. 36. Elegy, etc. Lon. Slark. Sm. 4to. 1883 or 1884. 10/6. Large 4to. 63/-. [2014 NYP [2015 Elegy, etc. In Favorite poems selected from English and American authors, New York, John W. Lovell Co., pp. 30-5. NYP [2016 Elegy in a country churchyard. Illustrated by H. Copping, etc. Lon. R. Tuck & Sons, Ltd. [190-?] 12mo, 12 leaves. The progress of poesy. N. p., n. d. 4to, pp. 6. [2017 [2018 YU |