Hovey, Richard, 1864-1900

Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence to, from, and about Aïdé; his diary for a trip to Switzerland in the second half of 1870, a scrapbook of reviews of his work, and miscellaneous poetry and prose pieces. The correspondence is both personal and business oriented, including letters from publishers, editors and friends regarding the publicaton of novels and songs. Principal correspondents include Matthew Arnold, Frances Hodgson Burnett,James Anthony Froude, William Money Hardinge,...

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Autograph letter, signed, discussing health and literary matters.

Tipped into: Launcelot and Guenevere: A Poem in Dramas by Richard Hovey (New York: John W. Lowell Company, 1891).

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Notes, holograph, as well as several lines to the conclusion of Act IV. Inscribed: "Very early notes for Richard Hovey's Marriage of Guenevere -- Given to Louise [Allison?] by Henriette Hovey in 1907."

Scope and Contents: 6 ALS to Leffert answering his inquiries for information on Richard Hovey from Stuart Sherman, Theodore Roosevelt (1887-1944), Julian Richard Hovey (Hovey's son), Richard le Gallienne, J. M. Meteyard, and Florence B. Marone. Accompanied by a memo from C. E. H. regarding delay in distribution of Press Notices circular by Stone & Kimball; a fragment from a poem, "The Holy Grail," manuscript in a different hand and signed by Hovey; a single signed sheet with three holograph poems, "Songs of...

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Letters from various people, including Jethro Bithell, Virginia M. Crawford, Osman Edwards, Horace Edwin Hayden, Richard Hovey, T. B. Rudmose-Brown, and Charles Tuckerman, among others.