Scope and Contents

Commonplace collection containing religious poetry, copies of letters, cuttings, etc., including material relating to Byron and Napoleon, written in several hands, 269 folios. There is an index of contents on pp. iv-xi.

Scope and Contents Poems copied with varying degrees of attribution, and a single sheet of 4 diary entries on the last white page of the book. They include:The Eclipse, C. S. FoxOn staying too late with..., W. SpencerThe Devil's Walk, PorsonEpitaph on Duke Hamilton, Dr MooreTo one who promised on a lock of hair, ByronLines written upon Mrs Crewe, C. S. FoxTo Poverty, C. S. FoxThe Tears of the Crewets, JekyllSpeech of the Chinese Emperor to Lord...

Scope and Contents The letters which form the bulk of the material catalogued here, were written by Sidney Walker over a quarter of a century to several female relations: principally, his mother (who after her husband's death lived at various addresses in London and its suburbs); his mother's sister Maria, who had married William Walker, a solicitor at Thirsk in the North Riding (and probably a brother or cousin of Sidney's father); and his unmarried cousin Margaret, a daughter of Maria Walker. The letters,...