The following printed items were received as part of the donation and transferred to the Rare Books Department (all are by Withers unless otherwise stated):
‘Poems upon various subjects’, Cambridge: C. W. Naylor, and London: Wertheim and Macintosh, 1854 (8000.d.1539)
‘Poems upon various subjects’, Cambridge: C. W. Naylor, and London: Macintosh, 1856, with manuscript cancellation of a line on the errata page (8000.d.1540)
David Masson, editor, ‘Macmillan’s magazine’, Vol. 1 (Nov. 1859–April 1860), including [Dinah Maria Craik], ‘A hedgeside poet’ (pp. 449–454), with a manuscript note re the composition of the article in the hand of Janet E. Aspland, 1900, on second front end-paper (Cam.c.860.60)
‘In reply to an invitation to dine with a friend’, no imprint, but printed on paper watermarked ‘62’ [i.e. 1862?], single sheet, printed one side (Cam.b.883.12)
‘To the Prince of Wales, and Alexandra of Denmark, on their marriage, March 10th, 1863’, Soham: Fyson, typographer, single sheet, printed one side (Cam.b.863.3)
‘On the top of Helvellyn, lines written by J. R. Withers, after a tour in the Lake District, September 1864’, Manchester: John Heywood, 1865, booklet, 8 pp + printed cover, the poem dated ‘Fordham, December 1864’ at the foot of the text, with 16 further copies all lacking the printed cover, of which 15 are tied in a bundle (8000.d.1541(3-5))
‘Elegy on the late Richard Cobden, M.P.’, Manchester: John Heywood, 1865, booklet, 8 pp + blank free endpapers and printed cover (the title of the poem in the text is ‘In memory of Richard Cobden’), with pencil markings, including an emendation to the text (8000.d.1541(1))
[Isa Craig, editor], ‘The Argosy: a magazine of tales, travels, essays, and poems’, Vol. II No. VIII (July 1866), including [Isa Craig], ‘Poetry on twelve shillings a week’ (pp. 157–161), with ownership inscription of Janet E. Aspland on first page, and a note in her hand on the front cover (Cam.b.866.5)
‘Rustic songs and wayside musings’, London: Darton and Co., 1867, with inscriptions in Withers’s hand dated 1883 and 1887, and notes on his birth and death in another hand, on the half-title page (8000.d.1538)
‘Fordham. The church restoration’, no imprint, bifolium, paginated 1–4, the poem dated ‘May 15th 1873’ at the foot of the text, two copies, one on pink paper and one on blue (Cam.d.873.11–12)
‘Granny’s tale’, London: printed for the author by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, [c. 1873], with manuscript annotation on title page (8000.d.1541(2))
‘Farewell to the fair: a poem’, Newmarket: printed by George Simpson, bookseller, 1877, booklet, 8 pp + printed cover, the poem text dated in manuscript ‘1877’ (Cam.e.877.2)
‘When the bushes first are green’, no imprint, ‘Reprinted from “The Newmarket Journal” of April 21st, 1883’, single sheet, printed one side, the poem dated ‘Fordham, April 17th 1883’ at the foot of the text, with manuscript notes on the reverse (Cam.b.883.12)
‘An elegy on poor Patch’, Soham: Jackson, printer, single sheet, printed one side, the poem dated ‘Fordham, August 6th 1885’ at the foot of the text (Cam.b.885.9)
George Newman (‘Lloegryn’), ‘Other lyrics: an aftermath’, Ashford: printed at the office of the ‘Kent County Examiner’, 1900 (Syn.7.90.76)
‘All Saints parish magazine’, Cambridge, April 1914, including Frederick Sherlock, ‘News of the month’ with mention of placement of a brass tablet to Withers in the church of Weston Colville, pp. 93–4, with marginal manuscript annotation, and newspaper cutting relating to Withers [1901] pasted to p. 93 (Cam.b.914.14)
