Scope and Contents Unpublished letter by Matthew Arnold to the botanist Frances Joanna Horner, Lady Bunbury, living near Bury St Edmunds: “My dear Lady Bunbury, It is very odd that only last night at a house when I was leaving somebody was expressing surprise at my not having quoted my father about [Lord] Falkland; and now this morning comes your kind letter and reproaches me with the same thing. But the truth is, it is difficult for a son to quote his father; one cannot quite quote him as if he was a...

Scope and Contents 1. Autograph letter signed from Henry Bruce to "Mrs Lyell", dated 15 February [?] 1856: "Lina has forwarded me your kind invitation for the 24th – Alas! I am engaged on that day to see old friend Mrs Drummond – I read with such pleasure your account of Sir Charles – Pray remember me to him & Lady Bunbury very affectionates [...]".2. Autograph letter signed from Henry Bruce to Frances Joanna Horner, Lady Bunbury, dated 23 February [?] 1877: "I have much pleasure in inlaying...

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All written whilst Charles is in London, except one:
14 November 1852
10 June 1854
10 July 1854
15 November 1854
7 July 1857
1 October 1858, written at Casa Inglese, Etna
16 November 1859
15 February 1860
17 November 1860
16 November 1862
2 November 1863
1866
14 November 1867

Scope and Contents A series of letters sent by Charles Lyell, to others. Some of these correspondents also appear in the two A-Z series. It is not clear why these letters have been separated from earlier series of records, however they may have been gathered together by Katharine Lyell in her editorial of 'Life, Letters and Journals', with some marked 'not copied', published or unpublished. Agassiz Memorial Fund ...