Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Went to Greece and the Troad to make up his mind
about the topography of the _Iliad_.
1896. _The Life and Letters of Dr. Samuel Butler_ (his
grandfather) in so far as they illustrate the
scholastic, religious and social life of England
from 1790–1840: MS. at the Shrewsbury Town Library
or Museum.
His portrait painted by Charles Gogin, now in the
National Portrait Gallery.
1897. _The Authoress of the Odyssey_, where and when she
wrote, who she was, the use she made of the
_Iliad_ and how the poem grew under her hands: MS.
at Trapani.
1897. Death of Charles Paine Pauli.
1898. The _Iliad_ rendered into English prose: MS. at
St. John’s College, Cambridge.
1899. _Shakespeare’s Sonnets_ reconsidered and in part
rearranged, with introductory chapters, notes and
a reprint of the original 1609 edition: MS. with
R. A. Streatfeild.
1900. The _Odyssey_ rendered into English prose: MS. at
Aci-Reale, Sicily.
1901. _Erewhon Revisited_ twenty years later both by the
Original Discoverer of the Country and by his Son:
this was a return not only to _Erewhon_ but also
to the subject of the pamphlet on the
resurrection. MS. in the British Museum.
1902. June, 18. Death of Samuel Butler.
1902. “Samuel Butler,” an article by Richard Alexander
Streatfeild in the _Monthly Review_ (September).
“Samuel Butler,” an obituary notice by Henry
Festing Jones in the _Eagle_ (December).
1903. _Samuel Butler Records and Memorials_, a
collection of obituary notices with a note by R.
A. Streatfeild, his literary executor, printed for
private circulation: with reproduction of a
photograph of Butler taken at Varallo in 1889.
_The Way of All Flesh_, a novel, written between
1872 and 1885, published by R. A. Streatfeild: MS.
with Mr. R. A. Streatfeild.
1904. _Seven Sonnets and A Psalm of Montreal_ printed
for private circulation.
_Essays on Life_, _Art and Science_, being
reprints of his _Universal Review_ articles,
together with two lectures.
_Ulysses_, an Oratorio: Words and music by Samuel
Butler and Henry Festing Jones: MS. of the piano
score in the British Museum, MS. of the orchestral
score with H. F. Jones.
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