Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
“The Author of Erewhon,” an article by Desmond
MacCarthy in the _Independent Review_ (September).
1904. _Diary of a Journey_ through North Italy to Sicily
(in the spring of 1903, undertaken for the purpose
of leaving the MSS. of three books by Samuel
Butler at Varallo-Sesia, Aci-Reale and Trapani) by
Henry Festing Jones, with reproduction of Gogin’s
portrait of Butler. Printed for private
circulation.
1907. Nov. Between this date and May, 1910, some
Extracts from _The Note-Books of Samuel Butler_
appeared in the _New Quarterly Review_ under the
editorship of Desmond MacCarthy.
1908. July 16. The first Erewhon dinner at Pagani’s
Restaurant, Great Portland Street; 32 persons
present: the day was fixed by Professor Marcus
Hartog.
Second Edition of _The Way of All Flesh_.
1909. _God the Known and God the Unknown_ republished in
book form from the _Examiner_ (1879) by A. C.
Fifield, with prefatory note by R. A. Streatfeild.
July 15. The second Erewhon dinner at Pagani’s;
53 present: the day was fixed by Mr. George
Bernard Shaw.
1910. Feb. 10. _Samuel Butler Author of Erewhon_, a
Paper read before the British Association of
Homœopathy at 43 Russell Square, W.C., by Henry
Festing Jones. Some of Butler’s music was
performed by Miss Grainger Kerr, Mr. R. A.
Streatfeild, Mr. J. A. Fuller Maitland and Mr. H.
J. T. Wood, the Secretary of the Association.
June. _Unconscious Memory_, a new edition entirely reset
with a note by R. A. Streatfeild and an
introduction by Professor Marcus Hartog, M.A.,
D.Sc., F.L.S., F.R. H.S., Professor of Zoology in
University College, Cork.
July 14. The third Erewhon dinner at Pagani’s
Restaurant; 58 present: the day was fixed by the
Right Honourable Augustine Birrell, K.C., M.P.
Nov. 16. _Samuel Butler Author of Erewhon_. A
paper read before the Historical Society of St.
John’s College, Cambridge, in the Combination-room
of the college, by Henry Festing Jones. The
Master (Mr. R. F. Scott), who was also
Vice-Chancellor of the University, was in the
chair and a Vote of Thanks was proposed by
Professor Bateson, F.R.S.
1910. Nov. 28.
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