Papers of John Todhunter

vlsmovso Special Collections Service Section name Papers of John Todhunter URL MS 202 Summary of classes 1 Correspondence 2 Agreements 3 Journals 4 Literary works 4.1 Dialogues 4.2 Essays 4.3 Lectures 4.4 Poems 4.5 Plays 4.6 Stories 5 Musical compositions 6 Paintings 7 Printed material 8 Sundry papers 1 Correspondence 1-8 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 21 June 1868, Regents Park 9-16 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 17 May 1869, Regents Park 17-24 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 25 November 1869, London 25-32 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 2 March 1870, Regents Park 33 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 4 April 1870 34-41 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 24 April 1870, Regents Park 42-45 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 2 May 1870, Regents Park 46-49 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 16 May 1870, Regents Park University of Reading 2007 Thursday 2 August 2007 Page 1

50-57 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 14 June 1870, Regents Park 58-61 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 23 June 1870, London 62-69 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 2 August 1870, Regents Park 70-77 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 17 August 1870, Merville, Sligo 78-81 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 27 August 1870, Merville, Sligo 82-85 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 16 November 1870, Regents Park 86-93 John Butler Yeats to Edwin Ellis 17 September 1870 94-97 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 7 December 1870, Regents Park 98-105 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 6 January 1871, Regents Park 106-113 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 3 February 1871, Regents Park 114-129 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 19 February 1871, Regents Park 130-137 John Trivett Nettleship to John Todhunter 21 November 1870, Ashburton 138-139 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 25 January 1870 140-147 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 26 May 1871, London 148-151 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 21 December 1873, London 152-155 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 3 March 1874, London 156-159 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 22 May 1874, London 160-162 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 23 October 1874, Regents Park 163-166 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 30 October 1874, London 167-174 John Addington Symonds to John Todhunter 23 January 1877, Bristol 175-180 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 2 July 1877, London 181-182 Robert Browning to Mrs Hertz 7 November 1878, London 183-186 William Michael Rossetti to John Todhunter 9 January 1879, London 187-189 Edward Dowden to John Todhunter 14 June 1879 190-197 William Michael Rossetti to John Todhunter 4 October 1879, London 198-203 William Michael Rossetti to John Todhunter 11 October 1879, London University of Reading 2007 Thursday, 02 August 2007 Page 2

204-207 William Michael Rossetti to John Todhunter 27 October 1879, London 208-210 William Michael Rossetti to John Todhunter 10 November 1879, London 211-216 Theodore G A Burns to Miss Read 28 January 1880, Oxford 217-219 William Michael Rossetti to John Todhunter 30 April 1880, London 220-223 William Michael Rossetti to John Todhunter? 2 September 1880, London 224-233 Mathilde Blind to John Todhunter 13 September 1880, Matlock Bath 234-243 John Addington Symonds to John Todhunter 10 October 1880, Graubunden, Switzerland 244-250 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 1881, Shorne, near Gravesend 251-258 Mathilde Blind to John Todhunter 19 February 1881, London 259-262 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 10 April 1881, Dublin 263-266 Edward Dowden to John Todhunter August 1881, Bray 267-273 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 12 December 1881, Shorne 274-277 William Rossetti to John Todhunter 12 January 1882, London 278-284 George Wilson to John Todhunter 15 January 1882, Rome 285-291 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 25 May 1882, Shorne 292-297 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 2 August 1882, Shorne 298-300 William Michael Rossetti to John Todhunter 31 May 1883, London 301-304 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter January 1884, London 305-309 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 1 February 1885, Shorne 310-313 Richard Claverhouse Jebb to John Todhunter 11 February 1885, Glasgow 314-317 Herbert Beerbohm Tree to John Todhunter 25 March 1885, London 318-321 John Butler Yeats to John Todhunter 4 April 1885, Dublin 322-324 Lucy Sevilla Campbell to John Todhunter 6 December 1885, Kingston on Thames 325-326 Robert Browning to Frederick James Furnivall 30 April 1886, London 327-330 Jane Ellen Harrison to Mrs John Todhunter 23 May 1886, London University of Reading 2007 Thursday, 02 August 2007 Page 3

331-333 J Gennadius to John Todhunter 26 May 1886, London 334-340 William Michael Rossetti to John Todhunter 29 May 1886, London 341-342 Walt Whitman to British Contributor-friends 30 May 1886, Camden, New Jersey 343-346 John Todhunter to Herbert Horne 9 January 1887, Bedford Park 347-349 William Bell Scott to John Todhunter 21 February 1887, Girvan 350-353 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 16 March 1887, West Kensington 354-357 John Todhunter to Herbert Horne 3 May 1887, London 358-361 John Todhunter to Herbert Horne 19 November 1887, London 362-367 John Todhunter to Herbert Horne 27 November 1887, London 368-375 John Todhunter to Herbert Horne 29 December 1887, London 376-378 William Webb to John Todhunter 5 June 1888, London 379-382 John O Leary to John Todhunter 8 June 1888, Dublin 383-385 William Michael Rossetti to John Todhunter 10 June 1888, London 386-389 John Todhunter to Herbert Horne 6 July 1888, London 390-392 John Todhunter to Herbert Horne 12 October 1888, London 393-402 Mona Caird to John Todhunter 26 October 1888, Creetown 403-406 Matilde Blind to John Todhunter 15 November 1888, Tunbridge Wells 407-410 George Wilson to John Todhunter 1889, Huntly 411-415 Ellen Terry to John Todhunter 10 January 1889, London 416-419 John Todhunter to Herbert Horne 22 May 1889, Bedford Park 420-423 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 27 May 1889, Streatham 424-425 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 1 June 1889, Streatham 426-433 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 3 June 1889, Streatham 434-437 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 6 June 1889, Streatham 438-440 Aubrey de Vere to John Todhunter 5 September 1889, Ambleside University of Reading 2007 Thursday, 02 August 2007 Page 4

441-443 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 4 November 1889, Streatham 444-447 George Wilson to John Todhunter December 1889, Huntly 448-451 George Wilson to John Todhunter 12 December 1889, Huntly 452-455 George Wilson to John Todhunter 23 December 1889, Huntly 456-459 William Sharp to John Todhunter 189-460-462 George Wilson to John Todhunter 7 January 1890, Huntly 463-464 Walter Leaf to John Todhunter 15 January 1890, London 465-467 George Wilson to John Todhunter 16 January 1890, Huntly 468-471 George Wilson to John Todhunter 17 February 1890, Huntly 472-474 George Wilson to John Todhunter 20 March 1890, Huntly 475 Anna Wilson to John Todhunter 1 April 1890, Huntly 476-479 Anna Wilson to John Todhunter 8 April 1890, Huntly 480-483 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 12 April 1890, Streatham 484-485 William Turner Thiselton Dyer to John Todhunter 1 May 1890, Kew 486-489 John Trivett Nettleship to John Todhunter 7 May 1890, London 490 Selwyn Image to John Todhunter 12 May 1890, London 491-494 John Wilson to John Todhunter 20 May 1890, Huntly 495-496 John Wilson to John Todhunter 24 May 1890, Huntly 497-500 Note by John Wilson on George Wilson c. 24 May 1890 501-502 Hermann Vezin to John Todhunter 7 July 1890, London 503-506 Katherine Tynan to John Todhunter 23 August, Clondalkin 507-510 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 30 November 1890, Streatham 511-520 Russell A Scott to John Todhunter 22 December 1890, London 521-524 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 30 June 1891, Streatham 525-528 John O Leary to John Todhunter 17 December 1891, Dublin 529-531 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 23 December 1891, Streatham University of Reading 2007 Thursday, 02 August 2007 Page 5

532-535 Martin D Conway to John Todhunter 1882?, Wianno, Mass 536-546 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 17 April 1892, Streatham 547-548 Ford Madox Brown to Dora Louisa Todhunter 26 June 1892, London 549-550 Henry Irving to John Todhunter 27 July 1892, London 551-552 H. A. K. to John Todhunter 1 September 1892, London 553-556 John Todhunter to Charles Elkin Mathews 2 August 1893, London 557-558 Gleeson White to John Todhunter December 1893, London 559-562 M D Conway to John Todhunter 9 December 1893, London 563-564 Charles Wyndham to John Todhunter 13 December 1893, Dublin 565-566 Neville Doone to John Todhunter 13 December 1893, London 567-570 Gladys Homfrey to John Todhunter 13 December 1893, London 571-572 Mabel F Merton to John Todhunter 13 December 1893, London 573-576 Edward Rose to John Todhunter 18 December 1893, London 577-580 S Stepniak to John Todhunter 12 March 1894, Bedford Park 581-583 Louis N Parker to John Todhunter 2 April 1894, London 584-587 Conrad W Cooke to John Todhunter 14 April 1894, London 588-591 Stopford Augustus Brooke to John Todhunter 6 May 1894, Grasmere 592-595 Michael Field to John Todhunter 9 May 1894, Reigate 596-599 Stopford Augustus Brooke to John Todhunter 14 May 1894 600-606 Douglas Hyde to John Todhunter 10 June 1894, Frenchpark 607-610 Louis N Parker to John Todhunter 22 May 1895, London 611-614 Louis N Parker to John Todhunter 15 June 1895, London 615 Lionel Johnson to John Todhunter 18 June 1895, London 616-619 Maurice McElligott to John Todhunter 5 November 1895, Belper 620-623 Stopford Augustus Brooke to John Todhunter 23 February 1896 624-626 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 11 July 1896, London University of Reading 2007 Thursday, 02 August 2007 Page 6

627-628 Lionel Johnson to John Todhunter 23 July 1896, Windsor 629-632 Thomas Flannery to John Todhunter 22 February 1898, Forest Gate 633-636 Thomas Flannery to John Todhunter 26 February 1898, Forest Gate 637-639 Andrew Lang to Mason 23 May c.1898, Kensington 640-641 Hermann Vizen to John Todhunter 8 June 1899, Newport 642-648 Kate Lee to John Todhunter 10 June 1899, London 649-650 Arnold Dolmetsch to John Todhunter 13 March 1900, London 651-654 Edward Rose to John Todhunter 8 October 1900, Hampstead 655-658 Francis Cowley Burnand to Pears 31 October c.1900, London 659-663 Arthur Thomas Quiller Couch to John Todhunter 14 November 1900, Fowey 664-667 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 25 May 1901, London 668-671 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 31 December 1901, Birmingham 672-673 Austin Dobson to John Todhunter 22 February 1902, Ealing 674-679 A Gregory to John Todhunter 2 June 1902, Gort, co. Galway 680-681 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 17 November 1902, Stratford-on-Avon 682-686 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 2 December 1902, Stratford-on-Avon 687-690 Arnold Dolmetsch to John Todhunter 25 April 1903, London 691-694 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 8 May 1903, Stratford-on-Avon 695-698 Elodie Dolmetsch to John Todhunter 18 October 1903, Windsor 699-700 John Todhunter to Charles Elkin Mathews 29 January 1904, London 701-704 John Todhunter to Charles Elkin Mathews 3 February 1904, London 705-708 Silvanus Phillips Thompson to John Todhunter 16 April 1904, London 709-711 Silvanus Phillips Thompson to John Todhunter 19 April 1904, London 712-718 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 4 May 1904, Stratford-on-Avon 719-721 Lorenzo Williams to John Todhunter 6 November 1904, London 722-725 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 13 November 1904, Stratford-on-Avon University of Reading 2007 Thursday, 02 August 2007 Page 7

726-729 Ye Magnetizer (i.e. Silvanus Phillips Thomson) to Playwright (i.e. John Todhunter) 14 December 1904, London 730-733 Lucy Osterley to John Todhunter 22 January 1905, Richmond 734-736 Robert Catterson Smith to John Todhunter 1 January 1906, Birmingham 737-739 Theodore Watts Dunton to John Todhunter 23 May 1906, London 740-743 Arthur Symons to John Todhunter 20 December 1906, London 744-745 Standish O Grady to John Todhunter 20 January 1907 746-748 Edward Dowden to John Todhunter 2 November 1908, Dublin 749-755 Edward Dowden to John Todhunter 7 November 1908, Dublin 756-759 Herbert Wildon Carr to John Todhunter 2 December 1908, Pulborough 760-763 Edward Dowden to John Todhunter 17 February 1909, Dublin 764-767 Edward Dowden to John Todhunter 15 March 1909, Dublin 768-770 John Todhunter to Charles Elkin Mathews 7 January 1912, London 771 Charles Elkin Mathews to John Todhunter 8 January 1912, London 772-773 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 17 December 1912, Stratford-on-Avon 774-777 W G Hole to John Todhunter 19 March 1913, Newton Abbot 778-782 Charles Downing to John Todhunter 9 August 1913, Stratford-on-Avon 783-784 John Forbes-Robertson to John Todhunter 25 September 1913, R.M.S. Mauretania 785 Alfred Perceval Graves to Mrs Todhunter 26 February 1919, Wimbledon 786 Alfred Perceval Graves to Mrs Todhunter 27 January 1922, Harlech 787 Alfred Perceval Graves to Mrs John Todhunter 31 January 1922, Harlech 788-790 Alfred Perceval Graves to Mrs John Todhunter 31 July 1922, Harlech 791 Alfred Perceval Graves to Mrs John Todhunter 13 May 1924, Harlech 792-793 Alfred Perceval Graves to Mrs John Todhunter 11 November 1925, Harlech 794-795 Charlotte Georgina Wood to Mrs John Todhunter 9 May c.1926, Cambridge 796-799 Alfred Perceval Graves to Mrs John Todhunter 18 August 1926, Harlech University of Reading 2007 Thursday, 02 August 2007 Page 8

800-801 Alfred Perceval Graves to Mrs John Todhunter 17 July 1928, Harlech 2 Agreements 1 Agreement between Mrs Dora Louisa Todhunter, executor of John Todhunter, of Bedford Park, London, and Charles Elkin Mathews of Mayfair, London, for the publication of a volume of essays by John Todhunter 15 July 1920 2 Agreement between Dora Louisa Todhunter and Basil Blackwell & Mott Ltd, for the publication of Goethe s Faust, first part; translated by John Todhunter edited by Dora Louisa Todhunter 8 February 1923 3 Journals 1 Journal of a tour in Italy with Dora Louisa Todhunter 12 November 6 December 1879. Includes: journal of a tour in the English lakes 10-24 July 1873, copied 16 March 1898; journal of a tour in Wales with F W Pim 4-14 September 187-; copies of letters written by John Todhunter to his father Thomas Harvey Todhunter 6 January 1875-14 March 1877, during tours of the Mediterranean 2 Journal of a tour in Switzerland with Dora Louisa Todhunter 13 August 6 September 1883 3 Journal of a tour in Italy with Dora Louisa Todhunter 6 March - 18 August 1880. Includes notes from books on Italian art, made in 1879 4 Literary works 4.1 Dialogues 1 Imaginary conversations c.1898 I-V are TS; VI is MS; include MS corrections and interpolations; contents as follows I: The art of life 38 f. II: Love and religion 43 f. III: Ideal love 43 f. IV: Eros agonistes 55 f. V: The art of life as state organisation 50 f. VI: Ideal education 72 f. 4.2 Essays 1 An unconsidered trifle c.1898. 32 f.; MS; read to the Sette of Odd volumes 2 Reading a dictionary II c.1900. 20 f.; TS University of Reading 2007 Thursday, 02 August 2007 Page 9

3 William Allingham c.1900. 18 f.; TS with MS corrections 4.3 Lectures 1 Lectures on William Blake 1872-1874. MS; incomplete; contents as follows VII: delivered on 31 October 1872. 12f. XIII: delivered on 5 November 1872. 13f. XVI: delivered on 10 March 1874. 22f. XVIII: delivered on 12 March 1874. 6 f. 4.4 Poems 1 Poems in manuscript 1892-1893 73 f.; includes loose papers f. 69-71 are Notes of a curious Dream Night of August 29 th 1895 2 Cavalry : a poem by Edward Dowden? c.1895 2 f.; headed Not for circulation 4.5 Plays 1 Pat in Fairyland: a fantastic opera in a prologue & three acts c.1890 TS with MS corrections; contents as follows Prologue: 21 f. Act I: 21 f. Act II 21 f. Act III: 25 f. 2 A comedy of sighs 1894 TS with MS corrections; contents as follows Act I: 22f. Act II 19f. Act III: 18f. Act IV: 16f. 3 A bill of fare: an impromptu entertainment in one act c.1898 4 Mary, Queen of Scots: a historical play by Edward Rose and John Todhunter c.1898. Acts I-III are TS; Act IV is MS; include MS corrections and interpolations; contents as follows Act I: 22 f. Act II: 27 f. Act III: 14 f. Act IV: first version 26 f. : second version 19f. : third version 17 f. University of Reading 2007 Thursday, 02 August 2007 Page 10

4.6 Stories 1 The true story of the widow Quill c.1900 15 f.; TS 2 A curious dream c.1900 7 f.; TS 5 Musical compositions 1 Her eyes the glowworm lend thee by Robert Herrick; music by John Todhunter 1899 5 f.; MS 2 Kennst du das Land by Goethe; music by John Todhunter c.1899 7 f.; MS 6 Paintings 1 Watercolour sketches made by John Todhunter during a tour in Italy 1880 7 items 7 Printed material 1 R P Graves, Secretary of the Alexandra College, Dublin, to John Todhunter 26 February 1875, Dublin 2 Syllabus of a course of eight lectures on the art of the Italian Renaissance delivered in the Museum Buildings, Trinity College, Dublin, by John Todhunter 15 March 10 May 1879 3 Furnivall, F.J. On Shakspere s signatures (reprinted from The Journal of the society of archivists and autograph collectors, no.1, June 1895 4 Todhunter, John. A dream (supplement to The Green Sheaf, no. 9, c.1905) 5 York-Powell, F. A horror of the house of dreams (supplements to The Green Sheaf`, no. 13, c.1905) and Todhunter, John. Frederick York-Powell: a reminiscence 6 Addleshaw, Percey. In St. Angelo : a poem 21 January 1894 7 Extracts from Queen O Scots by Edward Rose and John Todhunter, to be produced at the Kennington Theatre, by Miss Marion Terry and Mr Thalberg, on Friday, 5 th October c.1910 University of Reading 2007 Thursday, 02 August 2007 Page 11

8 Powell, Frederick York. Some words on allegory in England: being a paper read before the Sette of Odd Volumes at Limmer s Hotel on July 5 th, 1895. London: printed at the Bedford Press, 1910. 70 p. 9 The Banshee, for solo contralto, chorus and orchestra; words by John Todhunter; music by Leo France. London: Breitkopf & Hartel, 1912 10 Excerpts and newspaper cuttings relating to the literary work of John Todhunter 1879-1901 8 Sundry papers 1 Lily Yeats to Margery Todhunter 10 July 1939, Dublin 2 Critical notice of John Todhunter s play The poison Flower by Charles Downing 1892? 4 f. University of Reading 2007 Thursday, 02 August 2007 Page 12