Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
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MS Eng 1479
Arnold, Edwin, Sir, 1832-1904.
Papers,
1861-1950 and undated.
9 folders (.06 linear ft.)
Compositions and letters of English author and translator Sir Edwin Arnold.
Processed by:
Melanie Wisner
*99M-60 Gift of Brooks Wright, received: 2000 May 25.
Sir Edwin Arnold was an English author and translator of Asian literature.
He was principal of the British government college in Pune, India, then joined the staff of the London Daily Telegraph in 1861, becoming chief editor in 1873. His
epic poem, The Light of Asia (1879), recounts the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. His
other writings include poetry and travel books. He was knighted in 1888.
Arranged alphabetically.
Includes letters, two poems, lyrics, and notes of Sir Edwin Arnold with correspondence
between his son, Julian Biddulph Arnold, and his biographer, Brooks Wright.
(1)
Arnold, Edwin, Sir,
1832-1904.
Enfin : poem (Ms transcript by Brooks Wright), [ca. 1936].
1 folder
Includes a preface by Edwin Arnold's son, Julian Biddulph
Arnold, to Wright, suggesting it was written in 1899.
(2)
Arnold, Edwin, Sir,
1832-1904.
A Japanese soldier. Music by B.
J. F. Varenhorst, lyrics by Arnold; Ms, undated.
1 folder
(3)
Arnold, Edwin, Sir,
1832-1904.
King Saladin : page proof of poem with autograph manuscript
corrections, 1861.
1 folder
(4)
Arnold, Edwin, Sir,
1832-1904. Letter to [Julian Biddulph Arnold],
1868 Aug. 20.
1
folder
Written from Martigny-Ville (Switzerland) during his honeymoon with his second wife, Fanny Channing.
(5)
Arnold, Edwin, Sir,
1832-1904. Letter to [Augustin] Daly,
1893 June 8.
1
folder
Negotiating a production of his play
Adzuma.
(6)
Arnold, Edwin, Sir,
1832-1904. Letter to Barnett Smith,
1888 Jan. 9.
1 folder
(7)
Arnold, Edwin, Sir,
1832-1904. Letter to [ ], 1891 Nov. 29.
1 folder
Written from Detroit (Mich.) during a tour of
poetry readings.
(8)
Arnold, Julian
Biddulph, 1863- . 2 letters to Brooks Wright,
1950Sept. 23.
1
folder
(9)
Miscellaneous.
1 folder.
Includes:
- Fragment of Sanskrit text "penned by Sir Edwin Arnold" (note in Julian Arnold's hand)
-
He made life...and He takes it...but instead gives more; praise the Restorer! : printed leaflet, verse "abridged from Al-Mu'hid",
inscribed by Julian B. Arnold to Brooks Wright.
- Excerpt from Guy de Maupassant's
Yvette : manuscript in French on verso of printed excerpt from Edmund
Spenser's
Garden of Adonis (with manuscript notes).
- Clippings (negative photocopies) about Edwin Arnold and the Arnold family