The Samuel Butler Collection at Saint John's College, Cambridge Part 15

RIGAUD, JOHN FRANCIS. See Vinci, Leonardo da.

ROCKSTRO, W. S. The Rules of Counterpoint. By W. S. Rockstro. London [1882].

Out of which Butler used to do his counterpoint exercises.

ROSSETTI, WILLIAM MICHAEL. See Webster, Augusta.

SCHOELCHER, VICTOR. The Life of Handel. By Victor Schoelcher. London, 1857.

Referred to in the _Memoir_ of Butler.

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Poems of William Shakespeare. London, Daly [18--].

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Shakespeare's Poems. Malone. 1780.

This is part of Vol. I. of Malone's "Supplement to the Edition of Shakespeare's Plays published in 1778 by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens." I do not know where Butler got it; he wanted Malone's comments on the Sonnets and he may have bought this second-hand or it may have been given to him. It was probably in a bad state, for he had it bound; there is an entry to that effect in his account book, 30th March, 1899.

SKERTCHLY, SYDNEY B. J. See Tylor, Alfred.

STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN. The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, D.D. By Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. Seventh edition. London, 1852.

Butler bought this when he was writing the Life of his Grandfather, because he was told that it was a model biography of a great schoolmaster.

STRAUSS, FRIEDRICH. A New Life of Jesus. By Friedrich Strauss.

Authorised translation. 2 vols. London, 1865.

Used by Butler in preparing _The Fair Haven_.

SWIFT, JONATHAN. The Works of Jonathan Swift. 2 vols. London, 1859.

With pencil marks by Butler.

TYLOR, ALFRED. Colouration in Plants and Animals. By Alfred Tylor.

Edited by Sydney B. J. Skertchly. London, 1886.

Alfred Tylor was a friend of Butler, and is referred to in my _Memoir_.

TYLOR, ALFRED. On the Growth of Trees and Protoplasmic Continuity. By Alfred Tylor. London, 1886.

This was originally a lecture read by Skertchly to the Linnean Society, Mr. Tylor being too ill to attend. Butler was present and spoke.

Referred to in the _Memoir_.

VAUGHAN, DAVID JAMES. See Plato.

VINCI, LEONARDO DA. A Treatise on Painting. By Leonardo da Vinci.

Translated by John Francis Rigaud. London, 1835.

WEBSTER, AUGUSTA. Mother and Daughter. By the late Augusta Webster.

London, 1895.

With an Introductory Note by Wm. Michael Rossetti. Inscribed, "Samuel Butler, with kind regards from Thomas Webster." Augusta Webster is referred to in the _Memoir_.

WHITE, WILLIAM. The Story of a Great Delusion. By William White.

London, 1885.

WILBERFORCE, SAMUEL. Agathos and other Sunday Stories. By Samuel Wilberforce, M.A., Archdeacon of Surrey. Nineteenth edition. London, 1857.

WRIGHT, THOMAS. See Piers Ploughman.

VI. ATLASES AND MAPS FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF SAMUEL BUTLER

Some of the maps are marked with red lines showing, in the words of another ill.u.s.trious Johnian, "fields invested with purpureal gleams."

These red lines, specially noticeable in Butler's ordnance maps of the neighbourhood within thirty miles round London, denote his country walks, and are referred to in his Introduction to _Alps and Sanctuaries_.

BUTLER, SAMUEL, D.D. An Atlas of Modern Geography for the use of Young Persons and Junior Cla.s.ses in Schools. Selected from Dr. Butler's "Modern Atlas," by the Author's son, the Rev. T. Butler, Rector of Langar. London, 1870. _Also_ an edition inscribed, "Samuel Butler, October 20th, 1850"; and an edition of Dr. Butler's "Atlas of Antient Geography."

Environs of London, North side (eastern half missing).

Environs of London, South side--Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Maidstone.

There is something wrong; one piece is much dirtier than the other; the two do not belong to one another. The dirty one is inscribed, almost illegibly, thus: "S. Butler, 15, Clifford's Inn, Fleet Street, London, E.G. Please return to the above address. The finder, if poor, will be rewarded; if rich, thanked." May be he did lose one half, and it was not returned, and he bought another.

Environs of London (Surrey).

Environs of London (Suss.e.x).

Brighton and Environs (reduced Ordnance).

Chatham (near) to Romney Marsh (in two parts).

France (part of) and Channel Islands.

Boulogne }

Dieppe }

Dieppe } Mounted, and all in one envelope.

Canton Uri }

Tuscany }

Canton Ticino.

Provincia di Torino.