Janus: The Papers of George Humphrey Wolferstan Rylands

King's/PP/GHWR contains:
1	Writings
2	Broadcasts
3	Correspondence
4	Theatrical productions, performances and readings
5	Photographs
6	Family and personal papers
7	Secondary biographical material
8	Artefacts
X	Extra material

More information

Please feel free to contact the repository.

The Papers of George Humphrey Wolferstan Rylands

Title	Writings
Reference	GHWR/1
Covering Dates	1918–1984
Extent and Medium	0.5 box; paper

Content and context

This section of the catalogue includes reviews of GHWR's books.

King's/PP/GHWR/1 contains:

Papers written at Eton. The notebook contains typescript fair copies of passages for Latin prose exercises and autograph manuscript notes on Church History, compiled at Eton, 1918-20; and the start of a sketch entitled 'Pitch and Toss', [1920s].
1 notebook in envelope; paper.

1918–1929

'A dialogue on poetry including four original poems'. The file comprises a copy typescript, annotated on first sheet by GHWR and Leonard Woolf.
1 item in envelope; paper.

3 May 1924–7 May 1924

Fellowship dissertation notes. The notebook contains early brief and incomplete autograph manuscript drafts towards GHWR's Fellowship Dissertation on poetry, for King's College. The dissertation was submitted in 1927 under the title 'Word values in English poetry'; it was published as 'Words and poetry' (Hogarth Press: London, 1928).
1 notebook in envelope; paper.

c. 1924

Review of works by Nöel Coward. The file comprises a galley proof of a review of Nöel Coward's 'Vortex', 'Fallen Angels' and 'Hay Fever' (all 1925), written for 'New Criterion'.
1 item in envelope; paper.

c. 1925

'Lost Identity'. The file contains a typescript short story, with autograph manuscript insertions, and an incomplete cutting of the piece as it was published in 'New Statesman', 10 Sept. 1927.
4 items in envelope; paper.

1927

Commonplace books.
2 notebooks in envelopes; paper.

1930

Letter from GHWR to 'New Statesman and Nation'. The file comprises a press cutting of a letter relating to criticism of an earlier piece by him.
1 item in envelope; paper.

25 Apr. 1931

Publishing contract for 'Poems'. The file comprises a publishing contract between GHWR and Hogarth Press.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.

1 June 1931

Review of J. Middleton Murry 'Countries of the Mind' (Humphrey Milford: Oxford, 1931). The file comprises an issue of 'Adelphi', Nov. 1931, including the review on pp. 122-4.
1 item in envelope.

Nov. 1931

Publishing contract for 'Shakespeare Anthology'. The file comprises a publishing contract between GHWR and William Heinemann Ltd., with a covering letter.
2 items in envelope; paper.

8 Nov. 1938

Copies of published book reviews. The file contains copies of published book reviews, including 'Books in general', from 'New Statesman and Nation'.
2 items in envelope; paper.

30 Mar. 1946–21 Feb. 1948

Paper on J. M. Keynes as patron of the arts. The file comprises an incomplete typescript paper with autograph manuscript emendations.
2 sheets in envelope; paper.

1946–1999

'Shakespeare and his world: from strolling player to Oxford accent'. The file comprises a cutting from 'The Listener', 15 Sept. 1949, pp. 439-41.
2 sheets in envelope; paper.

15 Sept. 1949

Reviews of books about 'Hamlet'. The file comprises galley proof reviews of Ernest Jones 'Hamlet and Oedipus' (1949); Richard Flatter 'Hamlet's Father' (1949); and Roy Waller 'The Time is Free: a Study of Hamlet' (1949), written for the 'Times Literary Supplement'.
4 items in envelope; paper.

13 June 1949

Review of W. H. Gardner 'Gerard Manley Hopkins Volume II' (1949). The file comprises a galley proof review, written for the 'Cambridge Review'.
1 item in envelope; paper.

25 Feb. 1950

Letter from GHWR to 'The Times'. The file comprises a cutting of a letter on the end of Mary Glasgow's appointment as Secretary General of the Arts Council.
1 item in envelope; paper.

13 Sept. 1950

Review of M. C. Bradbrook 'Shakespeare and Elizabethan Poetry' (1952). The file comprises a cutting, 'Shakespeare the Elizabethan', from the 'Cambridge Review', 1 Mar. 1952, pp. 344-6.
2 sheets in envelope; paper.

1 Mar. 1952

'Festival Shakespeare in the West End'. The file comprises an off-print, from 'Shakespeare Survey' No. 6, 1953.
1 item in envelope; paper.

1953

Review of Robert Speaight 'William Poel' (1954). The file comprises a galley proof of the review, with a cutting of the piece published as 'Elizabethan Shakespeare and the amateur', from 'Cambridge Review', 5 Mar. 1955, pp. 419-20.
2 items in envelope; paper.

5 Mar. 1955

Review of Gordon S. Haight (ed.) 'The George Eliot Letters Volumes I-III' (1954). The file comprises a galley proof review for 'Cambridge Review', [14 May 1955, pp. 531-3].
1 item in envelope; paper.

14 May 1955

Review of F. E. Halliday 'Shakespeare in his Age' (1956). The file comprises a galley proof review, written for an unknown publication.
1 item in envelope; paper.

1956

'What's Hecuba to him?'. The file comprises an off-print, from 'Proceedings of the Royal Institution' 39, No. 180, 1963.
1 item in envelope; paper.

1963

Letter from GHWR to 'Cambridge Evening News'. The file contains a photocopy of a cutting of the letter on the Cambridge Arts Theatre.
1 item in envelope; paper.

3 Feb. 1976

Letter from GHWR to 'New Statesman'. The file comprises a cutting of the letter on A. C. Benson as described by Arthur Marshall.
1 item in envelope; paper.

12 Nov. 1976

24A

' "Unconsidered trifles": the poet's parts of speech'. Published transcript of a speech by GHWR for the Pratt Lecture given at Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland. MS covering note to an unnamed recipient, and TS sheet of additions are inserted.
1 booklet plus 2 sheets; paper.

1978

Letter from GHWR to 'The Times'. The file comprises a cutting of the letter on dramatising Paul Scott's 'Raj Quartet' for television.
1 item in envelope; paper.

16 Mar. 1984

25A

'Shakespeare the Poet'. TS draft of an essay, with handwritten amendments and annotations.
22 pages; paper.

1925–1999

26A

Introduction to 'Words and Poetry'. MS introduction by Strachey for Rylands' book 'Words and Poetry', together with related letters from Strachey to Rylands and a cover letter to Rylands from 'James'.
Creator: Strachey, Giles Lytton.
1 envelope; paper.

1927–1945

Assorted reviews of GHWR's 'Words and Poetry' (Hogarth Press: London, 1928).
7 items in envelope; paper.

1928

Assorted reviews of GHWR's 'The Ages of Man' (Heinemann: London, 1939).
2 items in envelope; paper.

1939

27A

'Lenin'. The file comprises a script of Duncan's play 'Lenin', printed in limited edition of which this is no. 5, inscribed by the author to Dadie Rylands and with Duncan's card attached; a letter from Duncan to Rylands, 6 Aug. 1981, with envelope; and a printed leaflet/order form from the Rebel Press listing their publications of works by Duncan, 1981/2.
Creator: Duncan, Ronald.
4 items in envelope; paper.

1981–1982

Reviews, proofs and assorted letters in praise of GHWR's 'Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore'' (1984).
1 bundle in envelope; paper.

1984