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AND BOOKS, MAGAZINES, &c., CONTAINING CHAPTERS OR ARTICLES ABOUT BUTLER OR PROMINENT ALLUSIONS TO HIM

ACCADEMIA DAFNICA DI SCIENZE, Lettere, e delle Arti in AciReale: Atti e Rendiconti. Vol. ix. Anno 1902.

ACCADEMIA DI SCIENZE, Lettere, ed Arti de' Zelanti di AciReale: Rendiconti e Memorie. 1906. Pp. 22, 27, 44, 50 refer to Butler.

ACKLOM, MOREBY. The Constructive Quarterly, March 1917, containing "Samuel Butler the Third," by Moreby Acklom.

BARRY, CANON WILLIAM. The Dublin Review, Oct. 1914, with article "Samuel Butler of Erewhon."

BLUM, JEAN. Mercure de France, 16 Juillet 1910, with article on Samuel Butler by Jean Blum.

BODLEIAN QUARTERLY RECORD. Vol. II., nos. 16, 17. 1918.

Includes a note on Butler's use of Frost's "Lives of Eminent Christians" (see "Quis desiderio . . . ?" in his _Essays_); and on Dr. John Frost.

BOOK MONTHLY for February 1913, with notice of the _Note-Books of Samuel Butler_, reproducing the portrait.

BOOTH, ROBERT B. Five Years in New Zealand (1859 to 1864). By Robert B. Booth, M.Inst.C.E. Printed for private circulation. 1912.

Referred to in my _Memoir_ of Butler. With three letters from Mr. Booth and three other documents. Mr. Booth was with Butler on his run at Mesopotamia, N.Z.

BRIDGES, HORACE J. Samuel Butler's Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited. By Horace J. Bridges. 1917.

BURDETT, OSBERT. Songs of Exuberance, together with The Trenches. By Osbert Burdett. Op. I. London, A. C. Fifield, 1915.

This contains, among Sonnets on People and Places, (I.) Samuel Butler; (II.) Samuel Butler.

CAMBRIDGE READINGS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE. Ed. by George Sampson. Book III. Cambridge, 1918.

Pp. 5-15 are occupied with an extract from _Erewhon_.

CANNAN, GILBERT. Samuel Butler: a Critical Study. By Gilbert Cannan. London, Martin Seeker, 1915.

CLUTTON-BROCK, A. Essays on Books. London, 1920.

Containing reprints of articles on the _Note-Books_ and the _Memoir_.

CONSTRUCTIVE QUARTERLY, THE. See Acklom, M.

CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, THE, June 1913, containing review of the _Note-Books of S. Butler_.

DARBISHIRE, A. D. An Introduction to a Biology. By A. D. Darbishire. London, Cassell, 1917.

With autograph letter to H. F. Jones from the author's sister, Helen Darbishire.

DARWIN, SIR FRANCIS. Rustic Sounds. By Sir Francis Darwin. London, John Murray, 1917.

Reproducing "The Movements of Plants," a lecture delivered by him at the Glasgow Meeting of the British Association, Sept. 16, 1901. This lecture is referred to in the _Memoir_ of Butler; it quotes a passage from Butler's translation of Hering in _Unconscious Memory_.

DE LA MARE, WALTER. The Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1913, containing a notice of the _Note-Books of Samuel Butler_ in "Current Literature." By Walter De La Mare.

DUBLIN REVIEW, THE. See Barry, Canon.

DUFFIN, H. C. The Quintessence of Bernard Shaw. With "Prologue: Of Samuel Butler." London, Allen and Unwin, 1920.

EDINBURGH REVIEW, THE. See De La Mare, Walter.

FIRTH, J. B. Highways and Byways in Nottinghamshire. By J. B. Firth. With Illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs. London, 1916.

See pp. 93-6 for Langar.

HARDWICK, J. C. The Modern Churchman, March 1920, containing "A Modern Ishmael," by J. C. Hardwick.

HARRIS, JOHN F. Samuel Butler, author of "Erewhon: the Man and his Work." By John F. Harris. London, Grant Richards, 1916.

Inscribed "H. Festing Jones, with best wishes and very many thanks from John F. Harris, July 5, 1916," with a few newspaper notices, loose.

HARTOG, MARCUS. Problems of Life and Reproduction. By Marcus Hartog. London, Murray, 1913.

With letter from the author to H. F. Jones.

HARTOG, MARCUS. The Fundamental Principles of Biology. By Marcus Hartog. Reprinted from "Natural Science," vol. XI., nos. 68 and 69, Oct. and Nov. 1897.

HARTOG, MARCUS. Samuel Butler and recent Mnemic Biological Theories. Extract from "Scientia," Jan. 1914.

HEWLETT, M. In a Green Shade. London, 1920.

Containing an article on the _Memoir_.

INDEPENDENT REVIEW, THE. See MacCarthy, Desmond.

JACKSON, HOLBROOK. Samuel Butler. "T.P.'s Weekly," July 1915. "To-Day," Dec. 1918 and Jan. 1919.

JONES, HENRY FESTING. Samuel Butler as Musical Critic. "The Chesterian." N.S. No. 7. London, May 1920.

LARBAUD, V. Samuel Butler. In "La Nouvelle Revue Francaise," Jan. 1920. _Also_ specimens of his translation of _Erewhon_, etc., in other numbers of the same periodical, and notices of it.

LARBAUD, V. L'Enfance et la Jeunesse de Samuel Butler. In "Les Ecrits Nouveaux," April 1920.

MACCARTHY, DESMOND. The Independent Review, Sept. 1904, with article "The Author of Erewhon," by Desmond MacCarthy.

MACCARTHY, DESMOND. The Quarterly Review, Jan. 1914, containing "The Author of Erewhon," by Desmond MacCarthy.

MACCARTHY, DESMOND. Remnants. By Desmond MacCarthy. London, 1918.

Being essays and articles reprinted from various periodicals and including "Samuel Butler: an Impression."

MAIS, S. P. B. From Shakespeare to O. Henry. By S. P. B. Mais. London, G. Richards, 1917.

Containing a chapter on Butler.

MERCURE DE FRANCE. See Blum, Jean.

MIND. See Rattray, Robert.

MONTHLY REVIEW, THE. See Streatfeild, R. A.

NATIONAL GALLERY OF BRITISH ART. Catalogue of the National Gallery of British Art, 19th ed., 1911.

See pp. 37-8 for Butler's picture, "Mr. Heatherley's Holiday."

NEGRI, FRANCESCO. Il Santuario di Crea in Monferrato. By Francesco Negri (_i.e._ Butler's friend the Avvocato Negri of Casale-Monferrato). Alessandria, 1902.

Two of the illustrations are as in _Ex Voto_, Butler having lent his photographs to the Avvocato.

NUOVA ANTOLOGIA, 16 Luglio 1902, with necrology of S. Butler under "Tra Libri e Riviste."

PESTALOZZI, G. Samuel Butler der Jungere, 1835-1902. Inaugural-Dissertation. Zurich, 1914.

QUARTERLY REVIEW, THE. See MacCarthy, Desmond.

QUILTER, HARRY. What's What. By Harry Quilter. 1902.

With MS. Note by H. F. Jones. Pp. 308-311 are about Butler, who possessed a copy of the book, given him, I suppose, by Quilter; but he passed it on to Alfred.

RATTRAY, ROBERT F. Extract from "Mind," July 1914, containing "The Philosophy of Samuel Butler." By Robert F. Rattray.

SALTER, W. H. Essays on two Moderns: Euripides and Samuel Butler. By W. H. Salter. London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1911.

SAMPSON, GEORGE. The Bookman, Aug. 1915, containing illustrated article by George Sampson.

SELLA, ATTILIO. Un' Inglese Fervido Amico dell' Italia, Samuel Butler. By Attilio Sella. 1916.

Given to H. F. Jones by the author.

SINCLAIR, MAY. A Defence of Idealism. By May Sinclair. London, Macmillan, 1917.

Containing "The Pan-Psychism of Samuel Butler."

STREATFEILD, R. A. The Monthly Review, Sept. 1902, with article, "Samuel Butler." By R. A. Streatfeild.

WALL, ARNOLD. A Century of New Zealand Praise. By Arnold Wall. Christchurch, 1912.

Sonnet XC. is about Butler.

WILLIAMS, ORLO. The Essay. By Orlo Williams. London Secker [1915].

YEATS, JOHN BUTLER. Essays, Irish and American. By John Butler Yeats. With an appreciation by A. E. Dublin, 1918.

The first essay is "Recollections of Samuel Butler."

ZANGWILL, ISRAEL. Italian Fantasies. By Israel Zangwill. London, Heinemann, 1910.

Contains "Sicily and the Albergo Samuele Butler."

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