The Samuel Butler Collection at Saint John's College, Cambridge - Part 7
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Part 7

LUCK OR CUNNING?

1886. Revises, unbound, with corrections by Butler.

1887. "First copy issued. S.B."

1887. Butler's copy, with notes, pressed flowers, and numerous additions to the Index, mostly in Alfred's handwriting.

[1908]. Re-issue (Fifield).

1920. Second edition, corrected.

NARCISSUS: A CANTATA BY S. BUTLER AND H. F. JONES

1888. A copy inscribed by both authors and composers.

EX VOTO

1888. "2nd copy issued, S.B." With 4 pp. "Additions and Corrections"

loose.

1894. In Italian, translated by Angelo Rizzetti. Inscribed, in Butler's writing, "H. F. Jones. Omaggio dell' Autore."

[1909]. Re-issue (Fifield).

UNIVERSAL REVIEW ARTICLES

1888-90. Butler's set of them, complete with ill.u.s.trations and bound together. Table of Contents in Alfred Cathie's writing and a few accompanying photographs loose.

ESSAYS ON LIFE, ART, AND SCIENCE

1904. Edited by R. A. Streatfeild. Presentation copy with letter from R. A. Streatfeild. This contains most of the "Universal Review" articles reprinted, and two Lectures.

1904. A copy of the Colonial issue.

1908. Re-issue (Fifield).

THE HUMOUR OF HOMER AND OTHER ESSAYS

1913. A new edition of the _Essays_, with additions and Biographical Sketch of Butler by H. F. Jones.

[1913]. Sketch of the Life of Samuel Butler, being a volume of MS. and typewritten doc.u.ments showing how the Biographical Sketch mentioned in the preceding item grew out of the obituary notice which originally appeared in _The Eagle_, December 1902.

ITALIAN PAMPHLETS (bound together)

1892. Three numbers of "Il Lambruschini," containing papers on Butler's Odyssey theories.

1893. L'Origine Siciliana dell' Odissea. (Estratto dalla Ra.s.segna della Letteratura Siciliana.)

1894. Ancora sull' Origine Siciliana dell' Odissea. (Estratto dalla Ra.s.segna della Letteratura Siciliana.)

ENGLISH PAMPHLETS, ETC. (bound together)

1892. The Humour of Homer.

1893. On the Trapanese Origin of the Odyssey.

No date. Sample pa.s.sages from a new translation of the Odyssey.

1894. A translation into Homeric verse of a pa.s.sage from _Martin Chuzzlewit_: attempted in consequence of a challenge. From _The Eagle_.

No date. Prospectus of _The Life and Letters of Dr. Samuel Butler_.

1887 (27 June). Words of the Choruses from "Narcissus," for performance at Mrs. Thomas Layton's.

1890 (15 Dec.). Programme of Shrewsbury School Concert, at which some of Butler's music was performed.

1892. The Humour of Homer. Butler's own copy.