Description | Bundle of papers belonging to Henry James Nicol (1858 - 1885), journalist, younger son of Harry Nicoll and William Robertson Nicoll's brother:
Manuscript of biographical sketches of contemporary authors for the projected work "The Victorian Era of English Literature: A Biographical History"
Letters dated 1882 with autobiographical details from authors including Emily Gerard, E. Lynn Linton, and Julian Sturgis
Letters granting permission to include works in "100 Sonnets" (1882) from Matthew Arnold, Robert Browning, Andrew Lang, Christina Rossetti, Emily Tennyson and others (slight damp damage)
Also various printed items and cuttings |