The New York Public Library Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

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1 The New York Public Library Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature Guide to the [bulk ] Berg Coll MSS Watt Processed by Staff. Summary Creator: A. P. Watt and Son Title: Date: [bulk ] Size: ca. 2,468 items Source: This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Abstract: This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts, correspondence, and legal and financial documents. Access: Restricted access. Conditions Governing Use: For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. Preferred citation: [Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. Processing note: Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider. Creator History A. P. Watt and Son is a British literary agency. It was founded in 1875 by Alexander Pollock Watt. Custodial History The bulk of the materials were received from the files of A. P. Watt and Son. Scope and Content Note This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts, correspondence, and legal and i

2 financial documents. The typescripts and manuscript consist of memoranda and miscellaneous items relating to Marie Corelli, Rudyard Kipling, William Somerset Maugham, and Herbert George Wells. The correspondence consists of letters from the firm, dating from 1879 to 1971, to Wystan Hugh Auden, Marie Corelli, Charles Garvice, Harold Paget, Michael Roberts, Bertha Vyver, H. G. Wells, the publishing firm Doubleday & Co., the literary agency of Field, Roscoe & Co., and others, as well as an undated letter relating to the firm from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Meyrick Jones, and letters drafted for A. P. Watt and Son by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, dated There are letters to A. P. Watt and Son from Maude Adams, J. W. Arrowsmith (Bristol, England), T. Foster Barham, Benn (Ernest) Ltd., Sir Walter Besant, John Buchan, Cassell & Co., Ernest V. Chandler, Marie Corelli, Doubleday, Page & Co., A. C. Doyle, Lady Jean (Leckie) Doyle, Louis Fabulet, Field, Roscoe & Co., William Hooker Gillette, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, William Heinemann Ltd., Edward Jenkins, Caroline (Balestier) Kipling, Rudyard Kipling, James Stanley Little, Low (Sampson) Marston & Co., H. L. Lucoque, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Maffey & Brennall, W. S. Maugham, A. A. Milne, David Christie Murray, Paget Literary Agency, Paramount Pictures, William Dundas Scott-Moncrieff, Lucienne Southgate, Tillotson & Son, Amy Catherine (Robbins) Wells, H. G. Wells, Marjorie (Craig) Wells, W. B. Yeats, and others, dating from 1878 to Key Terms Genre/Physical Characteristic Correspondence Names A. P. Watt and Son Adams, Maude, Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), Barham, T. Foster Besant, Walter, Sir, Buchan, John, Chandler, Ernest V Corelli, Marie, Doyle, Arthur Conan, Doyle, Jean Leckie, Lady Fabulet, Louis, Garvice, Charles, Gillette, William, Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), Jenkins, Edward, Jones, Meyrick Kipling, Caroline (Balestier) Kipling, Rudyard, Little, James Stanley, Lucoque, H. L Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), Murray, David Christie, Paget, Harold, Roberts, Michael, Scott-Moncrieff, William Dundas Southgate, Lucienne Vyver, Bertha Wells, Catherine, ii

3 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), Wells, Marjorie Craig Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), Benn, Ernest, limited, London Cassell &Company Doubleday, Page & Company Field, Roscoe & Company Heinemann (Firm) J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd. Maffey & Brennall Paget Literary Agency Paramount Pictures Corporation ( ) Sampson Low, Marston & Company Tillotson & Son iii

4 Container List Manuscripts and Typescripts Copyright novels which belong to me. Holograph (?) 1882 Jan. (5 p) (5 p) With related holograph notes, 2 p. and ms. copy of a list of his works, 3 p.; From the files of A. P. Watt & son (Kipling) (Collins, Wilkie) 44 memoranda relating to Rudyard Kipling (3 folders) (3 folders) 14 typed memoranda and 9 miscellaneous pieces relating to Marie Corelli (2 folders) (2 folders) Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Manuscript list in an unidentified hand. Pages 1-5 written on stationery of A. P. Watt, literary agent. List in an unidentified hand of letters "I recommend should not be sold." n.d. (7 p) (7 p) Accompanied by 2 ms. receipts, signed by Georgina Hogarth, Feb. 13 and 25, p.each (Maugham) (Braddon) (Collins, W.) 100 typed memoranda, notes of conversations, etc., relating to Herbert George Wells (3 folders) (3 folders) 2 typed memoranda, 1 miscellaneous piece relating to William Somerset Maugham (3 items) (3 items) Financial and Legal Documents Financial Documents Royalty statements (10) made out to Mrs. Maxwell [Mary Elizabeth Braddon] 1913 July Oct. 14 (1 folder) (1 folder) [Summary of royalty payments made during April 1898] Typescript 1898 Apr Apr. 30 (21 p) (21 p) Legal Documents Agreements (5) between Wilkie Collins or A. P. Watt as agent and George Bentley, Richard Bentley, Chatto & Windus and the Illustrated London news for the publication of his works 1861 Mar Nov (1 folder) (1 folder) From the files of A. P. Watt & son (Collins, W.) Agreement between Wilkie Collins and Kelly & Co. for the serial publication of an unnamed novel. In Collins' hand. Draft of proposed memorandum 1883? (2 p) (2 p) From the files of A. P. Watt & son (Collins, W.) Agreement between Wilkie Collins and Kelly & Co. for the serial publication of an unnamed novel. Manuscript copy with Collins' ms. revisions n.d. (3 p) (3 p) Signed for Kelly & Co.; From the files of A. P. Watt & son (Collins, W.) Agreement between Wilkie Collins and William Frederic Tillotson and William Brimelow for the publication of an unnamed novel [The evil genius]. In Wilkie Collins' hand. Draft of proposed agreement 1884 (2 p) (2 p) From the files of A. P. Watt & son 1

5 (Collins, W.) Financial and Legal Documents (cont.) Legal Documents (cont.) Agreement between Wilkie Collins and William Frederic Tillotson and William Brimelow for the publication of an unnamed novel [The evil genius]. Manuscript copy of proposed agreement with Collins' ms. revisions n.d. (3 p) (3 p) From the files of A. P. Watt & son (Collins, W.) Agreement between Wilkie Collins and William Frederic Tillotson and William Brimelow for the publication of an unnamed novel [The evil genius] 1884 Dec. 8 (3 p) (3 p) Signed by Tillotson. With copyright documents for The evil genius from Stationer's hall, Sept. 26, 1885, and the British museum, Sept. 30, 1885; and 2 related receipts from A. P. Watt. From the files of A. P. Watt & son (Collins, Wilkie) Stationers' company, London. Two memoranda of copyright registration made out to Wilkie Collins for his The victims of circumstantial evidence and The legacy of Cain 1886 Dec. 16, 1887 Oct. 29 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) From the files of A. P. Watt & son Cased Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Letter books. Letters (copies) to various authors and publishers, etc. Vols. Numbered on spines through XXV. Lacking vols. I, V-VI, XII, XIV, XX-XXIV. Vol. [16] contains letters to or relating to H. Rider Haggard. Each volume indexed separately at front 1879 Oct June (16 v) (16 v) Partial description and list of correspondents laid in vol. [1]. Includes letters addressed to Walter Besant, Hall Caine, Wilkie Collins, A. C. Doyle, Haggard, Bret Harte, Rudyard Kipling and Andrew Lang (Auden) (Yeats) Auden, W. H. TL (carbon) to. Relates to Oxford book of light verse 1937 Nov. 23 (2 p) (2 p) Came with Watt archive Chappell & Co, Ltd. 2 TL (copies) to. Relate to W. B. Yeats' The Countess Cathleen 1912 Aug. 13, 1912 Aug. 20 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) Corelli, Marie. ALS (draft), 5 AL (drafts), 4 TL (drafts) to 1906 July 10] Feb. 10 (10 letters in 2 folders) (10 letters in 2 folders) Corelli, Marie. 3 TL (carbons) to 1915 Nov Dec. 10 (3 p. each) (3 p. each) Correspondence between A. P. Watt & Son and others. Relates to Marie Corelli's charge that George Gray's The people's king infringed the copyright of her Temporal power 1913 Jan Feb. 20 (11 letters in 1 folder) (11 letters in 1 folder) (Graves, R.) Doubleday & Co. 18 TLS, 1 telegram. Relates to Robert Graves 1948 Mar Nov. 10 (19 letters in 4 folders) (19 letters in 4 folders) With carbons of 13 letters, 1 telegram, and 1 memorandum from Doubleday to A. P. Watt and son Field, Roscoe & Co. 11 TL (carbons), 6 TN (carbons) and 8 statements of account to. Relate to Marie Corelli 1916 Mar Feb. 20 (25 letters in 2 folders) (25 letters in 2 folders) 2

6 (Albanesi) Outgoing Garvice, Charles. TL (copy) to. Relates to agreement between Garvice and Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi 1912 Apr. 1 (1 p) (1 p) With: [Garvice, Charles] TL (carbon) to Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi. May 19, 1910 (Vachell) Maffey & Brentnall. 16 TL (carbons), 6 TN (carbons) to. Relate to Marie Corelli 1925 Jan Jan. 9 (22 letters in 2 folders) (22 letters in 2 folders) Paget, Harold. 16 TL (carbons) to. Relate to Horace Annesley Vachell 1913 Nov Jan. 15 (16 letters in 1 folder) (16 letters in 1 folder) With two related memoranda (Conrad) Pinker, J. B., & son. 4 TLS to. Relate to Joseph Conrad and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1923 Jan May 15 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) John D. Gordan bequest Roberts, Michael. TL to. Relates to W. B. Yeats' inclusion in The Faber book of modern verse, May 20 (1 p) (1 p) Signed H. Watt. With envelope; With: Yeats, W. B. TLS to Michael Roberts. Nov. 12, p. (Cooper, K. S.) (Harte) Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Letter to. Relates to Katherine Saunders Cooper 1880 Aug. 4 (3 p) (3 p) Vyver, Bertha. 4 TL (carbons), 1 TN (carbon) to. Correspondent was secretary to Marie Corelli 1938 Oct Dec. 21 (5 letters in 1 folder) (5 letters in 1 folder) Ward and Downey. ALS to 1886 Mar. 15 (1 p) (1 p) Encloses Stationers' Hall copyright permit for Britain of Bret Harte's Snow bound at Eagles, March 15, 1886 Wells, Herbert George. 49 TL (carbons) to 1917 Jan Sept. 7 (49 letters in 2 folders) (49 letters in 2 folders) Incoming Correspondence Abbott, John Henry Macartney. ALS to A. P. Watt and son Jan. 2 (2 p) (2 p) (Kipling) Adams, Maude. 3 ALS, 9 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to the film productions of Rudyard Kipling's stories 1929 Feb July 11 (12 letters in 5 folders) (12 letters in 5 folders) With 13 TL (carbon) replies and related material including five TLS from Field Roscoe & Co. to Watt enclosing 3 draft agreements Albanesi, Effie Adelaide Maria. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son] 1935 May 23 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) (Besant, W.) Arrowsmith, J. W., firm, publishers, Bristol, England. 11 LS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Sir Walter Besant and David Christie Murray 1887 Feb July 22 (11 letters in 2 folders) (11 letters in 2 folders) Bagot, Richard. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1903 Feb. 7, 1908 Dec. 7 (2 p.; 1 leaf) (2 p.; 1 leaf) Baillie-Saunders, Margaret (Crowther). ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] May 23 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Bairnsfather, Bruce. LS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1919 Jan. 13; [n.y.] Mar. 18 (1 p.; 3 p) (1 p.; 3 p) Balchin, Nigel. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1944 Feb. 13 (1 p) (1 p) 3

7 Incoming Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin, 1st earl. AL to A. P. Watt and son 1943 June 10 (1 p) (1 p) Signed Baldwin of Bewdley. With carbons of two letters from Watt, June 8 and 15, Relate to Lord Halifax Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of. 2 TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1922 May 31, 1929 Feb. 28 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) (Kipling) Bambridge, Elsie (Kipling). ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Laurence Hanson's inquiries about her father's (Rudyard Kipling's) books, etc. 1940] Dec. 2 (2 leaves) (2 leaves) With TL (carbon) reply and memorandum; TLS from Mrs. Bambridge's secretary, Mary e. Walford, Feb. 13, 1945 Bannerman, Sir Alexander, bart. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1920 June 29 (2 leaves) (2 leaves) (Besant, W.) Barham, T. Foster. 7 ALS, 2 TLS, 4 miscellaneous pieces to A. P. Watt and son 1890 June Sept. 25 (13 letters in 6 folders) (13 letters in 6 folders) With TL (carbon) reply, Jan. 6, 1911 and five statements of account from the Executors of Sir Walter Besant to Barham and son Baring, Maurice. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Mentions Hilaire Belloc 1935 May 24 (1 p) (1 p) Becke, Louis. LS to A. P. Watt and son. Mentions Walter Jeffery and T. F. Unwin 1896 May 25 (5 p) (5 p) Encloses "List of payments", "Suggested amended agreement between Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery and Messrs. A. P. Watt and son", etc.; with Becke's holograph note on sale of copyrights, 1 p. Beith, John Hay. 4 TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1933 June May 17 (4 letters) (4 letters) With two TL (carbon) replies Bell, A[--?] H[--?]. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Marie Corelli 1913 Jan. 25, 1913 Jan. 31 (2 p.; 3 p) (2 p.; 3 p) Bell, Adrian. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] Sept. 24 (2 p) (2 p) Belloc, Hilaire. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1903 July 18, 1903 Aug. 6 (1 p.; 2 leaves) (1 p.; 2 leaves) Benét, Stephen Vincent. TNS to A. P. Watt and son n.d. (1 p) (1 p) Benn (Ernest) Ltd. 11 TNS, 6 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Essex edition of H. G. Wells 1926 June May 12 (17 letters in 3 folders) (17 letters in 3 folders) With carbons of 18 letters from Watt to Benn (Cescinsky) Benn (Ernest) Ltd. 3 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Herbert Cescinsky 1932 Aug Sept. 7 (2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) (2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) With TL (carbon) reply Benson, Edward Frederic. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 18, 1935 May 28 (1 leaf; 3 p) (1 leaf; 3 p) 4

8 (Besant, W.) Incoming Besant, Mary (Garrett), lady. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to her husband, Sir Walter Besant 1901] June 15 - [1901] July 8 (1 leaf; 1 leaf; 1 p) (1 leaf; 1 leaf; 1 p) Besant, Sir Walter. 1 ALS, 9 ANS, 1 TLS, 7 miscellaneous pieces to A. P. Watt and son. Several letters written as secretary to the Palestine exploration fund 1884 Feb Jan. 25 (18 letters in 4 folders) (18 letters in 4 folders) ANS of Feb. 10, 1885 is at bottom of p. 2 of letter from Chatto & Windus to Watt, Feb. 6, 1885; With two letters from Watt, Feb. 26, 1884 and Aug. 19, 1898 Besant, Sir Walter. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Wilkie Collins 1890 Feb. 11 (1 p) (1 p) Encloses receipt, ms., signed and dated Feb. 11, p. Binyon, Laurence. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1941 Aug. 13 (1 p) (1 p) (Haggard) Bird, Kenneth. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 Nov. 25 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Blackett, Spencer C. 5 ALS, 2 LS, 1 note to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Sir H. R. Haggard 1887 Sept July 28 (8 letters in 2 folders) (8 letters in 2 folders) With seven printers' certificates and Catalogue of books published by Spencer Blackett & Hallam. London, Sept Blackwood, Algernon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1915 Oct. 28 (1 p) (1 p) Blackwood, Algernon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1918 Feb. 17 (2 p) (2 p) Blackwood, Algernon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1949 Dec. 13 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Blackwood, Algernon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1950 Mar. 13 (1 p) (1 p) Bland, Edith Nesbit. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.d. (1 leaf; 1 leaf; 3 p) (1 leaf; 1 leaf; 3 p) With enclosures of quotations from Shakespeare and others, 7 p. Bodington, Nancy. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son 1945[?] May 31 (1 card) (1 card) Signed Shelley Smith [pseud.] Bolitho, Hector. ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Philip Lindsay n.d. (1 p) (1 p) Boyle, Kay. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 Oct. 19 (2 p) (2 p) With carbon of letter from Watt, Oct. 14, 1936 (Brame) Brame, May. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to copyright of novels by her mother, Charlotte Mary Brame 1920 Nov. 30 (3 p) (3 p) From the files of A. P. Watt and son (Watt, A. P.) Brindley, Martin. 4 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1886] July 17 - [1886] July 23 (1 p.; 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) (1 p.; 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) With ALS from Henry Jeula, July 21, 1886 Bromfield, Louis. ANS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May], 1938 Mar. 24 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) Brophy, John. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1934 Feb. 20 (1 p) (1 p) Buchan, John. 5 TLS, 2 TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1916 June Oct. 12 (7 letters in 1 folder) (7 letters in 1 folder) 5

9 Incoming Burgin, George Brown. ALS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1921 Dec. 25, 1935 May 23 (1 p. each) (1 p. each). Enclosed in: Rhodes, Geoffrey. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Sept. 4, 1937 Burgin, George Brown. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Geoffrey Rhodes 1937 Sept. 2 (1 p) (1 p) Butler, Samuel. TL (copy) to A. P. Watt and son 1894 May 25 (1 p) (1 p) Butler, Samuel. AL (incomplete?) to [A. P. Watt and son] n.d. (1 p) (1 p) Encloses his: The life and letters of Dr. Samuel Butler. [London, 1894?] 22 cm. Prospectus. With the author's ms corrections (Watt, A. P.) C[--?], A[--?] L[--?]. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y. Mar. 9 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1887 July (? (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1887 July 12 (2 p) (2 p) Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1891 Feb. 22 (2 p) (2 p) Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1891 Feb. 23 (2 p) (2 p) Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Wilkie Collins 1889 Aug. 28 (2 p) (2 p) Campbell, Sir Gilbert Edward, bart. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1891 Feb. 25, [n.d (1 p.; 3 p) (1 p.; 3 p) Campion, Sarah. 2 TLS, 1 postcard to A. P. Watt and son 1937 Feb Mar. 24 (1 leaf; 1 p.; 1 p) (1 leaf; 1 p.; 1 p) Cardew, [--?]. AL, in the third person, to A. P. Watt and son 1891 Feb. 7 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Carlile, William Warrand. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1905 Jan. 5 (1 p) (1 p) Encloses letter to Watt of same date, 3 p. Carstairs, John Paddy. TLS to A. P. Watt and son n.d. (1 p) (1 p) Carte, Richard D'Oyly. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1891 Feb. 23 (1 p) (1 p) With related note in unidentified hand, Feb. 18, p.; and two TLS from Charles Hawkins, Carte's secretary, Feb. 20 and 24, p. each Carter, Philip Youngman. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] May 23 (1 p) (1 p) (Haggard) Cassell & Co., Ltd., London. 12 LS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Sir Henry Rider Haggard 1887 May Feb. 5 (12 letters in 2 folders) (12 letters in 2 folders) Includes 3 letters written and signed by Sir Thomas Wemyss Reid. Letter of Aug. 2, 1887 encloses royalty statement, dated June 30, 1887 Cassell & Co., Ltd., London. 5 TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to H. G. Wells 1928 Nov Mar. 5 (5 letters in 1 folder) (5 letters in 1 folder) Signed Newman Flower and Guinivere Davies. With carbons of 4 letters from Watt to Cassell Cassels, Gilbert Robert. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 17 (2 leaves) (2 leaves) Cescinsky, Herbert. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1932 Sept. 9 (1 p) (1 p) With four TL (carbon) replies and one memorandum 6

10 (Farnol) Incoming Chandler, Ernest V. 10 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Jeffery Farnol 1927 Aug Jan. 6 (10 letters in 3 folders) (10 letters in 3 folders) With 6 TL (carbon) and 7 TL (copy) replies, 5 memoranda and 3 misc pieces. Accompanied by: Blanckensee (J.S.) & Co., London. 3 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Jan. 19-May 19, With 4 TL (carbon) replies and 2 memoranda Charteris, Leslie. AN, in the third person, to A. P. Watt and son 1932 Jan. 22 (1 p) (1 p) With carbon of letter from Watt, Jan. 20, 1932 Chesterton, Gilbert Keith. LS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1904 Dec., [1922] Feb. 23 (1 p.; 2 p) (1 p.; 2 p) Chetwynd, Julia Bosville. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y. Mar. 6 (2 leaves) (2 leaves) Chetwynd, Julia Bosville. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y. Mar. 16 (3 p) (3 p) Chetwynd, Julia Bosville. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] Mar. 19 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1898?] Oct. 27 (1 p) (1 p) Clark, Sir Kenneth McKenzie. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son 1946 Jan. 2 (1 card) (1 card) Clifford, Lucy (Lane) ["Mrs. W. K. Clifford"]. 3 ALS, 2 postcards to A. P. Watt and son 1891] Feb [1891] Mar. 3 (5 letters in 1 folder) (5 letters in 1 folder) (Speight, T. W.) (Haggard) Colles, Richard W. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Dated from received stamp 1891 Feb. 3 (1 p) (1 p) Colles, William Morris. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Thomas Wilkinson Speight 1891 Feb. 6, 1891 Feb. 9 (2 p.; 1 p) (2 p.; 1 p) Collier, Peter Fenelon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1894 Mar. 13 (3 p) (3 p) With copies of 4 letters of related correspondence between C. J. Longman and C. J. Mills, Apr. 5 - May 15, Relate to Sir Henry Rider Haggard Collins, Frances (Dunn). ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1880 Aug. 10 (3 p) (3 p) Encloses list of works, 2 p.; and title page of Mortimer Collins' Thoughts in my garden, with her ms corrections Collins, Frances (Dunn). ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1880 Aug. 19 (1 p) (1 p) Collins, Frances (Dunn). ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1880 Aug. 26 (2 leaves) (2 leaves) Collins, Frances (Dunn). ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1880 Oct. 6 (3 p) (3 p) Cooper, Barbara. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y. Jan. 10 (1 p) (1 p) Cooper, Katherine (Saunders). 6 ALS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son 1880 Aug Oct. 7 (7 letters in 1 folder) (7 letters in 1 folder) With ms copy of telegram from Watt, Aug. 9, p. Corelli, Marie. 198 ALS, 17 ANS, 2 TLS, 8 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son 1904 Oct Dec. 31 (225 letters in 45 folders) (225 letters in 45 folders) With letters to and from Corelli in folders 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 21, and 22. See Guide to the Marie Corelli collection of papers, bulk ( ) Cox, Anthony Berkeley. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1942 June 29 (1 p) (1 p) 7

11 (Kipling) Incoming Crandall, C[--?] F[--?]. 2 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Rudyard Kipling 1924 Oct. 1, 1924 Oct. 8 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) Letter of Oct. 1, 1924 encloses: Crandall, C. F. 2 TL (copies) to Rudyard Kipling. Sept. 26 and Oct. 1, p.; 1 p. Kipling, Rudyard. TL (copy) to [C. F. Crandall] Sept. 29, p. Crauford, Alfred Lane. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Marie Corelli 1896 Aug. 11, 1896 Aug. 13 (3 p.; 2 p) (3 p.; 2 p) Crawford, David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th earl of. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1940 Apr. 23 (1 p) (1 p) Crawshay-Williams, Eliot. ALS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 20, 1935 May 24 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) Creasey, C[--? H[--?] TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to H. G. Wells 1929 June 22 (1 p) (1 p) Cripps, Sir Stafford. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1942 Jan. 29 (1 p) (1 p) Crofts, Freeman Wills. ANS to [A. P. Watt and son] 1948 Dec. 18 (1 p) (1 p) With carbons of two related letters from Watt, Dec. 20, p. each Cronin, Archibald Joseph. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1937 Oct. 22 (1 p) (1 p) Cunningham, A. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1914 Nov. 19 (1 p) (1 p) Cust, Nina. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1914] Aug. 3 (3 p) (3 p) (Roberts, M.) D'Abernon, Edgar Vincent, 1st viscount. TN to A. P. Watt and son 1934 Mar. 2 (1 p) (1 p) Signed with stamp Daily Mail, London. TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Morley Roberts 1916 May 25 (1 p) (1 p) Dalrymple, Sir Charles Mark, 3rd bart. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 21 (1 p) (1 p) Dawson, Geoffrey. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1941 Aug. 20 (1 p) (1 p) Deans, Marjorie. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] Jan. 27 (2 p) (2 p) De la Mare, Walter. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1938 Sept. 12 (1 p) (1 p) With Watt's TL (carbon) reply. Accompanied by his: TL (copy) to Hellé Felcker. Aug. 24, p. Relates to tuse of J. E. Flecker's poem Stillness in an anthology; with Flecker's Sept. 1, 1938 ALS to Watt & son and Watt's TL (carbon) reply [De La Pasture, Edmé Elizabeth Monica]. 2 AN to A. P. Watt and son 1929 Mar. 15, 1929 Apr. 6 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) Signed Elizabeth M. Dashwood Dell, Ethel May. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1919 Dec. 23 (2 leaves) (2 leaves) Dennys, Joyce. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 June 24 (1 p) (1 p) (Ingelow) (Orczy) Dickens, Charles ( ). ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to story by Jean Ingelow 1880 Aug. 25 (1 p) (1 p) Dixey, Marmaduke L. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 Mar. 3 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Doran, firm, publishers, New York. TL (copy) to A. P. Watt & son. Relates to the Baroness Orczy 1914 Mar. 9 (2 p) (2 p) With TL (copy) reply, April 9, p. Dorling, Henry Taprell. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1916 May 7 (1 p) (1 p) 8

12 (Kipling) Incoming Doubleday, Page & Co. 11 TL, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Rudyard Kipling 1923 Apr Jan. 6 (12 letters in 4 folders) (12 letters in 4 folders) Signed Frank Nelson Doubleday, S. A. Everitt, et al...; With 6 TL (carbon) replies and 2 memoranda. Letter of July 17, 1935 encloses: [Kipling, Rudyard. A Kipling pageant] Foreword to the publisher [Nelson Doubleday]. Typescript, unsigned and undated. 5 p. Published Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran, 19 Doubleday, Page & Co. 23 TL, 1 TL (copy) and 8 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to H. G. Wells 1927 Sept Sept. 22 (32 letters in 7 folders) (32 letters in 7 folders) Signed George H. Doran and Nelson Doubleday. With carbons of 21 letters and 5 cables from Watt to Doubleday (Doyle, A. C.) Doyle, Adrian Conan. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Classic Comics edition of Sir A. C. Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles 1943 Oct May 12 (1 leaf each) (1 leaf each) With 3 TL (carbon) replies; 2 TL, signed Arthur L. Kantor, from Gilberton Corp. to Watt, and TL (carbon) reply Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir. 6 ALS, 3 ANS (1 mutilated), 3 letters (signed for Doyle) to A. P. Watt and son 1893 Oct.] Feb. 24 (12 letters in 3 folders) (12 letters in 3 folders) With ALS from Doyle's secretary, Charles Terry, to Watt, June 25 [1900] 1 p.; and 4 U.S. copyright office renewal forms for Doyle's books, 1924 (Doyle, A. C.) Doyle, Denis Conan. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1931 Mar. 13, 1931 Mar. 16 (2 p.; 1 p) (2 p.; 1 p) With 6 TL (carbon) replies. Relate to National Broadcasting Company's use of Sir. A. C. Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories (Doyle, A. C.) Doyle, Jean (Leckie), Lady. 10 TLS and 4 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to use of Sir A. C. Doyle's stories by Leon M. Lion and the National Broadcasting Co Sept Jan. 30 (14 letters in 3 folders) (14 letters in 3 folders) With 28 TL (carbon) replies Dreadnought Productions, Ltd., Liverpool. 2 TN and 6 typed statements to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to film of Marie Corelli's Sorrows of Satan 1917 Jan Sept. 16 (8 letters in 1 folder) (8 letters in 1 folder) 2 TN signed C[--?] A[--?] Watson (Balfour) Dugdale, Blanche Elizabeth Campbell (Balfour). 12 ALS, 1 TLS, 1 postcard to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to her biography of her uncle, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of Balfour 1930 Apr May 4 (14 letters in 3 folders) (14 letters in 3 folders) Letter of Feb. 14, 1932 encloses 2 draft agreements (Chesterton) Elliott, H[--?] B[--?]. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to G. K. Chesterton and others 1912 Nov. 25 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Ellis, G[--?] U[--?]. TLS to [A. P. Watt and son] 1937 Mar. 31 (1 p) (1 p) 9

13 (Weyman) Incoming English Illustrated Magazine. Letter to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Stanley John Weyman 1891 Mar. 17 (1 p) (1 p) Signed A[--?] G[--?] Gilbert Eyre-Lloyd, [--?]. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son] n.d. (3 p) (3 p) (Kipling) Fabulet, Louis. 22 ALS, 13 postcards to A. P. Watt & son. Relate to his translations of Rudyard Kipling 1900 Feb June 15 (35 letters in 7 folders) (35 letters in 7 folders) With TL (copy), translation only, of letter of April 18, 1906 Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1902 Sept. 27, 1902 Oct. 21 (1 p.; 2 p) (1 p.; 2 p) Farnol, Jeffery. 4 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1927 Sept Jan. 6 (1 p.; 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) (1 p.; 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) With carbon of letter from Watt, Jan. 8, 1930 (Doyle, A. C.) Field, Roscoe & Co., London. 53 TLS, 24 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Marie Corelli 1915 Apr Feb. 21 (77 letters in 8 folders) (77 letters in 8 folders) Field, Roscoe & Co., London. 17 TL, 2 TN to A. P. Watt and son 1921 Feb Feb. 7 (19 letters in 4 folders) (19 letters in 4 folders) 2 TN signed C. D. Medley. With 7 TL (carbon) replies. Relate to use of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories by Leon M. Lion and the National Broadcasting Co., etc. (Kipling) Field, Roscoe & Co., London. 20 TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to E. W. Martindell's bibliography of Rudyard Kipling and to Canadian copyright infringements of Kipling's works 1923 Nov Sept. 29 (20 letters in 6 folders) (20 letters in 6 folders) Signed C. D. Medley. With 8 TL (carbon) replies and 7 related memoranda Field, Roscoe & Co., London. 16 TL, 5 TN to A. P. Watt and son 1927 May Oct. 20 (21 letters in 1 envelope) (21 letters in 1 envelope) Signed C. D. Medley. With 5 TL (carbon) replies and 5 documents relating to the Doran-Wells- Huxley corporation formed to publish The Science of Life (Farnol) Field, Roscoe & Co., London. 7 TL, 5 TN to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Jeffery Farnol 1927 June Apr. 28 (12 letters) (12 letters) With 6 TL (carbon) replies and 3 memoranda Findlater, Jane Helen. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1905] Mar. 10 (2 leaves) (2 leaves) Fisher, Margaret. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] July 22 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Flecker, Hellé. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to film version of J. E. Flecker's Hassan 1938 Sept. 1 (2 p) (2 p) With Watt's TL (carbon) reply; also with De la Mare, Walter. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Sept. 12, 1938 (Maugham) Fleming, Ian. 2 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to William Somerset Maugham 1954 May 14, 1954 May 24 (1 leaf; 1 p) (1 leaf; 1 p) From the files of A. P. Watt and son Frankau, Gilbert. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 21 (1 p) (1 p) 10

14 Incoming Frankau[?], Pamela. AL to A. P. Watt and son n.d. (1 p) (1 p) Signed "Pamela" Freeman, Richard Austin. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 22 (1 p) (1 p) With 2 receipts from Chatto & Windus, Feb. 18, 1927 Garvice, Charles. ALS, 2 TLS, 2 TL (carbons) to A. P. Watt and son 1910 Mar Nov. 11 (5 letters in 1 folder) (5 letters in 1 folder) On versos of Nov. 7 and 11, 1919: typescript, paginated 2 and 10, from unidentified novels. With holograph quotation signed, 1 p. and TLS from Watt, Oct. 16, 1905, 1 p., with enclosure, 1 p. Gaskell, Charles Milnes. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 Oct. 7 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Geikie, Cunningham. 5 ALS, 1 postcard to A. P. Watt and son 1878 June June 8 (6 letters in 1 folder) (6 letters in 1 folder) With ms extract from letter to "L.D.C." [of A. P. Watt and son?], June 4, 1880, and two printed selections of reviewers' notices Gielgud, Sir John. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1937 Oct. 30 (1 p) (1 p) Gillette, William Hooker. 5 ALS, 3 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Letter of Sept. 5, 1887 annotated by Sir H. R. Haggard 1887 Sept Nov. 17 (8 letters in 2 folders) (8 letters in 2 folders) Enclosed in Nov. 17, 1887: Agreement (draft) between Sir Haggard and Gillette for dramatization of She. 1 p., with copy, 1 p.; From the files of A. P. Watt and son Godber, Noël, TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1937 May 24 (1 p) (1 p) (Murray, D. C.) Good Words. Letter to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to David Christie Murray 1886 Oct. 25 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Gorell, Ronald Gorell Barnes, 3rd baron. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 17 (1 p) (1 p) Gow, Ronald. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 23 (1 p) (1 p) Graves, Robert. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1921] Apr. 3 (1 p) (1 p) Graves, Robert. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son 1921 Aug. 18 (1 card) (1 card) Graves, Robert. ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to W. S. Maugham 1947 Nov. 18 (1 p) (1 p) Gregory, Isabella Augusta Persse, Lady. ALS (draft) to A. P. Watt and son 1923] Apr. 16 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) With reply from A. P. Watt, July 12, p.; and with her ALS (copy) to Watt. Sept. 13, leaf. Removed from: Gregory. Journal, vol. 23, p (Kipling) Gurlitz, Augustus T. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to law suit between Rudyard Kipling and G. P. Putnam's sons 1901 Jan. 9 (2 p) (2 p) Encloses: Waugh, Arthur. [Affidavit in case of Rudyard Kipling v. G.P. Putnam's sons and others]. Typescript (carbon), unsigned, dated London, Nov. 16, p. Gurlitz, Augustus T. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1905 Nov. 17 (2 p) (2 p) With 17 items relating to the printing and copyright of Marie Corelli's Old-fashioned fidelity, including a copy of the story 11

15 Incoming Haggard, Sir Henry Rider. 25 ALS, 5 TLS, 3 LS, 8 miscellaneous pieces to A. P. Watt and son 1885 Nov Nov. 13 (41 letters in 8 folders) (41 letters in 8 folders) With ms extract from Watt's letter to Haggard, May 13, 1887 and three ANS from haggard's secretary, Ida Hector, to Wattd Hall, Evelyn Beatrice. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1902] Dec. 17 (1 p) (1 p) Hall, Evelyn Beatrice. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1908] Dec. 8 (3 p) (3 p) Hall, Evelyn Beatrice. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y. July 3 (1 p) (1 p) Hall, Evelyn Beatrice. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1930 Feb. 14 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Hall, James Norman. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 20 (1 p) (1 p) Hamilton, Lord Ernest William. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] Mar. 25 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Published in Letters to A. P. Watt and his sons, London, 1924, p. 84 Hannay, James Owen. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 23 (1 p) (1 p) (Kipling, R.) Hanson, Laurence. 5 ALS, 2 ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1940 Nov Apr. 28 (7 letters in 1 folder) (7 letters in 1 folder) With 3 enclosures relating to Rudyard Kipling's books, and five TL (carbon) replies Hardy, J[--?] L--?]. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 Apr. 18 (1 p) (1 p) Hardy, Thomas. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1891 Sept. 7 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Harraden, Beatrice. 3 ALS, 1 ANS, 1 LS to A. P. Watt and son 1896] Nov [1908] Dec. 6 (5 letters in 1 folder) (5 letters in 1 folder) With TLS from Watt, Sept. 3, p. Harte, Bret. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1886 Mar. 13 (3 p) (3 p) Harwood, Sir Ralph. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 June 17 (1 p) (1 p) Hawkins, Sir Anthony Hope. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1901 Jan Oct. 2 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) Letter of Oct. 2, 1921 encloses ALS printed in Letters to A. P. Watt and his sons London, A. P. Watt & son, 1924, p (Douglas, A. B.) Head, A[--?] M[--?]. TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written as secretary to Lord Alfred Douglas 1908 Apr. 28 (1 p) (1 p) Heinemann, William, Ltd., London. 6 TL, 1 TN to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to H. G. Wells 1926 Nov June 30 (7 letters in 1 folder) (7 letters in 1 folder) TL signed Charles Seddon Evans; TN signed Theodore Byard. With carbons of 12 letters from Watt to Heinemann Henderson, Sir Nevile. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1940 Jan. 7 (1 p) (1 p) Henty, George Alfred. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Letter of Aug. 23, 1881 relates to story by Jules Verne 1880 Aug. 21, 1881 Aug. 23 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) Hewart, Gordon Hewart, 1st viscount. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 20 (1 p) (1 p) Hichens, Robert Smythe. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1905 Jan. 2 (1 p) (1 p) 12

16 Incoming Hichens, Robert Smythe. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1905 Jan. 10 (2 p) (2 p) Hichens, Robert Smythe. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1905 Jan. [12? (1 p) (1 p) Hichens, Robert Smythe. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 20 (1 p) (1 p) (Albanesi) (Kipling) Hodder & Stoughton, firm, publishers, London. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to E. A. M. Albanesi's copyrights 1914 July 14 (1 p) (1 p) Hodder & Stoughton, firm, publishers, London. 4 TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to illustration of Rudyard Kipling's poems by Sir Frank Brangwyn 1923 Nov Mar. 12 (4 letters) (4 letters) Signed Ernest Hodder-Williams and Ralph Hodder-Williams. With 2 TL (carbon) replies and four memoranda. Accompanied by: Brangwyn, Sir Frank. TL (copy) to [Rudyard Kipling] [1924?] 1 p.; From the files of A. P. Watt and son (Kipling) (Doyle, A. C.) Hole, Samuel Reynolds. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1902 Jan. 10 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Holland, Constance. 4 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written as secretary to Lady Conan Doyle 1932 Nov Feb. 10 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) With TL (carbon) reply, Sept. 23, p.; Enclosed in Jan. 13, 1933: Lion, Leon M. 6 TL (copies) to Lady Leckie Doyle. Aug. 24-Dec. 29, Relate to play based on Sir A. C. Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Horder, Thomas Jeeves Horder, baron. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son] 1935 Oct. 20 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) With related letter from Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. to Watt, Oct. 8, 1935 Horler, Sydney. 3 ALS, 1 TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May Jan. 5 (4 letters) (4 letters) With 2 related Watt memoranda, May 24, 1935 Housman, Laurence. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1941 June 28 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) Humphreys, Eliza Margaret J. (Gollan). 2 AL to A. P. Watt and son 1916 June 28, 1921 Apr. 9 (2 p.; 1 leaf) (2 p.; 1 leaf) With letter from her secretary to Watt, July 5, p. Humphreys, H[--?] R[--?]. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1931 Sept. 25 (1 p) (1 p) Hunloke, Sir Philip. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 July 4 (1 p) (1 p) (Watt, A. P.) Hunter, William. 11 ALS, 1 LS, 35 letters, and 3 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to the sale of Strahan & co. publications, especially those of R. W. Buchanan, George MacDonald, C. J. Vaughan, and George Douglas Campbell, 8th duke of Argyll 1886 May Dec. 1 (50 letters in 10 folders) (50 letters in 10 folders) 35 letters signed for Hunter. With 38 pieces of related correspondence with various publishers, etc., and 16 miscellaneous pieces (Haggard) Hunter, Rose & co., Toronto. 4 LS, 2 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Canadian publication of Sir H. R. Haggard's Allan Quatermain 1887 Apr June 8 (6 letters in 1 folder) (6 letters in 1 folder) With telegram to Longman and Co., London, March 14, 1887 Hutchinson, Graham Seton. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 22 (1 p) (1 p) Huxley, Aldous. ANS to A. P. Watt and son n.d. (1 p) (1 p) Written at bottom of Watt's TLS to Huxley, May 26, 1941; with TL (carbon) from Watt, Jan. 17,

17 Incoming Huxley, Marie Juliette (Baillot). ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Written for her husband, Julian Sorell Huxley, who collaborated with H. G. Wells on The science of life 1929] Sept. 6 (1 p) (1 p) Accompanied by: Coombs, Phyllis M. TLS to A. P. Watt, Jan. 11, p. Written as secretary to Julian Huxley. With carbons of three letters from Watt to Huxley Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers, London. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Marie Corelli 1915 Dec. 7 (1 p) (1 p) James, Henry ( ). 2 ALS, 1 telegram (mutilated) to A. P. Watt and son 1890 Apr Apr. 9 (2 p.; 3 p. 1 letter) (2 p.; 3 p. 1 letter) Jay, Harriett. 4 ALS, 3 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son 1880 July Jan. 28 (7 letters in 1 folder) (7 letters in 1 folder) Jenkins, Edward. 7 ALS, 9 ANS, 2 AN, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son 1880?] Jan Mar. 3 (19 letters in 4 folders) (19 letters in 4 folders) With his holograph outline of proposed book on Hungary, 3 p., and copy, 3 p. Jerome, Jerome Klapka. 2 ALS, 4 LS, 1 letter (copy) to A. P. Watt and son 1904 Dec Dec. 22 (7 letters in 2 folders) (7 letters in 2 folders) Letter of Sept. 26, 1914 encloses: The Daily Chronicle, London. TL, signed Robert Donald, to Jerome Klapka Jerome. July 30, p. Relates to Today. With enclosures, 2 p. and ms copy of Jerome's reply, 2 p. (Garvice) Johnston, Edith. 3 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Charles Garvice and Charlotte Mary Brame 1920 Apr Dec. 20 (1 p. ; 1 p. ; 2 p) (1 p. ; 1 p. ; 2 p) Letter of Dec. 20, 1920, encloses "First list of titles suitable for films," 1 p.; With related Watt memorandum, "Books [of Charles Garvice] sold for the films," 1 p. Johnston, Sir Harry Hamilton. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1902 July 9 (1 leaf; 1 p) (1 leaf; 1 p) Kelly, Sir Gerald Festus. TLS, TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Letter of June7 quotes letter from William Somerset Maugham to Kelly 1938 June 7, 1938 June 13 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) With carbons of two letter from Watt and three related memoranda Kenyon, Sir Frederic George. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 Mar. 14 (1 p) (1 p) Kipling, Caroline (Balestier). 2 ALS (1 incomplete), 14 TLS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Rudyard Kipling 1909 May Feb. 23 (17 letters in 4 folders) (17 letters in 4 folders) With extracts of 9 letters from Mrs. Kipling to Watt. Dec. 22, 1924-Mar. 23, p. each; 37 TL (carbon) replies and 3 related memoranda; Thalberg, Irving. TLS to R. Kipling, July 9, 1931; Noyes, A. TL to Times editor, Feb. 15, 1936 Kipling, Rudyard. 2 ALS, 3 ANS, 3 TLS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son 1889 May May 21 (9 letters in 2 folders) (9 letters in 2 folders) With Watt's "Notes of conversation with Mr. and Mrs. Kipling, Jan. 24, 1929." 1 p. Knox, Ronald A. TLS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] May 24 (1 p) (1 p) Konstam, Edwin Max. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1902 Aug. 8 (2 p) (2 p) Accompanied by: Bunting, Percy Wiliam. ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Aug. 1, p. 14

18 Incoming Lang, Louisa Lockhart (Steuart). ALS to [A. P. Watt and son] 1908] Aug. 8 (1 leaf) (1 leaf) László de Lombos, Phlip Alexius. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 Jan. 16 (1 p) (1 p) Law, Richard Kidston. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1939 Nov. 2 (1 p) (1 p) Leacock, Stephen Butler. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1916 Oct. 1 (1 p) (1 p) (Oliphant) Leisure Hour. 3 letters to A. P. Watt and son 1885 Oct Oct. 29 (3 leaves; 3 p.; 1 leaf) (3 leaves; 3 p.; 1 leaf) Signed William Stevens. With related letter to Watt from The Religious tract society, Oct. 23, p. Le Queux, William Tufnell. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1900 Mar. 12, [1913] May 23 (3 leaves; 3 p) (3 leaves; 3 p) With Watt's TL (copy) reply, May 22, Letter of May 23 [1913] encloses ANS from F. V. White to Le Queux, May 22, 1913 (Balfour) Watt and son as literary agent for Blanche Elizabeth Campbell Balfour Dugdale. Relate to Mrs. Dugdale's biography of her uncle, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of Balfour (39 letters in 1 folder) (39 letters in 1 folder) Includes TLS from Harold Macmillan, May 17, p. (Baring-Gould) Watt and son as literary agent for Sabine Baring-Gould (11 letters in 1 folder) (11 letters in 1 folder) (Beith) (Besant, W.) Watt and son as literary agent for John Hay Beith 1933 (35 letters in 1 folder) (35 letters in 1 folder) Watt and son as literary agent for Sir Walter Besant (48 letters in 4 folders) (48 letters in 4 folders) (Besant, W.) Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various correspondents, not listed separately, to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for the Palestine Exploration Fund. Sir Walter Besant was secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund (25 letters in 1 folder) (25 letters in 1 folder) From the files of A. P. Watt and son (Blouet) Watt and son as literary agent for Max O'Rell [pseudonym of Paul Blouet] 1887 (2 letters in 1 folder) (2 letters in 1 folder) (Buchan) (Churchill, W. S.) Watt and son as literary agent for John Buchan 1916 (2 letters in 1 folder) (2 letters in 1 folder) Watt and son as literary agent for Sir Winston Churchill 1944 (4 letters in 1 folder) (4 letters in 1 folder) 15

19 (Collins, F. D.) (Collins, Wilkie) Incoming Watt and son as literary agent for Frances Dunn Collins 1880 (6 letters in 1 folder) (6 letters in 1 folder) Watt and son as literary agent for Wilkie Collins (120 letters in 8 folders) (120 letters in 8 folders) (Crockett) Watt and son as literary agent for Samuel Rutherford Crockett (2 letters in 1 folder) (2 letters in 1 folder) (De la Ramé) Watt and son as literary agent for Louise de la Ramé (4 letters in 1 folder) (4 letters in 1 folder) (Doyle, A. C.) Watt and son as literary agent for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (4 letters in 1 folder) (4 letters in 1 folder) (Garvice) Watt and son as literary agent for Charles Garvice (11 letters in 1 folder) (11 letters in 1 folder) (Haggard) Watt and son as literary agent for Sir Henry Rider Haggard (12 letters in 1 folder) (12 letters in 1 folder) (Harte) (Hawkins, A. H.) Watt and son as literary agent for Bret Harte (7 letters in 1 folder) (7 letters in 1 folder) Watt and son as literary agent for Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins 1914 (2 letters in 1 folder) (2 letters in 1 folder) (Watt, A. P.) Watt and son as publisher of Health 1888 (3 letters in 1 folder) (3 letters in 1 folder) With 7 statements to Health accounts, April - June 1886 (Ingelow) (Jay, H.) (Jenkins, E.) Watt and son as literary agent for Jean Ingelow 1880 (19 letters in 1 folder) (19 letters in 1 folder) Watt and son as literary agent for Harriet Jay (11 letters in 1 folder) (11 letters in 1 folder) Watt and son as literary agent for Edward Jenkins (26 letters in 1 folder) (26 letters in 1 folder) (Johnston, H. H.) Watt and son as literary agent for Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston 1902 (1 letter) (1 letter) 16

20 (Kipling) Incoming Watt and son as literary agent for Rudyard Kipling (20 letters in 1 folder) (20 letters in 1 folder) With 17 TL (carbon) replies and 4 memoranda (Le Queux) Watt and son as literary agent for William Tufnell Le Queux (3 letters in 1 folder) (3 letters in 1 folder) (Lytton, E. R. B.- L.) Watt and son as literary agent for Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton (5 letters in 1 folder) (5 letters in 1 folder) (MacDonald, G.) (Maugham) (Mercer) (Perth) Watt and son as literary agent for George MacDonald (3 letters) (3 letters) Watt and son as literary agent for William Somerset Maugham (14 letters) (14 letters) Watt and son relating to Cecil William Mercer (4 letters) (4 letters) Watt and son as literary agent for James Eric Drummond, 16th earl of Perth 1939 (2 letters in 1 folder) (2 letters in 1 folder) (Ruskin) Watt and son as literary agent for the Literary Trustees of John Ruskin 1914 (14 letters in 2 folder) (14 letters in 2 folder) (Scott-Moncrieff, W. D.) Watt and son as literary agent for William Dundas Scott-Moncrieff (7 letters in 1 folder) (7 letters in 1 folder) (Verne) Watt and son as literary agent for Jules Verne. Letter of Aug. 16, 1880 mentions G. A. Henty 1880 (2 letters in 1 folder) (2 letters in 1 folder) (Watt, A. P.) Watt and son as literary agent for unidentified authors (72 letters in 3 folders) (72 letters in 3 folders) (Watt, A. P.) (Watt, A. P.) Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from unidentified authors to the firm of A. P. Watt and son (8 letters in 1 folder) (8 letters in 1 folder) Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from miscellaneous correspondents, not listed separately, to the firm of A. P. Watt and son n.d. (4 letters in 1 folder) (4 letters in 1 folder) Letters, ALS, telegrams, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Herbert George Wells (13 letters in 1 folder) (13 letters in 1 folder) With carbons of 12 related letters from Watt 17

21 (Kipling) Incoming Lewis, Randolph. 2 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to film versions of Rudyard Kipling's works 1924 Oct. 16, 1924 Oct. 25 (1 p. each) (1 p. each) With Watt's two carbon replies and four memoranda, and four TLS from Field Roscoe & Co. to Watt Lindbergh, Charles Augustus. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1937 June 4 (1 p) (1 p) Lindsay, Philip. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1934 Mar. 7 (1 p) (1 p) Lindsay, Sir Ronald Charles. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1939 May 10 (1 p) (1 p) With carbons of two letters from Watt, April 25 and May 19, p.; 1 p. (Watt, A. P.) (Kipling, R.) Little, James Stanley. 15 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1886 Feb Dec. 23 (15 letters in 3 folders) (15 letters in 3 folders) Livingston, Flora V. 4 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to her Rudyard Kipling bibliography 1924 Jan July 5 (2 p.; 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) (2 p.; 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) With related TLS from Field, Roscoe & co. to Watt, Jan. 12, 1925, and TL (copy) from Watt to Livingston, Dec. 3, 1940 London, Jack. 2 TLS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son 1906 June June 9 (2 p.; 1 p.; 1 telegram) (2 p.; 1 p.; 1 telegram) With typed copy of letter from Watt, May 10, 1907 (Haggard) Longman, Charles James. 2 ALS, 1 ANS, 1 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Sir Henry Rider Haggard 1887 May Mar. 16 (3 p.; 2 leaves; 1 p.; 2 p) (3 p.; 2 leaves; 1 p.; 2 p) With TL (carbon) reply, Nov. 24, 1898 (Farnol) Low (Sampson) Marston & co., Ltd. 13 TL, 3 TN to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Jeffery Farnol 1926 Jan Aug. 29 (16 letters in 4 folders) (16 letters in 4 folders) With 8 TL (carbon) replies and 14 miscellaneous pieces (Watt, A. P.) Lucoque, H[--?] L[--?]. 10 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to T. A. Guthrie, Sir W. A. Raleigh, Sir F. C. Burnand and others 1914 Jan July 21 (10 letters in 1 folder) (10 letters in 1 folder) (Lytton, E. R. B.- L.) Lytton, Edith (Williers) Bulwer-Lytton, countess of. 3 ALS to [A. P. Watt and son]. Relate to her husband, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton 1890 May 5 - [1892] Mar. 24 (1 leaf; 1 leaf; 1 p) (1 leaf; 1 leaf; 1 p) Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of. 35 ALS, 1 LS, 2 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son 1889 Jan Feb. 7 (38 letters in 8 folders) (38 letters in 8 folders) With A. S. Watt's ALS (copy) reply, Aug. 15, p. (Scott-Moncrieff, W. D.) Macbeth, Robert Walker. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to W. D. Cott-Moncrieff's The abdication 1881 Jan. 22, 1881 Feb. 24 (1 p.; 2 p) (1 p.; 2 p) MacDonald, George. 2 ALS, 1 ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Feb. 28, 1898 letter dated from received stamp 1888] Nov [1898 Feb. 28 (3 p.; 2 leaves; 1 p) (3 p.; 2 leaves; 1 p) MacDonald, Greville. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Writer is the son of George MacDonald 1908 Dec. 5, 1935 May 18 (2 leaves; 1 p) (2 leaves; 1 p) 18