| Description | Large collection of manuscript poems, some bound, the majority loose written in different hands [mainly 4th and 5th Edward Willes?]. Includes a poem on Kenilworth Castle dated 1810, "On the Bust of Mrs Siddons & her Brother" written at Guys Cliff, 1816, an "Address To S.P." dated 28th Sep 1807 and poems written at Felpham in 1839 [by 5th Edward]. Also includes a notebook containing essays and poems including loose sheets inserted into the notebook, a notebook containing a poem "The Dying Gladiator" marked number '16' and bearing five sets of initials and a notebook containing a commentary on book 2 of Cicero's 'de Officiis' inscribed Rd Napier. |