The Symbolist Movement in Literature,

Arthur and Rhoda Symons Correspondence and Manuscripts 4079613Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-09 08:41:29 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2009-06-26File created.2018-07-09Removed "Donor permission required to see" restriction. KWS2018-07-09Collection title changed and custodial history updated with Lucy Featherston provenance information. CLB2018-07-13Added container list, revised front matter, and arranged collection into series. CLB2019-05-20EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration. Rare Book and Manuscript Library Arthur and Rhoda Symons Correspondence and Manuscripts Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945 Symons, Rhoda (Rhoda Bowser), 1874-1936 4079613 MS#1222 English . 11 linear feet 26 manuscript boxes 1884-1973 Primarily consists of correspondence between the English author and literary critic Arthur Symons (1865-1945) and his wife, Rhoda Bowser Symons (1874?-1936). A small amount of the Symons' correspondence with others, Arthur Symons' manuscripts, and correspondence about the collection is also included. Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. Correspondence between Arthur and Rhoda Symons is arranged chronologically. The Symons' incoming correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order by the sender's last name, and outgoing correspondence is arranged by the recipient's last name. Manuscripts are arranged in alphabetical order by title. Collection is arranged into three series.

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This collection is located on-site.

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts and printed materials. The bulk of the collection is composed of 1,016 letters from Arthur Symons to his wife, Rhoda, and 1,045 letters from Rhoda Bowser Symons to Arthur Symons. The letters date from 1898, shortly after the pair were introduced, through 1936. They discuss Arthur Symons' literary career and Rhoda Bowser Symons' theatrical career, other contemporary literary and theatrical figures, family life, and the mental illness Arthur experienced in 1908-1909.

Summary

A small amount of the Symons' correspondence with others is also included. Some of Arthur Symons' personal and professional correspondence, dating from 1884 to 1944, is present. Many of the letters addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons were written at the time of Arthur Symons' mental illness. Other correspondence concerns Rhoda's family, the Bowser family of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and her theatrical career. Notable correspondents of the Symons' include Auguste Rodin, Louis Napoleon Parker, Vincent O'Sullivan, and Montague Summers.

Summary

Manuscripts of poems and essays by Arthur Symons, dating from between 1896 and 1927, are also included in the collection. Finally, 19 letters to Lucy Bowser Featherstone—Rhoda Bowser Symons' niece and a former owner of this collection—are included. These letters date from 1946-1973 and primarily concern research about Arthur Symons.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Arthur and Rhoda Symons Correspondence; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.

Alternate Form Available

Symons, Arthur 1,016 letters to his wife Rhoda Symons are on: microfilm.

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Symons, Rhoda 1,065 letters to Arthur Symons are on: microfilm.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Lohf, Kenneth A. Method of acquisition--Gift.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

48 letters & 1 poem: Source of acquisition--Lohf, Kenneth A. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1991. Accession number--M-1991.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

26 letters, 1 intro. & 1 contract: Source of acquisition--Lohf, Kenneth A. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1992. Accession number--M-1992.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

AS letter to Seumas o'Sullivan: Source of acquisition--Lohf, K.A. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/--/1994. Accession number--M-94-12.

Biographical Note

Arthur Symons (1865-1945) was a British poet, critic, editor, and translator. He is best known for his 1899 critical work The Symbolist Movement in Literature, which introduced the work of French Symbolist poets to Anglo-American literary circles and strongly influenced the work of William Butler Yeats and T. S. Eliot. Other works by Symons include the poetic volumes Days and Nights (1889) and Silhouettes (1892), and Confessions: A Study in Pathology (1930), a memoir of his 1908 experience with mental illness and treatment. Born in Wales, Symons spent much of his career living in London. He was a member of the Rhymers' Club and editor of the short-lived but influential literary magazine The Savoy.

Biographical Note

Rhoda Bowser Symons (1874?-1936) was a British actress and musician. She was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to John Edward Bowser, a wealthy ship-builder and -owner, and Isabella Bowser. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she met Arthur Symons in 1898. Before her marriage to Arthur in 1901, she pursued a theatrical career, to which she returned after 1912.

Ownership and Custodial History

The collection was given to the Rare Book and Manuscript Library by Kenneth A. Lohf, Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts, in installments between 1980 and 1994. Before Lohf acquired it, the collection was owned by Lucy Featherston, niece of Rhoda Symons.

Processing Information

Papers Entered in AMC 12/04/1990.

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48 letters & 1 poem Added to AMC HR 03/06/1992.

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26 letters, 1 intro. & 1 contract Cataloged HR 07/10/1992.

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AS letter to Seumas o'Sullivan Cataloged HR 10/12/1998.

Related Materials

Arthur Symons Papers, Princeton University https://findingaids.princeton.edu/collections/C0182: 15 linear feet of "manuscripts, typescripts, notebooks, tear sheets, clippings, photographs, watercolors, paintings, and much miscellaneous material" of Arthur Symons'.

Processing Information

The collection was originally called the Arthur Symons Papers. The title was changed in July 2018 to more accurately reflect the contents of the collection, to align with DACS principles, and to recognize Rhoda Bowser Symons' role as co-creator. At the same time, a container list was added to the finding aid, the front matter was revised, and the collection was arranged into series.

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A group of materials belonging to the British writer and bibliographer A. J. A. Symons (no relation to Arthur Symons) was erroneously described as a component of this collection between 2017 and 2018. These materials were separated in July 2018 and retitled the Stuart B. Schimmel Collection of A. J. A. Symons Papers (MS #1939).

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Authors, English -- 19th century Authors, English -- 20th century Critics -- England -- 19th century Critics -- England -- 20th century Poets, English -- 19th century Poets, English -- 20th century Acting -- England -- 20th century Symbolism in art Symbolism in literature Women in the theater -- England -- 20th century Essays Poems Actresses Authors Critics Essayists Poets Literature and mental illness Correspondence Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939 Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 Gosse, Ellen, Lady John, Augustus, 1878-1961 O'Sullivan, Seumas, 1879-1958 Bowser family Series I: Arthur and Rhoda Bowser Symons Correspondence1884-1944Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser1898-1900 July5Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1900 August-19086Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 January-June7Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 July-December8Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1910-19119Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons191210Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1913 January-August11Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1913 September-circa 191412Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons191413Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1915-192414Arthur Symons letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1925-193515Rhoda Bowser letters to Arthur Symons1898-1900 June16Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons1900 July-190217Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons1909-191218Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons1913 January-May19Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons1913 June-December20Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons1914-192221Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons1923-192522Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons1926-192823Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symons1929-193624Rhoda Bowser Symons letters to Arthur Symonsundated25Agresti, Olivia Rossetti letter to Arthur Symons1903 October 3011Alma-Tadema, Laurence letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1901 June 20-1924 December 1812 through 10Anderssen, Hendrik C. letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 August 8111Balfour, Arthur James letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 October 21112Balfour, Charlotte Warre Cornish letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 January 1113Barney, Natalie Clifford (written) telephone message to Arthur Symons1925 May 26114Bowser, Isabel letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 October 4-1918 August 6115 through 22Bowser, Isabella letter to Rhoda Bowser1894 May 30123Bowser, John Edward letters to Rhoda Bowser1893 April 14-1900 November 14124 through 34Brindley, F. letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1914 January 23135Brooks, Colin letter to Arthur Symons1927 October 3136Brooks, Edmund DeWitt letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 December 31-1909 June 24137 through 41Bullen, Arthur Henry letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 March 8-March 12142 and 43Byard, Theodore letter to Arthur Symons1924 February 11144Campbell, Beatrice Stella Tanner letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 October 13-1909 July 7145 through 48Colquhoun, Ethel M. Cookson letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 June 28149Condor, Stella Belford letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 June 23-1909 August 8150 through 54Craig, Edward Gordon letter to Arthur Symonsundated155Craig, Edward Gordon letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1928 September 7156Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa letter to Arthur Symons1900 March 26157Daniels, Mabel Wheeler letter to Arthur Symons1909 July 18158Davis, Mary postcard to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 July 22159Davray, Henry letter to Arthur Symons1935 January 14160Scope and Contents

With clipping and envelope

Debenham, Cecily Kenrick postcard to Rhoda Bowser Symons1930 June 24161Déjazet, Pauline-Virginie letterundated162Devi, Mira letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1934 March163Dodkins, J. letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 April 16164Duse, Eleonora letters and telegram to Arthur Symons1908 October 30, undated165 through 67de Elizondo, José María letters to Arthur Symons1918 October 15-1922 September 24168 through 85Ellis, Havelock letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 May 14-1914 January 2186 through 88Ellis, Havelock letter to Arthur Symons1914 January 2189Forbes-Robertson, Johnston letter to Rhoda Bowser Symonsundated191Goetze, Annie letter to Arthur Symons1940 April 11192Golding, Louis letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1926 January 10193Gompertz, Richard letters to Rhoda Bowser1897 June 14, July 8194 and 95Gonne, Iseult letters to Arthur Symons1918 September 5, undated196 and 97Gordine, Dora letters to Arthur Symons1937 February 17-1942 October 26198 through 117Gosse, Ellen Epps letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 July 311118Gosse, Edmund William letter to Arthur Symons1900 March 71119Gosse, Edmund William letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 October 21-1910 April 91120 through 122Gough, Sylvia letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1918 February 11123Grenfell, A. letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 August 101124Griffin, A. Watson letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 October 181125Hare, Richard Gilbert letters to Arthur Symons1937 August 11-1939 March 141126 through 128Haynes, Edmund Sidney Pollock letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 July 161129Heinemann, William letters to Arthur Symons1912 October 21 and 28, 1913 August 221130 through 132Heinemann, William letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1914 October 171133Hodge, Harold letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 June 21134Hordern, Mary Angela Mond Pearson postcard to Rhoda Bowser Symons1919 December 191135Hordern, Mary Angela Mond Pearson letter to Arthur Symons1939 January 131136Huneker, James Gibbons card to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 June 91137Huneker, Josephine letter to Arthur Symons1924 March 181138Hyslop, Theo Bulkeley letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1914 January 211139John, Augustus Edwin letters to Arthur Symons1908-1910, undated1140 through 155John, Augustus Edwin letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 December 221156John, Augustus Edwin letters to Arthur Symons1910 March 27-1927 May 521 through 18Keynes, Lydia Lopokova letters to Arthur Symons1918 October219 and 20Kyllman, Otto letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 August 11221Kyllman, Otto letter to Arthur Symons1928 April 18222La Tour, Mathilde Ruinard de Brimond letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 October 8-1909 July 24223 through 26Ledger, Walter Edwin letter to Arthur Symons1914 January 3227von Lützow, Anna postcard to Arthur Symons1899 October 9244von Lützow, Anna letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 November 21245von Lützow, Franz Heinrich Hieronymus Valentin postcards to Arthur Symons1898 July 17, 1914 April 15246 and 47von Lützow, Franz Heinrich Hieronymus Valentin letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 June 12248Marlowe, Julia letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 September 7-1913 July 19249 through 51Mathias, Ina letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 May 13252Melchett, Violet Florence Mabel Goetze Mond letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 October 16-1913 October 14253 through 58Mond, Frida Löwenthal letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 August 11-1918 October 29259 through 62Naidu, Sarojini Chattopadhyay letters to Arthur Symons1896 July 15-1914 October 20264 through 69Scope and Contents

Published inThe Calcutta Review,September 1969, pp. 137-146.

Noguchi, Yone letter to Arthur Symons1916 May 7270O'Dogherty, Faith Bowser telegram and postcards to Rhoda Bowser Symons1915 May 7-1921 November 5271 through 76O'Dogherty, Faith Bowser postcard to Arthur Symons1920 November 4277O'Dogherty, Francis Blake letters to Faith Bowser O'Dogherty1935 July 9-November 12278 through 81O'Neill, Rose letter to Rhoda Bowser Symonsundated282Pinero, Arthur Wing letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1917 January 4, June 30283 and 84Plank, George Wolfe letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 June 10285Primoli, Giuseppe postcards to Arthur Symonsundated286 and 87Prothero, Mary Frances Butcher letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 April 13288Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas letters to Arthur Symons1912 October 12, December 10289 and 90Rendall, Vernon Horace letter to Arthur Symons1915 January 19291Rhys, Edith letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 July 31292Rietti, Vittorio letters to Arthur Symons1938 April 20, May 26, November 6293 through 95Robertson, William Graham letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1913 March 5-November 11, 1929 December 28296 through 101Robertson, William Graham letter to Arthur Symons1929 December 282102Rodin, Auguste letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 June 19, 1914 May 82103 and 104Rodin, Auguste letter to Arthur Symons1909 July 122105Russell, Jame Samuel Risien letter to Charles Watkins1908 October 222106Scope and Contents

Discusses Arthur Symons' condition.

Russell, Jame Samuel Risien letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 November 3-1909 June 192107 through 109Scope and Contents

Discuss Arthur Symons' condition and treatment.

Rutherford, Hope Featherston Christmas card to Arthur Symons1941 December2110Scope and Contents

Wartime photostatic mail.

Sampson, John letter to Rhoda Bowser Syons1908 October 152111Sillars, Jesse N. letter to Arthur Symons1944 April 202112Simons, Hulda letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 April 1-1910 April 132113 through 117Summers, Montague letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1925 July 26, September 5; 1929 December 282118 through 120Sutherland, Millicent Fanny St. Clair-Erskine letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 June 152121Sutro, Alfred etter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1913 April 102122Swete, E. Lyall letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1915 December 292123Symons, Anna Martyn letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 June 202124Tchnolanova, Milla letter to Arthur Symons1931 November 152125Symons, Arthur letter to James Sullivan Starkey1908 March 82126Scope and Contents

Addressed to "Seumas O'Sullivan," Starkey's pseudonym.

Symons, Arthur letter requesting information concerning Thomas Hood1908 May 831Scope and Contents

No recipient specified.

Symons, Arthur letter to an editor1908 October 1032Symons, Arthur letters to Robert Atkinson1908 August 10, 1916 September 10, undated33 through 6Symons, Arthur note to Mrs. Baggundated37Symons, Arthur letter to Arthur H. Bullen190938Symons, Arthur letter to W. Morris Colles1906 October 639Symons, Arthur letter to Stella Conder1902 June 19310Symons, Arthur letter to Ferdnand Gregorius1909 March 29311Symons, Arthur letter to Edward Hutton1909312Symons, Arthur note to Selwyn Image1909313Symons, Arthur letter to Augustus John1910 February314Scope and Contents

The poems "Do you remember, Julia, how one day," "One night while the stars were shaken in the sky," and "Apparitions: XI, Delicious Passion" were originally enclosed. See Box 26, folders 8, 19, and 69.

Symons, Arthur letters to Vincent O'Sullivan1907 April 26, undated315 through 17Symons, Arthur letter to Albert Isaac Myers1925 May 12318Symons, Arthur letter to Lennox Robinson1930 September 18319Symons, Arthur letters to William Christian Symons1884 November 25-26-1889 July 1320 through 23Scope and Contents

Poem written on reverse of 1884 letter.

Symons, Mark Lancelot letter and postcard to Rhoda Bowser Symons1922 December 22, undated324 and 25Symons, Rhoda Bowser note to Agnes Tobin1909 July326Scope and Contents

Note to Tobin written in margin of poem by Arthur Symons, "The Land of Peace," copied by Rhoda Bowser Symons.

Symons, Rhoda Bowser letters to Faith Bowser O'Dogherty1919 October 9-1936 October 30327 through 55Symons, Rhoda Bowser letter to Isabel Bowser1919 October 9356Symons, William Christian letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 May 29357Terry, Ellen letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1907 July 4-circa 1917358 through 62Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 February 2-1924 December 4, undated363 through 123Thorowgood, Agnes Watts letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 December 63124Tobin, Agnes letters to Rhoda Bowser Symons1907 September 5-1910 March 2741 through 53Tobin, Agnes postcards to Arthur Symons1909 November 24, 1911 April 14, June 14454 through 56Trench, Herbert letter to Edith Sophy Balfour Lyttelton1909 June 24457Scope and Contents

About Arthur Symons' Cornish tragedy in verse.

Viereck, George Sylvester letter to Arthur Symons1914 May 22458Watkins, Charles letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 October 22459Watkins, Nona Bowser postcard to Arthur Symons1910 November 2460Watkins, Nona Bowser postcards to Rhoda Bowser Symons1910 October 30-1924 March 6461 through 76Watts, Philip letter to Rhoda Bowser Symons1908 November 5477Winstedt, E. O. letter to Arthur Symons1924 March 10480Yano, K. postcard to Rhoda Bowser Symons1928 January 30481Edmée, H. letters and postcards to Arthur and Rhoda Bowser Symons1924-1931482Postcards from various family members and friendscirca 1920s483Arthur Symons publishing correspondencecirca 1920s484Arthur and Rhoda Bowser Symons personal correspondencecirca 1910s485Envelope containing three clippings and a photographundated486Reprints of transcriptions of Arthur Symons' letters to George A. Macmillan and J. Dykes Campbell in the British Library, by Shinichi Miyazawacirca 1980s487Series II: Manuscripts1896-1927Clippingscirca 1920s261"Good-Night, Babette," by Austin Dobson, in Arthur Symons' handundated262Typescript of "The Nameless One," a poem by James Mangan, by Arthur Symonsundated263"The Ages," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 1909264Scope and Contents

Inscribed "A to R"

"Alas, Madam, have ye of me some care," by Algernon Charles Swinburne, in Arthur Symons' handundated265"Ali Baba to Rhoda Baba," poem by Arthur Symons1909 November 9266Aloysius Bertrand Gaspard de la Nuit, "Again Spring," poem translation by Arthur Symons1909 August 23267"Apparitions: XI Delicious Passion," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 1910268Related Materials

Originally enclosed with letter to Augustus John, 1910 February. Separated prior to July 2018. See Box 3, Folder 14.

"An Autumn song," poem by Arthur Symons1912 August 28269"A Ballad of Troy," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092610"Beauty enthroned," poem by Arthur Symons1910 April 192611Scope and Contents

Inscribed "To R."

"Beauty's sleep," poem by Arthur Symons1910 June 102612"The black cat," poem by Arthur Symons1909 June 132613"A broken dream," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092614"A carnival of birds," poem by Arthur Symons1911 March 222615"Casanova. Le Charivari," translation by Arthur Symonsundated2616"Chenier: Les saisons et les heures," and "Les chanteurs," poems by Arthur Symons1909 August 232617"Delilah to Samson," poem by Arthur Symons1909 June 242618"Do you remember, Julia, how one day," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19102619Related Materials

Originally enclosed with letter to Augustus John, 1910 February. Separated prior to July 2018. See Box 3, Folder 14.

"The Draught-Players," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092620"The eastern shore: a vision," poem by Arthur Symons1909 October 292621"Eros in the moon," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092622Scope and Contents

Copied in the hand of Rhoda Bowser Symons.

"Far from here," poem by Arthur Symons1914 June 252623Scope and Contents

With envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.

"Fête galante," poem by Arthur Symonsundated2624Scope and Contents

With envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.

"Flagon Bell," draft of a poem by Arthur Symons1912 July 52625"For Her," poem by Arthur Symons1909 December 52626Scope and Contents

With envelope.

"From Ronsard," poem by Arthur Symons1913 June 232627"From the Idolatrous Madonna," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092628From Les fleurs du mal of Charles Baudelaire, "Beauty," poem translated by Arthur Symonscirca 19092629"The Giant Rocks: Cornwall," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092630"Haschisch," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092631"Her cheeks are as white as curds," poem by Arthur Symons1909 June 182632"Her face," poem by Arthur Symons1910 March 282633Scope and Contents

With envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.

"I see a serpent seated on a throne," poem by Arthur Symons1910 June 252634"I would love to see you wandering," poem by Arthur Symons1912 March2635Scope and Contents

With many changes.

"Icosameron," quotations from Casanova's "Dedication to Count Walstein," manuscript by Arthur Symonsundated2636"Infamy," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092637Introduction [to the poetry of William Blake], draft essay with revisions by Arthur Symonsundated2638"Introduction to Oliver Twist," essay typescript by Arthur Symons19262639Scope and Contents

With letter enclosing essay and contract with Charles James Sawyer to publish essay.

Introduction [to the poetry of William Blake], essay carbon copy with revisions by Arthur Symonsundated2640"Jean Lorrain: Corps de Ballet: Salome," poem by Arthur Symons1912 August 182641"The jewels," poem by Arthur Symons1914 February 152642"A Justification of the Genius of Gustave Flaubert," essay by Arthur Symonscirca 1921 December2643Scope and Contents

With numerous revisions, deletions, and additions.

"The Last Return," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092644Scope and Contents

Inscribed "For Rhoda from Arthur"

"Leopardi: Dialogue of a vendor of almanacs and of a stranger," by Arthur Symons1914 April 12645"A limerick finished," poem by Arthur Symons1909 August2646Scope and Contents

Poem about Lady Gregory.

List of letters sent to Arthur Symons by well-known persons, in his handundated2647"Little Api…," poem by Arthur Symons19092648Scope and Contents

With a copy in the hand of Rhoda Bowser Symons.

"The little cow-girl," poem by Arthur Symons1909 June2649"A Little Song," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092650Aloysius Bertrand Gaspard de la Nuit, "The Cell," prose poem translation by Arthur Symonscirca 19092651"Love's breviary," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092652"A mad song in a serpent wood," poem by Arthur Symons1911 July 162653Scope and Contents

With an envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.

"Madrigal," poem by Arthur Symons1913 September 182654"Matika," poem by Arthur Symonsundated2655"Minuet and paradise," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092656"A mood in June," poem by Arthur Symons1910 June 132657"The mourning of women after the death of Adonis," poem by Arthur Symonsundated2658"Mundi Victims," poem section by Arthur Symons1896 February 4-102659Scope and Contents

First published inThe Savoyno. 8, December 1896, pp. 13-27; and printed in book form inAmoris Victima,London: Leonard Smithers, 1897.

"My love there is in you and me…" poem by Arthur Symons1909 May 62660"Night in May," poem by Arthur Symons1910 May 192661Scope and Contents

Inscribed "For Doë"

"Night in Venice," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092662Scope and Contents

Inscribed "For Rhoda"

"Nocturn," poem by Arthur Symons19092663Scope and Contents

Inscribed "For Rhoda"

Note on Dr. William Maginn (1793-1842), by Arthur Symonsundated2664Scope and Contents

Biographical note and Maginn's poem "The woman of the three cows"

"A Novel in Chapters," sketch for a novel about Muriel Broadbent, lover of Herbert Horne, by Arthur Symonsearly 1890s2665Scope and Contents

Published in an article by Alan P. Johnson, "Arthur Symons' 'Novel à la Goncourt," inJournal of Modern Literaturevol. 9, 1981/82.

"Old French songs" and "The White Rose-Tree," two poems by Arthur Symons1909 August2666Three paragraphs on Christopher Marlowe, by Arthur Symons1909 August 62667"On the heath," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092668"One night the stars were shaken in the sky," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19102669Related Materials

Originally enclosed with letter to Augustus John, 1910 February. Separated prior to July 2018. See Box 3, Folder 14.

"One song," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092670"Pallid Love," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092671Scope and Contents

Inscribed "For Rhoda-Baba"

"Pan and the Maenad," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092672Scope and Contents

Inscribed "To Rhoda"

"Pierrot," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092673The problem of Giorgione, by Arthur Symonscirca 19032674Scope and Contents

"Documents and bibliography" for Arthur Symons' unfinished book on Il Giorgione (circa 1477-1511).

Quatrains by Arthur Symonscirca 19092675"Query?," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092676"A Refrain," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092677"The rose of God," draft of a poem by Arthur Symons1909 December 82678"The roses," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092679"St. Patrick's hymn before Tara (from the Irish)," by Arthur Symonsundated2680Scenario for a mime, by Arthur Symonsundated2681"The serpent," poem by Arthur Symons1913 October 172682Scope and Contents

With envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.

"Setebos," poem by Arthur Symons1927 October 182683Scope and Contents

Poem about his cat, with many corrections in his hand.

"The She-Devil," limerick by Arthur Symonscirca 19092684"The shepherd," poem by Arthur Symons1909 November 162685"The smooth-lipped serpent," poem by Arthur Symons1913 November2686Scope and Contents

On a postcard addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.

"Some addressed to George Mathew," poem by Arthur Symons19092687"Song; for Cesar Borgia," poem by Arthur Symons1917 October 122688"A song for love," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092689"A song for old music," draft of poem by Arthur Symons1909 October 292690"A Song for Two" and "Rondeau to Rhoda," poems by Arthur Symonscirca 19092691"Song of birth 2," poem by Arthur Symons19142692"Song of love," poem by Arthur Symons1909 November 202693Scope and Contents

Inscribed "For Rhoda-Baba from Ali-Baba"

"Song of my gypsy," poem by Arthur Symons19092694"A song of nakedness," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092695Scope and Contents

With an envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.

"Song of old dances," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092696"Song of Slain Love," poem by Arthur Symons19092697"A song of Spain," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 19092698"A song of the fairy," poem by Arthur Symons1909 December 232699Scope and Contents

Inscribed "For and to Rhoda"

"Song of the ruined roses," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 190926100"A song without a name," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 190926101"The Spanish knight," poem by Arthur Symons1913 December 126102Studies in prose and verse (extract on George Borrow), by Arthur Symonsundated26103Scope and Contents

Written on the fly-leaf of his copy of Borrow'sThe Romany Rye,(London: John Murray, 1872) with Symons' notes on pp. 144, 150, 197, 215, 220, 230, and 236.

"Swinburne," a sequence of sonnets on the death of Robert Browning, by Arthur Symonsundated26104"There is a serpent in my veins…," poem by Arthur Symons1909 September 2126105"To a silver tea-cup (L… T…) by Lord R____.," poem by Arthur Symonsundated26106"Triple Roundel," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 190926107Scope and Contents

Inscribed "For Rhoda"

"Two ballets: I: The Gods in Exile: A Ballet," by Arthur Symonsundated26108 through 111"Two ballets: II: Chand d'habits," by Arthur Symonsundated26112"The two fairies," poem by Arthur Symons1909 May 726113"Two Impressions of the Russian Ballet," essay draft with revisions by Arthur Symonsundated26114"Two Love-Songs," poems by Arthur Symonscirca 190926115"The Two Pats," limerick by Arthur Symonscirca 190926116Scope and Contents

About Beatrice Stella Tanner Campbell (1865-1940).

"Violet delights," poem by Arthur Symons1921 December 3026117"Wantons," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 190926118"The watch," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 190926119"A welcome: for Rhoda," poem by Arthur Symons1909 September 826120Scope and Contents

With envelope

"When I am at leisure…" poem by Arthur Symons1909 July 526121Scope and Contents

Signed "M. D." with an envelope addressed to Rhoda Bowser Symons.

"When I lay awake…" poem by Arthur Symons190926122Scope and Contents

With a copy in the hand of Rhoda Bowser Symons.

"The World's Desire," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 190926123"A Wonderful Day: To Augustus John," poem by Arthur Symonscirca 190926124"Yes, may ecstatic me," poem-letter by Arthur Symons to Rhoda Bowser Symons1909 September 1326125Scope and Contents

With envelope.

"?," poem by Arthur Symons1909 November 2026126Scope and Contents

Inscribed "A to R"

Clippings and ephemera belonging to Rhoda Bowser Symonsundated26127Scope and Contents

9 items.

"The Four Arts," poem by Louis Napoleon Parker191426128Series III: Lucy Bowser Featherston correspondence1946-1973Featherston, Lucy Bowser letter and postcard to Rhoda Bowser Symons1901 January 29, 1909 July 23190Lhombreaud, Catherine letter to Lucy Bowser Featherston1952 August 28228Lloyd Evans, Gareth letters to Lucy Bowser Featherston1946 November 19-1952 September 5229 through 43Munro, John Murchison letter to Lucy Bowser Featherstonundated263Wilcox, James M. letters to Hope Featherston Rutherford1973 May 17, 25478 and 79