| Description | Autograph book containing signatures of William Wordsworth, Charles Dickens, James Henry Leigh Hunt, Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, and others, also including a verse of Robert Browning in his own hand, a sketch by David Roberts and his autograph, and other inscriptions and sketches. Dated 1842 on the inner front flyleaf, with Mary Talfourd's signature. |
| AdminHistory | Born, 1828; daughter of the author and judge Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854), who was acquainted with Browning, Dickens, Leigh Hunt, Wordsworth and other writers, and his wife Rachel; married William Wreford Mayor (1829-1889), a coffee broker in London, 1856; the couple lived at Putney; five daughters and one son; died, 1901. |
| CustodialHistory | Part of the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), linguistic psychologist, founder of the Orthological Institute and originator of the language system Basic English, whose interests in language systems are reflected in the subject matter of his collection, which comprised individual manuscripts and manuscript collections dating from the 14th to the 20th century. |