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Opinion. Comments on the British Library's acquisition of the John Evelyn archive. Description of the archive; Background information on Evelyn's works.

Focuses on the plans of the British Library Board to dispose of the contents of its Newspaper Library. Historical information regarding the reason the newspapers were donated; Attempts to preserve the papers; Effect that the microfilming process would have on the papers, which date from the late 1800s.

Discusses the Abinger Collection, which is comprised of the last collection of the papers of the Godwin and Shelley families in private hands. Efforts of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, to purchase the collection; Its contents, which include important papers related to Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin; Importaqnce of this collection for research in early feminist studies,intellectual history and Romanic literature and thought.

The article examines manuscript notes in a portfolio of loose sheets of paper in Edinburgh University Library in Scotland which shows a glimpse of the life of English poet, playwright and actor William Shakespeare and his circle. Topics discussed include notes about the Southwark and Hackney boroughs in London, England, the use of the Tabard inn by Shakespeare's group as their headquarters and the great Southwark fire of 1676 which burned down the Tabard.

The author comments on an unpublished manuscript by English novelist D. H. Lawrence which has been discovered among writer John Middleton Murry's papers. According to the author, the manuscript reflects Lawrence's stance against any form of sexism. He says the manuscript was written by Lawrence in London, England during the 1923-24 period. Information on Lawrence's involvement in Murry's journal "Adelphi" is given, as well as Lawrence's reaction to an article titled "The Ugliness of Women."

Reports on "Back to Bloomsbury," the fourteenth annual international Virginia Woolf conference held at London's Institute of English Studies June 23 to 26, 2004. Presentation of 160 papers on Woolf-related subjects; Opportunity to hear Cecil Woolf talk about his aunt and uncle; Highlights of the conference; Dance adaptation of "Orlando"; Unveiling of a memorial in Tavistock Square.

Discusses items which will be included in an auction at Sotheby's auction house by author Lewis Carroll. Photographs, books, papers and personal effects of Alice Liddell and her family; Details of items for sale.

Reports on a series of papers from the Senior family at Sotheby's English Literature and History sale on December 19, 2000. Description of Nassau William Senior, political economist and social reformer, who was a friend of Malthus and John Stuart Mill; Description of lots that relate to Jane Elizabeth Senior, Nassau's daughter-in-law and sister of novelist Thomas Hughes.

Presents information on the `Lancastrian Shakespeare' conference in Lancaster, England in July of 1999. The author's indecision of whether or not to attend; Speakers included; His opinion of the papers presented; Brief explanation of the theory that places William Shakespeare in Lancaster under the name `Shakeshafte,' and makes connections with Hoghton Tower.

Presents information on literature and publishing in Great Britain for June 25, 1999. Collections of letters written by Graham Greene and E.M. Forster for sale at Sotheby's auction; Other papers at the sale; Marketing for the `Granta,' journal; 45th anniversary of the `Paris Review'; Other information.

Discusses the content of the English Department of National Heritage document `Reading the Future: A review of public libraries in England,' and the Arts Council of England document `Green Paper on Poetry.'

Focuses on the appearance of the Fairhurst Papers at Sotheby's English Literature and History sale on December 16 and 17. Authors of the documents; The Clerk to the Council, Robert Beale's letter.