Scope and Contents

The Roden Noel Papers consists of a collection of autograph material by Noel, his mother, and his son.

Description A notebook, 8vo, containing Roden Noel's autograph manuscript of a "Diary of a Tour in the East, 1858-9." This volume of approximately 260 closely written pages, tells the story, in diary and narrative form, of the "Grand Tour" undertaken by Noel after gaining his degree at Cambridge. John Addington, Symonds, in his introduction to a selection of Noel's poetry in A.H. Miles' "the Poets and Poetry of the Century" stresses the significance of this experience for Noel: "He spent two years alone...

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Passport, issued in 1863 for "The Honorable Roden Noel (British Subject accompanied by his wife, travelling on the Continent with a maid servant," bearing various visa stamps and signed by Noel. Preserved in a contemporary leather case, stamped with the bearer's name.

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Two notebooks, each of approximately 200 pages., containing Roden Noel's son's (Conrad) autograph notes for lectures on "Tennyson 'The Nature of Comedy'" and "Robert Buchanan." Loosely inserted are various cuttings, additional notes, etc.