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Paperback. Zustand: Good Only. None (illustrator). A very scarce collection of letters in which the Manchester Literary Club discuss Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem 'To a Skylark'. An association copy. In this very scarce collection of letters published by the Manchester Literary Club, the members discuss Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem, 'Ode to a Skylark'. An association copy, given to the poet Richard Garnett by the president of the Club, John Howard Nodal. Founded in 1862, The Manchester Literary Club aimed to provide a means of education and recreation by reading papers aloud. Comprised of men from various backgrounds, the club offered the opportunity for those in Manchester and its surrounding areas to meet, hear literary papers read, enjoy trips to places of interest, and share meals together. The volume is a republication of correspondences that were originally printed in the columns of the Manchester City News. The letters continue a discussion of Shelley's 'Ode to a Skylark' that was prompted at the close of one of the club's meals. The present copy was a gift from John Howard Nodal, who was president of the Manchester Literary Club from 1873-1879. The journalist was editor of the Manchester City News for thirty three years, and became the recognised organ of literary and scientific societies in Lancashire. The Literary club also began publishing annual papers under his leadership, and he himself contributed several articles on linguistics and dialect. The present copy was given to the scholar and poet Richard Garnett. Garnett discovered and edited some unpublished poems by Shelley, and edited the republication of the collection in 1898. The nineteenth century writer also translated numerous volumes of Greek, German, Italian, and Portuguese verse, along with biographies of Thomas Carlyle, John Milton, and William Blake. The ink inscription to the front cover reads, 'Richard Garnett Esq, From J. H Nodal'. In the publisher's original grey paper warps. Externally, sound. The wraps are rather grubby and lightly spotted. The majority of the wrap has been lost to the spine, but remains at the two staple points. The front and rear hinges are very tender as a result. Internally, the binding is generally firm. Pages are lightly foxed throughout. Good Only. book.