Correspondence, comprising approximately 50 letters, sent to Lady Theresa Lewis, in relation to the publication of her celebrated book The Lives of the Friends and Contemporaries of Lord Chancellor Clarendon: Illustrative of the Portraits in his Gallery (1852), from Henry Taylor ("They are three goodly volumes to look at... I will put on my spectacles some evening soon and see what you have been about..."), George Grote ("I shall appreciate it... as a proof of the self acting power of feminine intellect and industry. Lord Falkland & Lord Capell which is a period of history... more interesting than any other in our English annals... [you are] a Plutarch to these distinguished names"), Francis Palgrave, E.H. Parker, 2nd Earl Morley ("The book has this moment arrived! I tore open the paper parcel with childish anticipation... three nice fat volumes with a capital print wch. wont tire my old eyes...", J.W. Butt ("... [you are a ] writer not only of high standing amongst female authors - but a claim to rank with the best authors and writers of her age an country...."), Gilbert F. Lewis ("... I look forward with great pleasure then [after finishing his reading] an attack on your Vol. 1. Villiers has managed the illustrations very well... [all] a fastidious man can find fault with is Murray's raspberry ice-coloured binding, which is not very attractive..."), Mary Berry (23 Jan 1852, in envelope, excusing herself for not writing earlier due to her, and her sister's bad health), Gustav Friedrich Waagen ("I have been satisfied by it a high degree... facts new to me of that important period period in the history of England... also charmed by the manner you did deliver those facts", Harriet Morley ("Morley & Fanny take it by turns to read it out... every evening - as far as we have gone we are delighted... if you were a mouse in the corner & overheard our remarks you would not be offended..."), Robert Lemon (recognising "the amount of real bona fide editorial labor which you have bestowed upon this work", thanking Theresa for mentioning him in the preface "in conjunction with Mr. Greville's name", and regretting that she had not inscribed his copy), Harriet Grote, née Lewin ("I was seduced into reading Lord Falkland for 3 hours yester evening, & I found it very agreeable. The frontispieces I must confess appal me, by their originality!", A.G. Stapleton, Robert Ferguson, Thomas Phillipps (April 1851, regarding reading the book in manuscript, and suggesting sources), Philip Crampton, and others, together upwards of 200 letters, old folds, mostly 8vo; a manuscript sheet headed "Copies to be sent" listing 33 names ("Miss Berry", "Sir F. Palgrave", "Mr. Lemon", and others including in the correspondence); and approximately 14 autograph letters written to Lady Lewis, relating to Extracts from the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry, from the year 1783 to 1852 which she edited, and was published by Longman in 1865, including nine from her publisher Thomas Longman discussing the manuscript, editing, release date etc, and one from rival publisher Richard Bentley; and small bundle of other letters, mostly 8vo (Collection)