[The Spenser Society, Manchester.] Autograph notes by John Leigh, first Medical Officer of Health for the City of Manchester, of 'Works by John Taylor not yet issued by the Spenser Society' and 'George Wither | Works to be printed | June 1876'.

6pp., foolscap 8vo. In fair condition, on aged paper, with slight damp damage to one corner. The section on Taylor covers the first two pages, with the first page is headed 'Works of John Taylor not yet issued by the Spenser Society | The numbers on the left hand are those in Hazlitts Handbook under the head of Taylor. The numbers on the right hand are those of the number of leaves in each work to which the left hand number refers.' No titles are given, only the number in Hazlitt. The rest of the document is devoted to Wither, this time with titles given. The first of three lists, on p.3, is headed: 'George Wither | Works to be printed | June 1876. | No. of leaves given in Hazlitt.' And the second list, on p.4, is headed: 'George Wither | Other Works - No of Leaves not given.' The third and last list, on pp.5-6, is headed 'George Wither | Works already printed by the Spenser Society | February 1873.' Also included are two other documents, both on letterheads of the Officer of Health, Town Hall, Manchester. The first (1p., 4to), in Leigh's hand, is a fragment of an essay on Lancashire ballads; the second (2pp., foolscap 8vo), is a copy of a letter to 'Dear Sir Joseph', 'on the origin of the word Guild or more correctly Gild - on the nature of Guilds and on the appropriate use of the term Guildhall to the noble structure recently erected by the Corporation of the City of Manchester'. Both of these additional items are in fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with slight wear to the head of the 'Guild' letter.