Darwin.- Sidney (Edwin, Rev., Vicar of Little Cornard, near Sudbury, Suffolk, amateur scientist, author of The Life of the Rev. Rowland, sermons etc., 1798-1872) 7 Autograph manuscript poems addressed to Lady Cullum of Hardwick House, Bury St Edmunds, signed or initialled and referring to himself as "Her Laureate", including an unpublished poem referencing Darwin and descent from monkeys, together 22pp., Little Cornard, 1871-72, "Last Summer Darwin voted bold/And all his readers plainly told/That be they nobles, squires, or flunkeys/They doubtless all descend from monkeys", found in an album of letters and poems addressed to Lady Cullum, c. 115 pp. excluding blanks, including: "Hardwick" signed Y, [J.G. Youngman], printed poem, 1858; 3 pen and ink drawings featuring Amy Cullum etc., silk endpapers, original morocco album, gilt, brass clasp, corners rubbed, g.e., 4to, 1836-72. ⁂ Unpublished poems.
Darwin.- Sidney (Edwin, Rev., Vicar of Little Cornard, near Sudbury, Suffolk, amateur scientist, author of The Life of the Rev. Rowland, sermons etc., 1798-1872) 7 Autograph manuscript poems addressed to Lady Cullum of Hardwick House, Bury St Edmunds, signed or initialled and referring to himself as "Her Laureate", including an unpublished poem referencing Darwin and descent from monkeys, together 22pp., Little Cornard, 1871-72, "Last Summer Darwin voted bold/And all his readers plainly told/That be they nobles, squires, or flunkeys/They doubtless all descend from monkeys", found in an album of letters and poems addressed to Lady Cullum, c. 115 pp. excluding blanks, including: "Hardwick" signed Y, [J.G. Youngman], printed poem, 1858; 3 pen and ink drawings featuring Amy Cullum etc., silk endpapers, original morocco album, gilt, brass clasp, corners rubbed, g.e., 4to, 1836-72. ⁂ Unpublished poems.
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