Identity area
Reference code
Butler/Section 2 (II)/1/1/12.2
Unique identifier
GB 275 Butler/Section 2 (II)/1/1/12.2
Title
'Translation from an unpublished work of Herodotus'
Date(s)
- 1854–1858 (Circa) (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 sheet paper
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Repository
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscript, in the hand of Samuel Butler, of a satirical account of the practices of the Boat Club of St John's College, Cambridge, beginning: 'And the Johnians practise their tub in the following manner...'. [The text of the manuscript was reprinted in the Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler, Vol. I (1923), pp.27-8.]