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Printed articles and letters on Greece

Department Archive
Collection George Finlay Papers
Reference No. FIN/GF/E/38
Level Item
Dimensions 21 X 28 cm
Dates 5 February 1828 - 5 September 1868
Donor/Creator Finlay, George
Scope and Content Mottle bands, maroon calf (cracked) spine and corner tips, gold lettering on spine 'Greek Papers G.F.', paginated pp. 1-303, George Finlay's printed articles and letters pasted up (with some handwritten addenda and corrigenda), with some loose cuttings (mainly on modern Greece).
(1) 'Greece', the Scotsman, 14 May 1828, unsigned letter from Egina, 5 February 1828, pasted on inside cover.
(2) 'The new government in Greece', the Scotsman, 1 November 1828, letter from Egina, 27 August 1828, signed 'F.'.
(3) 'An important section of the Eastern Question', paper not cited, signed 'Phylax'.
(4) 'Affairs of Greece in 1827', paper not cited, article based on report sent by George Finlay.
(5) 'An Adventure during the Greek Revolution', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 52, no. 325 (November 1842), 668-73.
(6) 'Foreign Correspondence. Archaeological Researches in Greece, July 1843', The Athenaeum, 5 August 1843, signed George Finlay.
(7) Letter from Lord Aberdeen to George Finlay of 10 June 1843 declining to become a patron of the proposed archaeological society but stating that in the event of its formation he would be happy to be a member.
(8) Handwritten draft of the constitution of the proposed Archaeological Society, 25 August 1843, signed W. M. Leake, C. H. Bracebridge, G. Finlay.
(9) 'The Bankruptcy of the Greek Kingdom', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 54, no. 335 (September 1843), 345-62.
(10) Letter to the Athenians (in Greek) by George Finlay (printed), Athens, 1844.
(11) 'Michael Kalliphournas', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 55, no. 344 (June, 1844), 725-30.
(12) 'The Actual Condition of the Greek State', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 55, no. 344 (June 1844), 785-96.
(13) 'Biographical Sketch of Frank Abney Hastings', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 58, no. 360 (October 1845), 496-520. (14) 'The Indian Overland Route', Morning Herald, 26 December 1846. Unsigned article, from pamphlet 'On the Communication between Europe and India through Egypt'.
(15) Loose cutting from Morning Herald, 2 August (on Mr. MacGregor's candidature as M.P. for Banbury, year not given, ?1847).
(16) 'Belisarius-was he blind?' (with addenda and corrigenda in George Finlay's hand), Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 61,. no. 379 (May 1847), 606-21. [Unsigned but dated by George Finlay 'Athens, 20 March 1847'.]
(17) 'Crossing the Desert', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 62, no. 381 July 1847)
(18) 'Three Months at Gaza', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 62, no. 383 (September 1847)
(19) On the Site of the Holy Sepulchre by G. Finlay (rs. 6d.). Notice only, pamphlet not here. See FIN/GF/C/17, p. 27.
(20) 'The Political Condition and Prospects of Greece', Massachusetts Quarterly Review (Boston), December 1847, no. 1, 63-96, unsigned.
(21) Two printed letters (= 178a) inserted loose between pp. 178 and 179
(i) Thos. Wyse, Queen, Salamis Bay, to Palmerston, 18 March 1850
(ii) Mr. Finlay to Mr. Wyse, Athens, 15 March 1850 (on George Finlay's claims).
(sheet loose)
(22) 'The Greek Question-Mr. Finlay' (? The Scotsman), signed George Finlay, Athens, 28 March 1850 (on George Finlay's claims).
(23) 'Greece Again', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 67, no. 416 (May 1850), 526-39.
(24) Poem 'The Modern Argonauts', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 67, no. 416 (May 1850), 539-41 [on the Don Pacifico Affair].
(25) Greek translation of item (23) dated Athens 12 August 1850 and printed in Ἐφημερìς τοῦ Λαοῦ.
(26) 'Foreign Correspondence', The Athenaeum, 2 August 1851, signed George Finlay [on alleged discovery of ancient Greek manuscripts].
(27) Ἀθῆναι, 1 February 1852 [in Greek on Fallmerayer's views].
(28) The Witness, Edinburgh, 23 June 1852, p. 202. 'American Missionaries in Greece', a letter signed George Finlay, Athens, 7 June 1852 [on Hill and his condemnation for his religious teaching in his own house August 1851] with an English translation of letter from Greek lawyers supporting Hill.
(29) Cuttings from Southport Visitor, 10 February 1854, referring to Finlay's frequent visits and his mother and two half-brothers 'Mr. Walter McGregor the great iron founder of Liverpool and Mr. J. McGregor the railway magnate and member of Parliament. Their mother is a resident of Southport'.
(30) The Times, 20 July 1853, 'Passports in the Mediterranean' letter signed George Finlay, Athens, 7 July 1853.
(31) The Times, 14 April 1853, 'The Taxes on Knowledge', speech in the Commons by Mr. MacGregor.
(32) 'A Glance at Turkish History', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 75, no. 460 (February 1854), 184-92.
(33) 'King Otto and his Classic Kingdom', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 76, no. 468 (October 1854)
(34) 'Turkey and its Population', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 76, no. 469 (November 1854).
(35) 'The Euthanasia of the Ottoman Empire', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 89, no. 547 (May 1861).
(sheet loose)
(36) Spectator, 8 November 1856. Letter to the Editor, Athens, 28 October 1856, signed George Finlay, headed 'Justice to Greece' answering a letter 'Two Sides to a Greek Story' by Phil-Alethes (pasted up here), Athens, 27 September 1856.
(37) Spectator, letter headed 'Greece', signed George Finlay, dated Athens 29 December 1856, commenting on observation made in the Spectator, 13 December 1856, and stressing need for supremacy oflaw in Greece. p. 216 [+handwritten draft of letter from George Finlay (loose) to Editor of the Spectator].
(38) Evening Star, London, 8 January 1858, 'The Future Government of India', unsigned, Athens, 19 December 1857.
(39) Saturday Review, 3 May 1862, unsigned, 'The State of Greece', 8 ['sent 25 April 1862' in George Finlay's hand].
(40) Athenaeum, 17 May 1862, 'Discoveries at Athens', dated Athens, 25 April 1862, signed George Finlay.
(41) Note in George Finlay's hand 'There is an account of the revolution of the 22nd Octr 1862 which dethroned King Otto written by me in the Saturday Review of 8 Novr 1862 page 567 and 15 November 1862 page 597. That of 8 Novr is entitled "The Revolution in Greece", that of 15th Novr "Affairs in Greece"'.
(42) Daily News, 6 January 1863, article signed George Finlay 'Obstacles to the Progress of Greece'.
(43) Note in George Finlay's hand 'There is an account of the civil war at Athens on the night of the 30 June and on the 2 July 1863 in the Saturday Review written by me. It is entitled "Civil war in Greece" and is in the Number of 25 July 1863, p. 115'.
(44) 'The Fall of King Otto', Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 94, no. 577 (November 1863), [See p. 587, note t, where he lists his earlier articles in Blackwood's.]
(45) December 1863, pp. 1-22, 'The Prospects of George I, King of the Greeks' with loose sheets of corrigenda.
(46) The Times 12 May 1864, 'The Kingdom of Greece' (from our own correspondent), dated Athens, 29 April.
(47) [The Times], 'The Kingdom of Greece' (from our own correspondent) dated Athens 6 May [no date of publication; published 17 May].
(48) 'Greece' (from our own correspondent) dated Athens, 22 September. The Times, 29 September 1864.
(49) [The Times], 'Greece' (from our own correspondent) dated Athens, 13 October 1864 ('October 22' inserted in George Finlay's hand).
(50) Article by E. A. Freeman in the Saturday Review, 29 October 1864 [note in George Finlay's hand], 'The New Greek Constitution'.
(51 ) The Times, 7 December I864, 'The Kingdom of Greece' (from our own correspondent), Athens, 1 December.
(52) The Times, 26 December I864, 'Greece' (from our own correspondent), Athens, 15 December.
(53) Loose cutting from The Times, 5 September 1868
(a) article on Crete and Cretan insurrection
(b) article 'Turkey and Greece' (from a correspondent, with 'G.F.' added in George Finlay's hand) on Cretan revolt and affairs in Greece.