A 5-pence British postage stamp issued in 1887 for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee and used until the end of the century (Wikimedia Commons). George Moore placed stamps like this on his letters from Sussex in the 1880s and London in the 1890s. There were similar designs and denominations for different letter weights, sizes and distances of delivery. Most of his letters were handwritten on one sheet folded in half to form four pages; or typewritten on one sheet to form two pages front and back. His letters survive mostly without envelopes.
Approximately 6,000 handwritten, typed, and printed letters of George Moore are extant. My curated transcriptions of primary source materials are grouped by decade, then by year, then listed chronologically.
My census of previously published letters follows the curated letters. I update the census as curation brings more information to light.
Curated Letters
Use this menu to open curated letters of George Moore. Each is listed individually and is published whole on a unique web page.
Letters 1890s
Letters 1900s
Letters 1902
Letters 1903
Letters 1904
Letters 1905
Letters 1906
Letters 1907
Letters 1908
Letters 1909
Letters 1910s
Letters 1920s
Letters 1930s
Census of Previously Published Letters
Use this menu to open a census of letters written by George Moore, curated by others, and published elsewhere. The census contains metadata harvested from those publications but not transcriptions, other than opening words. It is updated continuously.
The census is a tool for curators and scholars rather than general readers. I use it to check my work on GMi. Others can use it to find data that are not reproduced here. They can also post comments for me and the community.
Published Letters Census (PLC) — master list of publications containing letters and other primary source materials of George Moore. Checkboxes indicate verification status.
Notable Collections
Each notable collection in the PLC has its own spreadsheet with further details. Checkboxes indicate verification status.
Letters to the Editor (LTE) — George Moore’s collected letters to the editors of various periodicals.
Letters from George Moore to Ed. Dujardin 1886-1922 (1929)
The Life of George Moore (1936)
Letters of George Moore (1942)
G.M. Memories of George Moore (1956)
George Moore Letters to Lady Cunard 1895-1933 (1957)
George Moore et la France (1957)
The Letters of George Moore to Edmund Gosse, W.B. Yeats, R.I. Best, Miss Nancy Cunard, and Mrs. Mary Hutchinson (1958)
George Moore l’Homme et l’Oeuvre 1852-1933 (1966)
George Moore in Transition Letters to T. Fisher Unwin and Lena Milman, 1894-1910 (1968)
George Moore’s Correspondence with the Mysterious Countess (1984)
George Moore On Parnassus (1988)
Uncounted Letters
The letters of George Moore is an ongoing project with no end in sight. Though many letters have been found and published, many others are still lurking in public and private collections.
If you own, know the whereabouts of, or have clues to letters I overlooked, please email me with details.
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