Bettany, G. T. The Life of Charles Darwin. (Great Writers.) London, 1887.
Bible, The Holy. Oxford, 1836.
Inscribed “Samuel Butler, from his affectionate Godmother and Aunt Anna Worsley, September 13th, 1836.” So that he was not christened till he was more than nine months old, and he used to say that this delay was a risky business, because during all those months the devil had the run of him. He imitated the inscription in this Bible for the inscription in the christening Bible which Ernest spurns from him when he is about to undertake the conversion of Miss Maitland in chapter lx. of The Way of All Flesh. But he imitated it too closely for he wrote, “It was the Bible given him at his christening by his affectionate Godmother and Aunt, Elizabeth Allaby.” Whereas Ernest only had one godmother, and she was Alethea, the sister of Theobald. Anna Worsley was a sister of Butler’s mother, and Elizabeth Allaby was a sister of Ernest’s mother.
Bible. New Testament in Greek. Oxford, 1851.
Two copies, with very numerous MS. notes by Butler. Given to St. John’s College some years ago.
Bordiga, Gaudenzio. Notizie intorno alle opere di Gaudenzio Ferrari. Milano, 1821.
Used by Butler in writing Ex Voto.
Boswell, James. Croker’s Boswell’s Johnson. New edition. London, 1860.
Pencil marks by Butler.
Bridges, Robert. Poetical Works of Robert Bridges. 2 vols. London, 1898.