G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXLVI B. Sketches, a fragmentary poem (ff. 10-10v) and contents pages for a series of stories; circa 1894. ff. i+43. 200 x 158mm.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXLVI C. 'The legend of Sir Edmund'; circa 1894. A short illustrated fantasy based on E. C. Bentley's friendship with the Vivian sisters. Most of the volume is blank. ff. iii+11. 252 x 200mm.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXLVII A. An outline, two incomplete drafts and a fair copy of a story 'Consistency'; circa 1894. The notebook also includes a list of titles of projected stories, the chapter headings and opening lines of two versions of 'A field full of children' (ff. 4v-6, 11) an...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXLVII C. Fragment of prose describing a lamp post (f. 10), specimen signatures, sketches; circa 1894. The essay on the lamp post formed a basis for the story 'Earthquake Esq.' (see references at Add. 73336 F). ff. i+15. 202 x 164mm.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXLVIII A. Draft and fair copy, with corrections, of 'A traveller's tale' (see references at Add. 73336 D) (ff. 2-25), short essay 'The angel' (f. 29v), contents pages for a series of stories which evolved as 'The human club', 'The man with two legs' and 'The club o...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CL B. Drafts of chapters 1, 3 and 5 of a story 'Harvest: an age of fulfilment' (passim), draft of a poem beginning "Mid the long Uffizi's crowns & scrolls" (f. 27v), sketches; circa 1895. ff. ii+36. 232 x 167mm.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLI A. Fragments of a story 'The house of stars'; circa 1895. 'The house of stars' was later revised as 'Apotheosis' (see references at Add. 73340 D). The volume also includes sketches and what appears to be the outline for a play, possibly for the toy theatre, on t...