G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXVII E. Humorous biographies and cartoons concerning members of the Blogg family and their circle, abandoned at letter B; circa 1902. ff. i+9. 199 x 162mm.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXVIII A. The revised opening chapter of the story on which The Napoleon of Notting Hill was based (ff. 3-13), three stanzas of verse beginning "He rose through strange new skies alone" (f. 14), the opening of a philosophical work of which chapter 1 is entitled 'Th...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXVIII C. Short essay on Dickens's Bleak House, possibly a draft for Chesterton's Charles Dickens (f. 1), four draft stanzas of 'The wise men', published in full in The Daily Mail, 25 Dec. 1903 (ff. 3, 4, 5), sketches; circa 1903. ff. ii+16. 202 x 163mm.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXVIII G. Fragments of a play set in the desert, later entitled 'The strongest man in the world' (see also Add. 73354 A) (ff. 7v-8) and of a story set at sea (ff. 11v-13v, 29-28v vol. rev.), sketches; circa 1905. Text commences at both ends. ff. i+30. 223 x 177mm.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXIX A. Dramatis personae and opening of a play 'The strongest man in the world' (see also Add. 73353 G) (ff. 2-3), notes of a Parliamentary debate on Irish home rule (f. 26), on humility (f. 46v vol. rev.), on Thomas Carlyle (f. 49v vol. rev.), and on paganism (f....
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXIX C. Chapter headings, a few notes and sketches for The Man Who Was Thursday, other sketches and jottings; circa 1905. See also Add. 73354 B. ff. ii+51. 228 x 182mm.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXX A. Earlier sketches, with a note on marriage (f. 5), and a draft of part of chapter 1 of 'The ball and the cross' (published in The Commonwealth, vol. 10, no. 3 - vol. 11, no. 11 (March 1905 - Nov. 1906); see also Add. 73327 A) (f. 25); circa 1905. ff. ii+35. ...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXXIV A. Notebook bearing the title 'The ecstatic thief'; circa 1928. Includes notes and part of the script for a play, of which other extracts, entitled 'The ages are passing' are published in C.W., vol. 11, pp. 341-343, and further extracts are to be found in Add...