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. CLXVIII F. Draft of part of chapter two of 'The Napoleon of Notting Hill', with sketches; circa 1904. See references at Add. 73245 A-E. ff. i+31. 202 x 162mm.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXVIII B. Fragment of a story (ff. 1-2), draft letter to Robert Blatchford on Adam (published in The Clarion, no. 612 (28 March 1903), p. 283) (ff. 4-9); circa 1903. ff. 11. 202 x 157mm. includes: ff. 4-9 Robert Peel Glanville Blatchford, socialist and journal...