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181. Add MS 73342 A

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLVII A. Fair copy of three chapters of an unnamed tale (ff. 1-19), fragmentary poems and a play (ff. 33v-32v vol. rev.), sketches; circa 1897. The chapters of the story are entitled: 1. The snailboy, 2. The adventure of the blue devil, 3. The secret of Mark West On...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1897
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1 item

182. Add MS 73342 D

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLVII D. Essay on humour in Christianity (ff. 3-16v), rhyme on the I.D.K. Club (f. 24) and other short notes and sketches; circa 1898. Text commences at both ends. ff. i+29. 201 x 163mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1898
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1 item

183. Add MS 73343 B

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLVIII B. Fair copy of chapter 1 and the opening of chapter 2 of an uncompleted story 'My uncle the professor' (chapter 1 published in C.W., vol. 14, pp. 646-655); circa 1898. ff. ii+33. 200 x 160mm.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1898
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1 item

184. Add MS 73344 A

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLIX A. Fair copy with pencil notes of 'The meaning of Mr Gladstone' (ff. 4v-7), of the opening of a play 'A shipwreck off Fairyland' (see references at Add. 73338 E) (ff. 21v-17v vol. rev.), and of the opening of 'Chapter 1 [of 'The man with two legs'] The seven ep...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1898
Extent:
1 item

185. Add MS 73346 E

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXI E. Two fair copies of the poem 'The old men sing', later incorporated in the unfinished play 'Shipwrecked off Fairyland' (see references at Add. 73338 E) (ff. 21-24v), fair copy of the opening of a story 'A horse with four legs' (published in C.W., vol. 14, p. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1899
Extent:
1 item

186. Add MS 73347 C

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXII C. Notes on three pictures in the Royal Academy summer exhibition of 1900 (ff. 2-5), chapter headings for 'A playground of philosophers' (ff. 8-11), lists of electoral districts of the County of London (ff. 13v-14, 15v); 1900. ff. 15. 205 x 162mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

187. Add MS 73353 F

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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

188. Add MS 73354 B

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXIX B. Fair copy of uncompleted story 'The appaling [sic] five' (published in C.W., vol. 14, pp. 695-704); circa 1905. In the hand of Frances Chesterton, who appears in the story under the name of Rosemary Sinclair. A forerunner of the novel The Man Who Was Thursd...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1905
Extent:
1 item

189. Add MS 73354 D

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXIX D. Notes and observations (some published in The Tablet, vol. 201, no. 5889 (4 April 1953), pp. 270-271), sketches; circa 1905. ff. ii+13. 218 x 277mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1905
Extent:
1 item

190. Add MS 73355 C

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXX C. Draft of chapter six of 'Charles Dickens' (see references at Add. 73248 A, B) (ff. 2-3), three stanzas of a poem beginning "All the tame rich; the reason & the treason" (ff. 11v-12), draft of two stanzas of 'The ballad of the white horse' (see also Add. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901-1916
Extent:
1 item