G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLV B. Sketches, with an untitled fragment of 'A fantastic tale' (see references at Add. 73336 D) and a list of titles of poems (f. 1); circa 1896. ff. i+12. 227 x 180mm.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLVII B. Draft letter to a periodical concerning a review by Frank Frankfort Moore of a work on Samuel Johnson, sketches; circa 1897. ff. 7. 201 x 163mm.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLVII C. Eleven stanzas from the 'World lover' sequence of poems (see references at Add. 73338 C) (ff. 50v-47v vol. rev.), initial drafts of four chapters from which The Napoleon of Notting Hill was developed, sketches; circa 1897 - circa 1902. For later versions of...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLVII E. Contents list and fragments of 'The face of brass' (of which the completed text is in Add. 73341 C) (ff. 3v-9 passim), the opening three lines of 'A defence of penny dreadfuls' (see also at Add. 73347 B) (f. 3), and two stanzas of poems in the 'World lover'...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLIX B. Seven caricatures of members of the I.D.K. Club, with other sketches; circa 1898. The I.D.K. [i.e. I Don't Know] Club was a group of friends of Chesterton and the Blogg family living in Bedford Park, London. The caricatures include one of Gertrude Blogg "dri...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXII A. Sketches, list of poems with periodicals to which they were submitted (f. 13v vol. rev.), chapter headings for 'Life of everybody' (including: Ego, Crazy tale, Round the world, Child St, Sky thief) (f. 5), list of headings for 'The folly of the world' (f. 6...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXII D. Sketches, with part of a review of E. Dowden, Puritan and Anglican (published in The Speaker, vol. 3, no. 63 (15 Dec. 1900), pp. 301-302) (f. 30v), notes on J. M. Barrie (f. 29), and the opening of 'Professor Quakker's story of the purple grass' (f. 28v vol...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXII E. Sketches, with poem 'A nightmare' (f. 10); circa 1900. The last line of 'A nightmare' is also that of 'Humanity' and 'Inscription in "Poems and Ballads"', see Add. 73305 A, ff. 3-4, 105, 114-116. ff. ii+14. 226 x 180mm.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXVII A. Sketches, fragment of a verse play set in Egypt (ff. 5-10, 39v-35v, 42v-41v vol. rev.); circa 1902. Text and sketches commence from both ends. The play about the Sultan of Egypt published as 'The Secret Garden of the Sultan of Egypt' in The G. K. Chesterto...
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.