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351. Add MS 73331 C

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Add MS 73331 C
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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1894
Extent:
1 item

352. Add MS 73333 A

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Add MS 73333 A
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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1889-1901
Extent:
1 item

353. Add MS 73335 B

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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1895
Extent:
1 item

354. Add MS 73336 A

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Add MS 73336 A
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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1895
Extent:
1 item

355. Add MS 73336 E

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Add MS 73336 E
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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLI E. Poems from the 'World lover' sequence and other short poems, a draft letter on 'The Bible and the stage' (ff. 9-11v), sketches; circa 1895. Other poems include 'The average' (f. 4), 'The vision of crystal' (f. 5), 'Le jongleur de Dieu' (three lines, in Englis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1895
Extent:
1 item

356. Add MS 73338 A

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Add MS 73338 A
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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLIII A. Fair copy of 'Child Street' (published in C.W., vol. 14, pp. 665-669; see also Add. 73340 A, 73343 A, 73349) (ff. 3-14), essay on revenge (ff. 19v-16v vol. rev.), poem beginning "Down down there in the great green sea" (ff. 22v-23) and other fragmentary poe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1895
Extent:
1 item

357. Add MS 73339 A

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Add MS 73339 A
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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLIV A. Notes of books read at the British Museum, sketches; [1896]. ff. ii+14. 205 x 163mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1896]
Extent:
1 item

358. Add MS 73340 D

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Add MS 73340 D
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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLV D. Story in English 'Le jongleur de Dieu' (published, lacking the text on f. 6, in C.W., vol. 14, pp. 659-664; see also Add. 73307 where the story bears the original title of 'The sky thief', 73327 A, 73330 E, 73337 A, 73339 B, 73349) (ff. 1-19), and the untitle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1896
Extent:
1 item

359. Add MS 73342 A

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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1897
Extent:
1 item

360. Add MS 73342 D

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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
Extent:
1 item