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.
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...
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. ...
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.
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. 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...
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.
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. ...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXX D. Book and chapter headings for play 'St George and the dragon' (ff. 1-2), notes headed "Isle of Eden" (f. 26v vol. rev.) and "The return of the tyrant" (f. 34v vol. rev.), sketches; circa 1907. The play was written for Chesterton's toy theatre, see references...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXXI A. Cuttings of newspaper articles by Chesterton with linking autograph text passim, fragment of play 'St George and the dragon' (see references at Add. 73306) (ff. 6v-6 vol. rev.); circa 1907. Text commences at both ends. ff. ii+10. 198 x 160mm.