The autograph MS. of the novel, written 1873-1885, and first printed in 1903, the year after his death. (See H. Festing Jones, Samuel Butler, A Memoir, Vol. i, preface, p. xiv h, Vol. ii, chap. xxiv). Two volumes. Paper.
Vol. II (ff. 310). Chaps. lxi-end; the chapter division and numeration differ in most cases from those of the printed edition. Two pages, with pencil numbers 112, 113 are missing after f. 118, corresponding to p. 334, 11. 5-28 of the printed edition. At the end are :-(a) " Addenda for the Pontif...
Vol. I (ff. 520). Chaps. i-lx, as in the printed edition, but wanting chaps. iv, v ; see " Observations," etc. by Mr. Festing Jones, bound at the beginning of the volume. Chap. vi is shortened in the printed edition, by the omission of ff. 42-43. Samuel Butler, author of 'Erewhon': The Way of A...