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Add MS 54289
- Record Id:
- 040-001959797
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001959718
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000771.0x000221
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- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 54289
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MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. LXIII. T. A. Guthrie, stories, dialogues and articles; circa 1890-1928, n.d. Autograph drafts. Partly pencil.
Paper; ff. 214. British Library arrangement.
Contents:
1. ff. 1-125. Stories, including the following: 'The Unseen World'; 'Blatta the Betrothed'; 'Old Clothes' (unfinished); an untitled 'Outline for Domestic Story in Humble Life'; 'Mr. Wardroper's (or Mr. Pettipher's) Poltergeist', two drafts; 'My Incubus'; 'A Meeting that Made Amends'; 'Olinda Snell'.
2. ff. 126-158v. Dialogues, including the following: 'The Frenzy of Furnishing' (see 'Household Gods', about 1892-1893 in Add. 54282 A); copies of extracts from Voces Populi (1890) and Voces Populi, 2nd series (1892), apparently made for a broadcast.
3. ff. 159-214. Articles, including the following: notes and draft 'Some Characters from Labiche'; 'Meditations on Music Halls'; 'Drawing Them Out'; 'Polemics in Hyde Park'; 'Playing the Game'; 'Awaiting Developments'. aft. 1914; 'Do Birds think?'; 'My First Book', published in The Burning Bush [an Eton College Magazine], no. 1,
4 June 1928.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001959718
036-001959754
037-001959755
038-001959777
040-001959797 - Is part of:
- Add MS 54229-54323* : MILLAR BEQUEST
Add MS 54258-54313 : D. LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS
Add MS 54258-54312 : MILLAR BEQUEST. Vols. XXXII-LXXXVI. Papers of and relating to 'F. Anstey', Thomas Anstey Guthrie, uncle of E. G.…
Add MS 54274-54289 : MILLAR BEQUEST. Vols. XLVIII-LXIII. Prose and verse works of T. A. Guthrie; circa 1877-1930, n.d. Sixteen volumes.
Add MS 54289 : MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. LXIII. T. A. Guthrie, stories, dialogues and articles; circa 1890-1928, n.d. Autograph drafts. Partly… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001959718[0004]/036-001959754[0001]/037-001959755[0005]/038-001959777[0017]/040-001959797
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 54229-54323*
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1885
- End Date:
- 1928
- Date Range:
- c 1890-1928
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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