Add MS 83129

Other Writings

83129. Eleanor Farjeon Papers. Vol. liii (ff. 159). Other writings; [circa 1945]-[circa 1965], n.d. Mostly typewritten.

1. ff. 1-11. Two drafts of ‘A Comedy in Wax or Lucy and their Majesties’ with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions; 1965. An article, probably the last written by Eleanor Farjeon, about a story written by her father, B. L. Farjeon, in 1903. Published in [italics]The Horn Book Magazine[/italics], 41.4 (Aug. 1965).

2. ff. 12-44. ‘Dark World of Animals’; [[italics]circa[/italics] 1945]. Draft with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions. A collection of short prose pieces about animals, many drawn from autobiographical experience, apparently intended for inclusion in Book Four of the memoirs. For a full account of the visit to Lisieux, described in Chapter xix of the published edition, see Add. 83152. Published as [italics]Dark World of Animals[/italics] (1945), with wood engravings by T. Stoney.

3. ff. 45-56. ‘East and West (A Study in Contrasts)’; n.d. [italics]Autograph[/italics] unpublished study of the contrasts between the Easterner and the Mid-Westerner in the United States.

4. ff. 57-71.. Draft of the foreword to ‘The Green Roads’; [[italics]circa[/italics] 1965]. Published as Edward Thomas, [italics]The Green Roads: Poems for Young Readers Chosen and Introduced by Eleanor Farjeon[/italics] (1965).

5. ff. 72-74. Draft with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions of [‘How We Came to Write “The Little Bookroom”’]; [[italics]circa[/italics] 1955]. Published in [italics]Chosen for Children: An Account of Books Which Have Been Awarded the Library Association Carnegie Medal: 1936-1975[/italics], ed. Marcus Crouch and Alec Ellis (1977), pp. 81-82.

6. ff. 75-97. Draft of ‘In Quest of Hyla: The Birth, Life and Death of a Myth’; [[italics]circa[/italics] 1960]. It appears that this work was privately published, see a letter from Stanley Scott to Eleanor Farjeon, Add. 83140, ff. 123-124.

7. ff. 98-140. ‘Joe in Paradise’; 1949. Draft with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions and [italics]printed[/italics] proofs. Published as the foreword to [italics]‘Rip Van Winkle’: The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson[/italics] (1949).

8. ff. 141-144. ‘Writing “for” Children’; 1935. [italics]Photocopy[/italics] with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions of [italics]printed[/italics] article that appeared in [italics]The Writers’ Desk Book[/italics], (1934), pp. 42-48.

9. ff. 145-159. Draft of the foreword to ‘You Come Too’ with [italics]autograph[/italics] revisions; [[italics]circa[/italics] 1964]. Published as Robert Frost, [italics]You Come Too: Favourite Poems for Young Readers Selected from His Own Work and Edited by Robert Frost[/italics] (1964).