G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LX A-E. Papers for The Napoleon of Notting Hill; circa 1900-1904. Partly autograph, partly printed. Published London: John Lane, 1904 (Sullivan, no. 7). See also Add. 73353 F for a draft of Chap. 2, also Add. 73342 C, 73353 A.Five parts.

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G K Chesterton PapersAdd MS 73186-73484

A. Special Correspondence.Add MS 73186-73199

B. Correspondence Regarding Publications, Royalties, etc.Add MS 73200-73234

C. General Correspondence. 73235-73241. G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. L-LVI. Miscellaneous correspondence of various persons with G. K. Chesterton; [1892]-1962, n.d. Partly signed, partly typewritten copies, partly printed. Unless otherwise stated, the letters are written to Chesterton, and are mostly of a social nature, requests for meetings and interviews, letters reacting to books and articles by Chesterton. They include social and business correspondence addressed to Frances Chesterton or to Dorothy Collins and later letters which enclosed letters to or from Chesterton. For letters on Chesterton's reception into the Roman Catholic Church see Add. 73187. For correspondence on his publications, including requests for contributions to periodicals, royalties and requests for publishing rights, etc., see Add. 73200-73234. For other correspondence of Frances Chesterton and other members of the Chesterton and Blogg families see Add. 73193, 73454-73456, for other correspondence of Dorothy Collins see Add. 73471-73475. Seven volumes.Add MS 73235-73241

D. Literary Papers.Add MS 73242-73309

B. G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOLS. LVII-XCV B. Papers for books written by Chesterton, together with papers for unpublished and posthumously published work and collections; circa 1894-1975. Partly autograph, partly typewritten, partly printed. Printer's copy, particularly for compilations of articles edited by Dorothy Collins, often includes typescripts or extracts or cuttings of published articles, poems or essays, which are thus not retained in their original sequence. For correspondence concerning the publication of each single work with Messrs A. P. Watt and Son, see Add. 73200-73227, for other correspondence and for working papers see Add. 73231 A-C. Thirty-nine volumes, some in several parts.Add MS 73242-73280

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LVII A, B. Papers for Greybeards at Play; circa 1900. Autograph. Published London: R. Brimley Johnson, 1900 (Sullivan, no. 1). Earlier versions of two of the poems and their illustrations are included in the collection originally belonging to Rhoda Bastable at Add. 73304 A. See also Add. 73305 A, 73306, 73347 B. Two parts.Add MS 73242 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LVIII A, B. Papers for The Wild Knight, and Other Poems; circa 1899. Partly autograph, partly typewritten. Published London: Grant Richards, 1900 (Sullivan, no. 2). For a self-critique see Add. 73308 A, ff. 119-124v. Two parts.Add MS 73243 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LIX A-E. Papers for Robert Browning; [1902]. Partly printed. Published London: Macmillan, 1903 (Sullivan, no. 5). See also Add. 73352 C for notes prepared for the work. Five parts.Add MS 73244 A-E

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LX A-E. Papers for The Napoleon of Notting Hill; circa 1900-1904. Partly autograph, partly printed. Published London: John Lane, 1904 (Sullivan, no. 7). See also Add. 73353 F for a draft of Chap. 2, also Add. 73342 C, 73353 A. Five parts.Add MS 73245 A-E

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXI (ff. 100). Papers relating to 'The Club o ... Add MS 73246

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXII A-C. Papers for Heretics; [1905]. Published London: John Lane, 1905. (Sullivan, no. 9). Partly autograph, partly printed. Three parts.Add MS 73247 A-C

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXIII A, B. Papers for Charles Dickens; [1906]. Partly autograph, partly printed. Published London: Methuen, 1906 (Sullivan, no. 10). See also Add. 73308 A, 73355 C. Two parts.Add MS 73248 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXIV A, B. Papers for The Ballad of the White Horse; circa 1911. Partly typewritten copy, partly autograph. Published London: Methuen, 1911 (Sullivan, no. 25). See also Add. 73284, 73355 C for early drafts of part of the poem, and Add. 73329 A for a draft of the dedicatory poem. Two parts.Add MS 73249 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXV (ff. 193). Papers for Orthodoxy, Magic, a ... Add MS 73250

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXVI (ff. 80). Papers for George Bernard Shaw ... Add MS 73251

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXVII (ff. 109). Papers for Eugenics and Othe ... Add MS 73252

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXVIII (ff. 243). Printer's copy, partly type ... Add MS 73253

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXIX (ff. 114). Printer's copy, partly typewr ... Add MS 73254

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXX (ff. 161). Printer's copy of St Francis o ... Add MS 73255

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXI A, B. Papers for The Everlasting Man, published London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925 (Sullivan, no. 61); 1925. Typewritten copies. Two partsAdd MS 73256 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXII (ff. 146). Printer's copy, partly typew ... Add MS 73257

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXIII A, B. Papers for The Return of Don Quixote; 1927. Published London: Chatto and Windus, 1927 (Sullivan, no. 68). Partly typewritten copy, partly printed See also Add. 73358 D. Two parts.Add MS 73258 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXIV (ff. 151). Papers for The Collected Poe ... Add MS 73259

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXV A, B. Papers for Robert Louis Stevenson, published London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1927 (Sullivan, no. 74); 1927. Typewritten, partly copies.Add MS 73260 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXVI (ff. 149). Papers for 'Generally speaki ... Add MS 73261

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXVII (ff. 188). Printer's copy of The Poet ... Add MS 73262

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXVIII. Bound proofs of The Resurrection of ... Add MS 73263

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXIX A, B. Papers for Chaucer, published London: Faber and Faber, 1932 (Sullivan, no. 90); 1932. Partly printed, partly typewritten copy. Two parts.Add MS 73264 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXX A-E. Papers for St Thomas Aquinas, published London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933 (Sullivan, no. 94); 1933. Partly printed, partly typewritten copy. See also Add. 73360 C. Five parts.Add MS 73265 A-E

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXXI. Bound proof of The Well and the Shallo ... Add MS 73266

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXXII A, B. Papers for As I Was Saying, published London: Methuen, 1936 (Sullivan, no. 100); 1933-1936. Partly printed, partly typewritten copy. Two parts.Add MS 73267 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXXIII A, B. Papers for Autobiography, published London: Hutchinson, and Burns, Oates and Co., 1936 (Sullivan, no. 101); 1935-1936. Partly typewritten copy, partly autograph. Although published posthumously, the typescript bears the note that chapters 1 to 6 were sent to Messrs A. P. Watt and Son on 13 Dec. 1935. Two parts.Add MS 73268 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXXIV (ff. 234). Typescript of the stories o ... Add MS 73269

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXXV (ff. 90). Printer's copy for a projecte ... Add MS 73270

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXXVI. Bound proofs of Selected Essays of G. ... Add MS 73271

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXXVII (ff. ii+189). Printer's copy for The ... Add MS 73272

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXXVIII A, B. Papers for the play The Surprise; [1930-1952]. Partly autograph, partly typewritten, partly printed. Published London: Sheed and Ward, 1952 (Sullivan, no. 109). Two parts.Add MS 73273 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. LXXXIX A, B. Papers for A Handful of Authors, edited by Dorothy Collins, published London: Sheed and Ward, 1953 (Sullivan, no. 110); circa 1952. Partly typewritten copies, partly printed. For drawings of the jacket by Andrew Freeth, see Add. 73371 A, ff. 10-11. Two parts.Add MS 73274 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XC A, B. Papers for The Glass Walking Stick, edited by Dorothy Collins, published London: Methuen, 1955 (Sullivan, no. 111); [1955]. Partly typewritten, partly typewritten copies, partly printed. Two parts.Add MS 73275 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCI A, B. Papers for G. K. Chesterton: an Anthology, edited and with an introduction by D. B. Wyndham Lewis, published London: Oxford University Press, 1957 (Sullivan, no. 874); [1957]. Partly typewritten copies, partly printed. The text of ten items in the original anthology, deleted at the insistence of Messrs Methuen and Co. as copyright holders, is attached to a letter from Messrs A. P. Watt and Son to Dorothy Collins in Add. 73222, ff. 273-297. Two parts.Add MS 73276 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCII (ff. 97). Printer's copy of Lunacy and L ... Add MS 73277

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCIII (ff. 19). Five articles published under ... Add MS 73278

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCIV (ff. 164). Printer's copy of The Spice o ... Add MS 73279

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCV A, B. Papers for The Apostle and the Wild Ducks, edited by Dorothy Collins, published London: Paul Elek, 1975, (Sullivan, no. 116); 1975. Partly photocopies, partly printed. Two parts.Add MS 73280 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCVI (ff. iv+250). Papers for dramatisations ... Add MS 73281

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCVII (ff. i+122). Scripts of four radio play ... Add MS 73282

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCVIII (ff. 116). Scripts of talks broadcast ... Add MS 73283

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCIX (ff. 62). Drafts and fair copies of poem ... Add MS 73284

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. C (ff. 167). Prefaces and introductions writt ... Add MS 73285

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CI (ff. 137). Contributions, other than prefa ... Add MS 73286

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CII-CXVII. Articles, essays, short stories, plays and poems written for publication in periodicals, partly autograph, partly typewritten, partly printed; [1894]-1936. For correspondence concerning the publication of articles, essays, etc., in periodicals see Add. 73232 A, B and the correspondence with Messrs A. P. Watt and Son at Add. 73200-73227. Sixteen volumes in twenty-seven parts.Add MS 73287-73302

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXVIII A, B. Notes and papers concerning the Junior Debating Club of St Paul's School, Hammersmith, of which Chesterton was the founding president; [1890-1925], n.d. Mostly autograph. Chesterton's imperfect set of the printed issues of The Debater, with added drawings and notes by him, together with a photocopy of no. 6 and no. 18, and a further incomplete set, formerly owned by Maurice Solomon, are held in the Library's collections of printed books. See also Add. 73321 C. Two parts.Add MS 73303 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXIX A-C. Poems, articles, essays and drawings made as collections for or by others and not published in his lifetime; circa 1900-1936, n.d. Three parts.Add MS 73304 A-C

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXX A, B. Single poems and small groups of poems not published during Chesterton's lifetime; circa 1891-1936, 1952. Mostly autograph. Other poems, in notebooks, and on leaves extracted from the early notebooks up to 1901 are to be found in Add. 73314-73348. Two parts.Add MS 73305 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXI (ff. 182). Plays, including fragments, n ... Add MS 73306

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXII (ff. 251). Stories, including fragments ... Add MS 73307

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIII A, B. Articles, essays and reviews, many fragmentary, for which no published text has been found, miscellaneous fragments, contents lists, rough notes and aphorisms; circa 1891-[1935]. Mostly autograph, partly typewritten copies. Other essays and articles, in notebooks, and on leaves extracted from the early notebooks up to 1901 are to be found in Add. 73314-73346, 73350. Arranged chronologically as far as possible. Most articles do not bear a title, some early articles are accompanied by sketches. The notes on World War I and subsequent political events are especially fragmentary. Two parts.Add MS 73308 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIV A-D. Miscellaneous notes, games, programmes, school election material, political fantasies, etc., often prepared for gatherings of Chesterton's family and friends; circa 1890 - circa 1933. Autograph.Add MS 73309 A-D

E. Illustrations and Drawings by Chesterton for Published Works.Add MS 73310-73313

F. Notebooks, Sketchbooks and Memorabilia.Add MS 73314-73376

G. Newspaper Cuttings and Other Printed Material.Add MS 73377-73453

H. Correspondence and Papers of Frances Chesterton.Add MS 73454-73470

I. Papers of Dorothy Collins and OthersAdd MS 73471-73484