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Typescript draft of "Ibsen's ghost" by Sir James Matthew Barrie, with corrections and revisions in the hand of the author.
"Ibsen's ghost" was the first play written entirely by Sir James Matthew Barrie to be publicly performed; it was staged in 1891 at "Toole's Theatre", hence the alternative title given in the typescript, and cancelled, 'or Toole-up-to-date'. It has not been published. Many of the alterations in this draft are in the nature of cuts; in particular the rhyming finale has been cut.
Typescript draft of ‘The will’ by Sir James Matthew Barrie, with some revisions in Barrie's hand, and with others (in blue pencil, mostly cuts) that may be in another hand.
This version is very close to that printed in ‘The definitive edition of the plays of J M Barrie’, page 809, but with fewer details of setting and stage direction. Corrections made in the draft have been incorporated into the printed text.
Typescript drafts of act 1 of ‘Shall we join the ladies?’ by Sir James Matthew Barrie, with corrections and revisions in the hand of the author.
Typescript drafts of ‘The twelve-pound look’ by Sir James Matthew Barrie, with corrections and revisions in the hand of the author.
Typescript index to the catalogue of manuscripts in the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Typescript journal of a tour of Normandy and Brittany made by the "Quartette", composed of four Scotswomen, narrated by A E R.
The journey began in London and ended in Edinburgh, and among places visited are Rouen, Caen, Bayeux, Coutances, Mont St Michel, Dinard and St Malo. The author appears particularly interested in architecture but devotes some space to the standard of accommodation. The volume includes a number of postcards of places visited.
Typescript journal of a visit to Morocco by Robert Burns, Fellow the Royal Society of Arts, 13 February-27 April 1920.
Typescript "Memories of the Advocates' Library" by William K Dickson, formerly Keeper of the Library and Librarian of the National Library of Scotland.
With a copy of William K Dickson’s ‘The National Library of Scotland', in ‘Juridical Review’, volume xl (1928), and a paper on the author by A A Grainger Stewart, ‘Scots Law Times’, December 1905 (both printed).
Typescript notes on and correspondence concerning Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels.
The contents are as follows.
(i) Typescript notes of James Hogg Macdonald, concerning the Waverley novels (folios 1-5);(ii) Notes on text of Waverley Novels by Isabel Brown, with associated correspondence, 1955, of W L Renwick (folio 6)
Typescript of ‘A Critical Edition of Bede on the Seven Catholic Epistles, based on the two early Oxford Manuscripts', being a thesis presented for the Oxford Doctorate of Philosophy in 1941 by Christian H M Milne, formerly Headmaster of Daniel Stewart's College.
Typescript of an address on Robert Louis Stevenson delivered by R A Knox to the Stevenson Club in 1949.
The typescript was marked by R A Knox to indicate pauses and points of emphasis.
A letter of Knox to Sir Randall Philip, Sheriff of Ayr and Renfrew, concerning the deposit of the address in the National Library of Scotland, is also included.
Typescript of 'An Elucidation of the Death of Christopher Marlowe, through an examination into the lives and interests of certain of his associates', a thesis for the degree of Ph.D., Cambridge, by Eugénie de Kalb.
Typescript of an 'Inventory of the papers of the family of Lawson of Cairnmuir, presented to H.M. General Register House ... by James Lawson ... Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand', compiled by the Keeper of Registers and Records, 1938.
The papers, the contents of which are summarized, consist of writs relating to the lands of Cairnmuir, 1423-1700 (folio 1), Netherurd, 1399-1744 (folio 11), and Bryandland, 1438-1742 (folio 23), and miscellaneous papers, 1670-1899, undated (folio 26).
Typescript of an unpublished account by Evelyn Stell of Lady Jean Campbell's music book (MS.9449).
Typescript of 'Edinburgh Theatres, Cinemas and Circuses, 1820-1963' by George Baird, with index.
Typescript of 'The dust of defeat' by Lloyd Osbourne, an apparently unpublished play in four acts.
Typescript of "The family of Sir Walter Scott's brother Tom" by William Moncreiffe, apparently unpublished.
Two unpublished letters, one of Sir Walter Scott to John Wilson Crocker and the other of Ann Scott to her granddaughter Jessie, are reproduced in the text. The volume also includes a pedigree, from which one leaf is missing, showing the descendants of Sir Walter and Thomas Scott, and portraits of Thomas Scott, his wife and his mother, as well as other family photographs.
Typescript of the translation by C K Scott Moncrieff of ‘Albertine disparue’, the seventh part of ‘À la recherche du temps perdu’ by Marcel Proust.
The typescript contains numerous typescript and manuscript corrections by the translator and instructions to the printer. There are a few variations from the published version. Additional folios have been inserted after folios 40, 80, 120, 162, 200, 239, and 272.
Typescript of 'The Winding Journey', a play in three acts, by Phillip [i.e. Philip] Leaver, first performed in 1934.
The stage directions have been underlined in red, and there are several manuscript amendments and deletions, some apparently in the hand of the author, who has inscribed this copy to 'Carol'. The volume bears the stamps and labels of two American agencies.
Typescript of two novels by the poet Iain Crichton Smith (1928-1998).
Educated in Stornoway and Aberdeen, Iain Crichton Smith was a teacher until 1977 when he became a full-time writer in English and Gaelic.
Typescript Peeblesshire church histories, by Dr Clement Bryce Gunn, intended to form part of the author's series of 'Books of the Church'.
The typescripts, chiefly 20th-century and consisting largely of excerpts from the kirk-session records, are almost ready for publication, and are accompanied by notes, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Churches other than parish are dealt with, and biographical and genealogical information is given about ministers.
Typescript transcripts of correspondence of the descendants of James Lundie, Minister of North Leith, who died in 1696, principally that of his great-grandson, Robert, Minister of Kelso.
The letters fall into three divisions. The first (MS.1675, folio 1) contains letters to James Lundie at Leyden and Amsterdam, chiefly from his brother Archibald, Minister of Saltoun, 1708-1710; the second (MS.1675, folio 47), general family correspondence, 1745-1770; the third (MS.1675, folio 80, and MS. 1676), the correspondence of Robert Lundie, Minister of Kelso, and others. The writers include many eminent authors and theologians of the time.
Typescript transcripts of letters to Robert Lundie, Minister of Kelso, from John and Robert Leyden.
Typescript translation of Racine's ‘Phèdre’, with holograph corrections, by John Davidson, the poet.
There is (folio 84) another, closer, version, also in typescript (carbon copy), and with a few small manuscript corrections in a hand that may be John Davidson's. It is incomplete, wanting Acts I, III (ll. 964-1000), IV (ll. 1325-1328), and V (ll. 1531-1616, 1640-1654).