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Miscellaneous prose and poetry

Catalogue reference: AR/2/6

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This record is a file about the Miscellaneous prose and poetry dating from c.1920.

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Reference

AR/2/6

Title

Miscellaneous prose and poetry

Date

c.1920

Description

A collection of miscellaneous prose and poetry. Annotated by Barbara Rawsthorne 'Age about 12-15'. With sketches in pen and ink. Contents: Part 1: preface If the casket scene from 'The Merchant of Venice' had occurred in 'Pickwick Papers' (prose) A 1914 Ode to Mrs P...with apologies to HW Longfellow Lines of Scorn Essay on a green pea. With apologies to Elia (prose) The Prelude Hiawatha Part 2 Sleep In Idillio [Hakluyte on School-girls] (prose) [A schoolboy's soliloquy on algebra] If Hamlet had appeared in a 'Penny Library' An adventure of Sexton Blake (prose)

Note

Formerly numbered AR 020 J

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Held by
Royal Northern College of Music
Language

English

Physical description

56p.:

Physical condition

Written on all sides, except for p.2 and p.56 ill. 23 by 17.5cm. In black and blue-black ink with pencil additions.

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Series information

AR/2

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5,145 records

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Rawsthorne Papers

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Miscellaneous prose and poetry