Essays, Addresses, and Verses, 1939-1956, with some 'Obiter Scripta'

This volume comprises:

a. 'Noctes Binanianae' 1939: T.S. Eliot's Contributions (see also HB/V/8A).

1. Letter from J.D. Hayward to F. V. Morley annotated by T.S. Eliot in pencil. 1 p.

2. 'How to Pick a Possum' by T.S. Eliot, typescript (J.D. Hayward) Sep. 1937. 2 pp.

3. Geoffrey Faber's Sonnet, 15 Sep. 1937, typescript (J.D. Hayward). 1 p.

4. 'The O'Possum strikes back' by T.S. Eliot, typescript (J.D. Hayward) Sep. 1937. 1 p.

5. 'Ode to a Roman Coot' by T.S. Eliot, typescript (T.S. Eliot) carbon. 1 p.

6. 'Three Sonnets' by T.S. Eliot, typescript (T.S. Eliot) carbon. 2 pp.

7. 'Vers pour la Foulque' by T.S. Eliot, typescript (T.S. Eliot) top and carbon. 2 pp.

8. 'Translation 'Verses for the Coot'' by T.S. Eliot, typescript (T.S. Eliot) carbon. 1 p.

9. 'Festschriftgeschenk, 2 Februar, 1937' by T.S. Eliot, typescript (T.S. Eliot). 2 pp.

10. Two postcards and one page of corrections to the above, by T.S. Eliot, typescript (T.S. Eliot).

b. The Island Refuge in Russell Square. 3 Jan. 1939. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) carbon. 1 p.

c. Letter to the Editors of Partisan Review. 5 Jan. 1942. With covering letter to Dwight Macdonald. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) carbon. 3 + 1 pp. See also HB/L/9C below.

d. 'Satan Prone, or Whales, Frogs, and Imps: A Correspondence or Exchange of Views between E. H. W. M. and T. S. E.' Oct.-Nov. 1947. Title in blue chalk (T.S. Eliot), typescript (T.S. Eliot) carbon. 6 pp. + E. H. W. Meyerstein's letters (holograph).

e. Letter to the Chairman of the Arts Council. 9 Oct. 1947. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) carbon. 1 p. + Sir Ernest Pooley's letter (holograph).

f. Letter to Desmond MacCarthy. 14 Nov. 1947. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) carbon. 2 pp. + MacCarthy's letter (ts).

g. Speech at Aix en Provence. 6 Dec. 1947. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) with pencil corrections. 6 pp. Also French version [by Henri Fluchère] as delivered by T.S. Eliot.

h. Notes for Speech at Christ Church, Oxford. 23 Jun. 1948. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) with pencil corrections. 2 pp.

i. Speech at Dinner of the Alliance Française, Oxford. 19 Jan. 1949. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) with pencil corrections. 8 pp.

j. Answers to Interviewer of Radiodiffusion Française. 19 Jan. 1949. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) in French (T.S. Eliot) with pencil corrections. 1 p.

k. The Report of the Lambeth Conference Criticized. Pub. 1 Jan. 1949 in The Guardian. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) with ink corrections. 16 pp.

l. Speech at Brussels. 4 Dec. 1949. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) with ink and pencil corrections. 6 pp. + 8 pp. French version [by Henri Fluchère] as delivered, with ink and pencil corrections (T.S. Eliot).

m. Tribute to Saint-John Perse in the form of a letter to Jean Paulhan. 7 Dec. 1949. Typescript (T.S. Eliot). 2 pp. signed in ink.

n. Letter to the Editor of The Times. 13 Apr. 1950. Typescript (T.S. Eliot). 1 p.

o. Introduction to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Cresset Library Edition, 1950). Typescript (T.S. Eliot) carbon. 13 pp. MS corrections by T.S. Eliot and J.D. Hayward. The printer's copy.

p. 'The Aims of Education'. Lecture I: Can Education Be Defined? Oct. 1950. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) with ink and pencil corrections. 22 pp.

q. Preface to The Need for Roots by Simone Weil. Sep. 1951. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) with ink corrections. 10 pp. Also printer's copy (ts X) with ink corrections (T.S. Eliot). See also HB/P/39C below.

r. 'Cat Morgan Introduces Himself'. Oct. 1951. Typescript (T.S. Eliot) with pencil corrections. 1 p. with 3 pp. memoranda from Morley Kennerley, a director of Faber & Faber Ltd.

s. Speech at the Opening of the Livre Anglais Exhibition, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. 16 Nov. 1951. Typescript with pencil corrections (T.S. Eliot). 8 pp. The copy used at the Bibliothèque Nationale.

t. Notes for Speech at the University of Rennes. 21952. Pencil holograph (T.S. Eliot) on 8 pp. of blue scribbling paper.

u. 'The Idea of a European Society' (Broadcast in the BBC Foreign Service).(T.S. Eliot) with ink corrections. 20 pp. See also HB/P/36 below.

v. Obituary Note on Paul Claudel. (Figaro Littéraire, 1954.) Typescript (T.S. Eliot) with ink and pencil corrections. 1 p.

w. Notes for Speech at the Opening of the McKnight Kaufer Memorial Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum. 6 Oct. 1955. Pencil holograph. 2pp. folio. and Notes for Television Interview on the Exhibition. Pencil holograph. 2 pp. folio. Both written from a sick-bed in the London Clinic and tape-recorded by T.S. Eliot.

x. 'The Frontiers of Criticism': Gideon D. Seymour Memorial Lecture, University of Minnesota, 30 Apr. 1956. Typescript with ink corrections (T.S. Eliot) 24 pp.

y. 'Notes for Opening My First Bazaar, St. Stephen's Church Hall'. 18 Nov. 1956. Pencil holograph. 1 p.

z. Miscellaneous Memoranda on Various Occasions.