W.H. Hudson, autograph manuscript by Morley Roberts for his book on Hudson, together with a manuscript notebook
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Type of record: Archive
Title: W.H. Hudson, autograph manuscript by Morley Roberts for his book on Hudson, together with a manuscript notebook
Classmark: BC MS 20c Hudson
Creator(s): Roberts, Morley (1857-1942)()
Date(s): c.1922-1924
Language: English
Size and medium: 1 folder, holding 1 envelope containing 123 ff. and 1 notebook containing 41 ff.; manuscript and typescript.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/8507
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
Comprises autograph manuscript notes and drafts, with some corrected typescript, compiled by Morley Roberts for his book on W.H. Hudson, published as 'W.H Hudson: A Portrait'.
The manuscript is foliated in pencil as follows, 1-7, 18-84, 84a, 85-132, but does not appear to be arranged in any particular order, so that it may not be complete. Some folios contain old typescript on their versos, but other versos continue the main manuscript text. Folio 1r contains manuscript notes entitled 'with H.[Hudson?] at W's. 31.10.21.' written on notepaper headed 'Authors' Club, 2, Whitehall Court, S.W.1', and folio 2r is a draft of a contents page for the manuscript listed under 17 headings, but qualified by the bracketed note 'First sketch of'. The notebook is bound in black cloth and written in pencil with 25 leaves foliated 1-25 and the remaining 16 loose leaves foliated L1-16.
Biography or history
Morley Roberts (1857-1942), the novelist and journalist, published a biography of William Henry Hudson (1841-1922), the naturalist and writer, in 1924. For fuller details of Robert's life and achievements see 'Who was who', Vol.4.
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