Box 6

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Draft of a translation into English of The Spirit of the Antique World by Giosue Carducci. 1908. 4 p. 18 X 21.5 cm. Holograph in ink on ruled paper with corrections in pencil.

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Nine articles published in The Christian Register from 1908-1912. Most 30 x 23.5 cm. Peary's Book. The Wright Brothers-A Forecast. 1908. The Motifs of The Servant in the House. 1909. The Ether and Human Personality and Immortality. 1910. Walter Scott and his Animals. 1910. The Wonderful Earth. 1910. Dante and Heart-Ensnaring Italy. 1911. A Dante Item. 1911. Carducci. 1912.

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Rough draft of an essay How to Study and Enjoy Shakspere (sic). 1909. 40 p. of various sizes, some cut and pasted together. Holograph, in ink with revisions in ink and pencil. Four printed pages from Poet-lore with notations in pencil.

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Rough draft of the book The Real John Burroughs. 1924. 73 p. 28 x 22 cm. Manuscript title: John Burroughs: Personal Recollection and Friendly Estimate. Holograph and typescript with corrections in pencil and ink.

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Two rough drafts of a poem Retrievements Out of the Night: Doggerel for Class Day. 1925. April, 1925. 6 p. 27.5 x 21.5 cm. Holograph in ink with corrections in ink and pencil.

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Drafts of A Fireside Cricket Song in Autumn (After Uncle Remus). 1926. 1 p. holograph, 59 X 19 cm., and 1 p. typescript with handwritten corrections in ink, 35 x 21 cm.

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Proof sheets of The Fight of a Book for the World: A Companion Volume to Leaves of Grass. 1926. (1) Galley proof. 301 cut pages of various sizes. (2) Final proof of title page, preliminary pages, and preface. 12 p. 19.5 x 14 cm. Handwritten note in pencil.

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Proof sheets of The Fight of a Book for the World: A Companion Volume to Leaves of Grass. 1926. (1) Galley proof. 301 cut pages of various sizes. (2) Final proof of title page, preliminary pages, and preface. 12 p. 19.5 x 14 cm. Handwritten note in pencil.

Scope and Contents Draft of An Autolycus Pack: Or What You Will. 1927. 28 x 21.5 cm. Typescript with handwritten corrections, revisions, and additions in pencil and ink. It includes essays in the following order: Simplicity of Life Have the Martians Human Forms? The Message From Mars Confirmed Is Flesh Eating a Passing Barbarism? Maurice Thompson Impressions and Finish Browsings in Hamlet Some Glossings on "The Tempest" Shakespeare's Astronomy Evenings with the First Folio Bacon--Shakespeare Clews to Emerson's...

Scope and Contents Draft of An Autolycus Pack: Or What You Will. 1927. 28 x 21.5 cm. Typescript with handwritten corrections, revisions, and additions in pencil and ink. It includes essays in the following order: Simplicity of Life Have the Martians Human Forms? The Message From Mars Confirmed Is Flesh Eating a Passing Barbarism? Maurice Thompson Impressions and Finish Browsings in Hamlet Some Glossings on "The Tempest" Shakespeare's Astronomy Evenings with the First Folio Bacon--Shakespeare Clews to Emerson's...