Re: CAS
Posted by:
Dr. W.C. Farmer (IP Logged)
Date: 24 June, 2002 05:00PM
I have made a preliminary look through the manuscipts Clark gave me. They are exactly in the order I received them - some are "For
Bill Farmer" - all had received some water
damage during the move to Pacific Grove. What follows is an outline of the general contents of
these holographs. I believe you will find it interesting:
1) amended typed copy - "Temporality" dated by
CAS in ink 4/13/28 -poem
2)Shapes in the Sunset: poem typed with marginal
additions of some length - to Bill Farmer
3)Averoigne: hand written on envelope, both sides,
addressed to CAS from Uxbridge, Middlesex (1949)
4)Rubaiyat of Saiyid: two quatrains with indications of intention to add 4 more.
5)The Isle of Saturn: poem - to Bill Farmer
6)Reve Parsien: poem from Baudelaire
7)The Haunted Gong: short story, 4 pages both sides.
8)The Opal of Delhi: 2 pages one side.(see#27)
9)Night: poem, unsigned
10)The Emerald Eye: 9 page short story
11)Prologue: short story, incomplete, one page
12)7 page story fragment in pencil
13)Bedouin Song:poem/verso, poem "Zuleika,An
Oriental Song."
14)The River of Live/The World - poems
15)Note to Frank Murray Co. re manuscript of
"An Officer's Story" -
16)Several pages incomplete Short story, begins
with letter from Sultan of Turkey.
17)The Fulfilled Prophecy: Short story with
title page.
18)Introduction: one page opening to a story
19)The Shah's Messenger: 4 page short story
20) The Emir's Captive: 17 page short story
21)Prince Alcorez and the Magician: one page,
incomplete short story
22)Fakreddin: short story, legal size paper,closely written both sides in very fine handwriting -- either very early Smith or copied
for submission by his Mother.
23)The Adventurer: short story 18 pages, very
poor quality, hard to read.
24)The Guardian of the Temple: short story, 9 pages.
25)Fragment torn from magazine of opening of
story, Up the River Parana, by Theodore Child
26/27)The Opal of Delhi:5 pages (connect with previous entry)
28)The Malay Cruse: 6 page short story
29)2 pages of short story in pencil marked 169
30)The Sword of Zagan: story, 171 pages.
31)The Haunted Chamber: 4 pages, short story
32)Benares: poem in pencil, 5 stanzas of
quatrains.
33)stray page - part of story
34)The Yogi's Ring: partial page
Obviously these need to transcribed, but this
gives you a preliminary look at a catalog of
the holographs - I already mentioned the
play which is part of this group.
Hope this is useful