Short stories.
Found in 355 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript and typescripts, undated, of two stories entitled 'The Riddells' and “Tamson's entry” by Edward Albert., 1st half of 20th century.
Manuscript draft of George Douglas Brown, "How Janet Goudie Came Home", a short story.
This much-revised draft of the story appears to be an earlier version than NLS MS.8179. "How Janet Goudie Came Home" was published in "The Speaker" in 1899.
Manuscript, ‘Frances Beaumont’ by Letitia Elizabeth Landon., ?1836.
Manuscript, ‘Mildred Pemberton’, by Letitia Landon., ? 1836.
The manuscript entitled ‘Mildred Pemberton’ is a short story by Letitia Landon that was first published in the ‘Monthly Magazine’ vol.46 in 1836.
The story begins in Rome, where Mildred Pemberton falls in love with a local Count, before entering a convent after her father disinherits her and the Count abandons her as a result.
The manuscript is complete, consisting of 16 folios, with original foliation. There are some amendments, deletions and additions to the text.
Manuscript of a story, 'The haunters and the haunted; or the house and the brain' by Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton., [1859, or before.]
Manuscript of an apparently unpublished short story, 'A Norwegian ghost story' by Edmund William Gosse., 1871.
Manuscript of an apparently unpublished story, 'The haunted grange of Goresthorpe' by Arthur Conan Doyle., Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Manuscript of chapters 1-7 of 'Space Cat and the Deep Sea' by Ruthven Todd., 1965.
Manuscript of chapters 5 and 6 of ‘The story and the fable’ by Edwin Muir., [1940, or before.]
Edwin Muir later revised the work and republished it as the first part of 'An autobiography'.
Manuscript of ‘How Janet Goudie came home’ by George Douglas Brown, in the author's hand., [1899, or before.]
There is little significant difference between the original and the printed version.
Manuscript of "John Sinclair, Shepherd: a True Caithness Story" by Myra G K Warrand.
Manuscript of 'Not where I breathe', a study of love by George Moncrieff-Scott., [?1963.]
The beginning is missing, and the manuscript contains chapter 3, part ii to the end only. The versos have been used for drafts of verses, some of which were intended for the ballad opera about Dr Johnson's visit to Raasay (MSS.26960-26961). The beginning of a story, 'The Boy who listened', is written on the inverted folios.
Manuscript of part of a story, 'Cutting out', by David Stewart., [Circa 1821].
Manuscript of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle`s Sherlock Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client".
Manuscript of two stories entitled 'The Riddells' and "Tamson's entry" by Edward Albert., 1st half of 20th century.
Manuscript, "Pretty Bob!", by Maria Edgeworth., ? 1815.
Manuscript, undated, of 'A fine pair of shoes' by Neil Munro., [1892-1897.]
Manuscript, undated, of Edward Albert, chiefly of unpublished short stories, with two published stories., [1933, or before.]
The contents are as follows: 'Lyonesse' (folio 1); 'Pingg!' (folio 17); 'Cab, sir' (folio 31); 'Eleven thirty' (folio 51); 'The house with the dead leaves' (folio 65); 'One!' (folio 77); 'The other fellow' (folio 84); 'Dot' (folio 116); 'The small tent' (folio 98).
Manuscript, undated, of four short stories of Edward Albert apparently unpublished, entitled 'Tomorrow we die', 'Shooting the minister', 'The tenant of the grove', and "Garrity's garage"., 1st half of 20th century.
Manuscript, undated, of short stories by Edward Albert., 1st half of 20th century.
The contents are as follows:
(i) 'Dargai' (folio 1);
(ii) "The Wells o' Dee" (folio 107);
(iii) 'Jock Johnson' (folio 162);
(iv) 'Burning the water' (folio 131).
Manuscript, undated, of short stories by Edward Albert., 1st half of 20th century.
The stories include 'Barrabel’ (folio 1), 'What Simon saw' (folio 193), 'Heather Jock' (folio 65), and "Jack o' lantern" (folio 210).
Manuscript, undated, of 'The sea fairy of French foreland’ by Neil Munro., ?1895.
Manuscripts and a typescript of seven of the stories published in ‘The lost pibroch’ by Neil Munro., 1892-1897, undated.
There are both early drafts and later manuscript versions of 'The fell Sergeant' and 'A fine pair of shoes'.