Manuscripts

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1. Black robe, The. Holograph
2. Copyright novels which belong to me. Holograph (?)
3. Iris. Incomplete holograph copy of story. Pages 1-5 in Collins' hand
4. Iris. Incomplete holograph of story
5. Iris. Incomplete holograph copy of story. Paginated 23-98
6. Legacy of Cain, The. Holograph notes for a prescription
7. Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Manuscript list in an unidentified hand. Pages 1-5 written on stationery of A. P. Watt, literary agent
8. Lighthouse, The. A drama in two acts ... Later holograph copy ?
9. Lighthouse, The. A drama in two acts. First represented on the public stage at the Royal Olympic theatre. August 1857. [Ms. copy in the hand of an amanuensis, with t.-p. cast of characters, corrections, and some stage directions in the author's hand.]
10. Man and wife. Act I [and II]. Holograph draft. Inscribed on verso of last page: "Man and wife. Part of the drama (as originally written)."
11. [Moonstone: a dramatic story in three acts, The]. Holograph scenario and draft of acts II-III. Comprises act II scenario, 22 p., act III scenario, 13 p.; act II, 33 p., act III, 37 p. Several pages mutilated
12. New Magdalen, The. Holograph fragment of act I scenario. Paginated 15. Removed from his: [The moonstone: a dramatic story, in three acts] Holograph scenario and draft of acts II-III
13. Clarke, Marcus. The moonstone. Ms. play, signed and dated "Public Library, Melbourne, Victoria, 22d August 1879". A dramatization of Collins' novel. Includes 2 pen-and-ink sketches for stage settings
14. Quotation from the New Magdalen, Holograph.
15. Traveller's story of a terribly strange bed, A. Manuscript in the hand of an amanuensis, with corrections in another unidentified hand.
16. Your money or your life. Holograph
17. "I say no;" or, The love letter answered. Holograph with many deletions, corrections, and additions. Dated "May 13" and "May 26" [n.y.] on p. 258 and 282 respectively. Pages 65-67, 282-283, and 287 in hand of an amanuensis