Box 3

Variant text of Poem II of the "Buckshee" sequence.

Poem, later published in "The Questions at the Well", part II, in 1893. Signed with Ford's initials.

Apparently unpublished article on critical debate sparked by A.F. Pollard's book "Henry VIII". Includes references to Professor Goldwin Smith's review of the book. With revisions by Ford.

Fragment of a critique of a book by Miss Black.

Written perhaps in collaboration with Violet Hunt, the manuscript is a part of the later published "The New Humpty-Dumpty", 1912. It is mostly writtne in unidentified hand and some pages are typed. Pages 192-205 are in Hunt's hand, and pages 205-206 are in Ford's. The exterior folder has "Ford Madox Hueffer, 17th February, 1911, Geissen" written on it. Title page of manuscript reads: "in the property of F. B. Pinker, Talbot House, Arundel Street, London W.C." Harvey Civ (5)

Perhaps meant to be part of a larger work, the sub-heading includes the numeral I and the subtitle "Arms and the Mind". Top right corner of title page scribed: "Written on the Ypres Salient: 15th Sep., 1916". Signature at the bottom of the last page reads "Miles Ignotus". See also Ford's essay "War--the Mind."

Fragment draft recording Ford's reaction to the Munich conference, especially the role of Britain. With holographic changes; unpublished.

Earlier fragment draft of Ford's thoughts about the Munich conference.

Original title "Beau Sabreur" crossed out and new title penciled in, this document is a synopsis of Ford's novel "A Little Less than Gods", written in 1928.

Report from the Hauptmann-Lindbergh kidnapping trial, later published in the "New York World-Telegram" on January 20, 1935.