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Two drafts of an incomplete autobiographical work by Idris Davies, [c. 1936], entitled 'Collier Boy' (ff. 1-53); an account of early experiences as a miner (ff. 54-77); a 'Plan For A Novel' set in Rhymney (f. 78 recto-verso); a fragment of a novel or short story (ff. 79-81); a dialogue between William Wordsworth and Greta Garbo (ff. 82-7); an account of the lying-in-state of George V (ff. 88-92); and a short piece looking forward to the publication of A. E. Housman, More Poems (London, 1936) (ff. 93-4).

A volume of vocal and instrumental music composed by, and partly in the hand of, Norman Grosvenor, Moor Park, etc. The compositions belong to the period 1871-1875 and include a composition inspired by William Blake's 'Songs of Innocence and Experience', rondos, quartets, minuets, a rondo to words by A. C. Swinburne, 'Daffodils' to words by William Wordsworth, nocturnes, a dirge to words by P. B. Shelley, carols, works influenced by Chopin, part songs, a composition to words by Alfred Lord Tennyson, etc.

Copies 'Bought at the Cardiff Bazaar, October 5th 1842', of Lines by J. Dix, on the Rebuilding of St. Mary's Church, Cardiff, Lines by T. W. Booker ..., Lines by Is. Montgomery ..., and Sonnet by Wm Wordsworth ... .

Pryddest yn dwyn y teitl 'Yr Aipht' gan ac yn llaw Edward Ffoulkes, sef yr ymgais fuddugol yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Lerpwl, 1884, ynghyd â drafftiau o'r un gwaith a thystysgrif enillydd; llythyr, dyddiedig 12 Ebrill 1885, oddi wrth Edward Ffoulkes at Alfred, Arglwydd Tennyson, ynghyd ag ateb Tennyson, dyddiedig 15 Ebrill 1885, a llythyr, dyddiedig 17 Hydref 1885, oddi wrth y Parch. Henry Griffith, Ventnor, Ynys Wyth at Edward Ffoulkes, ynghyd ag ateb Ffoulkes, dyddiedig 24 Hydref 1885; anerchiadau yn llaw Edward Ffoulkes ar '[William] Wordsworth' (i'w draddodi yng Nghymdeithas Lenyddol Moriah, Caernarfon, d.d.), ar 'Eben Fardd' [Ebenezer Thomas] (i'w draddodi yng Nghymdeithas Genedlaethol Gymreig Lerpwl, 10 Chwefror 1891, ynghyd â thoriad o'r Cymro, dyddiedig 5 Chwefror 1891, yn cyfeirio at y digwyddiad), ac ar 'Dadblygiad' (i'w draddodi yng Nghymdeithas Lenyddol Capel Coch, Llanberis, 26 Ionawr 1898) = An autograph pryddest entitled 'Yr Aipht' by Edward Ffoulkes, the winning entry in the National Eisteddfod held at Liverpool, 1884, together with rought drafts of the same work and a winner's certificate; a letter, dated 12 April 1885, from Edward Ffoulkes to Alfred, Lord Tennyson, together with Tennyson's reply, dated 15 April 1885, and a letter, dated 17 October 1885, from the Rev. Henry Griffith, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, to Edward Ffoulkes, together with Ffoulkes's reply, dated 24 October 1885; addresses in the hand of Edward Ffoulkes on '[William] Wordsworth' (to be delivered at Moriah Literary Society, Caernarfon, n.d.), on 'Eben Fardd' [Ebenezer Thomas] (to be delivered at the Liverpool Welsh National Society, 10 February 1891, together with a cutting from Y Cymro dated 5 February 1891, relating to the event), and on 'Dadblygiad' ['Development'] (to be delivered at Capel Coch Literary Society, Llanberis, 26 January 1898).
Ceir cyfeiriadau at Edward Dowden (ff. 59-60), William Angus Knight ((f. 61 recto-verso) ac eraill = There are references to Edward Dowden (ff. 59-60), William Angus Knight (f. 61 recto-verso) and others.