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RARE STEVENSONIANA IN WIDENER EXHIBIT

Memorial Room Shows Manuscript of "Markheim"--Author's Notations on Margin of Paper

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The original manuscript of "Markheim" with Robert Louis Stevenson's original notations and corrections in on exhibition this week in the Widener Memorial room.

A display also is "Unwin's annual" of 1896, the issue in which "Markheim" first appeared. Seven letters concerning "Markheim", its production, its naming, and its sale, which were written by Stevenson to the publishers, are of especial interest.

One small book in one case was printed on Lloyd Osborne's Toy hand press. Others were written by Stevenson and the wood blocks for the illustrations were carved by him. These are: "The Grover and Pen", with illustrations; "The Surprise", a small newspaper and the only copy known; "The Moral Emblems" with the advertisements for its sale; "Not I, and Other Poems"; "A Martial Elegy or Some Lead Soldiers"; "The Black Canyon"; "The Marguerite, Lawks what a Beautiful Flower"; and "Rob and Ben, or The Pirate and the Apothecary".

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