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Enchanted cigarettes : autograph essay signed, undated [ca. 1891].

BIB_ID
122542
Accession number
MA 3375
Creator
Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912.
Display Date
undated [ca. 1891].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund as the gift of Mrs. April Axton, 1977.
Description
1 item (19 p.), bound ; 27.5 cm.
Notes
Followed by an autograph insertion on the subject of why Queen Elizabeth did not marry, which was later incorporated into the text.
Provenance
Purchased on the Fellows Fund as the gift of Mrs. April Axton in 1977.
Summary
An essay concerning writing and the creative process, discussing stories he might write. Noting "to dream over literary projects, Balzac says, is like "smoking enchanted cigarettes."" With numerous autograph corrections and revisions.