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Stories, poems and articles

MS. Eng. c. 8194

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Title

Stories, poems and articles

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. c. 8194

Summary

Manuscript stories and articles, n.d., including

(fols. 25-29) 'Adam, a biblical drama'

(fols. 31-41) 'The commemoration fete at the Horticultural Gardens Kensington - 10th June 1863'

(fols. 42-48) 'The famine in Bengal'

(fols. 49-62) 'The famine in Bengal and what ought to have been done to mitigate its severity'

(fols. 63-68) 'How I made my fortune'

(fols. 69-75) 'How we lost India'

(fols. 76-86) 'The inundation in Bengal'

(fols. 87-97) 'The inundation of the Ganges'

(fols. 98-112) 'London lodgings'

(fols. 113-124) 'The Mastery System', (postmark) [18]70

(fol. 125) 'The memory, a poem'

(fols. 126-147) 'A queer story, strange but true, rewritten and slightly altered by C.O. [Sir Charles Oman] June 1880' under the title "Strange experiences at the French Watering Place"' [only 2 leaves of the latter survived]

(fols. 148-168 ) 'Untrodden ground'

(fols. 169-170) letter to editor re comparison of Irish and Indian situations

(fols. 176-183) proofs for J.M. Arthur's 'Mount Kenya', with C. P. A. Oman's corrections

Stories and poems published in local journals and newspapers under the pseudonym 'Ganges', 1861-1864, including (in alphabetical order)

(fols. 1-2) 'Christmas in the jungles of Bengal' in 2 parts, The Cheltenham Times, 1862

(fols. 12-13) 'A fair on the Ganges', All Year Round, No. 122, 24 Aug 1861

(fol. 15 ) 'The famine, India's appeal to England' (a poem), The London Journal, [8 Jun 1861]

(fol. 17v) 'Lines on "Peabody's" gift to the poor of London' (a poem), The London Journal, 17 May 1862

(fol. 18) 'Missionaries and indigo planting' by a member of the Calcutta Missionary Conference, Supplement to The Englishman's Weekly Mail, 9 Sep 1861

(fol. 20) 'An old story' (a poem), The London Journal, 23 Aug 1862

(fol. 21v) 'Shooting a husband', The Cheltenham Times

(fol. 22) 'Uncommon likes and dislikes', The Cheltenham Times

(fol. 23) review of C. P. A. Oman's book Eastwards, or Realities of Indian life, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1864

185 leaves (folder 1), 23 leaves (folder 2).

Date

1861-1864, n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (2 folders)

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Collection contents

Archive of the Oman family

Papers of C. P. A. Oman, Sir Charles's father

Literary papers

Stories, poems and articles

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