ABSTRACT

The manuscript of the Graphic stories is extant. It was presented by Hardy, through Sydney Cockerell, to the Library of Congress, Washington DC, in October 1911 when he was distributing his MSS. among various public collections. As R.L. Purdy notes, the MS. was foliated and rearranged by Hardy, and 'Anna, Lady Baxby' is numbered 75-83; however, each of the six stories

wasalsoindependentlyfoliatedand'Anna,LadyBaxby'isnumbered1-9.1The finalleaf,fo.84,ismissing;itcontainedlinkscancelledandrewrittenwhenthe storieswerecollectedin1891.