A volume of poetry and autobiography, in the form of manuscript and printed proofs, compiled and heavily corrected by the author. Comprises: From one end of the volume (1) 'The People's Edition of John Bedford Leno's Poems: in monthly numbers', printed proof pages pasted onto blanks, ca. 106 ff., possibly the only record of the publication; and from the other end of the volume (2) manuscript and printed poetry (newspaper-cuttings) by Leno, including 'The Tale of a Dog', 'A Tailor's Love Letter', 'A Poem for Christmas 1886', 'Poverty and Wealth', 'Done by a Yokel' and 'Life is a Race', 29 ff., some of the manuscript poems previously published, others not; (3) 'Autobiography of John Bedford Leno', printed proof pages, 88 pp., including accounts of him meeting well-known radicals and socialists, such as Thomas Hughes, Octavia Hill, F.J. Furnivall, William Morris, and even, Carl Marx, published in 1892 as part of 'The Aftermath', Leno's last work.
