Manuscript on paper, in two hands, of a collection of tales and tale-fragments, poems, debate records, and memoranda, many of which bear the marks of numerous corrections. The collection begins with the title page of "Þorða Anzel-cynnan: or, a compleat view of the manners, customs, arms, habits, &c. of the inhabitants of England" dated 1775, followed by portions of a romance titled "The Old Man's Tale in "Queenhoo-Hall," the versos of which pages contain fragments of other tales, and a record of the "Tewin Debates," which address such questions as "Folly and ignorance;-which is the most obnoxious," "Is the belief in Ghosts and Apparitions consistent with the truth," and "To a female which is most distressing: the loss of her lover by death, banishment, or inconstancy?" The debates are followed by four pages on "Theatrical Representations" which include a discussion of the staging of medieval mystery plays, a genealogy chart labeled "Brief Sketch of Mr Strutt's Pedigree," and the "Exordium of a Poem called Abraham; and Part of a Poem called Nashomah, or the Pilgrimage of the Soul." A scribe has also copied and annotated an article from the "Morning Chronicle, Friday Decr. 23, 1820," which describes the trial of a chemist accused "of having torn leaves out of several valuable books belonging to the library and purloining them."
