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142 James Joyce's Manuscripts and Letters
VI. D. 1.-7. FINNEGANS WAKE:
TRANSCRIPTIONS OF "MISSING" WORKBOOKS
The VI. C. MSS. contain copies of seven workbooks in the hand of
Joyce's amanuensis, Mme. Raphael, herewith numbered VI. D. 1.-
7. The original notebooks from which the copies were made are
not to be found in the Joyce Collection of the University of Buffalo.
They may be in the possession of another collector, or they may
have been lost or destroyed in the mix-up of the war years (1940-
45) in Paris.
Title: No titles.
Contents: Clear copies of the entries which were wo? crossed through
with colored crayon in the original notebooks. (Mme. Raphael has
made numerous errors in her transcriptions.) Entries mostly
words, short phrases, and notes for possible use in FW.
Dating: Transcriptions made between 1933-36. 89
VI. D. 1.
RECONSTRUCTION OF BEGINNINGS AND ENDS
OF "MISSING" MANUSCRIPTS
See MS. VI. C. 2., pp. [123-97].
MS. begins, "The Duce of dug door gin the trying to govern white
m in royal oak gallaghon is to near he came ..."
MS. ends, "... David Copperfield a lovely weather iron and coal
a gr ter fire un in the meaning of a held for o 500 gr the whole Germany
he shall not be them can a Latin (is not) the Sherwood rider — "
Other Markings: Some entries crossed through with orange crayon.
Dating: ca. 1922-35.
VI. D. 2.
See MS. VI. C. 3., pp. [178-242]. Also see MS. VI. C. 15., pp. [177-
252] for another transcription. (This duplication is most likely accidental.)
Transcription in MS. VI. C. 3. begins, "bound to say brownie's tea
Lm - m one hand passes down to other tear M furry nid coat trau-
89 Seen. 88.