James Joyce's Manuscripts and Letters - University at Buffalo Libraries

Ulysses 49
Title: No title.
Collation: 7 large sheets of unruled paper (perhaps torn from notebook;
paper, handwriting, arrangement of text similar to that of
MSS. V. A. 9., 22.). Sheets written on one side only. 30.4 x approx.
19.7 cm.
Pagination: Numbered 1-7 in margins in pencil.
Contents: Draft of a portion of "Circe" (Episode XV, RH 470.23-
488.30). Wide margins used for insertions.
Other Markings: None. (No entries crossed through with colored
crayon.)
Dating: 1920.
Notes: This is a late draft 21 (much later than MS. V. A. 19.). Correspondence
in texts can be seen clearly, but many new additions in
text have been inserted between this draft and the final published
text of Ulysses.
MS. begins, "(Prolonged applause. Venetian masts, maypoles
and festal arches spring up ..."
MS. ends, ". . . (A choir of six hundred voices, conducted by
Mr Vincent O'Brien, sings the Alleluia chorus"
*V. A. 21. ULYSSES HOLOGRAPH MSS.: EUMEUS
Notebook, Joyce's hand in ink. Some corrections; many insertions
and additions in ink and pencil on versos and in margins of rectos,
Joyce's hand.
Title: No title.
Collation: Lavender paper covers, black cloth spine. 24 leaves of
graph paper, stitched: 37 pages written on, 11 pages blank. 19.3 x
14.5 cm.
Pagination: Rectos of leaves 2-12 numbered 1-11 in margins in pencil,
Joyce's hand.
Contents: Draft of a large portion of the "Eumeus" (Episode XVI, RH
610.24—649). Text written first on rectos, then continued on
versos of leaves 24, 23, 22, 21, and ending on verso of 20th leaf.
21 In MS. V. B. 13. h., a typewritten copy of this MS. is incorporated as an
insert in the final typescript of the "Circe" episode from which the first type
for that section of Ulysses was set up by the printers. See also MS. V. B. 13.
i. for a complete typescript of MS. V. A. 20.