Art: Manuscripts

Settled on the arm of a fjord cut on the coast of Norway stands the town of Trondhjem. Hidden in the dark dust of archives of the Association of Science in this town, lay for many years a manuscript. Last week it came to light: a rough copy in verse of Love's Comedy—second important play of the greatest of modern dramatists, Henrik Ibsen.

The manuscript of the second play of Oscar O'Flahertie Wills Wilde came to light, too, last week. The Duchess of Padua, written about 1883 for Mary Anderson (but never acted by her) lay for many years on...

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