Author: MANGLES, B. A.
Title: A collection of typscript articles by an unrecorded Dales author: A glimpse at Swaledale. By one who knows it; The Church and Revolution; Women's Life of the Land; Link with the Past; Easter Ceremonies and Customs; On the Swaledale Moors; An Evening in Paris; Prehistoric and Celtic Swaledale; Candlemass Day and the Candlemass Flower; November in a Woodland Glade; Smike: a link with the past; Shrovetide;Water Crag; At Roleth Bottom; Luck o' Lingarth; From Yule to Christmas (2); Mary or May; Our Educational System; The Magic of the Moorland.
Description: 27 pieces in total including two manuscripts - the remainder are typescripts. The 'glimpse of Swaledale' is heavily annotated; a list of some titles accompanied by assorted numbers (words written?) given on one blank. The author was most probably Miss Mangles, headmistress of the local school during the years of the second world war. Murray and Evenden were active between 1911 and 1920. In effect, they operated as a vanity press, publishing first novels by aspiring authors. The three letters from Mangles here (all addressed 'Dear Sir') provide a sharp insight into the how the system operated - essentially the author fronting significant costs to put their work into print.

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