Chesterton, G.K.

Typescript verse, inscribed “The May Queen (adapted & set to music by Lord Reading of Earley)” and initialled “G.K.C.” in ink, annotated with printer’s typesetting instructions in pencil, 25.2 x 20.1cm.

Four stanzas of satirical verse referring to the British Marconi Scandal of 1912, adapted from Alfred Tennyson’s poem The May Queen: “There’s many a black, black eye, they say, but none so blacked as mine / [Herbert] Samuel and [Lloyd] George and [Alexander] Murray stood to be kicked in line”.

New Witness magazine, edited by Chesterton’s brother, Cecil, and of which Chesterton was on the editorial board, broke the story. Ref: Wiki.

G.K. Chesterton (English, 1874–1936), novelist and critic, was mostly known for his “Father Brown” series.

Old folds, minor tears to edges.