Mary Webb. “Glimpses of Old Shropshire. (A paper read before the Caradoc Field Club).” Prose manuscript, twelve leaves (numbered “2” through “13” in upper-right corners; without the last leaf containing six or seven lines), 13″ x 8″, off-white laid ruled paper, black ink, with a few corrections. Despite being numbered “2,” the first leaf begins the paper. With an original typescript of the talk. These two historical recreations, prepared as readings for the March 1923 meeting of the Shropshire-based Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club, are imaginative stories set in Roman and early Christian times. Webb’s interests in historical Shropshire are also reflected in her next novel, Precious Bane (set at the time of Waterloo), and in her unfinished fragment, Armour Wherein He Trusted (set at the time of the First Crusade). Bookplate of Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr.