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Inscribed 'W. K. A. Richards'. A diary in which to record climbs, likely shared between Ivor and his brother, William Kenneth A. Richards, owing to two styles of handwriting throughout.

Information on the climbs includes the weather, orientation and planning, the remarks and actions of company, landmarks along the way, and events of interest e.g. a 'Narrow escape from falling boulder' on August 3rd, 1909. Climbs take place in North Wales, Dartmoor, and frequently the Alps.

Front cover reads: "1924-25 Modern Poetry".

A book of notes on two lecture series: Criticism ('What criticism ought to do and be'), and Modern Poetry ('Not a review of the best moderns, plenty of bad ones mentioned, but a series of controversial remarks as suggestions on How to approach modern Poetry'). The notes are a mixtures of aphorisms, ruminations, notes to self, and sometimes drawings. Slips of paper with more notes are frequently pasted into the book. 'Pencillings [sic] of 1927 on Return from 1st World Circuit' suggest certain notes are made after delivering the lectures.

Page 1 reads: "Contents, Lenin on Tolstoi".

Quotations from various authors, followed by notes on numerous topics of Chinese philosophy (such as belief, feelings, wisdom, beauty, etc.). Further pages include conversations with various people, translations, programs, thoughts on D.H. Lawrence upon his death, 'A Case against research in 'English'', and notetaking from academic reading.

Front Cover reads: "CRITICISM".

Lecture notes on Criticism, including revisions, drawings and paste-ins. General themes include the value of poetry, and the doctrines of criticism. Followed by notes for lectures on Novels and Realism.

P.1 reads: "Criticism Lec X".

Lecture notes on Criticism, a continuation of notebook number 4: 'Front cover: CRITICISM'. Notes include revisions, drawings, paste-ins, as well as loose ephemera kept between pages, including letters, newspaper cuttings, poetry, and more. General themes include completeness, significance, pleasure and emotion. Lecture series on Novels is also continued.

Front cover reads: "LOGIC AND BEAUTY".

Essays on Logic and Beauty, including such headings as 'Beauty as Feeling'; 'Beauty as Pleasure'. Starting from the other end of the book, 'An Autobiography' and further essays on Poetry and Logic.

Front cover reads: "PRACTICAL CRITICISM Oct - March 1928-9".

Practical Criticism Lectures I-XVI including revisions, paste-ins, drawings, and notes to self.

Front cover reads: "scrap-book - from a Weeding Out of OLD NOTES [made in 1977]".

Brief notes on various themes, including this annotation by an unknown hand in red ink: 'What followed should have served as a useful warning to IAR on the futility of over-systematic (would-be) programmatics.'

P.1 reads: "Essays Vol III. Cambridge, Feb 21st, 1932".

Essays marked by I.A. Richards: 'I have tried to show how I think your style would have been bettered'.

P.1 reads: "Finally in 1868 he gained the coveted summit".

Essay on mountaineering followed by miscellaneous notes.

Front Cover reads: "CLARK Lectures".

Miscellaneous notes throughout on poetry and criticism, sometimes in preparation for a lecture, including a commentary on Paradise Lost.

P.1 reads: "Magdalene College Roofs and Climbs".

A diary of I.A Richards' night climbs over various buildings in Magdalene College, recounting one climb in which they got caught. Attached is a mock-serious tale of the 'devilkin' - a strange doll they managed to attach to the clock tower.

Front cover reads: "PSYCHOLOGY 1925 GENERAL + GENERAL 1929".

Miscellaneous notes throughout on psychology in a range of topics, especially the research of 'Stern'.

Front cover reads: "Psychology".

Notes taken from Psychology lectures as an undergraduate, accompanied with doodles.

Cover reads: "Psychology"; opposite cover reads: "Ethics".

At 'Psychology' end of book, a short story exploring philosophical themes. At the 'ethics' end, possibly the draft of a paper for the Moral Sciences Club.

Front Cover reads: "Modern Poetry Materials Oliver Cromwell!".

Miscellaneous notes on the subject of Modern Poetry, especially D. H. Lawrence

Front Cover reads: "LOGIC".

Undergraduate notes on the topic of Logic.

Front Cover Label reads: "If lost reward will be given by I.A. Richards Magdalene College, Cambridge England".

Climbing diary, including Dent Blanche, Courmayeur and Canada.

P.3 reads: "Biog. Lit. XVI".

Notes for a lecture series on the Theory of Criticism.

P.2 reads: "South Wind Wyndham Lewis Tarr".

Notes for a lecture series on 'Novels'

Front Cover reads: "PRACTICAL CRITICISM 1925".

Notes for a lecture series on 'Practical Criticism'.

P.7 reads: "Metaphysics".

Notes for a lecture on Metaphysics.

Free end paper reads: "Logic".

Undergraduate notes on the topic of logic.

Free end paper reads "alternative Terms to Communication [...]".

Notes for a lecture series on Criticism.

Front cover reads: "IDEAS & POEMS".

Saved quotations, miscellaneous poetry, and notes for a lecture series.

P.3 begins: "1917 June Ogwen".

A climbing diary from June 1917 to August 1928.

Front cover reads: "1925 Psychology".

Miscellaneous notes on the topic of psychology.

P.3 begins: "By comparing say, Rule Order Principle Truth Rightness [...]".

Brief miscellaneous notes including a conversation in Harvard.

P.2 begins: "Dear Vice Chancellor It was with the greatest delight [...]".

Miscellaneous notes including drafts of letters.