IV.B.5: Occasional Verses
“Scheveningen, 1927” (1927):1
Material Description and Collation
The manuscript is a sepia picture post card of Joyce standing on a beach, with writing in Joyce’s hand on the other side.
Title
“Scheveningen, 1927”.
Measurements
The manuscript measures 13.7 x 8.8 cm.
Contents
The manuscript is a limerick about Joyce.
Dating
Joyce was in Scheveningen, Holland, on 25 May 1927 but Joyce’s postscript indicates that he wrote the verse in Paris, though the date on the manuscript is difficult to establish.
Other Markings
The manuscript is signed and dated: “J.J. | Paris | [?16-7]-927”.
Publication
This manuscript has been reproduced in black and white photo-facsimile on JJA 1.338 and was published in Spielberg (p. 22) and then in PSW, p. 136. The image was partially reproduced in Bob Cato and Greg Vitiello, Joyce Images (London and New York: W. W. Norton, 1994), p. 66.
Notes
Joyce gave this manuscript to Sylvia Beach.
- Slocum and Cahoon, E.17.b.viii.