Finnegans Wake

III.3: Book III Chap. 3

Details of the various draft stages.

Compiled by Danis Rose and John O'Hanlon
Draft Analysis: III.3

2010 edition FW pages 368-431
1939 edition FW pages 474-554

III.3 Protodrafts

III.3 Subsections
  • III§3A : 1939 FW 474-532.05
  • III§3B : 1939 FW 532.06-554 (“Haveth Childers Everywhere”)

1924-25 drafts

III§3A.0
First draft (pencil), in the hardbacked notebook containing the early drafts of III.1-2, of the chapter opening; probably November-December 1924.
III§3A.1
Second draft (pencil) of chapter opening with some additional material; probably November-December 1924.
III§3A.1+
Redraft of new material in III§3A.1 plus further new material; probably November-December 1924.
III§3A.2/3B.0
Third draft (pencil) of §3A plus opening paragraph of §3B; probably November-December 1924.
III§3B.0
First draft (pencil) of §3B; continuation of §3A.2; probably November-December 1924.
  • MS: BL 47482b, fols. 90r
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): 55
  • Notebooks used:N1 (VI.B.10)
III§3A.2+/3B.0+
Redraft of fols. 82r-84r (partly), 85r ff., including first complete draft of §3B (the H.C.E. extension); probably November-December 1924.
III§3B.0+
First complete draft of §3B (the H.C.E. extension); continuation of §3A.2+; probably November-December 1924.
III§3A.2++
Redraft of fols. 96v-98r; probably November-December 1924.
III§3B.1
Second draft (pencil) of the H.C.E. extension; incomplete, comprising a redraft of fols. 105v-106r; probably November-December 1924.
III§3B.2
Third draft (pencil); probably November-December 1924.
III§3A.3/3B.3 (See also §3B.3+)
Fair copy (ink); finished 27 January 1925 (see Letters, Stanford, 21 January and 27 January, and Selected Letters, 27 January, 1925).
III§3A.3χ
Early version of addition on fol. 35r above; January 1925.
  • MS: BL 47482b, fol. (95r)
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): 135
  • Notebooks used: N5 (VI.B.2)
III§3B.3+
Redrafts of fols. 35r, 36r, 37r; January 1925.
  • MS: BL 47484a, fols. 28r, 29r, 31r, 32r
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): 136-139
III§3A.4'/3B.4'
Carbon of first typescript; made in late January 1925 by Lily Bollach; not very much overlay. Sent to Harriet Weaver 31 January (see Letters, Beach, 30 January and BLHW, 31 January, 1925) and a copy to Valery LarBaud (see Letters, III, 2 February, 1925).
  • MS: BL 47484a, fols. 58r 59r, 60r, 61r, 62r, 63r, 64r, 65r, 66r, 67r, 68r, 69r, 70r, 71r, 72r, 73r, 74r, 75r, 76r, 77r, 78r, 79r, 80r, / (80r), 81r, 82r, 83r, 84r, 85r, 86r
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): 140-168
  • Notebooks used: N10 (VI.B.16)°, N13 (VI.D.3)
At this point, Joyce left off composing Book III (Dd had to wait!) and turned to getting the typescript of I.5 (I.5§1.3/4.3) ready for Criterion (see BLHW, 2 February, 1925).

1926 drafts

III§3A.4/3B.4 (See also §3A.4'/3B.4')
Top copy of above draft; incomplete, with some pages cut up and pasted to faircopied pages from the following draft. Made in January 1925 but revised probably in the Spring of 1926.
III§3A.4χ
Predraft versions of additions on fols. 40r, 48r.
  • MS: BL 47482a, fols. 2v, (63v)
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): 205-206
III§3A.5/3B.5 (See also §3A.5+)
Fair copy (ink) mixed with pages from the preceding typescript; April 1926 (see Letters, III, 17 April and 2 May, 1926).
III§3A.5χ/3B.5χ
Extradraft versions of (missing) late additions to fol. 99r; predraft version of material on fol. 120r.
  • MS: BL 47482a, fols. 65r, / (58v), (62v)
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): 242-244
III§3A.5+
Additional corrections made in letter (III, 16 May 1926) to Lily Bollach, the typist. Also included on above fol. 113r and fol. 44r of previous draft.
  • MS: Southern Illinois U
  • JJA 58 not reproduced
  • Notebooks used: N22 (VI.B.17)
III§3A.6/3B.6 (See also §3A.6' and §3A.6+/3B.6+))
Second typescript, made by Lily Bollach (finished before 21 May 1926), numbered [39]-79 uniform with 1A.7/1D.7//2A.7/2B.5/2C.7; incomplete; May 1926 (see Letters, I, 21 May, and Southern Illinois, 21 May, 1926).
  • MS: [missing]; BL 47484a, fols. 123r, 124r, 125r, 126r, 127r, 128r, 129r, 130r, 131r, 132r, 133r, 134r, [missing], 135r, [missing], 136r, 137r, 138r, 139r, 140r, 141r, [missing], 143r, 144r, [missing], 146r, / (146r), [missing], 147r, 148r, 149r, 150r, [missing], 151r
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): [missing], 245-256, [missing], 257, [missing], 258-263, [missing], 264-266, [missing], 267, [missing], 268-271, [missing], 272
  • Notebooks used: N22 (VI.B.17), N23 (VI.B.12), N25 (VI.B.15)
III§3A.6'/3B.6'
Revisions for III.1-4 (also written in on above draft) included in letters to Sylvia Beach (see Letters, Beach, 19 June, 2 September and 11 September, 1926; see also N23 (VI.B.12).030(o) and surrounds for the first list).
  • MS: Buffalo, X.C.100, X.C.106, X.C.107
  • JJA 58 not reproduced
  • Notebooks used: N23 (VI.B.12)
III§3A.6'+/3B.6'+
Typescript of late corrections for III.1-4 also written in on above draft. The page numbers involved are listed in N23 (VI.B.12):128(a) and N23 (VI.B.12):145(a); probably September 1926.
  • MS: Buffalo VI.H.1, fol. 1r
  • JJA 57 (Book III Chapters 1 and 2): 284
III§3A.6+/3B.6+
Retyped versions of fols. 129r, 139r-140r, and missing p. 63, with later additions (also in above draft) in Sylvia Beach's hand.
  • MS: BL 47484a, fols. 152r, 153r, 154r, 142r
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): 274-277
Apart from a small number of corrections (see above drafts) Joyce finished with Book III at the beginning of June 1926. He returned to it in 1928 to get it ready for publication in transition, beginning in February 1928 for III.1-2, continuing in April 1928 for III.3 (see following draft), paused, then resumed November 1928, and starting again in September 1929 for III.4.

transition proofs

III§3A.7/3B.7
First proofs for transition (assumed by Joyce to be for transition 14); no revisions, but a few misprints underlined; dated by the printer 18 April 1928 (see Letters, III, 28 April, Beach, 2 May and III, 20 May, 1928).
  • MS: Princeton Princeton (Beach 145), pp. 19, 20, 21, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, / (39), 40, 41, 42, 43, 44
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): 279-304
III§3A.7'/3B.7'
First proofs for transition (duplicates); no revisions, numbered as above; dated by the printer 18 April 1928.
III§3A.7''/3B.7''
First proofs for transition (duplicates); no revisions, numbered as above; dated by the printer 18 April 1928.
III§3A.7'''/3B.7'''
First proofs for transition (duplicates); incomplete, no revisions, the first page is numbered “1”, but otherewise unnumbered.
  • MS: NLI 36,639/15/13: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (online)
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): not reproduced
III§3A.7''''/3B.7''''
First proofs for transition (duplicates); incomplete, no revisions, the first page is numbered “1”, but otherewise unnumbered.
  • MS: NLI 36,639/15/14: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (online)
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): not reproduced
Though the first proofs for III.3 had been pulled, Joyce was not finished with III.2 until the end of June (see Letters, III, 30 June 1928), after which he took a holiday and only sat down to go through III.3 in early August (see BLHW, 8 August, 1928). Unfortunately, he shortly thereafter endured a recurrence of his eye problems and was unable to work for several months (see Letters, BLHW, 12 August, Beach, 3 September, I, 20 September, and III, 16 November, 1928). When he retirned to work, his eyes were still bad and he had to have a new large-print typescript made from the proofs for him to work on.
III§3A.8/3B.8 (See also §3A.8+ and §3A.8++/3B.8+)
Typescript (large format or ‘legal size’; mixed top copies and carbons) specially prepared for Joyce as his diminished sight prevented him from working on the, now defunct, transition 14 proofs; December 1928-January 1929 (see Letters, I, 2 December, III, 15 December, BLHW 31 December, 1928, and III, 10 January 1929).
  • MS: BL 47484a, fols. 156r, 157r, 158r, 159r, 160r, 161r, 162r, 163r, 164r, 248r, 249r, 250r, 251r, 251v, 252r, 253r, 253v, 254r, 254v, 255r, 256r, 180r, 257r, 182r, 182v, 258r, 258v, 259r, 259v, 260r, 260v, 261,r, 261v, 263r, 191r, 191v, 264r, 264v, 265r, 266r, 200r, 267r, 202r, 268r, 268v, 269r, 205r, 207r 208r, 270r, 270v, 271r, 271v, 272r, 273r, 273v, [missing], 274r 274v, 275r, 275v, 216r, 216v, 276r, 277r, 278r, 279r, 221r, 222r, 222v, 280r, 224r, 281r, 226r, 227r, 282r, 282v, 283r, 284r, 285r, 285v, 286r, 233r, / (233r), 234r, 235r, 287r, 237r, 288r, 239r, 289r, 289v, 290r 291r, 292r, 293r, 244r, 244v, 294r, 294v, 246r, 247r
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): 307-365, [missing], 367-412
  • Notebooks used: N10 (VI.B.16)°, N11 (VI.B.5), N14 (VI.B.7), N17 (VI.B.9)°, N18 (VI.B.8), N19 (VI.B.19), N21 (VI.B.20)°, N22 (VI.B.17), N23 (VI.B.12), N25 (VI.B.15), N29 (VI.B.21), N31 (VI.B.26), N32 (VI.B.23), N33 (VI.B.4)
III§3B.8χ
Extradraft note.
  • MS: BL 47484a, fol. 247v
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): 413
III§3A.8+
Retyped versions of fols. 251v-252r, 253v-256r, 260v-263r, 191v-266r, (see above draft); January 1929.
  • MS: BL 47484a, fols. 169r, 170r, 173r, 174r, 175r, 176r, 177r, 178r, 179r, 262r, 187r, 188r, 189r, 190r, 192r, 193r, l94r, 195r, 196r, 197r, 198r, 199r
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): 414-435
  • Notebooks used: N18 (VI.B.8), N29 (VI.B.21), N31 (VI.B.26), N33 (VI.B.4)
III§3A.8++/3B.8+
Retyped versions of fols. 248r-251r, 253r-254r, 257r, 182v-261r, 202r, 268r-269r, 191r, 264v-216r, 274r-279r, 222v-280r, 281r, 282r-286r, / 287r, 288r, 289r-293r, 244v-294r (see above drafts); January 1929.
  • MS: BL 47484a, fols. 165r, 166r, 167r, 168r, 171r, 172r, 181r 183r, 184r, 185r, 186r, (187r), 201r, 203r 204r, 206r, 209r 210r, 211r, 212r, 213r, 214r, 215r, [missing], 217r, 218r, 219r, 220r, 223r, 225r, 228r, 229r, 230r, 231r, 232r, / 236r, 238r, 240r, 241r, 242r, 243r, 245r
  • JJA 58 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. I): 436-475
III§3A.9/3B.9
Proofs for transition 15, incorporating the revisions made on the large-format typescript (above draft); dated by the printer 23 January and 25 January 1929 (see Stuart Gilbert diary, 24 January and Letters, III, 26 January, 1929). Lacks two extended inserts "A" and "B"
  • MS: BL 47484b, fols. 296r, 297r, 298r, 299r, 300r, 301r, 302r, 303r, 304r, 305r, 306r, 307r, 308r, 309r, 310r, 311r, 312r, [missing insert], 314r, 315r, 316r, 317r, 318r, 319r, 320r, 321r, 322r, 323r, 324r, 325r, 326r, 327r, 328r, 329r, [missing insert], / (329r), 330r, 331r, 332r, 333r, 334r, 335r, 336v, 337r
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 2-18, [missing], 19-35, [missing], 36-43
  • Notebooks used: N33 (VI.B.4)
III§3A.9'/3B.9'
Proofs (duplicates) for transition 15. Corrections only; incomplete set.
  • MS: [missing], / [missing]; BL 47484b, fols. 338r, 339r, 340r, 341r, 342v, 343r, 344v, 345r
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): [missing], 44-51
III§3A.9+
Typed version of insert "A"; January 1929.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fol. 313r
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 19
transition 15 came out in February 1929. From then until the end of May, Joyce occupied himself preparing three fragments for Harry Crosbie's Black Sun Press: “The Mookse and the Gripes” from I.6, “The Muddest Thick that was Ever Heard Dump” from II.2 (formerly called “The Triangle” and the only part of II.2 written) and “The Ondt and the Gracehoper” from III.1. In July 1929, he went on holiday in England and did not return to Paris, and work, until mid-September, at which time he got III.4 ready for transition (see III§4.4). When this was completed, or nearly so, he began to get III.§3B (the City piece) ready for separate publication (see Letters, I, 19 October).

Haveth Childers Everywhere

III§3B.10 (See also §3B.10′ and §3B.10+)
Marked pages of transition 15 (February 1929); October 1929. Some additions are in the hand of an amanuensis.
III§3B.10'
Marked pages (duplicates) of transition 15 with different overlay; October 1929.
III§3B.10+
The overlay from 3B.10 and 3B.10' copied by an amanuensis (except for the additions on BL 47478-350v which are authorially copied) onto sheets and keyed to a third copy of the pages (duplicates) of transition 15 and with some fresh emendations. In toto, all 8 transition pages together with 5 large MS sheets divided into 10 pages; dated sometime between October 1929 and January 1930.
  • MS: Zurich, NLI JBZJJF/W/1/33: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Additions (NLI JBZJJF/W/1/34): 1, 2, 3, NLI JBZJJF/W/1/35 4, NLI JBZJJF/W/1/36 5, NLI JBZJJF/W/1/37 6, 7, NLI JBZJJF/W/1/38 7 (online)
  • JJA 59 not reproduced
III§3B.11
Typescript; clearly made above drafts; dated sometime between October 1929 and January 1930. A few small revisions only.
  • MS: Buffalo VI.E.1, fols. 1r, 2r, 3r, 4r, 5r, 6r, 7r, 8r, 9r, 10r, 11r, 12r, 13r, 14r
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 71-84
Joyce stopped working in late October 1929 due to health concerns (see Letters, I, 22 November, and BLHW, 12 December, 1929) and did not return to work until the end of January 1930 (see Stuart Gilbert diary 31 January 1930). The Wall Street Crash appears to have depressed the market (such as it was) for his work. At the turn of the year, though, with the help of friends he managed to finish Haveth Childers Everywhere (see also Lucie Noel, James Joyce and Paul L. Léon, p. 63).
III§3B.12 (See also §3B.12+ and §3B.12++)
Typescript, with insertions in the hands of several amanuenses (Paul Leon, Padraic Colum, Stuart Gilbert, and Helen Joyce, according to Harriet Shaw Weaver); probably early 1930 (see Padraic and Mary Colum, Our Friend James Joyce, pages 100-101 and 103, and Stuart Gilbert's Diary 31 January, 1930).
  • MS: BL 47484b, fols. 356r, 357r, 358r, 387r, 362r, 388r, 364r, 365r, 366r, 389r, 390r, 391r, 392r, 375r, 378r, 379r, 395r, 396r 383r, 384r, 385r, 386r
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 86-107
  • Notebooks used: N12 (VI.B.14)°, N14 (VI.B.7)°, N35 (VI.B.24), N36 (VI.B.29)
III§3B.12+
Retyped versions of fols. 387r, 388r, 389r, 390r-392r, 396r (see above draft) with further revisions; early 1930.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fols. 359r, 360r, 361r, 363r, 369r, 370r, 371r, 372r, 394r, 382r
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 108-117
  • Notebooks used: N35 (VI.B.24), N36 (VI.B.29)
III§3B.12+χ
Version of addition on fol. 370r above; early 1930.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fol. 386v
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 118
III§3B.12++
Retyped version of fols. 371r-372r; early 1930.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fol. 393r
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 119
  • Notebooks used: N36 (VI.B.29)
III§3B.13 (See also §3B.13+)
Typescript (mixed top copies and carbons) prepared page by page and including some pages from III§3B.12; early 1930.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fols. 397r, 398r, 399r, 400r, 401r, 402r, 403r, 404r, 405r, 406r, 407r, 409r, 410r, 367r, 368r, 411r, 412r, 413r, 414r, 415r, 373r, 374r, 416r, 417r, (378r), (379r), 379v, 380r, 381r, 381v, 418r, 419r, 420r, 421r, 422r, (384r), 423r, 424r, (386r)
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 120-159
  • Notebooks used: N3 (VI.B.3)°, N35 (VI.B.24), N36 (VI.B.29)
III§3B.13χ
Extradraft material; early 1930.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fols. 356v, 382v
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 160-161
III§3B.13+
Retyped version of fol. 407r; early 1930.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fol. 408r
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 162
III§3B.14 (See also §3B.14+)
Typescript (mostly carbons) prepared for the printer of Haveth Childers Everywhere; early 1930.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fols. 426r, 427r, 428r, 429r 430r 430v, 431r, 432r, 433r, 433v, 434r, 435r, 436r, 437r, 438r, 440r, 441r, 442r, 443r, 443v, 445r, 446r, 447r, 448r, 448v, 449r, 449v, 450r, 451r, 452r 453r 454r, 455r, 456r, 457r, 458r
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 165-201
  • Notebooks used: N15 (VI.D.2)°, N33 (VI.B.4)°, N36 (VI.B.29), N37 (VI.B.28A)
III§3B.14χ
Extradraft material. The NLI note in PL's hand refers to an addition on fol. 451; early 1930.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fols. 376r, 377r; N.L.I. (uncatalogued)
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 202-203; not reproduced
III§3B.14+
Retyped versions of addition to fols. 437r-438r and bottom of fol. 443r; early 1930.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fols. 439r, 444r
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 204-204
  • Notebooks used: N36 (VI.B.29)
III§3B.14+'
Corrigenda: carbon of list of corrections to 3B.14 above. A few further revisions are missing (see Devil, Duyvil, etc.); early 1930.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fols. 459r, 460r
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 206-207
III§3B.15 (See also §3B.15′, §3B.15+ and §3B.15+′)
Page proofs for Haveth Childers Everywhere; The additions at this draft stage were copied in onto the preceding typescript (§3B.14): late March 1930 (see Letters, I, 18 March 1930).
  • MS: BL 47484b, fols. 462r, 463r, 464r-v, 465r-v, 466r-v, 467r-v, 468r-v, 469r-v, 470r-v, 471r-v, 472r-v, 473r-v, 474r-v, 475r-v, 476r-v, 477r-v, 478r-v, 479r-v, 480r-v, 481r-v, 482r-v, 483r-v, 484r-v, 485r-v, 486r-v, 487r-v, 488r-v, 489r-v, 490r-v, 491r-v, 492r-v, 493r-v, 494r-v, 495r-v, 496r
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 211-275
  • Notebooks used: N36 (VI.B.29)°, N37 (VI.B.28A)
III§3B.15'
Emendations for the above draft (and copied thereon) sent to Paul Léon from Zurich, and a reply from Léon (see Letters, Zurich, 9 April, and Tulsa, 11 April, 1930.
  • MS: Zurich (NLI JBZJJF/W/1/41): 1, 1v, (NLI JBZJJF/W/1/40): 2 (online); Tulsa Léon collection
  • JJA 59 not reproduced
III§3B.15χ
Version of addition on fol. 483r above.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fol. 458v
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 276
III§3B.15+
Proofs (second set; incomplete) for Haveth Childers Everywhere; mid-April 1930 (see Letters III, 16 April 1930).
  • MS: [missing]; BL 47484b, fols. 498r-v, [missing], 499r-v, 500r-v, [missing]
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): [missing], 277-278, [missing], 279-282, [missing]
III§3B.15+'
Emendations for the above draft (and copied thereon); sent in a letter to Paul Léon (unpublished) of 13 April, and in a letter from Lucia Joyce to Adrienne Monnier with instructions for Léon of 16 April, 1930.
  • MS: Zurich (NLI JBZJJF/W/1/39): 13 April (online), Princeton 1.
  • JJA 59: not reproduced
Haveth Childers Everywhere was published by Babou and Kahane in Paris April 1930.
Joyce stopped working at the beginning of April 1930 and went to Zurich (see Stuart Gilbert diary 28 April 1930). A long, fallow period followed. Buoyed by the success of the 1 shilling edition of Anna Livia Plurabelle (published in May 1930), T.S. Eliot asked to bring out the City piece in the same format. A contract to this effect was signed in September 1930 and, after some delay, the Faber and Faber Haveth Childers Everywhere came out on 7 May 1931.
III§3B.16
Corrected pages of the Babou and Kahane Haveth Childers Everywhere used as copy for the Faber and Faber edition; 1930.
  • MS: [missing]
III§3B.16
List of corrections keyed to 3B.16 but in some cases marked in on 3B.15; 1930.
  • MS: BL 47484b, fol. 501r; Ronald L. DzierBicki collection, p. 1
  • JJA 59 (Book III Chapter 3, vol. II): 283-284
III§3B.16+
Page proofs for the Faber and Faber Haveth Childers Everywhere. Corrected by T.S. Eliot by comparison with the Babou and Kahane edition and with the incorporation of some (not all) of the above (3B.16) emendations; 1930 or early 1931.
  • MS: Private
Between late August and November 1931, the first samples of his book (whose title had not yet been disclosed) printed from selected pages of transition 1 and 15 began to arrive (see JJA 61, Book III transition Pages, pp. 658-666, and Letters, III, 15 October, BLHW, 28 October, 4 November, III, 21 November, and 22 November, 1931).

Copy for Faber and Faber

In preparing copy of Book III for the printer of Finnegans Wake Joyce collected and numbered, in the sequence they appear in the final text, pages from transition 12, 13, 15, and 18, pages from the ‘Ondt and the Gracehoper’ episode in Two Tales of Shem and Shaun, and pages from Haveth Childers Everywhere.

At least two, but possibly three, sets were involved. The first one (or two) were brought over to Faber and Faber by Maria Jolas at the end of January 1936 (see Letters, III, 27 January and NLFF, 3 February 1936). This was followed shortly afterwards by a typed list of further corrections (see III§3A.10+++ below). In June, the full MS (together with the equivalent Book I copy) was carried back to Paris by T.S. Eliot so that handwritten revisions could be typed (see Letters, NLFF, 17 April and 7 May, 1936). This work was completed and the MSS returned to London by Lucie Léon mid-July 1936 (see Letters, NLFF, 3 July and 12 July, 1936).

Dating the revisions themselves is more problematical. The collecting and assembly of the material appears to have begun in the autumn of 1931 (see Letters, III 27 October 1931). It is likely that Joyce undertook the first stage of revision in or around 1933-34. He started again the summer of 1935 (see III§3A.10'χ below). Another fallow period followed (see Letters, NLHW, 13 September 1935), until finally, with Léon's help, he got the whole, very complex material ready for delivery to London in early 1936.

III§3A.10/3B.17 (See also §3A.10′, §3A.10+, and §3A.10′+)
Marked pages of transition 15, title page of Faber HCE (FW, 474-532.05) and marked pages (missing) of Haveth Childers Everywhere (London, Faber and Faber, 1931); 1933-1935.
III§3A.10χ
Extradraft notes (Sheets III) for the additions to the first set of marked transition pages for Book III. Switzerland-Paris, Summer-Winter 1933. The specific chapter (Shaun-a, b, c, d = III.1,2,3,4) to which each note or group of notes refers is indicated (not always correctly) in pencil. From the inclusion among these notes of certain material used in Book II (see, for example, §1.0χ, §1.5+χ, II.2§3.7χ, and §8.12χ) and from Buffalo notebook evidence, it is likely that Joyce compiled the notes in 1933-1934; some (if not all) of the pages were sent to Harriet Shaw Weaver in July 1934.
  • MS: BL 47486a, fols. 3r-v, 4r, 5r, 6r, 7r-v, 8r, 10r-v, 11r-v, 12r, 13r, 14r, 15r, 16r, 17r, 18r, 19r, 20r, 21r, 22r, 23r, 24r, 25r-v, 26r-v, 27r-v, 28r-v, 29r-v, 30r-v, 31r-v, 32r, 33r, 34r-v, 35r, 36r, 37r, 39r-v, 40r, 41r-v, 42r-v, 43r-v, 44r, 45, 46r, 47r, 48r, 49r, 50r, 51r, 52r, 53r, 54r, 56r, 57r, 58r, 59r, 60r-v, 61r-v, 63r, 64r, 65r, 66r, 67r, 68r, 220r-v, 221r-v, 224r-v, 225r; BL 47478, fol. 82r
  • JJA 61 (Book III transition Pages): 117-204
  • Notebooks used: VI.C.1, VI.C.2, VI.C.3
III§3A.10+
Typescript of additions on above pages of transition 15; probably 1936.
  • MS: BL 47486a, fols. 159r, 160r, 161r, 162r, 163r, 164r, 165r, 166r, 167r, 168r, 169r, 170r, 171r, 172r, 173r, 174r, 175r, 176r
  • JJA 61 (Book III transition Pages): 232-249
  • Notebooks used: N47 (VI.B.40), VI.C.2, VI.C.3, VI.C.5, VI.C.6, Sheets V
III§3A.10'/3B.17'
Second set (missing) of pages of transition 15 and Haveth Childers (or possibly holograph sheets of additions keyed to the third set); with new overlay and (possibly) keyed to the typescript of additions to the first set (see preceding draft stages); probably 1936.
III§3A.10'χ
Extradraft notes (Sheets V) used for the additions on the above (missing) draft and for further overlay on the typescript of the first set of additions. The specific chapter and (frequently) page number to which each note refers are indicated, not always correctly, in pencil (see Letters, NLHW, 19 July 1935); Paris, June-July 1935.
  • MS: BL 47486a, fols. 183r, 184r, 185r, 186r, 187r, 188r, 189r, 190r, 192r, 193r, 194r, 195r, 196r, 197r, 198r, 199r, 200r, 201r, 202r, 203r, 204r, 205r, 206r, 207r, 208r, 209r, 210r, 211r, 212r, 213r, 214r, 215r, 216r, 217r, 218r, 218v, 219r, 219v, (220r), (220v), (221v), 222r, 222v, 223r
  • JJA 61 (Book III transition Pages): 258-298
  • Notebooks used: N47 (VI.B.40), VI.C.2, VI.C.3, VI.C.5, VI.C.6
III§3A.10'+/3B.17'+
Third set of transition 15 pages; keyed to duplicate typescript (see below) of first set and to typescript (here included) of second set of additions, and pages (missing) of Haveth Childers Everywhere transferred from the first set (see §3B.17) and possibly subjected to further revision; probably early 1936.
  • MS: BL 47486b, fols. 332r, 332v, 448r, 333r, 449r, 333v, 450r, 334r, 451r, 334v, 452r, 335r, 45jr, 335v, 454r, 336r, 455r, 336v, 456r, 337r, 457r, 337v, 458r, 338r, 459r, 338v, 460r, 339r, 461r, 339v, 462r, 340r, 463r 340v, 341r, 464r, 341v, 465r 342r, 342v, 466r, 343r, 467r, 343v, 468r, 344r, 469r, 344v, 470r, 345r, 471r, 345v, 472r, 346r, 473r, 346v, 474r, 347r, 475r, 347v, 476r, 348r, 477r, 348v, 478r, (349r) / (349v), [missing]
  • JJA 61 (Book III transition Pages): 425-492, 88, not reproduced
  • Notebooks used: N29 (VI.B.21)°, N47 (VI.B.40), VI.C.3, VI.C.5, VI.C.6, VI.C.8°, Sheets V
III§3A.10+'
Duplicate typescript of first set of additions to transition 15; probably early 1936.
  • MS: BL 47486b, fols. 429r, 430r, 431r, 432r, 433r, 434r, 435r, 436r, 437r, 438r, 440r, 441r, 442r 443r, 444r, 445r, 446r, 447r
  • JJA 61 (Book III transition Pages): 493-510
  • Notebooks used: N47 (VI.B.40)°, Sheets V°
III§3A.10'+'
Duplicate typescript of second set of additions to transition 15; probably early 1936.
  • MS: BL 47486a, fols. 264r, 265r, 266r, 267r, 268r, 269r, 270r, 271r, 272r, 273r, 274r, 275r, 276r, 277r, 278r, 279r, 280r, 281r, 282r, 283r, 284r, 285r, 286r, 287r, 288r, 289r, 290r, 291r, 292r, 293r, 294r
  • JJA 61 (Book III transition Pages): 588-618
  • Notebooks used: N47 (VI.B.40), Sheets VI
III§3A.10+/3B.17+
Final additions (Sheets VI, missing), probably in listed format, to the Book III transitions; early 1936. See below for typescript.
III§3A.10++/3B.17++
Typescript of final additions (to transition 12, 13, 15, and 18) of which the original holograph is missing; in random page sequence; original January or February 1936. See above.
  • MS: BL 47486b, fols 500r, 501r, 502r, 503r, 504r, 505r, 506r, 507r, 508r, 509r
  • JJA 61 (Book III transition Pages): 627-636
  • Notebooks used: N47 (VI.B.40)
III§3A.10++'/3B.17++'
Duplicate (carbon) of above; with new overlay; January or February 1936.
  • MS: BL 47486b, fols. 510r, 511r, 509v, 512r, 513r, 514r, 515r, 516r, 517r, 518r, 519r
  • JJA 61 (Book III transition Pages): 637-647
III§3A.10+++/3B.17+++
New typescript of late additions, in correct page sequence; sent to Faber and Faber 16 February 1936 (see Letters, NLHW, 5 February and NLFF, 16 February, 1936).
  • MS: BL 47486b, fols: (494r), 495r, 496r, 497r, / (497r)
  • JJA 61 (Book III transition Pages): 651-654

Proofs for Finnegans Wake III.3 (FW, 474-554)

III§3A.11/3B.18 (See also §3A.11+)
Galleys 172-227 (first set) for Finnegans Wake. Dated by the printer 31 May 1937; revised 1937-1938.
III§3A.11χ/3B.18χ
Predraft versions of some of the overlay on the first set of galleys. For folios 134-135 See Sheet viii-16(b) et seq.; 1937-1938.
  • MS: BL 47487, fols. 134r, 135r
  • JJA 62 (Book III Galleys): 243-244
  • Notebooks used: N52 (VI.B.42), VI.C.7
III§3A.11+/3B.18+
Galleys (second set, duplicate) for Finnegans Wake. Either this set or a duplicate (but withour any new revisions) was sent to Faber and Faber on 31 December 1938 (see Letters, NLFF, 2 January 1939).

Page proofs for III.3 (FW, 474-554)

III§3A.12/3B.19
Page proofs for Finnegans Wake, 1st set, incomplete, emendations extant for pages 497 to 512 only; January 1939.
  • MS: [missing]; Tulsa 2H (unmarked), 2I, [missing], / [missing]
  • JJA 62 (Book III Galleys): not reproduced
  • Notebooks used: N54 (VI.B.45), N58 (VI.B.30)
III§3A.12′
Page proofs for Finnegans Wake, duplicates, pages 497 to 512 only; January 1939.
  • MS: [missing]; Tulsa 2I'
  • JJA 62 (Book III Galleys): not reproduced
  • Notebooks used: N58 (VI.B.30)
III§3A.12+/3B.19+
Typescript of some corrections made on the page proofs for Finnegans Wake; January 1939.
  • MS: BL 47488, fols 233r, 234r, 235r, 236r
  • JJA 62 (Book III Galleys): 511-514
III§3A.12+
Final correction sent to Faber and Faber (see Letters, NLFF, 29 January, 30 January and reply 30 January, 1939).
  • MS: NLI, Léon papers
  • JJA 62 (Book III Galleys): not reproduced

Errata for III.3 (1939 FW 474-554)

III§3A.13/3B.20
Errata for Finnegans Wake, begun in 1939 (see Letters, NLFF, 22 July, NLPL 10 August, 19 August, and NLFF, 30 August, 1939), involving marking up an unbound copy of the first edition (minimal corrections only as the paging could not be redone), and completed in the summer of 1940 at Saint Gerand-le Puy. The corrections were then typed in duplicate (Buffalo VI.H.4.b, c) or triplicate and given to Maria Jolas on 28 August, 1940 for delivery in New York to B.W. Huebsch of the Viking Press. The third copy was presumably sent to Faber and Faber.
  • MS: Buffalo VI.H.4.a pp. 474-554; Buffalo VI.H.4.b, fols. 26, 27, 28; Buffalo VI.H.4.c, fols. 26, 27, 28
  • JJA 62 (Book III Galleys): not reproduced; 524-526; not reproduced