William Morris Archive

'Labour and Pleasure versus Labour and Sorrow'


Bibliographic Citation

William Morris, “'Labour and Pleasure versus Labour and Sorrow',” William Morris Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://morrisarchive.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/2499.

Title

'Labour and Pleasure versus Labour and Sorrow'
William Morris Literary Manuscripts, Vol. XXXVIII (8)

Alternative Title

Essays on Art and History

Creator

William Morris

Date

1880-02-19

Publisher

British Library Add. MS 45,332 (8)

Extent

ff. 140-164

Relation

British Library Add. MS 45,331 continuation

Description

'Labour and Pleasure versus Labour and Sorrow' delivered to the Birmingham Society of Arts and the Birmingham School of Design at Birmingham Town Hall, 19 Feb. 1880, differing from the version printed as 'The Beauty of Life' in C.W., xxii, pp. 51-80. (Page 3 of the original pagination is missing, i.e. between f. 141 and f. 142.) [No. 20].