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The article presents information on sources related to the works of writer Leslie Stephen. The archives of Trinity Hall in Cambridge, England contain a number of Stephen items, few of which are noted in existing historical, biographical and critical studies. The autograph manuscript of "Swift," published in 1882 in the "English Men of Letters" series, is unbound and consists of 169 heavily corrected leaves, and is evidently an early draft of the final version. The autograph manuscript of "Life of Henry Fawcett" is bound in two volumes and consists of 562 leaves, again heavily corrected by Stephen, and with marks indicating that this was the printer's copy.

Discusses the foliation of the Cambridge University Library MS Ff.1.6 which is commonly known as the Findern manuscript. Debates surrounding the features of the manuscript; Publication of the facsimile edition of the manuscript in 1977; Problems relating to the facsimile of the Findern manuscript.