Macdonald, Ross. (Pseudonym of Kenneth Millar). TWO UNPUBLISHED HOLOGRAPH DRAFTS OF "TO AN UNKNOWN READER,"
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," the printed version of which was laid into copies of Ross / Macdonald / Kenneth Millar: A Checklist. Compiled by Matthew J. Bruccoli. Detroit: Gale Research, 1971. "To An Unknown Reader" is a six-line poem that was inserted in printed form on a card in copies of the book. The first draft consists of fourteen lines, several of which were crossed out by the author and is mockingly titled in Latin: "Hic Jacet Copy." The second draft of six lines bears the poem's published title with the words "Corrected Version" written out by Macdonald. Laid in as issued is a copy of the printed poem. A singular exercise in verse by the novelist. Fine