Lost and Found in the Humanities.

History; Piano concertos; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Blount, Edward; Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935

The article discusses several occasions that demonstrate how terrifying the accidents of history can be. Topics discussed include the unpublished piano concertos of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart which the wife sold to a man named Andre who had a publishing concern in Vienna, Austria, the publication of William Shakespeare's plays that could have disappeared after his death had the manuscripts had not been taken to Edward Blount and how authors like T. E. Lawrence have lost many of their manuscripts.