Item 100 - "A Remonstrance": in verse, from Philip Morrell to R. C. Trevelyan

1 item: typescript, with autograph title, corrections, date and initials.

The Manor House, Garsington, Oxford. - 'No, no! my dear Trevy, I'm shocked. Such / ribald verse as you sent us / Is alas! to [sic] often admired / For me to admire it....' Criticises Trevy for 'burlesquing.... a man of genius, in / his moment of sentimentality' and feels a 'sense of moral indignation'; 'desire to be read and / the need of appreciation' are very poor excuses. Turns from 'the parodist of today' to the Trevy he 'loved long ago, a grave / And traditional poet'.

Annotation in pen, perhaps in Elizabeth Trevelyan's hand: 'Phip Morrell to R C. T'