Item 61 - Card from George Macaulay Trevelyan to R.C. Trevelyan

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Stocks Cottage, Tring. - Thanks Bob for his postcard; will 'much want' to hear his criticisms [of his own book about George Meredith?]. Is to write a 'causerie' for the "Speaker" on [Alfred William] Benn, though not until June as he recently did one about [Thomas] Hardy's "Dynasts". Is working on a book about Garibaldi in 1949: 'far and away the best fun' he has ever had in writing; had a 'splendid time walking over the ground at Easter'. Asks if Bob has read [Gabriele] D'Annunzio's "Canzone di Garibaldi" ,'fine historical poems'. Hears 'rumours that the Shiffolds are likely to become more populous' [Elizabeth is pregnant], which would give him more pleasure than anything 'in these recent very fortunate times' and 'seems a proper sequel to the General Election'.

Cf. Trevelyan, G. M. "Causerie of the Week: Where Ignorant Armies Clash By Night", "The Speaker : The Liberal Review" (Mar 17, 1906), pp 577-579; Trevelyan, G. M. "Causerie of the Week: Literature and Dogma", "The Speaker : The Liberal Review", (Jun 30, 1906) pp 295-297.