Item 64 - [Draft?] letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Otto Kyllmann

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Was 'surprised' to see the "Annual [of New Poetry]" described as edited by himself in the "Supplement" of this week's "Nation". This is a 'rather serious mistake': though Constable & Co. have been doing business with Trevelyan rather than all the contributors, that does not make him the editor, since contributors are free to send whatever they choose for publication, and his opinion as to who should contribute does not count more than the others'. The other contributors 'would have a perfect right to object very strongly' if they thought he was claiming to be editor, and if reviewers thought the book was his selection, 'as "G[eorgian] P[oetry]" was E.H.M [Edward Howard Marsh]'s', this could be 'disastrous both for the book and for [Trevelyan]'. Is worried in case the book might have been described elsewhere in the same way; thinks Kyllmann will agree that steps should be taken at once to stop this happening again. Asks for a correction to be put into the next number of the "Nation" if possible; would like to know if his name appeared as editor in the "Times" or elsewhere and whether the mistake could be put right if so.