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Exhibition to be held at the Beaux Arts Gallery, 1 Bruton Place, Bruton Street, London, W.1, from 23 January to 23 February 1945. With one page foreword of appreciation of Waterfield's work, which is unsigned but quotes Kenneth Clark, and a list of thirty one works for sale with titles, material and price.

104 Cambridge Gardens, London, W10. - Good to hear that Trevelyan and his wife are well; very kind of him to send the revised edition of "Windfalls"; likes the book very much, as Trevelyan knows, and is glad he will be able to read a new essay. Particularly enjoys the essays about Wallington, and hopes Trevelyan will write more.

Big Chilling, Warsash, Hampshire. - Much flattered and pleased by Trevelyan's epistle; thinks it even better - in poetical terms, rather than its subject - than the epistle to Desmond [MacCarthy]. The Clarks [Kenneth and Jane] agree with him. Encourages him to write more, suggesting B.B. [Berenson]. Roger [Fry] and Goldie [Dickinson] as 'worthy recipients'. Is enjoying his time as a guest at Chilling: Kenneth is excellent to talk to, and Jane a delightful hostess. Returns to London after paying another visit nearby; hopes Trevelyan will be up at No 11 [St Leonard's Terrace] next week.

Is not coming soon to England, as he did not want to miss Trevelyan and Clark, and starting now would be rather difficult. Still a small chance of the Berensons coming to London in October so he would prefer to come to London then. Is glad he will see Trevelyan at the Consuma, and he hopes also at Metelliano. Asks Trevelyan if he could send on the enclosed form to "Life and Letters" and renew his subscription to the "New Statesman"; also if he could send or bring Virginia Woolf's book ["The Waves"] if it has appeared, as he has promised to write something about it.

Metelliano. - Trevelyan seems to have invited Morra to accompany him on a trip to Burma, and though he would very much like to have the pleasure of his company and to see such a distant place, he feels she should not accept for several reasons: asks what a 'poor italian' would do among 'cultured Englishmen or say Birmans, and how he could intrude in a friendly gathering; does not know if he would stand the ocean or the tropical climate; he probably could not get a passport, and has responsibilities and his financial situation to consider. Is very grateful, the more so as 'we [Italians?] are steadily and closely driven to be, or at least to feel like, outcasts.' Will try to find out when it will be most convenient for the 'B.Bs' to have him; may have to go to Turin first 'for a sad reason'; hopes Trevelyan is enjoying Ravello. Has received "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" today; has read Trevelyan's translation of "Coephori" [Aeschylus's "Choephori"] and likes it a great deal, will return it when he has read the two others. Has had a letter from Nicky [Mariano] saying she thinks his opinions on [Kenneth] Clark's marriage seem wise and she wants to hear what B.B. says. Feels 'very cordially' towards Clark.

Cortona (Arezzo). - Expects Trevelyan has just arrived in Italy, and is looking forward to him coming; hopes the weather will be better than the mist and rain today. Has just had a visit from the 'disciple', K. [Kenneth] Clark, who is charming. Would like Trevelyan to come on the 21st to meet his friend [Guglielmo degli?] Alberti, who has to return to his home at Turin for Christmas. He travelled over with Mr and Mrs Waterfield, so Trevelyan can ask for their impressions of him. Clark gave him good news of the I Tatti household, including 'Miss Nicky' [Mariano]; B.B. [Bernard Berenson] is in high spirits despite finding 'on the center of his roof a tower with a clock'.

Holmwood Park Farm, Dorking. - Thanks Trevy for sending him his [poem] "Dream", which is 'full of those almost extinct qualities wisdom & beauty'; thinks 'the mixture of Piers Plowman & Po Chui is perfectly appropriate'. Would like to give him Roger [Fry]'s "Last Lectures", for which Clark wrote an introduction, but 'can't do up parcels' and even if he could it would get lost in the post, so will drop it at the Shiffolds early in the new year. They [he and his wife Jane] are going to Gloucestershire tomorrow for about a month, as their 'three children don't really fit in to this cottage'. Asks if Trevy has any news of BB [Bernard Beresford].

Translation of Montaigne II.10 and "Oedipus at Colonus" 184ff. Notebook also used from other end: translation of Montaigne II.8 and III.7. Also list of names on three pages - 'E[lizabeth] T[revelyan], Miss [Rosalind] Simpkins, K[enneth?] Clark...' - crossed through in red with blue crosses and line [probably a distribution list, perhaps for "From the Shiffolds", since the third page has a note ''38 copies left. 39 envelopes']. Draft verse - 'It is true that lovers care little...' - and prose piece about 'ecstasies'. Draft letter from Trevelyan to [Kenneth] Sisam asking whether he is interested in publishing Trevelyan's translations of Montaigne's "Essays"; letter to be sent with a draft introduction explaining the principles by which Trevelyan has chosen the essays translated, a list of translated essays, and some examples [22/15 may be Sisam's reply to this letter, dated 24 Jan 1947]. Translation of Montaigne II.1, II.6, "Essay on Education" [from Book I], II.11 "on Cruelty", II.1, II.6, I.40

Upper Terrace House, Hampstead, N.W.3. - He and Jane were 'delighted and touched' to receive "From the Shiffolds": very good of Trevy to think of them. Has long admired Leopardi: Trevy's version is 'admirably faithful and keeps the movement of the original'; Leopardi is not easy, and often must be 'construed like a Latin poet'; would much like to have a dual text edition. Hopes that all is well. He himself had a 'long, happy time' at I Tatti [home of Bernard Berenson]; is tempted to settle in Italy when his children are all 'scattered', which will not be long.

Will be happy to meet Trevelyan's friend Sir Augustus Daniel, and will make sure he is at home whenever he chooses to come. If Trevelyan knows which hotel Daniel is staying at in Siena, will write to him there in case it suits him to stay on his way from Siena to Perugia. The Clarks are spending Easter with Morra, though Kenneth has caught flu in Naples. Will not see Desmond [MacCarthy], which he regrets. Hopes Trevelyan will come down with the [Clifford] Allens in summer or in autumn: better to visit the Isola Maggiore in that season as the landlords are there. Describes the island's vegetation. His [article on George] Moore 'falls flat' because the journal Pègaso is 'breaking down'. Trevelyan should not bother about the Salvatorelli. Is very distressed about the news from Germany. Alberti and Moravia are here and send love; Alberti is 'free of his job'.

Postmarked Cortona, Arezzo. - He and the Clarks are together, wishing that Trevelyan were with them. Met [Augustus Moore] Daniel in Perugia on Good Friday; he will come on Tuesday next, then the Clarks will take him to Siena. Sends love to Trevelyan, his wife, and Julian. Jane [Clark] adds 'So do we', followed by a 'K' [for Kenneth Clark].

Cortona. - Bearing in mind Trevelyan's readiness to help Italians in hardship because of their views, Morra had thought that he would be able to help a friend of some friends who is in real difficulty in Italy. However, this man has been very ill all spring and summer and therefore cannot travel, but is in an even more desperate state; the only work he is fit to do is literary or journalistic, the former will not pay and he is forbidden the latter. The 'B.B.s' seem happy at Constantinople, judging by a postcard from Nicky [Mariano]. Asks Trevelyan's opinion of Prince Mirsky's work, and for a recommendation of a good book on Russian literatue; also asks whether the [Kenneth] Clarks are still in London.

Metelliano. - Has been unable to write to Trevelyan, who has been to Wallington, sooner due to travel and congresses. Was a pleasure to spend time at the Shiffolds with him and Bessie, and to find him better than expected; also enjoyed his time in Edinburgh and Holland, though nothing about his three days in Belgium pleased him. Was summoned home due to a sudden deterioration in Ebe's sight; is afraid she is going blind. Going to stay with B.B. [Berenson] at Vallombrosa, where he will see Kenneth Clark, then will go to Rome. Has read Gathorne Hardy's book on Logan [Pearsall Smith]; thought it interesting and probably truthful, but that Gathorne Hardy did not come across very well, and that there was 'something peevish and not quite crystalline' in his attitude.

Saw Simon Nicholson [ie Reginald Popham Nicholson] yesterday; cannot remember whether Julian knows him; he and his wife live near [E.M.] Forster and are 'great friends of his and B.B. [Bernard Berenson] and now of Bob and Bessie. Has given Bob the address of a friend whom Julian might like to meet, a 'camouflage during the last war' and also a painter, 'about 60 years old, and very intelligent etc'; however, he is based 'up beyond Fort William, nearer the [Loch Ness] Monster than to [Julian]'. Bessie is home from the Park [home of Annie Philips], and seems well; they hope to see Ursula soon. Simon Nicholson was in the colonial service with Lugard in west Africa 'for years'; said he was shown some of Julian's 'Africa sketches by K[enneth?] Clark and liked them very much'.