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(According to an endorsement, this chart was sent to Grant Richards to be reproduced in his memoir, Housman, 1897–1936, published in 1941.)

Church Ho[use]. - Has shown his black and white work to various publishers including Grant Richards, who publishes Rothenstein's lithographs; at Richards' invitation said he would like to illustrate a translation by Trevelyan of Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Asks Trevelyan to translate a sample page or two to which he will add a head picture. Richards is also interested in seeing Trevelyan's original work: he's 'rather a nice chap for a publisher'. Fry is going on to [Robert] Bridges: gives address.

12 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, W. - Asks if Trevelyan has received his copy of "The Bird in Song" [in which his poem "The Lady's Bat" appears, see 6/47]. Sickert told Grant Richards to send it to Brimsley Johnson, since he keeps forgetting to ask [his brother] Oswald for Trevelyan's new address. Will then know whether the other poets have received their copies; he dares not write to Richards again, who will think he wants his cheque. Thinks it is 'quite a tidy little book' except for the 'hideous stuffed fowl' [the frontispiece]. The 'publishers war is waxing fierce'. Hopes Trevelyan will come to Kensington soon.

12 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington. - Never sent Trevelyan the copy of the Bat [his poem"The Lady's Bat] for him to correct. Grant Richards wants to start printing ["The Bird In Song", see 6/47] at once; if Trevelyan cannot return the enclosed in time, they will take the punctuation from Brimley Johnson's book. Still trying to find a title; if Trevelyan can think of one which is 'pretty but not too elaborate' he will offer him 'half the royalty that G.R. has not offered' [him and Stanley Makower]. Has just discovered that F. Noel Paton brought out "Bards and the Birds" in 1894, but this is not well done. Hopes Roger [Fry] will buy all the Old Masters 'that are good enough for Boston but not too good'. Stanley is well as is his baby daughter.

12 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington. - It is very good of Trevelyan to let him [and Stanley Makower] use his poem [in their anthology, "The Bird In Song", see 6/47]; feels as if 'the minor anthropologist were a sort of well intentioned hyaena'. Not sure of the length of Trevelyan's peacock poem but is sure there will be room; liked his bat poem too and is prepared to say 'for the poet's purpose - he is a bird' as a whale can be called a fish. Grant Richards and Macmillam are 'not on telephoning terms' at present, but if Trevelyan informs them of his permission, Sickert expects no difficulty. Thinking of a suitable name for the series: perhaps "Halcyon Series". Oswald still busy 'holding up the Times Book Club'; if the paper became 'decently Liberal' it would not 'need all these young genii to keep it alive'. Does not know Leopardi's work, as he has no Italian; read [Thomson's] "City of Dreadful Night" years ago. Stanley also involved with a 'rival literary scheme'.

By ' the Warden of Keble, Mrs T. W. Pym, "TPN" and Mr Grant Richards'

(The appreciations are by the Warden of Keble College, Oxford (Beresford Kidd); Mrs T. W. Pym; ‘T. P. N.’; and Grant Richards.)