Press cuttings, many sent to Trevelyan by Durrant's Press Cuttings agency, from: the "Library"; "New Statesman & Nation" ("The Greeks in the Black-out", by Stephen Spender, also reviewing F. L. Lucas's "A Greek Garland", a translation of a selection from the "Palatine Anthology"; plus duplicate copy); the "Times"; the "Scotsman" (also reviewing Lucas's "A Greek Garland"; "Greece and Rome" (also reviewing a translation of "Antigone" by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald; "Poetry Review"; "Journal of Education" (also reviewing Lucas's "A Greek Garland"; "Classical Review" (also reviewing Fitts and Fitzgerald)' the "Classical Weekly".
Has not written for a few days, but has not had much news; all 'pretty well in spite of the cold'; hopes Bessie has been able to continue her 'short walks'. Went to Leith Hill Place yesterday and had a 'delightful talk' with [Leslie] Hotson, the 'scholar who has so many documents about Shakespeare and Marlow and their contemporaries'; used to know him in the Quakers Mission in France during the First World War, and he was also an old friend of Lascelles and Catherine [Abercrombie]. The Times Lit[erary] Supplement is sending him a book of translations from Greek poetry by F. L. Lucas for review ["Greek Poetry for Everyman"]; 'sure to be interesting', and much of it probably good; will keep him occupied for 'some time'. Thinks he has told Bessie about the dinner the [Apostles'] Society are giving in honour of him, George and Desmond [MacCarthy]; they have promised not to make Bob give a speech, so he can enjoy his dinner. May be his last visit to [George and Janet] at the Lodge [since George's time as Master of Trinity is nearly over]. Will see Humphry and G.E. M[oore]. Hopes to visit Bessie again soon when it is 'not quite so cold'. Wrote to Bertie [Russell] recently. Asks to be remembered to K.T. B[luth] and Theo.
20 West Road, Cambridge. - Was 'exceedingly busy' when Gow's book [on Housman] came...
Originally enclosing some notices for [the forthcoming production of his own] "Meleager" and [Sturge Moore's] "Medea" for Julian to distribute; he is sending them to [F.L. or D.W. ?] Lucas and G.M.T. [his brother George], but it might be worthy giving one to people like [Clive?] Bell. Will see Bessie tomorrow. Perhaps should have gone to see the "Bacchae" [at Cambridge?], but did not have the energy. Hears Vanessa Bell 'thought well' of some of Julian's pictures. [Hasan] Suhrawardy has been here, and has got him to start translating the "Medea" for [Marie] Germanova, who may perform it in America. H.E. Field's book may be of interest; he was 'a charming and intelligent man, but not a very good painter'. Has sent via Bessie a duplicate from B.B. [Bernard Berenson]'s library of the [Frank] Sidgwick "Early English Lyrics".
20 West Rd, Cambridge. - Apologises for not thanking Trevelyan sooner for the 'delightful poems [he] sent at Christmas' ["From the Shiffolds"]; has 'not quite recovered yet from the earthquake of demobilization and the rush of starting one's old life anew'. Thought the poems 'most charming', and compares them to some of the pieces in "From the Chinese".
Astley Hospital for Officers, Dorchester House, Park Lane, W.1. - Thanks Trevelyan for remembering him; encloses a postal order [for Trevelyan's "Pterodamozels?".
at Grosvenor Hotel, London, S.W.1. (Dictated) - Thanks him for the copy of his 'The Woman Clothed with the Sun'; hopes it will open the eyes of Italians to 'the enormity of the crimes which are now being perpetrated in the name of Italy at the behest of a ruthless dictator'.
20, West Road, Cambridge - Arranges to meet for tea, tells her not to bother widening his circle of Cambridge acquaintance, it is far larger than he can cope with now.
Typed pages containing Gow's notes and [Laurence's?] corrections. Accompanied by a typescript letter from Gow to Philip Gaskell [Librarian of Trinity College Library] dated 16 June 1968 and an undated four page letter from Peter [F. L. Lucas] to Gow about the poems at the back.
Housman, Laurence (1865-1959), writer and artist-
Envelope, labelled in Elizabeth Trevelyan's hand ' Some Autobiographical dates rlg [?: relating to] R. C. T.', containing: one sheet and four fragments of paper with autobiographical dates in pencil in Robert Trevelyan's hand, and an ink copy of the complete sheet in Elizabeth Berenson's hand; an obituary ["Times", Jul 31, 1905] of Theodore Llewelyn Davies, including comments from Henry Montagu Butler, as well as another cutting about Llewelyn Davies's death; several pages of the September 1905 issue of "Land Values" containing an obituary of Theodore Llewelyn Davies.
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Six copies of a tribute by 'M.N.' to R. C. Trevelyan, under the title "Love of Nature and of Literature", "Times", 4 April 1951.
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Three copies of an article by Desmond MacCarthy about the poetry of R. C. Trevelyan, under the title "Overlooked", "Sunday Times, 31 Dec 1950
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Three copies of poem, "In Memory of R. C. Trevelyan", by Kenneth Hopkins, "Everybody's Weekly", 14 Apr 1951 [date and magazine title written in by hand, on two copies probably by Elizabeth Trevelyan].
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Three copies of "An Appreciation" in the "Manchester Guardian", 24 Mar 1951, by 'S.S' [Sylvia Sprigge?]; the last copy perhaps sent by Johannes Röntgen, as per the annotation.
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Six copies of an obituary of R. C. Trevelyan by Desmond MacCarthy, "Sunday Times", 1 April 1951, including the text of Trevelyan's last poem, sent to MacCarthy 'a few weeks before his death' [see 16/76]
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Review in "Time and Tide" by C[icely] V[eronica] Wedgwood of F.L. Lucas's "Greek Poetry for Everyman" and Trevelyan's "Translations from Greek Poetry", published under the title "A Foreigner in Arcady".
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Appreciation by Desmond MacCarthy of "The Poetry of Robert Trevelyan", "Empire Review" [undated: 1924?] pp 412-423.