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Contains: poem, "October", by V. S. Wainwright; "Remembered Meals" by Max Beerbohm; poem. "After the War", by Christmas Humphreys; poems, "Can We No More" and "The Anatomists", by Denton Welch; "A Duel in Green Park" by S. S. [Sylvia Sprigge], about Count Vittorio Alfieri.

Contains: poem, "Winter Fruits", by S. S. [Sylvia Sprigge]; "The Museum", by R. C. Trevelyan; poem, "Lyric", by Geoffrey Eley; poems, "White Clouds" and "The Warrior" by Richard Townshend; poem in German, "Irgendwo", by Ludwig Marx; piece in French, "Histoire d'une Idée Neuve", by Ida Hennessey.

Contains: "Poetry in Wartime America" by John Holmes; poem, "Crocuses", by Celia Lanyon Lanyon; poem, "Man-Woman, You and I", by Christmas Humphreys; poem, "To Memory", by Geoffrey Bosanquet; "From a London Diary" by S. S. [Sylvia Sprigge]; poem, "First Light", by Ida Procter.

Contains: poems, "There Must Be Time For Grief" and "Spider", by Ursula Wood; "Mon Camarade est Anglais" by E. M. Forster; poem, "Homo Sum", by Anthony Wilson; "The Wallington Ponds" by R. C. Trevelyan; poem, "To a Friend", by Logan Pearsall Smith.

Originally enclosing three publicity notices for the "Abinger Chronicle" for Julian and Ursula to distribute to possible subscribers, such as Imogen [Gore-Browne?]; they should avoid people likely to be on Oliver [Lodge], Bob, [E.M.] Forster or Sylvia [Sprigge]'s lists. Max [Beerbohm] and Forster are both contributing to the Christmas number; does not think he himself will have anything ready. Bessie has a persistent cold, but he hopes she will soon get away to Hove for a few days. Hopes that Diana [Brinton-Lee?]'s 'expedition' was successful. Is trying to write an 'epistle in Alexandrines' to B.B. [Bernard Berenson], but it is 'rather uphill work'; quotes Pope ["Essay on Criticism"]. Tom S[turge] M[oore] is 'fairly all right', though Marie is still in Paris.

Contains: poem, "Faith", by G. H. Luce; "The Formicarium" by Olive Heseltine; "The Wallington Ponds" by R. C. Trevelyan.

Contains: poem, "The Flycatcher", by Sylvia Lynd; "Sicily" by S. S. [Sylvia Sprigge]; "Intellectual Conversation" by Arthur Waley, which mentions Maynard [Keynes], Francis [Birrell], Hugh Dalton, Roger Fry, Gerald [Shove] and Sebastian [Sprott]; sketch in memory of Edmund [not Edward, as on cover] Gosse by Max Beerbohm; poem, "Lying Among the Yellow Flowers", by Kenneth Hopkins; poem, "Complaint", by Diana Lodge.

Intended to send a small book of his "Translations from Leopardi", but then decided to wait until Julian and Ursula next come here, as they 'might easily lose it moving about'. Pity they cannot come now, when the flowers in the woods are at their best. All quite well here; the [Sturge] Moores will return in a month. Originally enclosing, on Bessie's request, a photograph of 'the street in Forest Green that [Julian] used to admire'. The Bluths and Tet Htoot were here at Easter, but otherwise they 'seem to see nobody'. Hopes that Tet Htoot will bring two Chinese friends to visit. A 'bad London raid last night'; hopes he and the Bluths are all right; Irene [Cooper Willis?] has fortunately been away. Has very few friends in London now besides these, Logan [Pearsall Smith] and Alys [Russell]. Virginia [Woolf]'s death 'a great blow'; she 'felt she was going out of her mind again and could not face it'. Is re-reading "To the Lighthouse", his favourite of her books; is writing something on her for the "Abinger Chronicle", but it is 'impossible to say anything adequate in the way of criticism'. Forgets whether Julian knew her. Is continuing to translate Montaigne and getting 'a little bored with it'; 'much more fun writing poetry, even if it is not worth much'. Hopes Julian has managed to see Ursula at Taunton, and that she is well again. Has heard from G.M.T. [his brother George] that Charles is giving Wallington to the National Trust now instead of leaving it in his will; he will continue to live there, and one of the family (probably his son George Lowthian) will stay there after his death; this will save on death-duties so there will be much more money for the children. Supposes this should not be discussed until it is announced. Hopes Bessie will go with Miss Simpkins for a few days to George and Janet next month; otherwise she never 'goes away from here, which is not good for her'.

Contains: "Ave Atque Vale" by S. S. [Sylvia Sprigge]; "Abinger Notes" by E. M. Forster; poems, "The Giraffe" and "Memory", by N. Gumilev, translated from the Russian by Jacob Hornstein; poem, "Battle Landscape", by Ida Procter; "Leaves from a London Diary" by S. S.; "My Victorian Days" by Sarah Shorey Gill; poem, "Ten Years Ago", by R. C. Trevelyan; poem, "Hymn of Thanksgiving for Old Age", by O[live] Heseltine; "The Painter, the Slave Woman and the Rose", by C. Kerr Lawson; "Patrolling in the Apennines", by Richard Bosanquet [mistakenly called R. D. rather than R. G. Bosanquet on the inside cover], with a note by S. S. that Bosanquet was killed in action this summer; "Pear Tree Cottage" by V. S. Wainwright; poem, "The Poet Otherwise Occupied" by Kenneth Hopkins"; poem, "Penelope in April", by Geoffrey Eley.

Abinger Manor Cottage, Abinger Common, Nr. Dorking. - He and his wife very sorry to hear of what has happened to Trevelyan, and hope he recovers his health soon. Was disappointed not to see the first instalment of Trevelyan's memoirs in the "Ab. Chron." ["Abinger Chronicle], as [Sylvia] Sprigge had said it would appear; looks forward to reading it.

Garden Corner, West Road, Cambridge. - The "Abinger Chronicle" is 'quite delightful'; V.W.'s piece [Ralph Vaughan Williams "Local Musicians", Vol 1. No 3] was 'first class and so characteristic of him'. Sends on a magazine he has received with a review of Bob's ["Collected"?] works. He and Janet are going to Hallington for a fortnight on Thursday. Molly [and Humphry]'s new baby, Mary Harriet, 'seems quite a success'.

Garden Corner, West Road, Cambridge. - Thinks the "Abinger Chronicle" is keeping up well: likes Bob's poem and V[aughan] W[illiams]'s prose best so far, though the 'story about [John?] Churton Collins was very well told'.

Garden Corner, West Road, Cambridge. - Thanks Bob for his postcard about [Umberto] Morra. Enjoyed Bob's criticism on Robert Browning in the last "[Abinger] Chronicle", and the story about seeing Browning with their father.

The Master's Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge. - Liked Bob's reminiscences of 'old Thornton [Trevelyan?] very much, and his 'defence of rough shooting' is the best George has read; in general Bob's last article [in the "Abinger Chronicle?"] was a 'delightful piece of writing', and brought back the past. He and Janet concerned that Bob is losing his servants; they hope he and Bessie will 'be able to make a shift'

The Master's Lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge. - Congratulates Bob 'heartily' on the latest volume of the "Abinger Chronicle", which he thinks is 'almost the only example' of a magazine in which he has really liked 'everything in a particular number; Bob's description of the Middle Pond [at Wallington] 'came very close to [George's] love and memory'.

Draft of poem on first page, which may be incomplete as it begins with only part of a question: "When the last notes were dying? Since alone...'. Nature notes on the lesser dodder (Cuscuta epithymum), which is 'now in flower on our Surrey heaths'; perhaps for "Abinger Chronicle, pp. 2-4; mentions 'a characteristically pompous reference' to the plant 'in the (egregious) Erasmus Darwin's "Loves of the Plants". Bottom of page 4 has a list in pencil of the different categories to appear in "Simple Pleasures", with initials besides most categories, for example, 'A. Animals - birds - insects' or 'D. P. - Dangerous & Painful pl[easures]'; the essay itself begins on p. 4 in ink with a general introduction, followed by a list of pleasures. Trevelyan has then added the category initials besides each one in pencil. Additions and corrections in pencil; some red pencil. Pleasures belonging to the different categories - sight, sound, touch, etc are then brought together. Two loose sheets with further notes on pleasures, one mainly continuous prose one with prose on one side (this sheet also has Tet Htoot's name written on it), list on the other,

Book also written in from back pages in, for a dialogue between 'Muse' and Poet' (on recto with additions and corrections on facing pages); notes on a new fall of snow.

Gazeley, Trumpington. - Good that they can go ahead with the selection [of poems]; the drawing and Max [Beerbohm]'s letter are a 'great addition'. Not likely now that they will be able to get the book published for Christmas, but they will see what MacGibbon says [R.C. Trevelyan, "Selected Poems", with a drawing and introductory letter by Max Beerbohm, was published by MacGibbon & Kee in 1953]. It is the October 1941 number of the "Abinger Chronicle" which has the drawing in; will send it back as soon as possible. They are all well and busy; Molly sends much love.

The Shiffolds, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking. - Encloses his "Recollections" of Donald [Tovey?]. When Molly has read them - perhaps Desmond would like to do so too - asks her to send them back with the other "Reminiscences" he left with her, but there is 'no hurry'. Had difficulty hearing Hisa[o] Ch'ien yesterday, but liked what he could hear; Desmond was 'very good'. Now has sufficient material for the next "Abinger Chronicle"; hopes that Molly will consider writing something for it about "Donald's childhood, or about something quite different'. He and Bessie think that she has a 'very real gift for writing'; it is a pity she lets it '"fust in [her] unused"' [a quotation from "Hamlet"]. Enjoyed seeing her and Desmond very much.

West Hackhurst, Abinger Hammer, Dorking. - Is ‘all right again’; only did not go to the Wednesday concert in Dorking as he was ‘hearing music in London instead’. As soon as ‘the air stops being like ice and the ground like glass’, hopes to visit, but ‘even the blackbirds can’t stand up when they walk to a crumb, so what help is there for humans?’.

Has been much enjoying ‘the Berenson poem in the Abinger Chronicle [Vol. 1. No. 2. To Bernhard Berenson; it is ‘not as good as the Goldie [Dickinson] one, but Berenson is not as good as Goldie, and within the limits he imposes Bob has turned out a very lovely and moving tribute to civilisation’. Has been reading a book about M[atthew] Arnold by ‘an America, called Trilling’; does not think he ‘has much feeling for poetry, but he is very good otherwise’, and gives Forster ‘surer ground’ for his admiration of Arnold.

Has ‘also read Elizabeth [von Arnim]’s frothy new novel Mr Skeffington’; it ‘has a touching denouement and was not badly built, and might have been good if she hadn’t such a frilly undi-fied [? undignified] mind. Has also read [Pope’s] Dunciad. Remembers Evelina [the book by Fanny Burney?]as ‘rather too little of a good thing’. His ‘trousers caught on fire at the Woolfs, and the house caught on fire at the Bells, but neither fatally’ and he much enjoyed himself. ‘Clive Bell is a charming host’.

West Hackhurst. - Thanks Bessie for her kind letter. His 'contusions swelled to exaggerated proportions' at Cambridge; he 'fell on [his] nose at the Wings for Victory Garden Party' and also bruised both wrists, but 'carried on as usual afterwards, and no bleeding'. Had not heard Max [Beerbohm?] 'nearly tumbled'. Wishes he had seen his lecture: has just been sent the proofs from Cambridge and 'as reading, it is rather flimsy'.

Has just had a letter from Moya Davies; she asks him to tell Bessie that she is 'very anxious to know about Leo Hubrecht and her children, especially Julie'; thinks they 'were at Switzerland just before the war, the younger children at school in Holland'. Also has a 'dear friend in Burma, Carola Toennies' and another in Italy, and has not had a word from either since the beginning of the war; supposes 'it is the same with everyone'. Gives Moya's address as 'Killadreenan House, Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, Eire' in case Bessie wants to write direct, or he could send a message for her if she prefers. Richard [Moya's son] has a new wife 'in the place of Ann Stephen, who has got someone else [Richard Synge]'.

Is very pleased with the new Abinger Chronicle; 'not entirely carrried away' by his own contribution, but Bob's is 'very good'. Asks whether she agrees that they are generally *much more comfortable and vigourous [sic] on our own'; found S. S. [Sylvia Sprigge] a 'most enervating editress'.

His mother is 'fairly well, though she hasn't been up to her former level since illness at the beginning of the year'; she is enjoying the garden, which is 'lovely'. Hopes that Bessie will be able to visit soon, though next week he will be away a great deal. Went to see Florence [Barger] yesterday, who 'seems very well and is on yet another committee - reforming London University'; gathers Edith Mathews is staying with her. Margaret is 'cheerful, but no better, whatever Florence says or thinks or pretends to think'; would be better if she went to an institution, and she will have to one day as it is 'too much for Florence and Harriet'.

Sends his and his mother's love.

Contains a poem, "King's, Cambridge", by R. G. Bosanquet; "Garrick and the Histrionic Temperament" by Desmond MacCarthy; poems, "Lines written after re-reading Housman's "The name and nature of Poetry" and "Cry of the Gentle", by Geoffrey Eley; "2. Ancestor Worship" by Sarah Shorey Gill, with a note at the head to her grand-daughter Polly"; poem, '"Mosses' Wood, Leith Hill", by V. S. Wainwright; poem, "Escape", by Clifford Dyment; poem, "A Reaper - To The Winds" (a translation from Joachim du Bellay); poem, "On the Rejection of Some Lines on Liberty", by Jacob Hornstein.

Contains: "Einstein's Advent", by Oliver Lodge, remembering his father and the impact of the new developments in physics; portrait sketch of Max Beerbohm by William Rothenstein; portrait sketch of William Rothenstein by Max Beerbohm; poem, "To Gordon Bottomley", by R. C. Trevelyan; poem, "War Sky 1940", by Sylvia Sprigge"; "4. Sunday", by Sarah Shorey Gill, with introductory note to her granddaughter Polly; poem, "To Seville: Siesta", by Carla Lanyon Lanyon.

Contains: "The Surrey Practitioner", by Olive Heseltine; poem, "To A Skylark Over An Aerodrome", by Douglas Gibson; poem, "Death", by R. D. Bosanquet [an error for R. G. Bosanquet?]; "5. Visitors" by Sarah Shorey Gill, for her granddaughter Polly.

40 Well Walk, N.W.3. - Must thank Bob 'at last' for sending her his "Windfalls"; was 'very touched' that he sent it to her 'a poor remnant of "we" [Thomas Sturge Moore died in July 1944]' to whom he used to send his works 'so faithfully and generously'; she and her husband used to read Bob's poetry on Sunday evenings when Dan and Riette were children. Had read some of the essays in the book in the "Abinger Chronicle", but the majority were new; mentions some of the pieces she most likes. Asks if Bob could return the two manuscripts she left at his house; had meant to ask Bob for advice on where to send them, having thought of "Criterion" or "English" where Tom had published a few pieces. Postscripts: one sending a 'special message' to Miss Simpkins and 'the Julians' if they are still at the Shiffolds, the other that the 'terrible destructions in Holland' keep making her think of Bessie.

Contains: "In London Now (1)" by 'K.W'; "In London Now (2)" by 'S.S' [Sylvia Sprigge]; poem, "Telegraph Wires", by Douglas Gibson; poem, "Harvest Moon", by Sylvia Sprigge; poem, "Song", by Geoffrey Eley; "Spirit, Substance and Will: A Taoist Fable" by R. C. Trevelyan.

Contains: poem, "End of Snowfall", by G. Rostrevor Hamilton; "A Short But True Story" by Max Beerbohm; poem, "A Prayer of Dives to Mammon", by R. C. Trevelyan; poem, "Requiem", by Dorothy Gibson; poem, "The Thunder Storm (After the French of Béranger)", by Eiluned Lewis; "The Refugee and the Home Office (An Untrue Story)" by S.S. [Sylvia Sprigge]; poem, "That Thoughts Are A Continual Surprise", by Ursula Woods [sic: Wood]; reminder to renew subscriptions by the Editor [Sylvia Sprigge].

King's Coll. Cambridge [headed notepaper]. -Thanks her and Bob for sending the Abinger Chronicle 'so quickly [see TRER/ADD/87]; can return it, as he has found his own copy. No hurry for her to return his Skelton piece; in the 'revised version' he 'did mention R[alph] V[aughan] W[illiams] - his setting of Skelton's Hymn to the Father had been sung two days earlier in the church [at the Aldeburgh Festival]

Contains: "From An Abinger Diary", C.J.S.S. [Cecil Jackson Squire Sprigge]; poem, "Strength", G. Rostrevor Hamilton; "The Destructive Duck", Helen Page; poem, "Solomon Made Wisdom", by D. Eardley Wilmot; poem, "Ivory Tower", by S.S. [Sylvia Sprigge]; poems, "Song for Christmas" and "Fragments to be Found in Ruins (For Priscilla), by Nicholas Moore; letter from Max Beerbohm to 'S.S' about her "The Refugee and the Home Office", in the previous issue [see 24/87], with a letter in response from S.S.; and a note about renewing subscriptions from the Editor [Sylvia Sprigge].

Contains: poem, "Autumn View", by Geoffrey Eley; "The Horns of Elfland" by Elizabeth Muntz; poem, "February", by V. S. Wainwright; poem, "Caedmon's Song", by D. Eardley Wilmot; poem, "Pilots Waiting", by E. M. Skipper; "6. Going Hopping" and "7. All 'Souls'", by Sarah Shorey Gill, for her granddaughter Polly; poem, "Propaganda", by Ida Procter; poem, "Opportunity", by E. D. Young.

Also contains Index to Volume 1 of the "Chronicle"

Contains: "Poem (for Priscilla)" by Nicholas Moore; "Bibliophiles" by Olive Heseltine; poem, "Kingfisher in the Snow", by Eiluned Lewis; poems, "Landscape" and "We Have Cast Out Our Souls", by John Griffin; "P. R." and "Letters" by S. S. [Sylvia Sprigge]; poem, "Orchard Company", by D. Eardley Wilmot.