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Warkworth Vicarage, Acklington, Northumberland. - Thanks for the copy of "Mallow and Asphodel", which he has much enjoyed though it is 'altogether more classical' than expected. At the moment, he prefers the last "Quern Song" and the "Sadness of Neoboule". Is staying with Canon [Richard Watson] Dixon, who will be reading the poems. Trevelyan's choice of metre for "Epimetheus" is very bold.

Chilswell, Oxford. - Has not yet read "Sisyphus", as he has been 'dreadfully busy', but his wife has found it 'very entertaining'. Has just sent his "Memoir" of R. W. Dixon to the publishers; this has taken him a long time and involved much correspondence. Thanks Trevelyan for the book and the letter; is answering the latter at once to say he is 'not Edmund Gosse' so Trevelyan should not imagine he sits 'in a seat [of judgment?]'. Thinks 'any experiment in quantitative verse shd do good in calling attention to the fact that accent & quantity are different'; recently had a conversation with a university professor of Latin who was unaware of rules about accents in that language. Lent his essay on Virgilian rhythm to Desmond MacCarthy a couple of months ago, who wanted to see whether it could be printed in the "New Quarterly"; has not heard from him further and will ask for it to be returned. Hopes "Sisyphus" will be successful.