Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS a/614/16
Title
Letter from A. E. Housman to W. H. Semple
Date(s)
- 12 Mar. 1928 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 folded sheet, 1 envelope
Context area
Name of creator
(1900-1981)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
(With an envelope.)
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Transcript
Trinity College | Cambridge
12 March 1928
Dear Semple,
Neither timidus nor any word expressive of character would suit Hor. art. 114 or any of the four following verses, and it would not match heros, which is not such a word: it is applied to Midas in Ouid. met. XI 106 and to Actaeon when running away in III 198.
Neville was here some months ago, and I was glad to hear from him that you seemed to like Reading.
Yours sincerely
A. E. Housman.
[Direction on envelope:] W. H. Semple Esq. | The University | Reading
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The envelope, which bears a 1½d. stamp, was postmarked at Cambridge at 9 p.m. on 12 Mar.