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TRER/17/23
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Letter from Arthur Waley to R. C. Trevelyan
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- 23 Sept [1944?] (Creation)
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50 Gordon Square, W. C. - Did not 'express a wish' that no more than four poems from each of his books should be authorised to be included [in Bob's collection "From the Chinese"]: [Stanley] Unwin said he was not prepared to authorize so many from 'More Translations' to be included, and in the discussion following Arthur mentioned the original plan to include a maximum of four from each. Thinks Bob's suggested compromise is good, and that Unwin will agree to include Li Po's "The fields are chill" ["Clearing at Dawn"]. Suggests T'ao Ch'ien's "New Corn" and [Bai Juyi's] "Dream of Mountaineering" and "Pruning Trees" as the other three. Sorry Bob is 'having all this bother'.