Item 58 - Letter from George Macaulay Trevelyan to R.C. Trevelyan

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22 Sussex Villas, W. - Glad that Bob and Bessie have got 'such a jolly place [for a holiday]. It is wet hell here'. Agrees that Desmond [MacCarthy] should not take up politics, though [Bertrand] Russell and Theo [Llewelyn Davies] 'urge him on'; at least it would be better if he could concentrate on reviewing for money, which he needs to do to 'keep his mother comfortable (much more ever to marry)' and writing books, his 'end in life'; he should not 'complicate' this with politics, particularly given ill health. If Desmond does go out to join Bob and Bessie, as George will encourage him to do, Bob might 'have some influence'. Desmond wants to make some money 'to enable his mother to stop in London', but 'needs encouragement' or he will not bring himself to do so 'by reviewing books that don't amuse him'; he is not yet 'in a position to dictate to the literary wold and get the sort of reviewing he wants'. Originally enclosing a letter of Tom [Sturge Moore]'s; George regrets that they will not be able to include his article [in the "Independent Review"], so is all the more eager to have Bob's review of Tom's poetry this spring; Tom has 'stood so much... in the matter of the review that [George] fears his honeymoon patience will be exhausted' if as well as rejecting his articles, the "Review" does not discuss his poetry.