Item 27 - Letter from R. C. Trevelyan to Alfred Benn

The Shiffolds, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking. - Sends back the two books by [John] Davidson which Benn lent him; it is 'queer stuff, but some of it is quite fine' and he finds the fable of the beasts in "[The Testament of an] Empire Builder' amusing. Davidson can be 'remarkably eloquent', but Robert does not think that, as poetry, it is ever first rate, while he dislikes and sometimes 'detest[s]' the thought, whenever he can make it out. He is still grateful to Benn for making him read the books, and has even bought copies for himself. Bertie Russell, who is staying with the Trevelyans, asks to be remembered to Benn; he is 'very full of the election', and intends to do 'a good deal of speaking'. The psychology book which [George] Moore though so good was "Empfindung und Denken" by August Messer. Is going to hear Moore give a paper in London tomorrow on the 'Subject Matter of Psychology' to the Aristotelian Society. Bessie is well, and asks to be remembered to Benn and his wife.