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- 12 Mar 1918 (Creation)
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Durbins. - Has not sent [Bob's translation of Aristophanes's] "Lysistrata" yet as he wanted Goldie [Lowes Dickinson's] criticisms; Goldie came on Sunday and Fry will read it to Madame Donnay [sic: Vera Donnet] tomorrow. Will try two days in town. Has read Bob's "Lucretius [On Death]" 'with very great delight; would like to bring out a second book, called "Lucretius On Origins" or similar. They should 'stir up Desmond [MacCarthy] to the point of writing' and perhaps advertise 'in educational places - girls' colleges & such like'; Margery [his sister] tells him about 'yearning intellectual appetites among the lower middle classes of Birmingham' though he is unsure 'whether they'd rise to' Lucretius. Is much better for his 'long rest', though managed to 'paint a good lot'; expects to be in town a little now, if he keeps well, but will be back at Durbins after 23 Mar when Pamela returns, so Bob could come over again then.
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Extract appears in Fry, R., & Sutton, D. (1972), Letters of Roger Fry / edited with an introduction by Denys Sutton. London: Chatto and Windus, Vol 2, pp 425-426.
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Pencil annotation numbering the letter '121' (corrected from '120').
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- Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934), art historian, critic, and painter (Subject)
- Aristophanes (c 446 BC-c 386 BC), Greek comic playwright (Subject)
- Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes (1862-1932), humanist, historian, and philosopher (Subject)
- Bowen, Vera (d. 1967) theatre director, choreographer and singer (Subject)
- Lucretius Carus, Titus (c 99 BC – c 55 BC) poet and philosopher (Subject)
- MacCarthy, Sir Charles Otto Desmond (1877-1952), knight, literary reviewer and drama critic (Subject)
- Fry, Sara Margery (1874-1958), penal reformer and college head (Subject)
- Diamand, Agnes Pamela (1902-1985) daughter of Roger Fry (Subject)