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- 30 May 1939 (Creation)
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Cherry Cottage, Abinger Common, Dorking, Surrey. - Thanks Robert for his 'fine gift' [the first volume of his "Collected Works"]; has been 'dipping into it' since it arrived on Friday, enjoying much but missing some things due to her ignorance of classical mythology. Liked Desmond [MacCarthy]'s review, and hopes Robert was 'satisfied'; if Desmond is right Robert must go on with his young man in China and his perigrinations[s] to the priests and wise men'. Thinks the book is 'beautifully' printed and worthy of a collection 'meant for posterity'. Is 'no fit company' for a walk at present; encourages Robert to come for tea. The beautiful sunny weather is not calming her spirit as it should; thinks her current low mood was started by a review in the "TLS" of 'Freud's dreadful new book' ["Moses and Monotheism"]; wishes for 'old age! and a nice indifference to such horrid things'. Passes on in a postscript Sprigge's anticipation of a 'day snatched from work' to read Robert's poems.
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- Sprigge, Sylvia (1903-1966), journalist and author (Subject)
- Sprigge, Cecil Jackson Squire (1896-1959), journalist and author (Subject)
- MacCarthy, Sir Charles Otto Desmond (1877-1952), knight, literary reviewer and drama critic (Subject)
- Times Literary Supplement (Subject)
- Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939) founder of psychoanalysis (Subject)