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TRER/32/16
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Notebook with translations of Lucretius, and other works by R. C. Trevelyan
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- 1920s ? (Creation)
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Notebooks with black hard cover; 48 ff.
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Essay about modern verse. Translation of Lucretius, "De Rerum Natura" 1.503ff. Discussion of 'a new poem by Mr [Robert] Bridges' ["Testament of Beauty"], which also brings in 'Mr [Lascelles] Abercrombie, Mr [Gordon] Bottomley, and Mr [W. B.] Yeats'; translations of Lucretius 1.570-580, 1.581-640, and 1.641ff, as well as a few pages draft of Trevelyan's "Meleager" written from other end in.
Inside cover lists 'Elthea boots' by [R. E.] Tricker & Co, and 'Puce Silk at [S. M.] Francks, Camomile St', perhaps items for Trevelyan to buy, as well as Hubert Foss's address at the Oxford University Press.
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- Lucretius Carus, Titus (c 99 BC – c 55 BC) poet and philosopher (Subject)
- Bridges, Robert Seymour (1844-1930), Poet Laureate (Subject)
- Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881-1938), poet and literary critic (Subject)
- Bottomley, Gordon (1874-1948) poet and dramatist (Subject)
- Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939) poet and playwright (Subject)
- Foss, Hubert James (1899-1953) pianist, composer, and editor (Subject)