Sept 15 Thursday

* Laura's Collected Poems published.
This is the day of Chamberlain's fantastic visit to Berchtesgaden1. There is panic in England: even Len writes that H is like the American madman who balanced 14 hrs [hours] on a window ledge – & then had to jump so as not to disappoint his audience.
Dictionary.
The usual drunken postman has fallen off his bicycle.

Editorial Notes

1Germany eds.

Hands Referenced

People Mentioned

  • Laura

    Riding, Laura
    (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).

  • Chamberlain

    Chamberlain, Neville
    (1869-1940) British Prime Minister in the 1930s; m. to Anne Chamberlain née Cole eds.

  • Len

    Lye, Len
    New Zealand painter, sculptor, and filmmaker whom LR & RG had met in London. He helped with the Seizin Press publications. WG; married to Jane Lye, son Bix. eds.

  • Hitler

    Hitler, Adolf
    (1889-1945)

Bibliography

    • Title: Dictionary [projected project; unfinished]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • Date: 1935
    • Title: Collected Poems [1938]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • PubPlace: London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney
    • Publisher: Cassell and Co. Ltd
    • Idno: A35
    • Date: 1938