Jan 8 Sunday.

Dictionary.
Knee still puffy, so stayed in.
Made two necklaces & two bracelets from Montague's beads, Dorothy helping.
Laura on Herods1.
David sent specimen model of universal jointed chair.
Cooked bacon (with eggs & tomatoes) brought by Montague from London and Coopers marmalade2 & English cigarettes for Laura.

Editorial Notes

2English brand name "Frank Cooper's" marmalade eds.

Hands Referenced

Places Mentioned

  • London

    England

People Mentioned

  • Laura

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

  • Dorothy

    Simmons, Dorothy
    Sculptor associated with the Graves-Riding inner circle (1938-39). Married to Montague Simmons. eds

  • David Reeves

    Reeves, David
    Brother of James Reeves [and Ethel Herdman] RPG 292.

  • Montague Simmonds

    Simmons, Montague
    poet, and civil servant in the children's branch of the Home Office; m. to Dorothy Simmons, the sculptress RPG

Bibliography

    • Title: Dictionary [projected project; unfinished]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • Date: 1935
    • Title: Lives of Wives [prose]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • PubPlace: London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney
    • Publisher: Cassell and Co. Ltd.
    • Idno: A39
    • Date: 1939