Nov 1 Friday "Tot Sants"1
×××× [crossed out] Hot weather.
Housework all day, & getting maids accustomed to work. They make a good
impression. Cooking good.
Doctor's2 idea of arreglo3 to ask that the turbines do not go in the four summer
months. Laughable. Brought chair from Can Gelat to be arm-chair for James.
General post between Can Torrent & Canellun of tables & pictures.
Contract from Kegan Paul signed.
Contract for O.S.S.
[Old Soldier Sahib] sent me. Laura
sent letter to Glendenning & News Chronicle about a stupid paragraph of
pseudo publicity for Epilogue.
Editorial Notes
1All Saints' Day. KG
3arrangement. KG
4an advance of... KG
5Fr.: flat roof[?] eds
6shed. KG
Hands Referenced
Places Mentioned
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Can Gelat
Deyá, Majorca, SpOne of a group of houses behind the Fábrica called the Viña Vieja. WG -
Can Torrent
Deyá, Majorca, SpHouse next to Canellun also belonging to LR & RG. Built by Norman Cameron. WG -
Canellun
Deyá, Majorca, SpLaura Riding and Robert Graves' house. Also Canellun (private) road. WG, KG
People Mentioned
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Laura
Riding, Laura(1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk). -
Karl/Carl
Goldschmidt, KarlKarl Goldschmidt, later Kenneth Gay: Graphic artist, friend and secretary of Robert Graves and Laura Riding since 1934. R. G. spells both as Carl and Karl. -
Médico
Vives, Antonio Dr.The village doctor (Deyá). At odds with Gelat (water rights controversy). His brother, Juan Vives, was Gelat's son-in-law. WG -
James
Reeves, JamesSchoolmaster, writer and Poet. Friend of Jacob Bronowski. W.G./ K.G.; m. to Mary Phillips; daughter Stella born June 14, 1938 eds. -
Gelat
Más, Juan MarroigJuan Marroig Mas, called Gelat: Landowner on Deyá and friend of Robert Graves and Laura Riding (L.R. & R.G.'s factotum. W.G.) -
Glendenning
Glendenning? with News Chronicle. WG Constable's (the publisher's) lawyer. KG
Organizations Mentioned
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A.S. Watt & Son, Ltd.
Watt, A.S.RG's literary agent: first mentioned in November, 1935; team includes: Alexander Strahan Watt, and W.P. Watt et al, who may have handled different aspects of Graves' extensive European publishing and distribution. The firm replaced Eric Pinker. K.G. When did Pinker go, and why? KG -
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.
Publisher of R.G.'s Lars Porsena (1927) W.G. Also the 2nd revised edition, 1936. eds.
Bibliography
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- Title: Old Soldier Sahib
- Author: Richards, Frank
- Editor: Graves, Robert
- PubPlace: London, New York
- Publisher: Faber & Faber; Harrison Smith & Robert Haas
- Idno: A44
- Date: 1936
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- Title: News Chronicle
- PubPlace: England
- Date: 1960
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- Title: Epilogue I: A Critical Summary
- Editor: Riding. Laura/ Graves, Robert
- PubPlace: Deyá & London
- Publisher: Seizin & Constable
- Idno: B22
- Date: 1935