Aug 7 Saturday.

Hotter still. Fighting a headache. But am very much better in health.
Wrote a Recommendation for L's letter-book about 'la femme oisive1' as a recommender.
5 pp [pages] of Ch [Chapter] IV of Belisarius.
Catherine Van de Velde2 came down.
We went to Shere to see an amateur play called The College Mystery by Phoebe Rees who was present, a red-haired broadfaced girl.

Editorial Notes

1for Part V of The World and Ourselves eds.
2Vandervelde KG

Hands Referenced

Places Mentioned

  • Shere

    Shere, Surrey, England

People Mentioned

  • Laura

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

  • Catherine Vandervelde

    Vandervelde, Catherine
    one of Korda's scriptwriters; friend of RG and LR, met at Denham studios; contributor to World and Ourselves; married Norman Cameron in September, 1938. eds. Diary, and Friedmann 302

Bibliography

    • Title: Count Belisarius [1938]
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: London
    • Publisher: Cassell
    • Idno: A47
    • Date: 1937-07-21
    • Title: Letter Book [became The World and Ourselves]
    • Editor: Riding, Laura
    • Title: The World and Ourselves [former title: Letter Book]
    • Author: Riding, Laura [contributor; with Sally Graves, Sir Edward Marsh et al]
    • Editor: Riding, Laura
    • PubPlace: London
    • Publisher: Chatto & Windus
    • Date: 1938-11