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Editorial Notes

Hands Referenced

• • Annotation: ink correction
  • Character: regular
  • Ink: black

Places Mentioned

• St. John's Wood

  Westminster, London, England

People Mentioned

• Laura

  Riding, Laura

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

• Nancy

  Nicholson, Nancy

  (1899-1977) First wife of Robert Graves; married 1918, separated 1927, divorced 1949. eds.

• Margaret

  Russell, Margaret

  House-keeper L.R. & R.G. had had in London. WG

• Sam

  Graves, Samuel

  R.G.'s youngest child by Nancy Nicholson. C.P.& WG

• Aldridge

  Aldridge, John

  (1905-1983), painter and close friend and collaborator. WG m. to Lucie Brown 1940 eds.

• Jenny

  Nicholson, Jenny

  Jenny Nicholson: oldest daughter of Robert by Nancy Nicholson.

• David

  Graves, David

  R.G.'s second child [by Nancy Nicholson]. W.G. In RAF; killed in the war. The only one of Graves' children who might have become a poet had he lived. K.G., eds.

• Tom

  Matthews, T.S.(Tom)

  American journalist. Took sabbatical from TIME and arrived in Deyá in 1930. Involved from then on with L.R. and R.G. WG

• Julie

  Matthews, Julie

  Tom Matthews' wife. WG

• David Reeves

  Reeves, David

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

• Isabel

  Mayers, Isabel

  Laura Riding's sister. Lived in L.A. WG

• Tattersall

  Tattersall, Eric

  RG met on board the HMS Grenville eds. see Diary August 3 & 5, 1936

• 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

• Kyllmann

  Kyllmann, O.K.

  of Constable's RG; also referred to as O.K. eds

• James

  Reeves, James

  Schoolmaster, writer and Poet. Friend of Jacob Bronowski. W.G./ K.G.; m. to Mary Phillips; daughter Stella born June 14, 1938 eds.

• Bottrall

  Bottrall, Ronald

  poet KG; married to Margaret Bottrall, writer and editor eds.

• Desmond Flower

  Flower, Desmond

  associated with Cassell publishers KG

• Gordon

  Glover, Gordon

  Married to Honor Wyatt. WG

• Viscount Carlow

  Carlow, Viscount

  (1907-1944) friend of Graves, and one of the first T.E. Lawrence Trustees; founder of Corvinus Press, London; m. Peggy Dawson-Damer (née Cambie) 1937 eds.

• Karl/Carl

  Goldschmidt, Karl

  Karl 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.

• A.G. (A.E.S.G)

  Graves, Amy

  Amy Graves, RG's Mother. WG

• Anita

  Ana, Anita

  Marroig. Gelat's daughter, married to Juan Vives the Doctor's brother. Live in Rennes, France. WG

• George Buchanan

  Buchanan, George

  drama critic KG; friend of RG and contributor to the World and Ourselves; wife Mary eds. Friedmann 307-8

• Ethel Herdman

  Herdman, Ethel

  James Reeves' sister RPG; Assistant warden of Ashbourne Hall, Manchester University KG; nicknamed "Ether" by RG and LR, Sept 1937 eds.

• Evans

  Evans, Lieutenant Commander

  of the British destroyer, HMS Grenville; admired RG's work eds.

• John

  Graves, John

  R.G.'s brother. Visited R.G. & L.R. in 1934 with R.G.'s mother. WG

• Swartz

  Schwarz, Georg

  German Jew. Deyá neighbour. Antique dealer. Lived with Frau Emmy Strenge, his house keeper, in Can Caballo some hundred yards from Canellun. RG and LR translated his "Almost Forgotten Germany." WG

• Mary

  Reeves, Mary

  wife of James Reeves; daughter Stella born 14 June, 1938 eds.

• N.R.

  Reichenthal, Nathan

  Laura Riding's father. KG

• John Buchan, or, Tweedsmuir

  Buchan, John

  (1875-1940) The writer. Appointed Governor General of Canada. W.G.; Baron Tweedsmuir. eds.

• Gwendolen Murphy

  Murphy, Gwendolen

  editor of The Modern Poet anthology (1938) eds.

• Catherine

  Nicholson, Catherine

  Catherine Nicholson: (1922- ) third of four children of Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson. eds.
• Watt, A.S.

  Owner and director of A.S. Watt & Son, Ltd., RG's literary agent.

Organizations Mentioned

• Harrison Smith and Robert Haas

  R.G.'s American publisher for I, Claudius and Claudius the God. eds.

• HMS Grenville

  HMS Grenville

  British destroyer upon which LR, RG, KG, and AH escaped Majorca eds. see Diary August 3, 1936

• Westminster Bank

• 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

• Times Book Club

  Times Book Club

  a circulating library eds.

• Editors

  Editors of the Graves Diary Project.

Bibliography

• • Title: Sunday Times [Sunday newspaper]
  • PubPlace: London
  • Publisher: Hutchinson; Times Newspapers
• • Title: Count Belisarius [1938]
  • Author: Graves, Robert
  • PubPlace: London
  • Publisher: Cassell
  • Idno: A47
  • Date: 1937-07-21
• • Title: The Week
  • Editor: Cockburn, Claud
  • PubPlace: London
  • Date: 1933-1946
• • Title: No Trouble
  • Author: Lye, Len
  • PubPlace: Deyá
  • Publisher: Seizin Press
  • Date: 1930