Wed. June 1
Margaret betted on Bois Roussel1 1/-2 each way ('Boy Russell' as the bookies called it) for the Derby3 & it won 20 to one.
Protocol with Laura for some hours but more energy expended in scaring up some money – managed from various
agents & publishers[RG] to raise £370 – having hoped for perhaps £100.
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Reading Snarleyow6.
Editorial Notes
1racehorse eds.
21 shilling eds.
3the Epsom Derby eds.
4racehorse eds.
51 shilling, sixpence eds.
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Snarleyyow: or, the Dog Fiend by Frederick Marryat. London: H. Colburn, 1837. eds.
Hands Referenced
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- Annotation: ink correction
- Character: regular
- Ink: black
People Mentioned
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Margaret
Russell, MargaretHouse-keeper L.R. & R.G. had had in London. WG -
Laura
Riding, Laura(1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk). -
Mills
Mills, Mr.an antique seller and friend of RG, and contributor to the Covenant of Literary Morality eds.; of Paddington Street, Marylebone KG -
Len
Lye, LenNew 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.
Bibliography
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- Title: Covenant of Literal Morality, The [subtitle Protocol I; privately printed]
- Author: Aldridge, John, Dorothy Hutchinson, Lucie Brown, Ward Hutchinson, George Buchanan, Alix Kemp, Mary Buchanan, Hary Kemp, Norman Cameron, Len Lye, Gordon Glover, Albert Mills, Robert Graves, Mary Phillips, Sally Graves, Beryl Pritchard, Liddell Hart, David
- Editor: Riding, Laura
- PubPlace: Bristol
- Publisher: Western Printing Services Ltd.
- Idno: A37
- Date: 1938