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Graves' diary manuscript includes 1546 pages including 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games, etc.

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AUGUST 1935

The garden harvest includes aubergines, pimentos and tomatoes. Graves makes blackberry and apple jam and green-tomato pickle in the kitchen, plants dahlias with Sebastian and enjoys the first melons of the season. Much of the month is very hot - 36 degrees in the shade, writes Graves - and the dispute about water rights drags on.

But the hot weather does not deter summer revels: Graves enjoys watching Riding dress up for the bullfights - Laura in yellow, with net gloves & amethyst ring - and the two enjoy evenings with Schwarz and Strenge, drinking and spreading alegria.joy,merriment eds. There is some tension beneath the surface, however: Riding is drinking whiskey due to her difficulty with work, and when Kilham Roberts wires to say he wants to use only the end part of Letter from Majorca, Graves and Riding refuse to compromise on its length. The poem is published in Focus IV instead.

Maisie Somerville writes with a photo of her friend John Ewen and an account of his accidental death. Honor also writes: Gordon has apparently returned to his Canadian mistress, Molly. Graves exchanges letters with Hogarth Press about a profit-sharing scheme, and with Constable about business names for Seizin Press. (Tax collectors come to demand a yearly amount from the Press - Graves is convinced that it is the doctor who alerted the authorities.)

Graves continues his work on Richards' Old Soldier Sahib, finishes the introduction, and sends a sample to Harrison Smith. The publisher tentatively agrees to publish the book if the remainder is up to the same standard. Graves has Riding read over his recent poetry: It was agreed to scrap "Address to Myself" & I am to write two more. He also drafts a new poem, but deems it of no use I think. Frau Thelin has taken over the translation of Schwartz's Almost Forgotten Times (later Almost Forgotten Germany). She completes the work, and Graves begins to go over the piece, editing and rewriting where necessary. He is also doing work on Poets for Riding's Subjects of Knowledge series.

Together, Graves and Riding check the proofs of Reeves' A Natural Need, but the number of printer errors makes the task frustrating. They are also busy with the Epilogue proofs and Riding's A Trojan Ending (Riding sends off two chapters to Constable). Riding also begins a new poem: We Are the Resurrection.

Near the end of the month, Graves writes Liddell-Hart with the suggestion that they co-author a book on T. E. Lawrence.

The political situation in Europe moves a few steps closer to Deyá: a German is arrested at Soller with a wireless transmitter. Graves begins spending evenings in the village - often with Karl - listening to a radio that receives English stations.

Deyá Deyá Majorca Sp Town located on the northwest coast of Majorca, on the hillside between the Teix Mountains and the sea: this was RG's home with Laura Riding from 1929 to 1936. He returned there with his family after WW II. Eds. Soller Soller Majorca Sp Town of some 10,000 inhabitants ten kilometers from Deyá. WG Graves Robert Robert Graves, Robert [1st person]. (1895-1985). Poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and author of his diary. eds. Sebastian Sebastian Sebastian Gardener getting on for 80. KG Riding Laura Laura Riding, Laura (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk). Schwarz Georg 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 Strenge Emmi Strenge Strenge, Frau Emmi Schwarz's house keeper and ? mistress. WG Roberts Denys Kilham Kilham Roberts, Denys Kilham An editor of "The Years Poetry 1934." The anthology included a poem by Graves and Riding entitled "Midsummer Duet" which replaced "Majorcan Letter" because they refused to shorten the latter. See Wexler 51. eds. Sommerville Maisie Maisie Sommerville, Maisie Head of BBC Education broadcasting department. Friend of R.G. and L.R. Arranged accomodation for them when they returned to London as exiles. W.G., eds. Ewen John John Ewen Ewen, John Died July 1935. Gave Laura a dress. WG Wyatt Honor Honor Wyatt, Honor Journalist. Arrived in Deyá fortuitously. Married to Gordon Glover...Son Julian. W.G. First acquainted with R.G. and L.R. early in 1934; returned to visit in 1935; continued friendship in England. eds (RPG 211). Glover Gordon Gordon Glover, Gordon Married to Honor Wyatt. WG Hare Molly Molly Hare, Molly Canadian. Third person in Gordon Glover-Honor Wyatt triangle; co-author of "A Mistake Somewhere". WG Richards Frank Richards Richards, Frank Author of Old Soldiers Never Die and Old Soldier Sahib which R.G. rewrote for him. Was in The Royal Welch Fusiliers, R.G.'s regiment. eds.; Birth name is Francis Phillip Woodruff eds. see Diary September 27, 1936 Thelin Thelin, Frau Thelin, Frau German lady who translated Schwarz's "Almost Forgotten Gemany "after Karl had decided he could not do it. WG Reeves James 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. Liddell Hart Basil Liddell Hart Liddell Hart, Capt. Basil War-fare expert and friend of T.E. Lawrence. Collaborated with RG on a book of T.E.L'.s letters, published in 1938. See RPG p.231. WG & Eds. Lawrence T.E. T.E. Lawrence, T. E. 'Lawrence of Arabia.' Met Robert in Oxford in the early twenties. Made Robert his biographer and had him write "Lawrence and the Arabs." WG Goldschmidt Karl 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. Graves Robert Graves, Robert Author of the diary. Graves Beryl A. Graves, Beryl A. Second wife of Robert Graves. Transcribed the diary entries and register of letters written (hereafter, logs) from a photocopy of the manuscript, and these 53 monthly MS Dos, ASCII files, dated 01/01/83 were sent to Chris Petter by The Robert Graves Trust on floppy disc in 1996. Goldschmidt Karl Goldschmidt, Karl Karl Goldschmidt, d.1995, who later changed his name to Kenneth Gay, was Robert Graves' and Laura Riding's personal secretary during the period when the diary was written. He later annotated another printout of the diary produced from the B.A. Graves transcript, which is at the Graves Trust Archives in St. John's Oxford. Notes by Karl Goldschmidt are denoted as KG. Graves William Graves, William Son of Robert and Beryl Graves. Helped to identify names, places and titles in Deya (1935-1936) and with translations and other references in three ways. He left an annotated printout of the first six months of the diary in the Graves Trust Room at St. John's College, Oxford. He also sent Chris Petter an Excel file with a list identifying names and places, principally in the Majorcan sections of the diary, and a glossary of Spanish terms. Finally he has sent the editors answers in response to reference questions. Notes by William Graves are identified with the initials WG. Hogarth Press Hogarth Press Hogarth Press Press of Virginia and Leonard Woolf. R.G. had several early essays published by them. C.P. &`W.G. Constable & Co., Ltd. Constable Constable Constable Publishers. Arranged with them to print and distribute Seizin Press Epilogue and books. WG Seizin Press Seizin Founded when Robert Graves and Laura Riding began their partnership in London. R.G. and L.R. continued to operate their own press in Deyá, but stopped printing in 1935. Seizin Press published a number of literary works in conjunction with Constable in London, including the Epilogue series, and other works by Laura Riding and their literary associates. eds Harrison Smith and Robert Haas Harrison Smith R.G.'s American publisher for I, Claudius and Claudius the God. eds. Editors Editors of the Graves Diary Project. Majorcan Letter [poem: was called "Letter from Majorca"] Focus Riding, Laura/ Graves, Robert Deyá Seizin IV. December, pp.1-9 C291.2 1935 Focus I, II, III, IV [newsletter] Riding, Laura Deyá Seizin 1935 Old Soldier Sahib Richards, Frank Graves, Robert London, New York Faber & Faber; Harrison Smith & Robert Haas A44 1936 Address to Myself [poem: scrapped Aug. 11, 1935 R.G.; became Address to Self, published posthumously] Robert Graves: Complete Poems Vol. III Graves, Robert Beryl Graves and Dunstan Ward Manchester Carcanet Press p. 555 (note) 1995-1999 Almost Forgotten Germany [Almost Forgotten Times] Schwarz, Georg Trans. Graves, Robert/ Riding, Laura Deyá & London Seizin & Constable A45 1936 Poets [prose] Graves, Robert/ Riding Laura Riding, Laura Subjects of Knowledge [unpublished] Riding, Laura, Graves, Robert, et al Riding, Laura 1935 A Natural Need [James' Poems?] Reeves, James Deyá & London Seizin & Constable 1935 Epilogue I: A Critical Summary Riding. Laura/ Graves, Robert Deyá & London Seizin & Constable B22 1935 Trojan Ending, A [novel] Riding, Laura Deyá & London Seizin & Constable 1937 We are the Resurrection [poem] Collected Poems Riding, Laura London Cassell 1938