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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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JANUARY 1936

The new year begins with a luncheon with Walter and Violet McCormack, who plan to take a place in Deyá for two months. January continues unseasonably mild, with warm sea mists, but otherwise the weather is dry. It doesn't rain until late in the month (Graves worries about the garden); fires in the evening are seldom needed. Graves writes of a walk along the road with Laura by (warm) moonlight.

Karl is plagued by dysentery and eczema. Gelat, too, is ill in bed for several days - but is still up for spirited political discussions with Graves. Graves also remarks on the discouraging news of Kipling's death, and of the illness and death of King George.

But the month also brings with it welcome interaction with family and friends. Graves receives letters from David, Catherine and Sam, and Riding's birthday is celebrated quietly with Gelat's family. James Reeves and Mary Phillips announce their plans to marry over the upcoming Easter holiday. Several evenings are spent visiting with the McCormacks, and Graves and Riding also dine with Honor Wyatt's mother, Ann Wyatt eds. who is staying at a hotel nearby. The Junyers show off their art collection - a Brueghel, as well as works by Picasso - and present Graves and Riding with a (reproduction) Holbein engraving of Thomas Wyatt.

Work on the Posada continues favourably, and Graves oversees the planting of lemon and almond trees: the almond blossom is at its best.

This month Graves drafts Dialogue between Friends and Friend, and continues to revise Christmas. He also drafts Evening in the Saddle and Climate of Thought. He and Liddell-Hart keep up regular correspondence, commenting on each other's work on the T. E. Lawrence project, and offering critical suggestions; Graves is pleased with the partnership, appreciative of Liddell-Hart's suggestions and complimentary of his work. Graves also drafts a blurb for T. E. Lawrence by His Friends for Cape's spring list.

Graves goes over the proofs of Old Soldier Sahib, which has met with the publisher's approval. The last of the Focus proofs are corrected and sent off to the printer, as are the last of the Lars Porsena proofs. Reviews of the first issue of Epilogue are in, but not particularly positive - the first one in New Statesman: not a review, nasty & long. The Times and the Spectator also publish reviews. Graves works on English Ecclesiastical Habits, finishing English Ecclesiastical Habits 2 with great difficulty. He also finishes Welsh Ecclesiastical Habits. He begins writing a homily on stealing - later called Theft - while Riding works on one entitled Anger. Riding goes over the first part of Antigua, Penny, Puce, and Graves begins research on the Latin and Greek education systems for Schools.

Riding and Graves have acquired a new canary, who sings well. Graves works in the evening with the bird in his room.

Posada, La Deyá Majorca Sp House on the Puig next to Deyá church. Originally part of the Es Molí property. It had been rented by the church for Sunday school. RG and LR bought it in February, 1935, to use as a guest house for their visitors. WG, eds. McCormack Walter; Violet; Betty; Jennifer McCormacks McCormack, Walter & Violet Tenants of Ca'n Torrent. Had two daughters: Jennifer, a dancer, & Betty. Continued their friendship with Robert and Laura in England. eds. Graves Robert Robert Graves, Robert [1st person]. (1895-1985). Poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and author of his diary. eds. Riding Laura Laura Riding, Laura (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk). 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. Marroig Más Juan Gelat Más, Juan Marroig Juan Marroig Mas, called Gelat: Landowner on Deyá and friend of Robert Graves and Laura Riding (L.R. & R.G.'s factotum. W.G.) Rudyard Kipling Kipling, Rudyard British poet (1865-1936). eds. King George V George V, King King George V of England. Reigned 1910-1936. Succeeded by his eldest son Edward VIII who abdicated that same year in order to marry Wallis Simpson. Another son became King George VI. eds. Graves David 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. Nicholson Catherine Catherine Nicholson, Catherine Catherine Nicholson: (1922- ) third of four children of Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson. eds. Graves Samuel Sam Graves, Samuel R.G.'s youngest child by Nancy Nicholson. C.P.& 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. Reeves nሐhillips Mary Mary Phillips, Mary Visitor. Typed most of I, Claudius. Later married James Reeves. WG Wyatt Ann Mrs. Wyatt Wyatt, Ann Honour Wyatt's mother. eds. Junyers Junyer, Sebastian and Junyer, Clothilde Often referred to in the diary as "The Junyers," artists Sebastian and Clothilde Junyer spent their summers in Llucalcari. W.G., 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 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. Jonathan Cape Ltd. Cape Jonathan Cape Jonathan Cape London publisher of Lawrence and the Arabs, Good-Bye to All That, No Decency Left, etc. eds. Editors Editors of the Graves Diary Project. Dialogue Between Friends and Friend [poem: unpublished?] Graves, Robert 1936 Christmas [poem; called "Robert: Christmas"] Focus IV Graves, Robert [private] 18-19 C291.3 1935-11-22 Evening in the Saddle [poem: became Enemy in the Saddle, which RG scrapped: see entry for Apr. 3, 1936] Graves, Robert 1936 Climate of Thought [poem] Collected Poems [1938] Graves, Robert Cassell London 1938 T.E. Lawrence by His Friends Graves, Robert [contributor] Lawrence, A.W. London Jonathan Cape B26 1937-05 Old Soldier Sahib Richards, Frank Graves, Robert London, New York Faber & Faber; Harrison Smith & Robert Haas A44 1936 Focus I, II, III, IV [newsletter] Riding, Laura Deyá Seizin 1935 Lars Porsena or The Future of Swearing and Improper Language [2nd rev. edition] Graves, Robert London Kegan Paul A21c 1936 Epilogue I: A Critical Summary Riding. Laura/ Graves, Robert Deyá & London Seizin & Constable B22 1935 New Statesman and Nation, The [originally:The Statesman] London 1913- Times [newspaper] London Times Newspapers Spectator London F.C. Westley 1828- English Ecclesiastical Habits [prose] Graves, Robert Riding, Laura 1936 English Ecclesiastical Habits 2 [prose] Graves, Robert Riding, Laura 1936 Welsh Ecclesiastical Habits [prose] Graves, Robert Riding, Laura 1936 Stealing [a homiletic study: later titled Theft] Epilogue II, 1936 Graves, Robert Riding, Laura Deyá and London Seizin and Constable B24 1936 Anger [a homiletic study] Epilogue II Riding, Laura Deyá and London Seizin and Constable B24 1936 Antigua Penny Puce Graves, Robert Deyá & London Seizin & Constable A46 1936 Schools [an international survey of education] Graves, Robert; Riding, Laura Riding, Laura