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Oct 1 Friday.
Went over yesterday's work, enlarging, and made up accounts, & wrote
letters: insisting to A.G. & Jenny that C's libels are retracted if only by Peggy.
It has been lovely weather for some days now.
9
pp
pages of Belisarius
Ch
Chapter XII in evening, after a walk back with Alix from Cranleigh.
Laura at work on letter book – recommendations for newspapersfor Part V, The World and Ourselves eds. – & taking PareciaParegoric? KGhomoepathicallyhomeopathically.
Mad letter from John Lucy & sad
letter from Mary, whom he has been beating
up, she says.
In our new game of marbles we have not yet found any sure technique.
Oct 2 Sat.
Went over yesterday's Belisarius & did 10 more
pp
pages, ending
ch
chapter XII.
Laura still on 'newspaper
recommendation'for Part V, The World and Ourselves eds..
Archery & marbles as usual.
Jenny rang up about Charles & said that all was settled.
In evening to Dorking (Alix, Harry, L & I) to a cinema & saw
Astaire & Rogers in Shall We Dance?Shall We Dance? (1937) starring Fred
Astaire and Ginger Rogers
eds. & laughed at Hitler
& Musso in the News
PictorialShort newsreel screened in movie theatres eds.,
& bought a glass sailors' rolling pin for Alix (3/63 shillings, sixpence eds.)
& sandwiches; & a beer in the 'Shades'a pub?
eds.; & saw a number of
red-headed men; on returning I had 4 brandies to cure a stomach
shaken by the car; & a kidney supper.
Oct 3 Sunday
Laura worked till 3.15 last night &
had trouble in killing a red-haired moth which refused to die.
Five versions of a poem 'The Absentees'
Alan came to lunch & we talked over
plans: has written his marsh poemsee 17 September, 1937 eds..
Laura read me her newspaper
recommendationfor Part V, The World and Ourselves eds..
Walk in fields, & brought back oak-leaves with acorns &
berried holly.
Apparently the Karl-Marie business is to be redintegratedreintegrated?re-integrated KG.
Title page
Oct 4 1937
Oct 4 Monday 1937
6
pp
pages of Belisarius
Ch
Chapter XIII.
Alan about. Decision finally in favour of
London.
Alan & I wrote letters in evening
for Laura: after a walk together from
haystack to Highcroft.
A.G. still persists in libel: I wrote
angrily, Alan forgot to post, I tore it up.
Sitting round coal fire in room with purple carpet: talking of plans
together, all of us.
Basilisk sinks an ¿Italian? submarine.
Oct 5 Tuesday
2
pp
pagesBelisarius and a long letter to Random
House about m books & advances, &
another to John Buchan about Dictionary, & another to Peggy about
Jenny.
This was a good day's work & I walked from Cranleigh & have all but regained my normal
condition. Passing three suspicious cows
with tiny calves I asked 'And how are your charming children?'
Laura a good deal better & working
on friendship recommendationfor Part V, The World and Ourselves eds..
Slang
dict.
dictionaryPartridge's KG; A Dictionary of Slang and
Unconventional English by Eric Partridge. London: Routledge,
1937. eds. & DisraeliBenjamin Disraeli, Earl of
Beaconsfield, (1804-1881) eds. novels came.
Important decision about cheeseAlix's Gervais
KG pending: financing British cheese business.
I now hit target at least once a day: all the arrows of different weight,
length & twist.
Oct 6 Wednesday.
Laura much better now.
7
pp
pagesBelisarius
Ch
Chapter XIII & working on blurb & finding title: The Faith of Belisarius
.(?) found by Laura.the title finally settled on was Count Belisarius. eds.
In bed with chill after lunch & supper in bed, but continued to work.
Jenny rang up with slight money-troubles
& a peer of the realm in tow.
Oct 7 Thursday.
Wrote, with a chill & headache still and great difficulty, a blurb
for Belisarius, & 8 more
pp
pages of chapter XVII
Laura on her friendship
recommendationfor Part V, The World and Ourselves eds. still.
Harry unbeatable in the marble game.
Used a hot bottle all day: recovered in the evening but missed my walk. To
the Crown for ginger wine & Evening NewsSaturday Evening Post? eds..
Oct 8 Friday
1
p
pageBelisarius & preface: and several letters.
Walk to Cranleigh, met Honor & home with her in 'bus.
Alix & Harry both away.
Honor, L
& I talked in her bedroom & L read her friendship recommendationfor Part V, The World and Ourselves eds. to us.
Another 15,000 Italians to Cadiz Spain & young
Mussolini with bombers to Palma a few days ago: reported threat to
Minorca.
Oct 9 Sat.
Honor went early: fine day.
14
pp
pagesBelisarius & checking L's friendship
recommendationfor Part V, The World and Ourselves eds..
Walked to Cranleigh & back: bought shrimps & cranberries:
dark passage through woods.
Harry & Alix did not return as expected: so Karl, L & I had supper
alone & played a tailorless game of 66card game
eds..
Oct 10 Sunday.
The Eremite in two versions all morning.
Alix & Harry returned.
Went over checks in friendship recommendationfor Part V, The World and Ourselves eds. with Laura
&
Ch
Chapter 3 of Swiss Ghost.
A walk at dark to Ewhurst Green &
back.
Enclosure – Cutting from the Daily TelegraphWitchballs and Sea Serpents by RG
(In answer to a letter connecting Witchballs
with the green & blue glass eggs of Druidical origin.)
Oct 11 Monday.
To London by early train with Alix.
Meet of foxhounds at bus:
M.F.HMaster of Foxhounds eds., 2 huntsmen, whipper in,
hounds. 'Get from under that bus, Galloway': 'Drawing the coverts
at MalquoitsMalquoits now known as Cornhill Manor, Ewhurst, Surrey eds.'
To 5 Nottingham St.Alan took us round houses in Hampstead: no use. *Norman, Alan, Audrey Beecham, Honor, L
& I lunch at Café
Royal. *Called on Tanny Brown
N.W.
North Way1 region: better. Chance
meeting with Jenny & Peggy Hamilton in Baker St.
Maisie back from Japan: dissociated Japanese people from army.
Bought £3.10/- a 16th
Cent
Century Spanish chestvargueño KG with drawers inlaid
ivory hunting scenes (Mills) & a
trade-bead necklace thrown in.
Coffee at Prince Oysters at Princes (L, Alan & I).
Supper at Canuto's with Maisie (who told of the visit to Her & His
Excellency TweedsmuirLord & Lady Tweedsmuir KG.)
Home: arrived 11.12. Met by H in a car
& dressing gown
punct.
punctually at Cranleigh
Laura working with Harry &
doing an education recommendationfor Part V, The World and Ourselves eds..
No particular events today: a walk from Cranleigh as usual.
Sent birthday telegram to Julie.
Govt
Government offensive started on the Aragon
front.
Oct 13 Wednesday.
12
pp
pagesBelisarius
ch
chapter XIV.
Laura stayed in bed for lunch & in
the evening I got a chill or something after a walk home from Cranleigh with Alix, & was sick & had no supper, & stayed
in bed, & read of early pilgrimages to the Holy placesMargery Kempe KG.
Karl was up in London looking for flats for us. Saw one not really possible one in Park
Crescentin Westminster eds..
Oct 14 Thursday
11
pp
pagesBelisarius which brings it up to typed page 255.
Laura at work on Letter book: the 'realistic approach' lettersfor Part III, The World and Ourselves eds..
I saw two rabbits fighting at the bottom of the garden, apparently kicking
& biting each other. I separated them with an arrow but hit neither.
Usual Cranleigh walk.
Oct 15 Friday
16
pp
pages of Belisarius, finishing
ch
chapter XIV, a
long one. and making a good start with XV.
A lovely day but a depressing feeling that England & France acquiesce
in the Italian occupation of Majorca.
Walk back from Cranleigh in moonlight with
Alix.
Alan frightened us by wiring that AudreyBeryl? KG; Audrey Beecham? eds. had meningitis. He
meant laryngitis.
Enclosure – RG's page from a
'word game'.
Miss illum
Rob.
RobertAlanBerylLauraHarryAlixRobertAlan etc
Right conclusions are never so conspicuously right as when the protagonists
of right have discussed irrelevant mediaeval and Hellenistic parallels or dilated circumlocuously
on hypothetical ideologies such as Erastian
and Acuanite
slanders on reality, although they possibly somewhat
carelessly rely on comments which previous
scholars have carelessly construed as having meant something previously;
because they inevitably undergo have undergone rigourous annotation and therefore are
completely unsuitable material for treatment in by
illiterate futures.
HarryAlixRobertAlanBerylLauraHarryAlixRobert etc
The old bitch went down with her six red shawls and there breathed so hard
that she seen to find close to her knees a queer stream of dust
blenti.e blended eds. with phlegm which she caused her own
son to take through long and dank woods that for years had grown thick with
streams of green, sans
means of sense , or strength they –
senil all streams stream to no end, so let cows go mute, sons go wild, woods turn coal, bitch turn confuse dust, phlegm sink down, breath
rise, tale means nought, end come here.
Oct 16 Sat. Alan's birthday.
Reassuring telegram from Random House about books & fees.
Request from Grigson to Laura & me to contribute to a New Verse
no.
number about Auden!
I went early to Cranleigh with Harry to buy presents for Alan & Alix's
aunt Mrs May who has a birthday tomorrow
& is coming with Maisie.
In the antique shop angered at being asked 15/-15 shillings eds.
for a 2 peseta bull-fighting plate. Bought Alan a walking stick, two toy-soldiers
& a black woolly lamb (a pull-over already); &
Chinese china swans for aunt.
Alan & Beryl came, & we played the word-game after suppr &
talked. He had a birthday cake
Laura doing scenario with Karl who got cross with a cold
& was sent home to nurse it at Marigoldname of house, where he
lodged KG.
I went over Belisarius but wrote none fresh. Beryl
& Alan at Holmcroft.
Oct 17 Sunday
Alix & I respectively getting
breakfast trays for Harry & Laura. Alix said 'Lives of Wives.'ironic
reference to LR's book title Lives of Wives eds.
Three version of a sonnet 'The Young Captain'
Visited Karl in bed.
Maisie came with Mrs May & brought, from herself, a Chinese hat
for me, Canadian moccasins
& an Indian ring for Laura;
from Julie a quilted blue jacket for Laura & a length of silk for me
– for Laura.
Hit target 3 times with same arrow. Not much constructive talk with Maisie, Alan or Beryl (who hates her job)
because too many people about.
A lovely day.
Oct 18 Monday
12
pp
pagesBelisarius
Ch
Chapter XV & 2 versions of the Captain poem (very difficult).
Lovely weather: frost slightly but we could sit without fires.
Cranleigh walk as usual.
We ragged Alix for being a Fascist because
she believed that the Italian volunteers would really be withdrawn from
Spain.
Laura sorts out the Communist etc letters
for her Letter book.
Oct 19 Tuesday.
15
pp
pagesBelisarius, finishing
ch
chapter XV.
Pheasant shooting: without success, in the garden.
Laura working hard (Karl typed 25
pp
pages for her today
i.e.
that is (to say) 9000 words.)
Cranleigh walk for hair cut: pitch dark but for a large moon:
also very misty.
Two more versions of Callow Captain
Oct 20 Wednesday
To London in car with Harry & Laura.
Saw 2 flats: one belonging to Mrs Pembroke Stevens (war
correspondentSpanish Civil War correspondent for the Daily Telegraph KG) opposite
N.
North gate of Zoo,
one to Wing Commander Gayford at 31 Alma Square. Decided on return (talking late at night) on latter.
Alan with us all day: lunch at Zoo: saw
gorill. orang-utang being teased; &
dromedary being taught to dance by man who gave it oranges.
Six steel buttons from Mr. Mills for
3/-3 shillings.
Fog patches on way back.
Alan thinking of marrying Beryl.
Margaret Russell has given notice to the
Woodsher employers eds..
Enclosure – Photograph of David
Graves
on backHarlech 1937 David
Oct 21 Thursday
7
pp
pagesBelisarius
Letters. All well at Deyá.
Very tired today, somehow.
Laura fixing up about flat.
Cranleigh as usual
Regaining marble-ascendancy.
Working again at Galatea & Pygmalion, 3 versions more.
News of Gijon'sGijon, Spain eds. fall.
Oct 22 Friday
Laura not well (sinus aches) & did
not start work
till
until 12
22
pp
pagesBelisarius
Ch
Chapter 16
Rained all day.
Short wrote: all well, but air-raids 8
killed at Santa Catalinain Palma
eds., sometimes the airplanes beat the alarm & there is no
time to get into a bomb shelter.
Oct 23 Saturday.
Was going to London: but not necessary
because flat matters seem settled.
Wrote letters all morning and in afternoon went with Harry & Alix by
car to Ash near Aldershotnear Guildford, Surrey eds. to buy
apples from Mr. Burt's brother (Mr Burt came with us) there. Very well,
& Mr Burt misdirected us.
On the way back at Guildford bought Laura garnet ring for 19/-19
shillings eds., (Georgian) and a tea-cup
& saucer for personal use at Shere
– also a crystal candlestick for Alix (7/67 shillings, sixpence eds.).
RNorman was here, so did no Belisarius, except going over yesterday's work, felt tired, went to bed.
Enclosure – Sentence Game
Any sepulcher requires constant refuelling of its duly emptied but slightly,
nevertheless, soiled – what may be with genuine accuracy
miscalled, perhaps, unsightly detritus – firt
or sorry ch-can, whereas no sepulchre becomes in such
degree empty of associations, owing to filial or pre-natal success in
achieving the cause of whereby all illustrious figures corrupt
their realities and vanish, withered yet alive hypothetically that it
requires ministrations characteristically devoted to domestic resuscitation
yet still abstract and only half sincere.this passage handwritten in
pencil by someone other than RG; LR? eds.
If those things which now you hear told of men are of
soon lost in night, noise, scorn or jest, why, dark must be faith when you
hear things grow queer — though of small use to books, breds, God, be your faith.handwritten by RG
eds.
Whether we all decide to believe the description given by our self
constituted lying mentors or eye witnesses of conditions in territories
subject to democratic criticism, or decide to investigate from inside all
appearance of doubtful suggestions, whichever disgust pre- dominates mostinprophecy, let us accept
unswervingly the main conclusions implied in thoughts undoubtedly
cooperative in approaching the future, no matter what anyone may
individually propound from reading lying accounts he has no business to
readhandwritten by RG eds.
Enclosure – Collectively Written Poem Sonnet
Sonnet
The courage of the Dog no man denied JamesWho had not heard the ghostly bugle blow RobertNor might suspicion turn its face aside – LauraIt was not far away, nor long ago. NormanThough guilty of the very crime he tried Harry(the angels looking down beheld his woe) JamesHe would not trust those gardens to provide, RobertHis greedy eye would no frank gift bestow. LauraFor when the hunger ended, greed began, NormanHe counted all his friends among the quick HarryCrying out 'Desolation on this city!' JamesFor such has ever been the fate of man RobertTo prate of reason like a lunatic LauraAnd shut his doors & windows out of pity. Norman
No words, only conjunctives & sequences changed.
Oct 24 Sunday.
Ra Drive NormanHarryAlixL & me to Chichester to James
& Mary – also Bridget there – Sunny drive
Picnic lunch, talk, sentence game, a son communal sonnet
composed & sent to the T.L.S.as the work of BeddoesThomas Lovell
Beddoes (1803-1849), British poet eds.
Laura with a heavy cold.
Heavy rain on return:
5
pp
pagesBelisarius.
Oct 25 Monday.
Heavy weather: 11
pp
pagesBelisarius. Harry & Alix to London to see
Abou Kayer & flathunt. Alan in
afternoon — to cheer upus up. Talked about aboutGreed & Laziness: went for
walk in growing Thunderstorm (L, Alan, Karl
& I) & after supper talked about literalness.
I went over Year of Damage for shortening – because Constable & Heinemann both reported it lacked vitality.
L & Alan discussing anaW.H.Auden article for him to write.
Oct 26 Tuesday.
12
pp
pagesBelisarius, finishing
Ch
Chapter XVI; more talk with Alan & Karl & L about
literalness.
Alix & Harry away still: have got a flat in Abbey Road.
Laura working at last section of Int.Affairs book.
Her poems sent to Heinemann.
Went with Alan to Cranleigh & he to London: walked back in dark across fields.
Karl & Marie went to circus: to whose music SolaceGraves' cat
eds. has been listening entranced all day.
Oct 27 Wednesday.
18
pp
pagesBelisarius
Ch
Chapter XVII
Wet sort of day.
A walk round the fields and found a mushroom, gun-cartridges, a horseshoe.
Alix & Harry came back late for supper.
Read Year of Damage for shortening.
Oct 28 Thursday.
15
pp
pagesBelisarius
Ch
Chapter 17, which means typed page 317 about:
& a walk after dark with Laura
The Random House letter came today
& was on the whole satisfactory: I wrote a long careful answer.
Laura getting on well with the last section
of the Letter Book.
Sunny day: arrows. But no marbles, a chill having fallen athwart things.
Topaz lost from Laura's ring: noticed when
out walking.
Oct 29 Friday.
Found topaz by rationalized search, at top of stairs...
Laura said. 'You ought to buy a grocery
shop & sell jams & pickles & say I made them all
myself. That would be your madness.'
15
pp
pages finishing
Ch
Chapter
XVII Belisarius.
A walk in the misty through moist woods.
Oct 30 Saturday.
To London: Karl
at Highcroft in charge of
SolaceGraves' cat eds..
Laura arranged things at Boulestin's lobby with Wing
Commander Gayford; while I bought socks, arranged repair of
dressing gown, bought 2 cotton jerseys for 10/610 shillings, sixpence
eds. each.
Norman at Boulestins.
Oysters, pheasant supreme, white burgundy, braised celery, figs
flambées and coffee. (£2.7.6; Norman's show) & then with Alan to drinks at a pub.
Bought a penetentiary dog-kennel & sea shells money-box for Norman for his dreary visitors 1/-1
shilling eds. a time. Norman
took us to St Peter's Square & off
to Arkesden, leaving his suitcase behind.
A walk along the Mall at dusk with Laura
& round by Chiswick High Road.
Len & Jane came after supper: Len
talking about his Hollywood plans. Sunday Express rang up & told me I was a candidate for the Nobel Prize in
Lit
Literature. I made no statement beyond that
this was the first I had heard of it.
Enclosure – Cuttingfrom the Sunday Express? KGRobert Graves and the Nobel Prize
Oct 31 Sunday
Last night L & I talked late: I
decided to write a book about her.See references in November 27th and 28th entries. eds.
In the morning went for a walk with Len
& Jane in grounds of Chiswick
Houseon Burlington Lane, Hounslow eds.. Len gave us his Book Way to read.
Some work on 2 specimen chapters of Belisarius for Random House.
Laura & I checking Alan's Auden-plagiarisms article.
Dropped 2 shillings in Norman's money box
for Vera Hankisson & Michael Ross.
(M.R. came canvassing &
stopped to hint for money for an art show).
Beryl & Alan to tea: made out a list of 16 good minds & several
doubtfuls.
Supper at Len & Jane's: Betty Noxon too.
Len showed me 'Dibpou'Dibou KG a dice-game & we played thread-puff.
Fighting a headache due to wearing London
clothes.
Log Entries of Letters for October, 1937
Letters
Oct 1st
To A.G. to Jenny: both about Charles.
Nelson about a permission, Heinemann receipt, pension to Bank
Oct 2nd.
To Roz.
Oct 3
Oct 4.
To Jenny, A.G.: about Charles. not posted
To Len, Norman, Jennifer, Maisie, Margaret, Bank with
French draft, Watt with contract, Anita at Rennes.
Oct 5
To Peggy Graves; to A.G. informing; to Haas about Belisarius & Lives of Wives & poems; to Tweedsmuir
about Pilgrim TrustA commonwealth grant founded in 1930 by
philanthropist Edward Harkness eds..
Oct 6.
Draft to Bank: paid Dulan. Antigua's to Zoltan, Vincent, Biro.
Oct 7
Liddell Hart.
Oct 8.
Peggy Graves: Jenny: Green
Armytage: D. Telegraph: A.G.Scottish Provident receipt.
Oct 12
Jenny: A.G. again.
Oct 14.
Catherine: Roz: Watt (payment for
engraving): OK to Pinker: Gwendolen Murphy about anthologyThe Modern Poet eds. rights.
Oct 15
A.G.: Anita.
Oct 18
G. Murphy again.
Oct 21
David G.Margaret Russell.
Oct 22
Jenny. Catherine. Altounyan. G. Murphy. Paid Dr.Barber; cheque to Bank. John Lucy.
Oct 24
Schwarz.
Oct 25
Jenny
Oct 26
Barker. Westminster Bank with cheque.
Oct 27
To Robt Haas about contracts.
CranleighCranleighSurreyEnglandtown closest to Ewhurst KGDorkingDorkingSurreyEnglandLondonEnglandHighcroftEwhurstSurreyEnglandRental house that RG and LR shared with Harry and Alix Kemp in Ewhurst for July-November, 1937 RPGCrownEwhurstSurreyEnglanda village pub? eds.; RPG 279PalmaPalmaMajorcaSpCapital and largest centre of Majorca.MinorcaBalearic IslandsSpainOne of the Balearic Islands eds.EwhurstEwhurstSurreyEnglandHighcroft, the house RG and LR rented with Harry and Alix Kemp between July and November 1937, was located there. eds.Nottingham StreetWestminsterLondonEngland5, Nottingham Street was the location of Harry and Alix Kemp's flat KGHampsteadEnglandCafé RoyalLondonEnglandA restaurant frequented by R.G. and L.R. when they were living in London, between 1936 and 1938. eds.Baker StreetWestminsterLondonEnglandCanuto'sBaker StreetLondonEnglanda restaurant eds.AragonAragonSpainMajorca/ MallorcaMajorcaSpLargest of the Balearic Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of Spain. R.G. and L.R. lived there, in Deyá, from 1929-1936. edsHolmcroftSurreyEnglandGuest House near Highcroft eds.Alma SquareLondonWestminsterEnglandBetween Maida Vale and Abbey Road; R.G. & L.R. lived there in the winter of 1937. edsHarlechHarlechNorth WalesGreat BritainThe location of the Graves family home, called "Erinfa."DeyáDeyáMajorcaSpTown 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.GuildfordGuildfordSurreyEnglandShereShereSurreyEnglandChichesterSussexEnglandAbbey RoadWestminsterLondonEnglandLocation of Alix and Harry Kemp's flat during the winter of 1937 RPGBoulestinsLondonEnglandrestaurant eds.St. Peter's SquareHammersmithLondonEnglandRobert Graves and Laura Riding began living together in a flat there in 1927. (RPG 49); Gordon Glover and his mistress, Molly, took this address in 1935; also the location of Norman Cameron's flat in 1937 KG.ArkesdenEssexEnglandRennesRennesFrancewhere Gelat's daughter, Anita, and son-in-law, Juan Vives live; visited by RG and LR et al in 1938 eds.GravesAmyA.G. (A.E.S.G)Graves, AmyAmy Graves, RG's Mother. WGNicholsonJennyJennyNicholson, JennyJenny Nicholson: oldest daughter of Robert by Nancy Nicholson.GravesCharles Patrick RankeCharlesGraves, Charles Patrick RankeRG's brother with whom he did not get on. WG Estranged from RG in 1937 over Jenny Nicholson's crisis. See RPG p.281 CPGravesPeggyPeggy GravesGraves, PeggyMarried to Charles Graves, R.G.'s brother. Both provided support to Robert's daughter Jenny while she was performing in London. (RPG 249, 265) eds.Alix KempKemp, AlixMarried to poet Harry Kemp. The couple shared a house with Graves and Riding in Ewhurst, Surrey (1937). eds (RPG 277); also referred to as Frau Eierman by RG eds. see Diary August 30, 1936RidingLauraLauraRiding, Laura(1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).John LucyLucy, JohnEstranged husband of Mary Lucy; RG and LR are drawn into their marital problems. eds.LucyMaryMary LucyLucy, MaryVisited R.G. and L.R. at Ewhurst. An admirer of both Graves and Riding, but her marital problems brought tensions to their household. See diary entry January 2, 1938 (and K.G. note).Harry KempKemp, HarryPoet. Met Graves and Riding through James Reeves in August 1936, just after their arrival in England. In their previous correspondence, Riding had been intrigued by his falling-out with Communism. He became associated with their circle, collaborating on various projects. (RPG 248-49)AstaireFredAstaireAstaire, Fred(1899-1987) actor eds.RogersGingerRogersRogers, Ginger(1911-1995) actress eds.HitlerAdolfHitlerHitler, Adolf(1889-1945)MussoliniBenitoMussoliniMussolini, Benito(1883-1945) Fascist dictator ( "IL DUCE") of Italy from 1922-1943. eds.HodgeAlanAlanHodge, AlanOxford history graduate. Became close friends with LR & RG. First husband of Beryl Graves. CP & WGGoldschmidtKarlKarl/CarlGoldschmidt, KarlKarl 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.MarieGoldschmidt, MarieKarl Goldschmidt's first wife. RPG 280-81. The couple met when Marie was employed as domestic help at Ewhurst (summer 1937). eds.BuchanJohnJohn Buchan, or, TweedsmuirBuchan, John(1875-1940) The writer. Appointed Governor General of Canada. W.G.; Baron Tweedsmuir. eds.WyattHonorHonorWyatt, HonorJournalist. 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).GravesRobertRobertGraves, Robert[1st person]. (1895-1985). Poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and author of his diary. eds.CameronNormanNorman CameronCameron, NormanPoet. Built Can Torrent in 1932-1933. W.G.; m. to Elfriede, then to Catherine Vandervelde; friend and contributor to LR and RG's work eds.BeechamAudreyAudrey BeechamBeecham, Audreyfriend of Alan Hodge KGBrownTannyTanny BrownBrown, Tannya painter, ex-husband of Maisie Sommerville KG; father of Maisie's son Timothy Brown eds.HamiltonPeggyPeggy HamiltonHamilton, PeggyJenny Nicholson's flatmate? eds.SommervilleMaisieMaisieSommerville, MaisieHead 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.MillsAlbertMillsMills, Mr.an antique seller and friend of RG, and contributor to the Covenant of Literary Morality eds.; of Paddington Street, Marylebone KGMatthewsJulieJulieMatthews, JulieTom Matthews' wife. WGBerylPritchard, Beryldaughter of Harry and Amy Pritchard, R.G.'s second wife. Formerly married to Alan Hodge. Robert and Beryl had four children: William, Lucia, Juan and Tomas. edsGrigsonGeoffreyGeoffrey GrigsonGrigson, GeoffreyPoet and literary critic C.P. & K.G. Founder and editor of New Verse, a poetry journal (1933-39). eds.AudenW. H.AudenAuden, W.H.British poet (1907-1973). R.G. disliked. edsMrs. MayMay, Mrs.Alix Kemp's aunt RGGayfordOswald RobertWing Commander GayfordGayford, Commander(1893-1944), Wing Commander for British Royal Air Force. L.R. and R.G.'s landlord in Alma Square, London (Nov. 1937 - June 1938). eds.RussellMargaretMargaretRussell, MargaretHouse-keeper L.R. & R.G. had had in London. WGGravesDavidDavidGraves, DavidR.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.ShortShortShortShipping agent and operator of a lending library in Palma. K.G.Burt?Mr. BurtBurt, Mr.gardener at Ewhurst, 1937. eds.ReevesJamesJamesReeves, JamesSchoolmaster, writer and Poet. Friend of Jacob Bronowski. W.G./ K.G.; m. to Mary Phillips; daughter Stella born June 14, 1938 eds.ReevesMaryMaryReeves, Marywife of James Reeves; daughter Stella born 14 June, 1938 eds.BridgetBridgetLondon milliner, with Aage Tharup's KGLyeLenLenLye, 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.LyeJaneJaneLye, JaneMarried to New Zealand artist/ film-maker Len Lye; son Bix Lye. Friends with R.G. and L.R. Visited Graves and Riding in Majorca (1930), where Jane provided secretarial assistance. eds (RPG 138).RossMichaelMichael RossRoss, Michaelm. to Axelle Ross eds.Noxon nቐLaneBettyNoxonNoxon, Betty(1907-1996) American painter, m. to Gerald Noxon, friends of Jacob Bronowski eds.Cooper née GravesRosaleenRosCooper, Rosaleen Dr.Dr. Rosaleen Cooper, R.G.'s sister. W.G.; husband Jim, sons Dan, Roger & Paul RPG.McCormackWalter; Violet; Betty; JenniferMcCormacksMcCormack, Walter & VioletTenants of Ca'n Torrent. Had two daughters: Jennifer, a dancer, & Betty. Continued their friendship with Robert and Laura in England. eds.MarroigAnitaAnitaAna, AnitaMarroig. Gelat's daughter, married to Juan Vives the Doctor's brother. Live in Rennes, France. WGDulanDulanDulanDealer in antique engravings, books. London? WGKordaZoltanZoltanKorda, ZoltanAlexander Korda's brother eds.KordaVincentVincentKorda, VincentAlexander Korda's brother KGBiróLajosBiroBiró, Lajos(1883-1948) a journalist and political secretary in Budapest, Biró wrote screenplays for Alexander Korda, including the ill-fated Claudius script eds.Liddell HartBasilLiddell HartLiddell Hart, Capt. BasilWar-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.Green-ArmitageGreen-Armytage, Dr.Jenny Nicholson's doctor at Belleville hospital eds.NicholsonCatherineCatherineNicholson, CatherineCatherine Nicholson: (1922- ) third of four children of Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson. eds.PinkerEricPinkerPinkerR.G. & L.R.'s agent in London. W.G. They later changed to A.S. Watt. eds.MurphyGwendolenGwendolen MurphyMurphy, Gwendoleneditor of The Modern Poet anthology (1938) eds.AltounyanErnest Haig RiddellE. AltounyanAltounyan, E.(1889-1962) surgeon eds.; friend of T.E. Lawrence? KGBarberC.H.Dr. BarberBarber, Dr.RG and family's doctor; treated Jenny Nicholson in 1937 eds.SchwarzGeorgSwartzSchwarz, GeorgGerman 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." WGGravesRobertGraves, RobertAuthor of the diary.GravesBeryl 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.GoldschmidtKarlGoldschmidt, KarlKarl 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.RPGRPGUnidentified person; possibly a misspelling of Robert Percival Graves (whose initials on this project are RG).GravesWilliamGraves, WilliamSon 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.PetterChris G.Petter, Chris G.Project manager of text encoding and annotation.HMS BasiliskBasiliskHMS BasiliskDestroyer in the British Royal Navy eds.Random HouseRandom HouseAmerican publishers (New York) eds.Constable & Co., Ltd.ConstableConstableConstable Publishers. Arranged with them to print and distribute Seizin Press Epilogue and books. WGWalter Heinemann Ltd.HeinemannWalterHeinemannHeinemannpublisher eds.Westminster BankWestminster BankA.S. Watt & Son, Ltd.WattWatt, 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? KGHarrison Smith and Robert HaasHarrison SmithR.G.'s American publisher for I, Claudius and Claudius the God. eds.Scottish Provident Insurance Co.Scottish Provident Insurance Co.Scottish Provident Insurance Co.Life Insurance and Healthcare organization in U.K. eds.Arthur Barker Ltd.BarkerArthurA.B.Barker, ArthurThe English publisher of I, Claudius and Claudius the God. WGEditorsEditors of the Graves Diary Project.Count Belisarius [1938]Graves, RobertLondonCassellA471937-07-21Letter Book [became The World and Ourselves]Riding, LauraThe World and Ourselves [former title: Letter Book]Riding, Laura [contributor; with Sally Graves, Sir Edward Marsh et al]Riding, LauraLondonChatto & Windus1938-11The Absentees [poem]Graves, Robert1937-10-03Dictionary [projected project; unfinished]Riding, Laura1935The Eremites [poem]Collected Poems [1938]Graves, RobertLondon, Toronto, Melbourne & SydneyCassellA481937-10-10The Swiss Ghost [formerly The Kind Ghost] [novel]Graves, Robert/ Riding, Laura1937-04-22Daily TelegraphLondon1856-1936New Verse [1933-39: a poetry journal]Geoffrey GrigsonSmuggler Scenario [projected screenplay for a Korda film RPG]Graves, Robert/ Riding, Laura1937-08-26Lives of Wives [prose]Riding, LauraLondon, Toronto, Melbourne & SydneyCassell and Co. Ltd.A391939Callow Captain [poem; originally called The Young Captain]Collected Poems [1938]Graves, RobertLondon, Toronto, Melbourne & SydneyCassellA481937-10-17Pygmalion to Galatea [poem; revised July 1937 eds.]Poems (1914-1926) [1927]Graves, RobertLondonWilliam Heinemann, Ltd.A231927Times Literary SupplementLondonTimes London1902-1968Year of Damage [novel]Hodge, Alan1936-12Collected Poems [1938]Riding, LauraLondon, Toronto, Melbourne & SydneyCassell and Co. LtdA351938Daily ExpressLondonAntigua Penny PuceGraves, RobertDeyá & LondonSeizin & ConstableA461936Modern Poet, The [anthology]Graves, RobertMurphy, GwendolenLondonSidgwick & Jackson, Ltd.poems 78-84, notes 182-3B271938