Diary entries for May, 1938

Enclosure – Clipping from Sunday Times Count Belisarius

Letter by J.H. Williams

May 1st Sunday

Wrote a long answer to Sunday Times on this cutting.re. Count Belisarius: see enclosure. eds. Laura long abed. The Simmons's came to lunch & were with us all day, talking.

In the evening we went together to the Cervantes in Old Compton StreetWestminster eds. and afterwards to Café Royal. I had a bad stomach cured by 4 brandies.

At C.R. succeeded in not knowing Hugh WalpoleBritish novelist (1884-1941) eds., and Aaronson.

Laura worked on Protocol: she was suddenly overwhelmed with tiredness at 2 o'clock. Stayed in bed till until lunch next day.

May 2 Monday.

Nancy wrote a queer letter refusing L's & my offer of a poodle.

Back to formal relationship.

More work on letter to S.T.

All afternoon worked with Laura on the Protocol.

* Laura writing a poem – one she laid down 8 months ago – for first time since then.

Leonard to lunch. Decided to take Margaret with us to France.

May 3 Tuesday

Smuggler

Sam on way to school: brought him to lunch & saw him off at King's +. He had made a wool rug of his own design.

Long talk with Mr Mills. Bought for 1/61 shilling, sixpence eds. an agate brooch with a milky pattern: for myself.

Norman to supper.

Mary Lucy to say goodbye – going back to Ireland because her husband has become a good Catholic. She gave

Laura a length of

lace & I

gave her some

pink beads.

She was quite good.

Laura & I working on a phrase Norman questioned in protocol.

May 4 Wednesday.

Laura has not been well for 3 days.

* Agreed to let Dent do dictionary.

John came to lunch and stayed till until 4.15, talking about literal way of painting pictures Alan there too.

Then Laura to dentist, I to Mr Mills where:

ivory earrings for Alix negro boys (Georgian) for Norman Russian dolls for Wanda.

(£1.2/- in all)

L. John & I met for coffee again in Yarners, Regent St. Then Laura & I went to Dickens & JonesDepartment store, Regent St. eds. where she bought a brown leather purse with a twirl on it 29/629 shillings, sixpence eds..

Laura worked on my poems Collected Poems eds., Schools, Harry's book The Left Heresy eds., etc.

May 5 Thursday.

Wrote a number of letters for Laura

Then lunch with Jenny at Café Royal at 12 oclock

David should have come but came by a later train from Oxford.

Jenny overworked by rehearsals for Cochran's revue.

Back to Alma Square. Len working with Laura. David & I then walked to Piccadilly via Mr Mills (five blue purple Bristol buttons 2/62 shillings, sixpence eds.)

took David to Allen's for a dress suit (to be paid for by Mallik)

Then back: walk across Park.

Then in evening a German film about music at DresdenGermany eds.: monstrously physical. Then David (stopping the night) work with Laura on Protocol till 2.30

May 6 Friday.

A very long letter to Tom & Julie.

David muddled lunch with Jenny so stopped over until ~~seeing~~ having dinner with her: went back at 10 oclock.

David & I went to Church St Market: I bought 4 Wedgewood Wedgwood coffee cups & saucers 1/-1 shilling eds., 1 teapot stand Blue flowers 6dsixpence eds.

Laura to Dentist: David, Alan & I went in a taxi to Baker St & walked back together. I was pretty tired. In evening Mary & Bill Fuller: protocol talk – he slow & industrious, she quick & lazy.

Mary F. was given the green & white necklace originally made for L.

May 7 Saturday.

A lazy day.

Did a lot of phoning: went twice to the street market and bought a large coffee pot 6dsixpence eds., a tea-pot stand 1d, a holly-patterned sugar bowl 1/-, a yellow & blue crochetted silk purse 6d, a Russian easter-egg 1/6d, a silver gilt brooch 6d, another cup & saucer 3d.

David Reeves in afternoon. Laura & I saw him off at Marylebone Station & walked back in the bitter wind.

After supper Julian Symons came to talk to Laura about an American number of his 20th Century Verse Twentieth Century Verse Ed. Julian Symons. London: J. Symons, etc, 1937-1939. eds.: Laura went over a poem of his with him. It was the first time he had been subjected to literal criticism of his poems & he behaved very decently.

May 8 Sunday.

Wrote two very long letters for Laura to California Isabel Mayers KG, a long one to Eric & so on.

In afternoon to Ward & Dorothy's to Wanda's birthday party (we gave her two jointed dolls) – present, Harry & Alix, Janet Ward Hutchinson's mother eds., Alan & Beryl – then to supper at Len & Jane's – taxi & bus

Laura talked film company possibilities with Len and I had a walk with Jane. A.P.H., & Michael & Axelle Ross in the Black Lion.

On return tired out by long bus journey and after a discussion with Laura about Immortality went to bed.

May 9 Monday

Letters.

In afternoon after a long Talk by Laura to Harry, at which I was present, ~~as to~~ about his relationship with Alix & with us, went to call on Jenny at the London clinic where she has tonsillitis.

At Mr Mills' bought a walrus tusk 3/-3 shillings eds. for Dorothy Simmons to carve.

~~The~~ Mike & Marian Pearson to dinner & talk afterwards. Very warming.

Work on protocol with Laura afterwards.

May 10 Tuesday

2 versions of a poem: FlatPossibly "Progressive Housing": see Complete Poems, Vol. II, p. 89. (Check drafts in Buffalo for this title.) DW, eds.

Saw Jenny again.

At Mr Mills L & I bought 9 old costume books (property of IrvingSir Henry Irving, [real name John Henry Brodribb] (1838-1905), British actor eds.) for £6. and a Georgian paste brooch 4.6 4/6 4 shillings, sixpence eds.

Norman came; and we 3 and Alan went in N's car to give Catherine the Russian Easter egg (17th century salt glaze). On Norman's behalf, really.

A nice Russian engineer, Paul 'Sheriff', there; and great fun.

Norman made a squash engagement with Catherine.

Enclosure - Letter to RG from Yvonne Cloudpenname of Yvonne Hèléne Kapp [née Mayer] (1903-1999), writer and political activist on behalf of the Association of Writers for Intellectual Liberty

Association of Writers for Intellectual Liberty (British section of "Association Internationale des Ecrivains pour la Defense de la Culture"; Writers section of "For Intellectual Liberty.") 23 Haymarket, London, S.W. South Way 1 Whitehall 224-8

May 10 1938 Dear Mr. Graves,

With the spread of Fascism in Europe the lives and interests of men and women in the liberal professions are increasingly threatened.

This Association of writers is inviting members of its profession to take part in a large, non-political public meeting to express their abhorrence of this systematic attack on the intelligence.

So far, Sir Hugh WalpoleBritish novelist (1884-1941) eds., Mr. Desmond McCarthy, Miss Rebecca West and Miss Rose Macaulay have agreed to speak, and many other writers are willing to suport the meeting either by their presence on the platform or by sending a message for the Chairman to deliver.

The Association is anxious to make the meeting thoroughly representative of English letters and hopes that you will take part in what can be made a most impressive declaration of the writer's essential faith in free development of culture.

The meeting is to take place at the Queen's Hall at 8.30 p.m. on June the 8th.

Would you let us know whether you are willing to speak, or to send a message if you cannot be present?

Yours sincerely, Yvonne Cloud for the Organising Committee

Enclosure – RG Letter of Response to Yvonne Cloud(Association of Writers for Intellectual Liberty); see log entry 11 May 1938 eds. May 11 1938

c/o care of Messrs Misters Cassell La Belle Sauvage Ludgate Hill E.S.2

Dear Madam,

If your association were one for intellectual integrity, all writers being debarred from membership whose party or literary affiliations disproved their claim to this, it would be another matter. But of the few writers of proved integrity in ~~this country~~ not one, so far as I can see, appears on your list; and of those who do appear on your list many have either most of the names on your list I cannot associate with conspicuous integrity: many of them having politically committed themselves to views which contravene the elementary rules of literary truthfulness, or having persistently avoided committing themselves ~~at all~~ on any serious subject whatsoever. So, to be frank, I cannot feel the least sympathy,

Yours sincerely Robert Graves

May 11 Wednesday

Another draft of FlatSee May 10th entry. eds..

Evans of Heinemann interested in World & Ourselves

Work on Protocol with Laura.

Len came, and Alan.

I visited Jenny at the Clinic.

~~Sup~~ Dinner with O.K. at Chez Josef – our invitation. He would not commit himself on any subject, and blushed deeply when asked his opinion of the sermon on the mount – as if he had been asked a smutty question.

Title page

May 12 1938 31 Alma Square N.W. North West 8

Thurs. May 12 1938

In Church St market bought for 2/62 shillings, sixpence eds. a Spanish or Moorish coffee-tray stand in lemon, mulberry, bone, horn, ebony, tortoiseshell & nacre inlay.

In afternoon cocktail party at Capes with Laura.

Met various ex-friends – Edward O'BrienJoseph Harrington, editor KG, Strong, etc and a horrid Fascist B Board of Trade man, Ronald Frazer.

Honor to supper.

Friday May 13 1938

David came.

A row with him about rudeness: only settled in afternoon when we met at Jenny's bedroom in London clinic. He stopped the night.

Long talk with Mr Mills from whom bought a Greek glass seal 5/-5 shillings eds.; an English butter stamp (swan) and pastry marker 1/61 shilling, sixpence eds. each, and a 2/- Robinson Crusoe The Life and Strange and Surprising Adventure of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, pub'd 1719 eds. book for James Reeves.

Margaret had just had her separation order case at Croydon – apparently all right: she came with Leonard.

Maisie after supper, talking of indifferent subjects.

Laura worked with Len.

Saturday May 14

Spent nearly the whole day sorting the unnumbered pages of a ~~thr~~ four-volumed costumes-of-the-world book of the Henry Irving setSir Henry Irving, [real name John Henry Brodribb] (1838-1905), British actor eds..

A walk with Laura all the way round the Lake in Regent's Park ending up with olives & coffee at Guy's snack bar.

Laura worked at Lives.

Enclosure – Cutting from Sunday Times 15 May, 1938. Belisarius

Letter from RG [Letter about historicity] eds. in response to letter from J.H. Williamssee enclosure 1 May, 1938 eds.

Sunday. May 15

Worked all afternoon with Laura on Protocol.

She finished the Persian part of her Lives of Wives – Worked for Harry. For Len. For Bottrall. And on Smuggler.

Paid Jenny's hospital bill ~~which~~; she leaves tomorrow.

Julian Symons found L. aggressive & wearing and told Alan so: he told Laura & so a thing started.

Monday May 16

2 versions of The Miller's Man a poem.

In afternoon went with Mr Mills via Liverpool Street ~~along~~ down the East End : Shadwell, Poplar, Limehouse, West India Docks etc.

Saw Sidney Street; Georgian houses, ~~Dock~~ River, Chinatown, Charley Brown's, and was with him buying antiques from Mr Philips in the Jewish quarter.

I bought a reading glass for 4/-4 shillings eds. and at a rag dealers he bought an iron Elizabethan coffer for 2/- (later sold for £7.10).

Bridget, the Simmonds to supper: looked at costume plates.

X Leonard accepted by the Exmouth captain.

From Mr Mills bought 2 old french glass seals : Prés de toi je fleuris Beside you, I flourish eds. and Tu la sais: n'en dis pas You understand: without a word eds..

Tuesday May 17

Another version of Miller's Man

Work on other poems, including In Your Name now called At First Sight.

Protocol with Laura for 3 hours from 11.30 pm to 2.30 am.

Visit from McCormacks + Betty who brought us a Javanese doll.

At Mr Mills bought (from Denis Thacker): 1 Arab burnous; 1 Indian silk & gold thread jacket; 1 Papal Zouave red trousers; 1 Italian white waistcoat for £1.

Evans of Heinemann failed to do anything about World & Ourselves.

Wed May 18

Smuggler again.

Laura went over poems with me, early ones: suppressed two, worked on four.

Beads in the Church St market: made two necklaces pink-crystal and paste roundels and gold red white & blue.

Laura working on Damage, Harry's thing The Left Heresy eds., Ward's.

Someone called Gardner sent books for me to sign, unasked: I put them in cloak room at Piccadilly & sent him ticket. He replied I was no gentleman & full of my own importance.

At Church Street: 2 maple frames for John's lithograph 1/-1 shilling eds. the pair.

Margaret & Leonard.

Enclosure – Letter from Desmond Flower regarding LR's Collected Poems

CASSELL & COMPANY, Ltd. Publishers LA BELLE SAUVAGE LONDON, E.C.4

Eighteenth of MAY 1938.

Robert Graves, Esq. Esquire , 31, Alma Square, St. John's Wood, N.W. North Way 8

Dear Graves,

We are sending you herewith a proof copy of THE COLLECTED POEMS OF LAURA RIDING, which we are having the privilege of publishing shortly, in conjunction with Random House of New York.

Though Laura Riding's poetic work is regarded with high respect on both sides of the Atlantic, poets and critics of poetry have had some difficulty in characterizing that unfamiliar quality which differentiates it from the work of every other poet of her time. Is it because she is the first woman poet to write neither in the 'feminine' tradition nor in the 'modern' male tradition – but with a powerful sense of the significance of woman in the world of poetic values? Or is it because her ability language carry more meaning than it conventionally does?"does" is a handwritten correction over typescript: the corrected word is not clear. eds Certainly there seems to be no one with whom she can be easily compared – though her work has provoked imitation and exerted strong influence.

We are writing on this subject to a limited number of poets and critics, asking them to signalize the appearance of this book with a considered statement about its contents; and should be most grateful if you would care to give yours as briefly or as fully as you find convenient.

Yours sincerely, Desmond Flower

Thurs. May 19

Reading Laura's Wives (CyrusChapter 2, The Rise of Cyrus, Husband of Amytis of Part I, A Persian Lady, and Her Contemporaries in Lives of Wives eds.)

Going over poems.

Honor came: discussed the Len scenario.

Mr. Fennimore & Miss Phepsie of the Register of Design came at night – with Len – and talked about the reasons for bad designs in pottery etc: the buyer was chiefly responsible.

Friday May 20th

Work on poems: mostly In Processionfor Collected Poems eds.

To Selfridge's bought socks vests, pants.

At Mr Mills a Victorian egg-boiler to replace broken one 1/61 shilling, sixpence eds..

Met Laura at dentists

Coffee with Alan at Yardrah or whatever

the place is

called in Regent St.

Protocol at night – the mercy clause – with L. until very late.

Sat May 21

Lucy sent the Dutch garnet necklace (from Petticoat Lane) restrung with white beads (from a barrow).

Proofs of Laura's poems Collected Poems eds.

At Church St. bought for 6dsixpence eds. a 1837 copy of Snarleyow Snarleyyow: or, the Dog Fiend by Frederick Marryat. London: H. Colburn, 1837. eds. and for 12/612 shillings, sixpence eds. a large blue Bristol bowl.

Finished going over In Processionfor Collected Poems eds..

L.Hart in afternoon going over Protocol.

In evening walk with L & Alan in Regent's Park, sitting in deckchairs by the Lake.

About 9 Laura got a faintness & palpitations. Dr. C.H. Barber called and gave her things.

Due to annoyance with a wireless while writing a poem; and general

tiredness.

Everyone in London expected war tonight: Czechoslavak business. We not.

Sunday May 22

Laura spent all day in bed resting. I looked after her & also spent a long time on a letter to Flower about L's poems Collected Poems eds..

Montague & Dorothy to supper.

Dorothy told us that on the 20th, the day to which a perfect stranger had pointed, giving her a charm, as a very lucky one, she had been pushed into the river at Blackfriars by a Lesbian but managed to catch at a chain & pull herself to safety. The charm in her handbag also escaped: the bag bounced off from a post. Then the woman tried to kill herself but Dorothy rescued her.KG notes that this story may indicate an early sign of mental instability? eds.

Monday May 23

Smuggler. Laura a bit better.

Bought from Bad Fairy in St John's Wood 2/62 shillings, sixpence eds. a small sky blue Bristol vase.

Harry bought a blue Georgian glass Bristol bell with plain handle as a present.

Honor & Gordon.

Honor stayed the night.

Tuesday May 24th

All day phoning & letters and going over Lawrence excisions (by trustees Lawrence Trustees eds.) with a view to pleading against them.

At Mr Mills, presents for Honor & Gordon, and for us a Nelson-time (4/-4 shillings eds.) sail-caulker and 4 real pewter ash-trays (once property of Ellen Terryactress (1848-1928) eds.) being travellers samples of plates: (so we can discard the old ones, which are modern) 10/-

Also small horn box 1/6 (to Jane)

Smuggler till until very late

Wed May 25

Laura still not too good.

Smuggler

Margaret came & was with us all afternoon.

I went to Liddell Hart's & went over deletions with him.

Supper at Harry & Alix (Margaret came) & Protocol with Laura till until very late.

Thursday May 26

Smuggler

Dorothy came to make a scrupulous statement to Laura about some minor point she had given L. a wrong impression on phone.

Laura went to Doctor Barber, who said 'heart merely tired: must have holiday'

Went over some Cyrus checks with LauraChapter 2, The Rise of Cyrus, Husband of Amytis of Part I, A Persian Lady, and Her Contemporaries in Lives of Wives eds..

John's Belisarius & Antoninapaintings eds. & John's lithograph both back, framed. (in 1d1 pence eds. & 1/-1 shilling eds. frames of maple from Church St. Market)

Walk with Dorothy across Park telling her about Deyá.

Dorothy brought Wanda round: sweet child but children tire me more than anything in the world.

Friday May 27

Woke up with a chill: which changed to a cramp over my liver which frightened Dr. Barber in thinking I might have to be operated on.

He gave me a hypodermic injection – morphia etc – which calmed down the pain.

I was in bed all day, recovering from the morphia.

My ring came: the Greek glass & dental alloy one with a rub over setting by Mr Chatterly

5/-5 shillings eds. + 30/-

Read an American thriller Hot Gold: without enjoyment.

Enclosure – Cutting from Times Literary Supplement English Humourists

[Letter from RG about neglect of Skelton]

Saturday May 28th

Len's crisis is passing: Gas, Light & Coke; Imperial Airways; Electricity all on the string for filmsmajor companies who sponsored Len Lye in return for advertising eds..

I was in bed till until 4 (light diet).

Read over the Smuggler,

Sunday May 29th

Taking things easy

Went over some of my poems with Laura rewrote Warning to Childrenfor Collected Poems eds

In evening to Catherine Van de Velde where we met Paul Sheriff again. He was nice but the general effect was weak and undecided. Caviare Caviar : Raspberry brandy.

In the morning Carlowe came and was given hints for re-education: I filled in for him the suppressed names in his Lawrence proof.

Monday May 30th

Wrote a lot of letters for Laura.

She had a dream about Hitler. They were playing a game in which one person suggested a subject, another did the drawing. It was Laura's turn to suggest a subject for Hitler. He said: 'Let me draw a great Flood!' Laura said: 'No, it is for me to choose the subject. Draw a moment of complete private happiness.' His face clouded and he exclaimed '...followed by universal disaster!' Then asked leave to lie on L's bed & think it out. Karl objected: 'I don't like him lying on your bed'

Went to doctor again: who hopes it is not stone or graveli.e. a gallstone eds..

Log Entries of Letters for May, 1938 Letters

May 1.

Haas (about wrapper of Belisarius)

Nancy, Haas Sunday Times.

A.G. with key of cottage, David about wallet, Gordon about anti-Semitism.

Helen CamHelen Maud Cam? (1885-1968), British feminist and historian eds., Haas, Flower: all about a misprint.

O.K; Anita; George Buch; John Ald.; James; Margaret, R. Bottrall, Hart DavisSir Rupert Charles Hart-Davis, (1907-1999), publisher and writer; see Log, 30 April 1938 eds., Week, David Reeves, Ethel, Evans Grenville.

Tom & Julie. Bursar St. John's (permit for woods) N.N.. John Graves

Schwartz. John Aldridge.

New Z. New Zealand High Comm Commission bill for No Trouble ; Flower for L.; Eric; James & Mary Isabel; Nathaniel

Carlow . Bank with cheque; Sunday Times

10.

David G. Margaret. Bank with cheque. Ethel

May 11th

Yvonne Cloudpenname for Yvonne Hèléne Kapp née Mayer, (1903-1999), writer and political activist eds. (Association for Writers on Intell. Intellectual Liberty) Tweedsmuir ( re. regarding Karl)

Bursar St Johns Pass request, Carlow Mint[?], Watt (returning Cecil's account) Miss Murphy.

Mrs ColumMary Colum née Gunning Maguire (1884-1957), literary critic eds. about criticism.

Catherine N. (racquet) Catherine Vandevelde A.S.Watt A.G. Times Book Club (paper). Flower (sales) Anita

16th

Margaret, Sam. Gardnersee Diary entry 18 May 1938 eds..

Jenny, Miss Duncan (print?),

18.

Catherine, racquet sent; Sam 5/-5 shillings eds. Nancy about Jenny

Catherine Vander Velde, Epilogue Epilogue III? eds. to Mauritius, Flower about addresses; Watt about Dent. T.L.S. about Skelton English Humorists eds..

21.

Flower about Laura as a poet.

Lucie: thanks for beads. Margaret.

23.

LyceumLondon theatre? eds. refusal. Someone in WolverhamptonEngland eds..

24.

Margaret. E Eliot. Bank with cheque. Watt about T.E. T.E. Lawrence? eds. Pinker.

25.

Kyllman, C.S.Evans.

26.

Jonathan. T.M. Horder Duckworth both about a school Great Life of Lawrence.

28.

A.G; Sam.

Flower, Ann Walker, Haas, Honor (all for Laura)

31.

Snaith (Library Review); C. Hatry about father Who's Who The International Who's Who. London: Europa Publications Ltd.: 1935-. eds.; Tom; Austin Reeddepartment store, Regent St. eds. (pyjamas).

Tuesday May 31st

X Margaret took Leonard to Exmouth

Feeling all right: but stiffness in side developed as day went on.

At Church St bought some pale blue beads for 4d4 pence eds.: made a necklace for Laura with some small gold; and a blue Bristol 'ash-tray' for 3d.

Margaret in evening

Alan in afternoon

Norman at night

Laura never got round to working with me: both of us taking several medicines.

Cervantes Restaurant London England Spanish restaurant on Old Compton St. eds. Café Royal London England A restaurant frequented by R.G. and L.R. when they were living in London, between 1936 and 1938. eds. King's Cross Station Camden London England Regent St. Westminster London England Oxford England home of Oxford University eds. Alma Square London Westminster England Between Maida Vale and Abbey Road; R.G. & L.R. lived there in the winter of 1937. eds Piccadilly London England Church Street Market Marylebone, Paddington London England Baker Street Westminster London England London Clinic Harley St., Westminster London England Clinic where Jenny Nicholson was treated for tonsillitis eds. London England Josef Westminster London England restaurant on Greek St. eds Croydon Croydon England Regent Park London England Guy's Snack Bar London England East End East End London England the poorer quarter of London eds. St. John's Wood Westminster London England New York New York City New York United States Petticoat Lane Market Wentworth Street London England 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. Riding Laura Laura Riding, Laura (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk). Dorothy Simmons, Dorothy Sculptor associated with the Graves-Riding inner circle (1938-39). Married to Montague Simmons. eds Nicholson Nancy Nancy Nicholson, Nancy (1899-1977) First wife of Robert Graves; married 1918, separated 1927, divorced 1949. eds. Russell Leonard Leonard Russell, Leonard son of Graves' housekeeper Margaret Russell KG Russell Margaret Margaret Russell, Margaret House-keeper L.R. & R.G. had had in London. WG Graves Samuel Sam Graves, Samuel R.G.'s youngest child by Nancy Nicholson. C.P.& WG Mills Albert Mills Mills, Mr. an antique seller and friend of RG, and contributor to the Covenant of Literary Morality eds.; of Paddington Street, Marylebone KG Cameron Norman Norman Cameron Cameron, Norman Poet. 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. Lucy Mary Mary Lucy Lucy, Mary Visited 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). Aldridge John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge Aldridge, John (1905-1983), painter and close friend and collaborator. WG m. to Lucie Brown 1940 eds. Hodge Alan Alan Hodge, Alan Oxford history graduate. Became close friends with LR & RG. First husband of Beryl Graves. CP & WG Alix Kemp Kemp, Alix Married 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, 1936 Hutchinson Wanda Wanda Hutchinson, Wanda daughter of Ward and Dorothy Hutchinson, born June 1937 eds. Nicholson Jenny Jenny Nicholson, Jenny Jenny Nicholson: oldest daughter of Robert by Nancy Nicholson. 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. Cochran C.B. Cochran Cochran, C. B. Director of musical revues in London: RG's daughter Jenny performed as a chorus-girl in his "Follow the Sun" and "Midnight Laughter". (RPG 252-53) eds Lye Len Len Lye, Len New 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. Allen J.B. Allen Allen, J.B. London tailor KG Malik Basanta Mallik Malik Indian guru; consistently misspelled, should be Malik KG Matthews Thomas S. 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 Matthews Julie Julie Matthews, Julie Tom Matthews' wife. WG Fuller William Bill Fuller Fuller, William lawyer and researcher for Antigua Penny Puce KG; m. to Mary Fuller eds. Reeves David David Reeves Reeves, David Brother of James Reeves [and Ethel Herdman] RPG 292. Symons Julian Gustave Julian Symons Symons, Julian (1912-1994) novelist and poet, editor of the London magazine,Twentieth Century Verse eds. Mayers Isabel Isabel Mayers, Isabel Laura Riding's sister. Lived in L.A. WG Tattersall Eric Tattersall Tattersall, Eric RG met on board the HMS Grenville eds. see Diary August 3 & 5, 1936 Hutchinson Ward Ward Hutchinson, Ward Photographer. Contibuted to"Epilogue." W.G. R.G. often refers to "the Hutchinsons" (Ward & Dorothy) as a couple especially when they were staying on the island. eds. Hutchinson Dorothy Dorothy Hutchinson, Dorothy Ward Hutchinson's wife. WG Harry Kemp Kemp, Harry Poet. 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) Beryl Pritchard, Beryl daughter 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. eds Lye Jane Jane Lye, Jane Married 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). Herbert Alan Patrick A.P. Herbert Herbert, A.P. British ist (1890-1971) eds. Ross Michael Michael Ross Ross, Michael m. to Axelle Ross eds. Pearson Lester Mike Pearson Pearson, Lester (1897-1972) Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; m. to Maryon Pearson (née Moody). Later became Prime Minister of Canada. eds. Vandervelde née de la Roche Catherine 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 Graves Robert Robert Graves, Robert [1st person]. (1895-1985). Poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and author of his diary. eds. Macarthy Desmond Desmond MacCarthy Macarthy, Desmond Chief book reviewer for the Sunday Times and a member of the Bloomsbury Group eds. West Rebecca Rebecca West West, Rebecca (1892-1983) Met RG and LR in London, October 1936. RPG 257.; son with H.G. Wells, Anthony "Panther" West; later married to banker Henry Maxwell Andrews KG; Macaulay Rose Rose Macaulay Macaulay, Rose novelist (1881-1958) eds. Evans C.S. Evans Evans, C.S. director of Heinemann's KG Kyllmann O.K. Kyllmann Kyllmann, O.K. of Constable's RG; also referred to as O.K. eds Strong Leonard Alfred George Strong Strong, L.A.G. British author (1896-1958) eds. 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). 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. 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. Bottrall Francis James Ronald Bottrall Bottrall, Ronald poet KG; married to Margaret Bottrall, writer and editor eds. Bridget Bridget London milliner, with Aage Tharup's KG 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. Flower Desmond Desmond Flower Flower, Desmond associated with Cassell publishers KG Brown (Cecilia) Lucie (Leeds) Lucie Brown, Lucie Married artist John Aldridge. 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. Barber C.H. Dr. Barber Barber, Dr. RG and family's doctor; treated Jenny Nicholson in 1937 eds. Simmons Montague Montague Simmonds Simmons, Montague poet, and civil servant in the children's branch of the Home Office; m. to Dorothy Simmons, the sculptress RPG Glover Gordon Gordon Glover, Gordon Married to Honor Wyatt. WG 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 Dawson-Damer George Lionel Seymour 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. Hitler Adolf Hitler Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945) 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 Amy A.G. (A.E.S.G) Graves, Amy Amy Graves, RG's Mother. WG Marroig Anita Anita Ana, Anita Marroig. Gelat's daughter, married to Juan Vives the Doctor's brother. Live in Rennes, France. WG Buchanan George George Buchanan Buchanan, George drama critic KG; friend of RG and contributor to the World and Ourselves; wife Mary eds. Friedmann 307-8 Herdman Ethel 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 M. [?] Evans Evans, Lieutenant Commander of the British destroyer, HMS Grenville; admired RG's work eds. Graves John John Graves, John R.G.'s brother. Visited R.G. & L.R. in 1934 with R.G.'s mother. WG 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 Reeves Mary Mary Reeves, Mary wife of James Reeves; daughter Stella born 14 June, 1938 eds. N.R. Reichenthal, Nathan Laura Riding's father. KG Buchan John John Buchan, or, Tweedsmuir Buchan, John (1875-1940) The writer. Appointed Governor General of Canada. W.G.; Baron Tweedsmuir. eds. Murphy Gwendolen Gwendolen Murphy Murphy, Gwendolen editor of The Modern Poet anthology (1938) eds. Nicholson Catherine Catherine Nicholson, Catherine Catherine Nicholson: (1922- ) third of four children of Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson. eds. Watt Alexander Strahan Watt, A.S. Owner and director of A.S. Watt & Son, Ltd., RG's literary agent. Eliot Eliot Eliot L.R. & R.G.'s solicitor in London. WG Pinker Eric Pinker Pinker R.G. & L.R.'s agent in London. W.G. They later changed to A.S. Watt. eds. Horder Mervyn Horder Horder, Lord Mervyn (1910-1997) ran the Duckworth & Co. publishing house in London eds. Walker Ann Ann Walker Walker, Ann LR's connection with the New York Times eds. Snaith Stanley Snaith Snaith, Stanley wrote for the Library Review eds. 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. RP G RPG Unidentified person; possibly a misspelling of Robert Percival Graves (whose initials on this project are RG). J.M. Dent & Sons Dent's Dent, J.M. Publishing house founded in 1888 and absorbed by Nicholson in 1988 eds. Cassell and Company Ltd. Cassell Publishers of Robert Graves' Collected Poems [1938], and the novel Count Belisarius [1938]. Walter Heinemann Ltd. Heinemann Walter Heinemann Heinemann publisher eds. 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. HMS Exmouth Exmouth HMS Exmouth British destroyer eds. Random House Random House American publishers (New York) eds. Selfridges Selfridges Selfridges London department store eds. Bad Fairy Bad Fairy's Bad Fairy Shop on High St., St. John's Wood eds. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas Harrison Smith R.G.'s American publisher for I, Claudius and Claudius the God. eds. HMS Grenville Grenville HMS Grenville British destroyer upon which LR, RG, KG, and AH escaped Majorca eds. see Diary August 3, 1936 Westminster Bank Westminster Bank A.S. Watt & Son, Ltd. Watt 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 Times Book Club a circulating library eds. Duckworth & Co. Duckworth Duckworth & Co. publishers eds. Editors Editors of the Graves Diary Project. Sunday Times [Sunday newspaper] London Hutchinson; Times Newspapers Count Belisarius [1938] Graves, Robert London Cassell A47 1937-07-21 Covenant of Literal Morality, The [subtitle Protocol I; privately printed] 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 Riding, Laura Bristol Western Printing Services Ltd. A37 1938 Smuggler Scenario [projected screenplay for a Korda film RPG] Graves, Robert/ Riding, Laura 1937-08-26 Dictionary [projected project; unfinished] Riding, Laura 1935 Collected Poems [1938] Graves, Robert London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney Cassell and Co. Ltd A48 1938 Schools [an international survey of education] Graves, Robert; Riding, Laura Riding, Laura The Left Heresy in Literature and Life [the essay "Politics and Poetry" comprises the closing section of this book.(RPG 278) eds.] Kemp, Harry/ Riding, Laura/ others Riding, Laura London Methuen B29 1939 Flat [poem?] [Possibly "Progressive Housing": see Complete Poems, Vol. II, p. 89 (Check drafts in Buffalo for this title). DW] Graves, Robert 1938-05-10 Progressive Housing Collected Poems (1938) Graves, Robert London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney Cassell A48 1938-11 Robert Graves: The Complete Poems Vols. 1-3 Graves, Robert Beryl Graves and Dunstan Ward Manchester and Paris Carcanet Press and Alyscamps 1995-1999 The World and Ourselves [former title: Letter Book] Riding, Laura [contributor; with Sally Graves, Sir Edward Marsh et al] Riding, Laura London Chatto & Windus 1938-11 Lives of Wives [prose] Riding, Laura London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney Cassell and Co. Ltd. A39 1939 [Letter about historicity in Count Belisarius] Sunday Times Graves, Robert London 16 C293.2 1938-05-15 The Miller's Man [poem; first written 1934; rewritten 1938 eds.] New Poems 1962 [includes 1938 version? eds.] Graves, Robert London Cassell A101 1962 At First Sight [poem; formerly To the Sovereign Muse (II), then In Your Name. See diary Apr. 24, 25 and May 17,1938. eds. Check titles on drafts in Buffalo. DW] Collected Poems (1938) Graves, Robert London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney Cassell A48 1938-11 Year of Damage [novel] Hodge, Alan 1936-12 Collected Poems [1938] Riding, Laura London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney Cassell and Co. Ltd A35 1938 In Procession [poem] On English Poetry Graves, Robert New York Alfred A. Knopf A7 1922 T.E. Lawrence to His Biographer Lawrence, T.E. Graves, Robert New York Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. A49 1938 Times Literary Supplement London Times London 1902-1968 English Humorists [Letter about neglect of Skelton] Times Literary Supplement Graves, Robert London Times Newspapers Ltd. 369 C294 1938-05-28 Warning to Children [poem] Poems 1929 Graves, Robert London Seizin Press A33 1929 The Week Cockburn, Claud London 1933-1946 No Trouble Lye, Len Deyá Seizin Press 1930 Epilogue III Riding, Laura/ Graves, Robert Deyá & London Seizin & Constable 1937 Library Review Glasgow