Log Entries of Letters for August, 1938

August 2nd

Money to Deya

3

Karl.

6

Customs

8

Honor

9.

Sangorski & Sutcliffe: about proofs.

12

Flower, Heath, C.N.

13

Collected Poems to Cassell, Julie.

16

A.G.

17

Margaret. Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Dorothy. Stubbs1, Watt contract.

20

Mills, De la Mare2, Watt Dutch, Cassell (blurb)

22

Karl; N.N.; Blind.

23

Karl, Dorothy, Mary Fuller, Jane, Margaret, Mary Lucy, Hyndman3 for Laura.

24

Len; Pearson & parcel.

25

Watt (T.E contract) also another about money.

27

N.N; Watt; Watt about money Flower. Norman. C.N. Bridget. Cerf.

29.

Harold about proofs of T.E. book.

31.

Watt thanking for money offer.

Editorial Notes

1John Heath-Stubbs? (1918-) writer eds.
2Walter John de la Mare, (1873-1956), poet and writer eds.; friend of William Nicholson whose work RG and LR criticised in their Pamphlet Against Anthologies Friedmann 81, 99-100
3 Heinemann? eds.

Hands Referenced

Places Mentioned

  • 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.

People Mentioned

  • 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

  • Nancy

    Nicholson, Nancy
    (1899-1977) First wife of Robert Graves; married 1918, separated 1927, divorced 1949. eds.

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Margaret

    Russell, Margaret
    House-keeper L.R. & R.G. had had in London. WG

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • Desmond Flower

    Flower, Desmond
    associated with Cassell publishers KG

  • Catherine

    Nicholson, Catherine
    Catherine Nicholson: (1922- ) third of four children of Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson. eds.

  • Julie

    Matthews, Julie
    Tom Matthews' wife. WG

  • A.G. (A.E.S.G)

    Graves, Amy
    Amy Graves, RG's Mother. WG

  • Mills

    Mills, Mr.
    an antique seller and friend of RG, and contributor to the Covenant of Literary Morality eds.; of Paddington Street, Marylebone KG

  • W.N.

    Nicholson, Sir William
    (1872-1949) artist; Nancy Nicholson's father RPG 4

  • Bill Fuller

    Fuller, William
    lawyer and researcher for Antigua Penny Puce KG; m. to Mary Fuller eds.

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Bridget

    Bridget
    London milliner, with Aage Tharup's KG

  • Cerf

    Cerf, Bennett
    (1898-1971), publisher and founder of Random House eds.

  • Harold Edwards

    Edwards, Harold
    Antiquarian bookseller & British Buddhist; bookshop at 4, Cecil Court off Charing X Rd. K.G.; wife Olive née Wallis and baby girl Sally. Karl Goldschmidt's employer in 1938. eds.

Organizations Mentioned

  • Sangorski & Sutcliffe

    Sangorski & Sutcliffe
    bookbinders (est. 1901); RG had proof copies of his own and LR's work bound by them eds.

  • A.M. Heath & Company Limited

    A.M. Heath
    Author's agency, London eds.

  • Cassell and Company Ltd.

    Publishers of Robert Graves' Collected Poems [1938], and the novel Count Belisarius [1938].

  • A.S. Watt & Son, Ltd.

    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

  • Walter Heinemann Ltd.

    Heinemann
    publisher eds.

  • Editors

    Editors of the Graves Diary Project.

Bibliography

    • Title: Collected Poems [1938]
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney
    • Publisher: Cassell and Co. Ltd
    • Idno: A48
    • Date: 1938
    • Title: Pamphlet Against Anthologies, A
    • Author: Riding, Laura and Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: London
    • Publisher: Jonathan Cape
    • Idno: A29
    • Date: 1928