BIB_ID
419158
Accession number
MA 4656.1
Creator
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956.
Display Date
London, England, undated.
Credit line
Purchased, 1990.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.2 cm
Notes
The letter is undated but in her book "Poet to Poet: Edward Thomas' Letters to Walter de la Mare" (Bridgend, Wales: Seren Books, 2012) Judy Kendall published letters from Thomas to de la Mare from 1906 through 1917.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon Ray Fund, 1990.
Summary
Discussing a review by A.H. [Austin Harrison] in The Observer and speculating on the name of A.H; referring to Thomas' review of Arthur Symons in the Daily Chronicle; concluding "There's nothing else to say except that I'm as dull as a turnip - my Swedish blood - (here he inserts a ladder of names starting at the bottom with me / John / John / Ann & Ezra Punt); continuing "Do you happen to have any oxalic acid about you (or a straw hat that wants cleaning) or an old razor? 'Deceased had suffered from nettle-rash - chronic cacoethes.' / Here lies Walter / Who dodged the halter / But one fine day Sir / Borrowed a razor / And a pinch of O. acid : / So now he lies placid."
Catalog link
Department