E. M. Forster to Jessica Darling, 6 February 1912:
'Before I get off books, I will put down the names of one or two that I have enjoyed lately. George Moore, Ave, William James, Memories & Studies, G. L. Strachey, Landmarks in French Literature (price 1/-, and oh so good), J. T. Sheppard, Greek Tragedy (also 1/-; Malcolm [Darling] knows him), Foemina, L'Ame des Anglais, Andre Chevrillon, Dans L'Inde, Forrest Reid, The Bracknels, Lascelles Abercrombie, Emblems of Love, Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Morgan Forster Print: Book
‘Well … our gallant regiment … have been in it a damn sight more than ever
they expected, by the Lord. We are hardened veterans, fed up to the neck,
muddy to the eyes, for the weather is execrable. And like Justice Shallow
we have had our losses. Two of the nicest chaps in the whole crowd killed.
And of our very best Lieutenants more gone than I like. So it goes with us
… Have you seen "Child Lovers", W. H. D.’s new book? It has some good
stuff in it—but he would do well to shut up shop … Mrs Abercrombie has
sent me [Lascelle Abercrombie’s] "Deborah", which I like immensely, except
the "Gabriel Hounds", which are poor tykes not worthy of poetic license.
And the blank verse, also very fine, is hardly often enough simple. It is too
skilled, too educated … But how good the storm is! And the marsh! And
Barnaby! … One thing that runs continually in my head out here is L.
Binyon’s “To the Fallen” which delights me ever more and more. Did you see
Bridges’ Sonnett on Kitcher? That was fine too … I would not believe the
news at first—it sounded so like the obvious rumour. Oh, but it’s raining like
the blazes!’
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Ivor Bertie Gurney Print: Book
'I should like to have three more copies of the
poem, if you will kindly send them. I give
sparingly—to those only who are able to
appreciate good poetry, and you give us the best
to be had these days. That imagination of the poet
which can bring back to us—can smite is—with
a memory of past scenes and experiences vivid as
reality itself, is a thing I never cease to wonder
at [...]. I get many thrills in your St. Thomas and
greatly admire that Dante-like ghostly
facetiousness of the Captain in his account of
India.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: William Henry Hudson Print: Book
