WARREN
(Sir Herbert, 1854-1930, President of Magdalen College, Oxford 1885-1928)
Typed letter signed to Mrs. M.C. Strachey,
saying he has wanted to write to her "to tell you how very specially I like and enjoy your little volume 'Sketches in Verse' ", for "its classical finish. The themes are much to my mind, but the treatment is even more so. The blending too of Rome and London, of the Latin lands and seas with Somerset, has a special attraction for me ... for instance 'The Manor House' and 'Tivoli' side by side, make a peculiarly delicious blend", withan obituary notice of Warren from the 'Spectator', 14th June 1930, "As an undergraduate he was ... a brilliant classical scholar ... When he became Professor of Poetry ... he astonished many persons who had not been aware of the wideness of his reading or the power of his enthusiasm", the letter 1 side 4to., Magdalen College, 21st February,
light traces of old transparent tape in blank margins
Item Date:
1918
Stock No:
16446
£30
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WARREN
(Samuel, 1807-1877, F.R.S., Q.C., M.P., Novelist and Legal Writer)
Signature from the end of a letter,
no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
54973
£15
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WARREN
(Samuel, 1807-1877, F.R.S., Q.C., M.P., Novelist and Legal Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to “My dear Morris”
saying that as he hasn’t “heard from you, I shall assume that Sunday next will be inconvenient to you to dine with us, unless I receive a note during this day, or by the earliest post on Saturday morning. I always leave very early, to walk round K.G.S.H.P....”, 2 sides 8vo., 16 Manchester Square, 13th March
Item Date:
1863
Stock No:
42833
£35
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WARREN
(Samuel, 1807-1877, F.R.S., Q.C., M.P., Lawyer, Novelist and Legal Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Revd T. W. Edwards,
saying that “As a Welshman, I shall feel great pleasure in seeing my name among the patrons of your contemplated Eisteddford, but I entertain doubts whether it will be in my power to attend. If I can, I will and I wish your undertaking splendid success...”, 1 side 8vo., Inner Temple, 24th October
Item Date:
1849
Stock No:
42635
£65
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WATKINS
(Vernon, 1906-1967, Welsh Poet)
Fine group of 4 Typed Letters Signed to A.R.W. Farmer (of Poole, Dorset),
saying that "no formula for writing good poetry exists or ever will exist", some cherish old masters and later find their style "almost surprisingly to themselves", others "sweep away conventional verse ... at the outset ... Poetic criticism is rather a hindrance" as a poet's development is not a straight line but "nearly always a spiral", he talks of Yeats' method of sustaining ideas, but shares Yeats' belief that "the finest and most permanent things in poetry are gifts ... You should test everything, every half-syllable, for energy and accuracy" (2nd October 1964), "I will sign the copy of Dylan Thomas' letters to me and return it with this", he talks about what the critics call success, but "a poet does not speak only to his own generation ... I never review a living poet", and, as he and his family will be in Bournemouth for half term, suggesting "coffee in the Christchurch Road, or something" (13th October 1964), "Your question about 'fossil' is difficult to answer, but I think it was ... the context that brought Dylan Thomas to mind ... all English words are common property ... the notion of plagiarism or echo only arises in the usage", citing Eliot's success in "transposition", the language of the old lady quoted by Farmer "was succinct, and gets full marks for what it was" (9th November 1964), "I really dislike passing judgment, but I think the longer poem shows more potential than the other", to Watkins "Literature, as such, is a bore ; but the poetry of belief has infinite excitement", he disagrees "that things are transient ... When you have kicked time in the pants ... there are so many gifts, so much material for gratitude ..." (10th July 1965), 5 sides 8vo., autograph additions at the foot of the first two letters, The Garth, Pennard Cliffs, near Swansea, 2nd October 1964 - 10th July
Item Date:
1965
Stock No:
52739
£500
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