MARTIN (Sir Theodore, 1816-1909, Parliamentary Solicitor, Verse Writer, Translator, Biographer of Prince Albert)

Autograph Letter Signed to  Miss Anna Swanwick , (1813-1899), saying "You can judge of the difficulties of translation", sending his version of Schiller's 'Gods of Greece', "one of the most difficult I have rendered into English", and hoping "the original has not suffered greatly in my hands", 1 side 8vo., 31 Onslow Square, S.W., 2nd March

Sir Theodore's translations included plays for his wife, the Shakespearean actress Helen Faucit (1816-1898).
Anna Swanwick was a famous translator of Goethe and Aeschylus. She helped found Queen's College, Bedford College (of which she was principal), Somerville and Girton.

Item Date:  1893

Stock No:  17921      £30

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