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ELIOT, T. S. (1888-1965). Typed letter signed ('Tom') to Ottoline Morrell, 14 November 1935, on stationery of Faber & Faber, concerning money for the poet George Barker, whose first book of poems with the firm had been published in the same year. Late in 1934, Eliot had begun a fund to support Barker and persuaded Ottoline Morrell, Victor Rothschild, Bryan Guinness and Dorothy Wellesley to contribute. This letter about 'the most difficult case I have to deal with' enquires whether Walter de la Mare, Bryan Guinness or Siegfried Sassoon might be prepared to contribute to a second year of the fund (see Robert Fraser, The Chameleon Poet, A Life of George Barker, p73).
Ottoline Morrell had herself started a fund for the benefit of T. S. Eliot while he was working at Lloyd's Bank. In Eliot's years as a publisher, a great deal of his time was spent dealing with the cases of poets and others, whom he often helped through his professional and social networks.
BARKER, George (1913-1991). Thirty Preliminary Poems. London: The Parton Press, 1933. 8°. Original green paper over boards. (2)
Ottoline Morrell had herself started a fund for the benefit of T. S. Eliot while he was working at Lloyd's Bank. In Eliot's years as a publisher, a great deal of his time was spent dealing with the cases of poets and others, whom he often helped through his professional and social networks.
BARKER, George (1913-1991). Thirty Preliminary Poems. London: The Parton Press, 1933. 8°. Original green paper over boards. (2)
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