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T. S.Eliot
EmilyHale
TS
The Institute of Advanced Study
24 October 1948
My Dear,

I arrived at Princeton on Wednesday evening at half after midnight, finding that all my terrors were unjustified: I was not in the wrong train, ISheffield, Alfred Dwight ('Shef' or 'Sheff');c8 had not returned to Sheff the wrong latchkey, andHorton, Elizabeth;a1 the taxi ordered by Miss Horton1 was there at the Junction, and the man bawling out my name. I gave thanks for these mercies, and hope that they will be repeated next week. ThisMaritains, thedine with TSE in Princeton;a5Maritain, JacquesMaritains, theMaritain, Raïssa (née Oumansoff)Maritains, the week a certain increase of social engagements: IThorps, thetake in worthy Chaplin exhibition;e8 dined with the Maritains on Wednesday, with the Thorps on Thursday, toChaplin, Charlieidentified as highbrow;a3 attend an exhibition of early Chaplin films (what could be more highbrow) afterwards; on Saturday I had to go to a formal tea (I had forgotten what American teas were like, with one lady sitting at one end of a table ‘pouring’ tea, and another at the other end ‘pouring’ coffee – but you only have time for one cup and spend the rest of the hour being introduced to people whose names you do not catch; andGodolphins, the;a1Godolphin, Francis 'Frisco'Godolphins, the thisGodolphin, Francis 'Frisco';a1 afternoon I had to go in to the Godolphins2 (whoDighton, William;a1 seem very nice people, and do a good deal to help Mr. William Dighton,3 who has not yet come back for a weekend, but promises to come on Friday, so I have one night of him. I do not yet know where I shall stay in Cambridge from Saturday; butRichards, Ivor Armstrong ('I. A.');c3 if I do not hear tomorrow I shall ring up Richards. OnLambs, thehost TSE for Milton visit;a7 WednesdayMilton Academy, BostonTSE's War Memorial Lecture for;a8 it means that I am to spend the night at Milton with the Lambs.

MeanwhileFrom Poe to Valéry;a5'Edgar Poe et la France'From Poe to Valéry I have been re-writing my Poe lecture for Washington; I hope to finish it this week (allowingBryn Mawr College, Pennsylvaniareads at again in 1948;a2 for Bryn Mawr, how I wish I was not going there) and then proceed to work more worthy of the Institute for Advanced Study. I find it difficult to adjust myself to the temperatures: if I dress warmly enough for out of doors I am too warm inside houses; but I have just bought a winter overcoat which should be ready in a few days, and then perhaps I can wear lighter indoor clothes.

Itravels, trips and plansTSE's 1948 trip to America;g5TSE's visit to EH in Andover;a9 was happy with you on Tuesday: that is, a kind of happiness such as is compatible with being very unhappy too – I felt it had been worth while and a good thing, and I don’t know whether you were glad or sorry to have seen me and given me that day – but I feel I must get to know you, in a way, anew – you were very fine, but I am diffident now about forcing my company upon you if and when you don’t want me, so I can only hope you will be frank about this. I have you more in mind than ever this week, and shall especially on Thursday.

Lovingly
Tom

1.ElizabethHorton, Elizabeth Horton, secretary to the Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton; friend of EH and Jeanette McPherrin.

2.FrancisGodolphin, Francis 'Frisco' ‘Frisco’ Godolphin (1903–74), classicist and charismatic, witty teacher. Educated at Princeton and New York University, he earned his PhD at Princeton, 1929, and taught classics at Princeton from 1927; chair of the Department, 1942–5; Dean of the College, 1945–55; Musgrave Professor of Latin, 1946–70. Works include The Greek Historians (New York, 1942); The Latin Poets (New York, 1949): Great Classical Myths (New York, 1964).

3.WilliamDighton, William Dighton, who lodged at Donald Stauffer’s house on Alexander Street, Princeton, edited The Poems of Sidney Godolphin (Oxford, 1931).

Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, TSE lectures and reads at, reads at again in 1948,
Chaplin, Charlie, TSE finds increasingly over-deliberate, resembles Robert Helpman, identified as highbrow, City Lights, Modern Times,
Dighton, William,

3.WilliamDighton, William Dighton, who lodged at Donald Stauffer’s house on Alexander Street, Princeton, edited The Poems of Sidney Godolphin (Oxford, 1931).

From Poe to Valéry, revised from Aix lecture,
Godolphin, Francis 'Frisco',
see also Godolphins, the

2.FrancisGodolphin, Francis 'Frisco' ‘Frisco’ Godolphin (1903–74), classicist and charismatic, witty teacher. Educated at Princeton and New York University, he earned his PhD at Princeton, 1929, and taught classics at Princeton from 1927; chair of the Department, 1942–5; Dean of the College, 1945–55; Musgrave Professor of Latin, 1946–70. Works include The Greek Historians (New York, 1942); The Latin Poets (New York, 1949): Great Classical Myths (New York, 1964).

Godolphins, the,
Horton, Elizabeth,

1.ElizabethHorton, Elizabeth Horton, secretary to the Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton; friend of EH and Jeanette McPherrin.

Lambs, the, accompany TSE to Family Reunion, host TSE for Milton visit,

5.AiméeLamb, Aimée LambLambs, theLamb, AiméeLambs, the (1893–1989) shared a home with her sister Rosamond (1898–1989) at 310 Berkeley Street, Boston. ‘A very Cranford atmosphere,’ noted E. Martin Browne of their home life (E. Martin Browne and Henzie Browne, Two in One [1981], 206).

Maritains, the, dine with EH and TSE, visited in Paris, dine with TSE in Princeton,
Milton Academy, Boston, TSE on revisiting, TSE's Commencement Address for, stages Murder, TSE's War Memorial Lecture for,
Richards, Ivor Armstrong ('I. A.'), indebted to Hulme, his admiration for Hopkins, in TSE's assessment, consulted on Harvard living arrangements, his character and background, invites TSE to Antony and Cleopatra, telegrams praise for Murder, likes 'Cape Ann', Empson's mentor, invites TSE to Pepys Dinner, and TSE's honorary fellowship, vacillating on Harvard position, which he commits to, extends TSE 1940 American invitation, recommended for EH's 'criticism' course, has appendicitis, and TSE's honorary Harvard degree, invited for Institute for Advanced Study discussion, and Lewis's portrait of TSE,
see also Richardses, the

4.I. A. RichardsRichards, Ivor Armstrong ('I. A.') (1893–1979), theorist of literature, education and communication studies: see Biographical Register.

Sheffield, Alfred Dwight ('Shef' or 'Sheff'), respected by TSE, helps with The Use of Poetry, seems sympathetic to EH, corresponds with TSE in Ada's stead, writes explaining Ada's condition, writes touchingly, faced with Ada's death, writes from Ada's deathbed, as correspondent, shares tributes to Ada, reads 'credo' at Ada's funeral, which instances his jargon, shares prognosis on Henry, advises on urgency of TSE's trip, reports on Henry's condition, offers TSE financial assistance, exasperation with Eleanor Hinkley,
see also Sheffields, the

8.AlfredSheffield, Alfred Dwight ('Shef' or 'Sheff') Dwight Sheffield (1871–1961) – ‘Shef’ or ‘Sheff’ – husband of TSE’s eldest sister, taught English at University School, Cleveland, Ohio, and was an English instructor, later Professor, of Group Work at Wellesley College. His publications include Lectures on the Harvard Classics: Confucianism (1909) and Grammar and Thinking: a study of the working conceptions in syntax (1912).

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a month which TSE reflects happily on, EH's summer 1935 plans, EH departs England, EH in Florence, arrived in Rome, TSE coordinating with EH's return, TSE recommends Siena, EH returns to Florence, EH sails for Riviera, EH returns from France, L'Escargot lunch on EH's return, EH sails for Guernsey, May 1935, EH's June 1935 London sortie, TSE attends Dr Perkins's birthday, TSE's July 1935 Campden week, TSE offers to fund EH in London, where EH joins Jeanie McPherrin, TSE's Campden birthday weekend, prospect of EH spending month at Blomfield Terrace, Thorp theatre outing, TSE's 6–8 September Campden weekend, EH staying at 19 Rosary Gardens, EH to Campden for 15–17 November, EH sails for Boston, EH and TSE's final farewell, TSE and EH's final weeks in London, their excursion to Finchampstead, TSE reflects on, excursion to Greenwich, EH reflects on the final weeks of, TSE's 1934 Faber summer holiday, described, TSE's dream of Cairo, TSE's invitation to Finland, palmed off on Robert Nichols, 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TSE's 1953 visit to Geneva, TSE's 1953–4 trip to South Africa, itinerary, described, arrival described to JDH, GCF on, TSE's 1954 Geneva rest cure, Geneva preferred to Paris, TSE's deferred 1955 visit to Hamburg, prospect inspires reluctance in TSE, proposed for spring 1955, dreaded, TSE now returned from, TSE's 1955 visit to America, and contingent speaking engagements, foreshortened, itinerary, Washington described, TSE's return from, TSE's 1955 Geneva rest cure, TSE's 1956 visit to America, passage fixed for April, itinerary, TSE in the midst of, TSE reflects on, TSE's 1956 Geneva rest cure, itinerary, recounted, illness during, EH's 1957 visit to England, TSE and EVE invited to Campden, TSE reciprocates with London invitation, but EH leaves England abruptly, which TSE consults Eleanor Hinkley over, who duly explains, TSE and EVE's 1958 trip to America, as rumoured to EH, EH's 1959 tour of Scandinavia, funded by bequest from cousin, TSE and EVE's 1959 trip to America, TSE and EVE's 1963 trip to America,