[c/o Lady Adam Smith, Barcaldine Castle, Connel]

T. S.Eliot

EmilyHale

TS

The Criterion

[from Wales]

18 August 1939

Dearesttravels, trips and plansTSE's 1939 Faber summer holiday;d6TSE writes from;a3,

There is just time for one more letter, I think, to thank you for your long and delightfully descriptive letter about Barcaldine. It is much more romantic than I had supposed, and seems to give you a first impression of the Highlands as they really are, not as a camping ground for holiday Sassenach. I am sorry about the one fly in the ointment, but trust that you have got it under gentle control; and it was not wholly unexpected.

TheFabers, the1939 summer holiday with;e5 weather has continued fine here, andappearance (TSE's)lobster-skinned;a9 another day on the beach (usually a different beach every time) has turned me a rosy lobster colour. It will be hard to return to the irksome discipline of clothing, though we do dress for dinner. Not so much nudism to-day: we are all too burnt, and this afternoon I expect to don whites for the Peterwell Tennis Club, play in a duffers’ doubles with Enid, Miss Davies and Mr. Parry – the last two are well on in their 60s. Thedogsspaniel;d1belonging to the Fabers;a1 Fabers’ spaniel turned up again, suffering apparently only from a sprained leg, and is limping about on three legs. I was pleased to get a Pixture in your last letter, and wish that I had time to reply in kind, but I have a manuscript to look at, and then will be called to the bathing pool. Itravels, trips and plansEH's 1939 England visit;d5TSE's 22–30 August Campden visit;a8 look forward to Tuesday morning, and another week to add to the increasing collection of lovely memories.

What a good letter writer you are!

Your loving

Tom

appearance (TSE's), 'pudding-faced',

TSE remembers wearing make-up,

of a third-rate actor,

likened to a crook,

of a Chicago magnate,

of a dissipated movie actor,

of a debauched British statesman,

hair-style,

lobster-skinned,

of a brutal Roman emperor,

of a superior comic actor,

of Maurice Evans,

proud of his legs,

wart on scalp,

baldness, 'in spots',

unlikely treatment for,

'as a bat',

worsened by travel,

due to worry,

may require wig,

in retreat,

reasserts itself,

confines TSE to single barber,

eyes, dark,

damaged by teeth-poisoning,

figure,

'obese',

altered by war,

hernia, described,

deferred operation for,

recovery from,

nose, the Eliot nostril,

a Norman nose,

too thin for pince-nez,

teeth,

'nothing but chalk',

EH severe on the state of,

'stumps',

blamed for hair-loss,

liable to be removed,

blamed for rheumatism,

false upper plate,

plate reconstructed,

state of,

new false teeth,

keystone tooth removed,

remaining upper teeth removed,

new plate,

dogs, TSE imagines himself as EH's dog,

Pollicle,

endear Hodgson to TSE,

EH fond of,

TSE wishes to give EH,

TSE enthuses over with Ambassador Stimson's wife,

death of Lord Lisburne's gun-dog,

wish to buy EH dog reaffirmed,

James Thurber's dog,

wish to buy EH dog develops,

TSE's wish that EH choose dog for him,

of Shamley Wood,

Aberdeen Terrier, belonging to Gerald Graham,

TSE against,

Alsatian, bites F&F sales manager in Cheltenham,

Blue Bedlington Terrier, TSE wishes to bring EH,

related to the Kerry Blue,

TSE fantasises with Hodgson about breeding,

TSE wishes EH might have,

'Boerre' (Norwegian Elkhound), travels to America,

described,

and right-hand traffic,

TSE receives photo of,

affords EH exercise,

envied by TSE,

scourge of Northampton,

cuts foot,

when chasing squirrel,

suspected attempt to abduct,

'disorderly',

'cantankerous',

taking unaccompanied exercise,

decorated at dog-show,

goes missing,

not taken to Maine,

EH decides to give up,

poignant photograph of,

dies,

Bull Terrier, Ralph Hodgson's 'Picky' bites cat,

home found for 'Picky',

Hodgson fantasises with TSE about breeding,

Dachshund, among TSE's preferred short-legged breeds,

Hope Mirrlees's 'Mary',

elkhound, belonging to Mrs Eames,

as breed for EH,

Jack Russell, among TSE's preferred short-legged breeds,

possible replacement for Boerre,

Kerry Blue, related to Blue Bedlington Terrier,

at Army and Navy stores,

Labrador, the Morleys' eight puppies,

the Morleys',

Pekingese, TSE averse to,

belonging to Mrs Behrens,

'Polly' (the Eliots' Yorkshire Terrier), falls off roof,

taken to have wound dressed,

barks at Hungarian language,

Poodle, as breed for EH,

'Rag Doll' (Scottish Terrier), travels to Grand Manan,

TSE receives photo of,

EH gives up,

Samoyed, considered for EH,

spaniel, belonging to the Fabers,

Staffordshire Terrier, Hodgson advises Miss Wilberforce on,

Fabers, the, model of happiness and respectability,

their domestic situation,

Faber children to tea chez Eliot,

visit TSE at Pike's Farm,

compared to the Morleys,

closer to TSE than to VHE,

1933 summer holiday with,

[undated: September 1933];

Ty Glyn Aeron described,

request TSE to write play,

[undated: September 1933];

too absorbed in their children,

[undated: September 1933];

at the Morleys' party,

give anti-Nazi party for author,

host poker party,

1934 summer holiday with,

take TSE to lunch in Oxford,

1935 summer holiday with,

for which the children are bought tent,

give party,

1936 summer holiday with,

at Morleys' Thanksgiving Day party,

sail model boats with TSE,

and TSE's foggy adventure,

cinema-going with TSE,

take TSE to Witch of Edmonton,

and Morleys take TSE to pantomime,

and TSE attend opening of Ascent of F6,

1937 summer holiday with,

and the Bradfield Greek play,

School for Scandal with,

take TSE to pantomime again,

1938 summer holiday with,

1939 summer holiday with,

offer possible wartime refuge,

1940 summer holiday with,

host TSE in Hampstead during war,

TSE makes bread sauce for,

brought vegetables from Shamley,

move to Minsted,

and TSE attend musical revue,

1941 summer holiday with,

Minsted as substitute for nursing-home,

trying to sell Welsh home,

take TSE to International Squadron,

invite TSE to Wales for Christmas,

host TSE at Minsted,

away fishing in Scotland,

mourn TSE's post-war independence,

1947 Minsted summer stay,

1948 Minsted summer stay,

host TSE for weekend,

on 1950 South Africa trip,

on TSE's 1951 Spain trip,

1951 Minsted summer stay,

1952 Minsted summer stay,

1953 Minsted summer stay,

on 1953–4 South Africa trip,

35th wedding anniversary weekend,

travels, trips and plans, EH's 1930 trip to England,

EH's proposed 1931 England visit,

called off,

EH's 1932 summer holidays,

the Eliots' Derby Day excursion,

related,

the Eliots' July 1932 Hindhead visit,

the Eliots' August 1932 Eastbourne holiday,

described,

TSE's 1932–3 year in America, Norton Professorship offered to TSE,

and the prospect of reunion with EH,

which TSE refuses to see as decisive,

which angers EH,

who writes and destroys a response,

TSE's financial imperatives,

TSE's itinerary,

and the question of discretion,

opportunity for adventurous lecture-tours,

TSE speculates on attendant feelings,

TSE on the voyage over,

TSE reflects on,

TSE's return from,

the Eliot family's Randolph holiday,

TSE's 1933 westward tour to Scripps, proposed to EH,

and TSE's need to lecture,

possibly via St. Louis,

TSE's itinerary,

possible stopover in Seattle,

a shameful source of happiness,

still a happy thought,

described by Havens and others,

TSE reflects on,

TSE's return from,

TSE wonders at after-effect on EH,

EH urged to reflect honestly on,

Ada on,

and a conversation about divorce,

in EH's recollection,

possible EH 1933 summer in England,

TSE's 1933 Faber summer holiday, set for mid-August,

postponed,

rearranged,

TSE buys summer outfits for,

described,

[undated: September 1933];

TSE's 1933 tour of Scotland, possible itinerary,

Morley's preparations for,

described for EH,

TSE's 1933 trip to Paris, mooted,

described,

EH's 1934–5 year in Europe,

TSE delighted at the prospect,

attempts to coordinate with TSE's 1934 summer plans,

the Perkinses due in Chipping Camden,

EH's itinerary,

[late July 1934];

TSE's initial weekend at Chipping Campden,

TSE books rooms in Lechlade,

TSE visits Campden again with family,

and again alone,

which visit TSE reflects on,

TSE's plans to entertain EH en route to Europe,

EH's continental itinerary,

07/12/34, 07/12/34;

VHE and propriety inhibit pre-Paris arrangements,

L'Escargot lunch,

weekend in Sussex for EH's birthday,

possible London tea-party,

second lunch at L'Escargot,

EH and TSE's November excursions,

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,

19/08/35, 19/08/35[n];

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,

TSE's 1935 tour of Scotland, proposed by Blake,

attempts to coordinate with EH,

TSE's itinerary,

TSE's 1935 Faber summer holiday,

TSE writes from,

described,

TSE's 1936 visit to Ireland, TSE's itinerary,

recounted,

TSE's spring/summer 1936 trip to Paris, first contemplated,

date fixed,

Morleys invited,

TSE's itinerary,

recounted,

TSE's 1936 Faber summer holiday,

TSE writes from,

TSE's 1936 American trip,

spring arrival dependent on New York Murder,

if not spring, then autumn,

possible excursions,

autumn better for seeing EH,

and possible Princeton offer,

and possible Smith visit,

efforts to coordinate with EH,

passage on Alaunia booked,

TSE's itinerary,

Murder to pay for,

coordinating with Eliot Randolph holiday,

the moment of parting from EH,

TSE's birthday during,

TSE reflects on,

TSE's 1937 tour of Scotland,

itinerary,

recounted,

the Morley–Eliot 1937 trip to Salzburg, contemplated,

itinerary,

EH receives postcard from,

described,

as relayed to OM,

EH's 1937 summer in England,

and Mrs Seaverns,

EH accompanies TSE to Edinburgh,

itinerary coordinated with EH,

dinner at L'Escargot,

TSE's 10–11 July Campden visit,

TSE's 17–22 July Campden visit,

TSE's 21 August Campden visit,

EH travels to Yorkshire,

TSE reminisces about,

24/09/37, 24/09/37;

TSE's 1937 Faber summer holiday,

TSE reports from,

leaves TSE sunburnt,

TSE's 1938 trip to Lisbon, outlined to EH,

TSE advised on,

travel arrangements,

the voyage out,

described,

EH's 1938 summer in England, and whether EH should spend it at Campden,

EH's arrival confirmed,

TSE's July Campden visit,

EH's late-July London stay,

TSE's 5–21 August Campden fortnight,

TSE's 3–6 September Campden visit,

EH's September London stay,

TSE reflects on,

TSE's 1938 Faber summer holiday,

TSE's preparations for,

TSE reports from,

possible EH England Christmas 1938 visit,

possible TSE 1939 visit to America, mooted for spring,

complicated by Marion and Dodo's trip,

shifted to autumn,

threatened by war,

made impossible,

EH's 1939 England visit, TSE's efforts to coordinate with,

threatened by war,

complicated by Marion's arrival,

EH's itinerary,

EH's initial London stay,

TSE's 7–20 July Campden visit,

TSE's 22–30 August Campden visit,

TSE's 2–4 September Campden visit,

EH again London,

EH and TSE's parting moments,

in TSE's memory,

memory vitiated by EH's subsequent letter,

TSE's 1939 Faber summer holiday,

TSE writes from,

possible wartime transatlantic crossings, contingencies,

in case of EH being ill,

TSE's reasons for and against,

and TSE's New York proposition,

following invasion Denmark and Norway,

impossible for TSE unless official,

TSE's desire to remain in England,

TSE's reasons for and against accepting lectureship,

given Ada's impending death,

TSE's abortive 1940 Italian mission, possible but confidential,

lectures prepared for,

and the prospect of seeing EP,

might include Paris,

itinerary,

in jeopardy,

final preparations for,

cancelled,

17/05/40, 17/05/40[n],

TSE's 1940 visit to Dublin, approved by Foreign Office,

in national interest,

itinerary,

recounted,

involves TSE's first plane-journey,

TSE's 1940 Faber summer holiday,

TSE reports from,

TSE's 1941 Faber summer holiday,

Kipling and fishing-rod packed for,

TSE reports from,

TSE's 1941 Northern tour, proposed by the Christendom group,

arranged with Demant,

itinerary,

recounted,

TSE's 1942 British Council mission to Sweden, TSE makes cryptic allusion to,

as recounted to EH,

as recounted to JDH,

return leg in London,

as war-work,

TSE's 1942 New Forest holiday,

described,

[early July 1942];

TSE's 1942 week in Scotland,

recounted,

TSE's abortive 1942 Iceland mission,

TSE's 1943 trip to Edinburgh,

recounted,

TSE's abortive 1943 Iceland mission,

TSE's 1943 New Forest holiday,

TSE's 1944 trip to Edinburgh,

TSE's abortive 1944 North Africa mission,

TSE's May 1945 trip to Paris,

described,

TSE's June 1945 trip to Paris,

recounted,

possible post-war American visit,

and Henry's impending death,

ideally ancillary to work,

possibly as F&F's representative,

waits on TSE's health and Carlyle Mansions,

TSE's 1945 September fortnight in Lee,

described,

TSE's 1945 Christmas in Lee,

described,

TSE's 1946 summer in America, date for passage fixed,

paperwork for,

TSE's itinerary,

its aftermath,

recounted,

TSE's 1947 summer in America, dependent on lecture engagements,

TSE seeks to bring forward,

Henry's condition brings further forward,

set for April,

itinerary,

EH reflects on,

TSE's scheduled December 1947 visit to Marseilles and Rome,

itinerary,

TSE's preparations for,

dreaded,

Roman leg described by Roger Hinks,

EH's hypothetical March 1948 visit to England,

TSE's postponed 1948 trip to Aix,

itinerary,

recounted,

home via Paris,

TSE's 1948 trip to America,

itinerary,

TSE's visit to EH in Andover,

disrupted by Nobel Prize,

TSE's 1948 Nobel Prize visit to Stockholm,

itinerary,

recounted,

TSE's 1949 family motor-tour of Scotland,

described,

27/09/49, 27/09/49[n];

TSE's October–November 1949 trip to Germany,

possible itinerary,

preparations for,

final itinerary,

TSE's account of,

the return via Belgium,

TSE's January 1950 voyage to South Africa, all but fixed,

itinerary,

described by TSE,

recounted by Faber,

EH's 1950 summer in England,

TSE books EH's hotel room for,

TSE's efforts to coordinate with EH's movements,

EH in Campden,

TSE reports to Aunt Edith on,

TSE's 1950 visit to America, and TSE's possible Chicago post,

the Chicago leg,

November itinerary,

TSE's spring 1951 trip to Spain,

itinerary,

recounted,

TSE's September 1951 Geneva stay,

itinerary,

recounted,

TSE's 1951 British Council mission to Paris,

recounted,

TSE's second 1951 British Council mission to Paris, recounted,

TSE's 1952 visit to Rennes and the Riviera,

itinerary,

recounted,

TSE's 1952 visit to America,

itinerary,

efforts to coordinate with EH's summer,

TSE on meeting with EH,

TSE's 1952 rest cure in Switzerland,

TSE's 1953 visit to St. Louis and America, set for June,

to include fortnight in Cambridge,

itinerary,

EH's 1953 trip to England, EH's Alnwick plans,

TSE books hotel for EH,

and EH's ticket to Confidential Clerk,

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,