Autograph Letter to “Straus” [Ralph Straus] 

Creator

Richard Aldington  

Title

Autograph Letter to “Straus” [Ralph Straus] 

Coverage

Twickenham

Date

March, 1912 

Description

Aldington notes that his literary activity has picked up since his earlier letter, with three book reviews in the March 1912 issue of The Poetry Review. Handel Booth (1867-1947) was a Minister of Parliament who led the government inquiry into the Marconi Scandal of 1912. W. Edgar Phelps had published a story, The Wanderers in the March 1912 issue of The English Review. The “Petronius” to which Aldington refers was an edition of Petronius that Straus had published in 1910. 

Source

From the Collection of Simon Hewett

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