1991.1016.47.2

Letter from Alfred Pollard to Emery Walker dated 13th December 1903. Found inserted in the book, Oresteia by Aeschylus when acquired by the museum, shelf D11. Part of the Emery Walker Library.

London

1903-12-13 - 1903-12-13

Arts & Crafts, 20th century

Wimbledon. 13.12.03 My dear Walker, I send on 4 sheets marked for Press by Kenyon. The only problem is the shortness of p. 100. It is impossible to mend this by taking over the [inserted first] line from 101 as this would land you in worse trouble on p. 104. The short page looks so ugly that I should almost be tempted to try the effect of leaving a space before the speech of Orestes begins. But it might be objected to. If you can make up your mind to send the four sheets on without bothering Cockerell[i] it will be a good thing to get ‘em off. Do let me know how he is. Faitfully yr Alfred W Pollard[ii] [Footnotes [i] Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867 – 1962), collector and curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge from 1908 to 1937. [ii] Alfred William Pollard (1859 – 1944), bibliographer, who joined the British Museum in 1883. In 1909 he became Assistant Keeper and in 1919 Keeper. CAW]