Letter: To Marion Scott.

Item

Title

Letter: To Marion Scott.

Identifier

7539.cpd
IG-41-34

Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Abstract

Worried about Marion Scott's health / setting John Masefield's 'By the Bierside' to music / a cartoon in 'Punch' / receiving letters from friends / reading / requests for parcels / fear of death and sickness vs. fear of death in battle / thank friends for letters and 'ask them when the war will be over' / books / Shelley / changes in the war / describes battle / the weather / French poets and the war / having time to play and write music / a small fragment of verse beginning 'The careless writer...'.

Date

May 1916 - September 1917

Date Created

1917-05-01

Temporal Coverage

1917-09-30

Spatial Coverage

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter

number of pages

8

Contributor

Alisa Miller