Cherry (49 page)

Why do men who . . . the bondage of possessions . . . the Polar
Party stands . . . mystical and invisible something . . . Have
you ever starved
Draft material,
WJ
. 216
we are in guess . . . We shall visit the
ibid.

Even now, the Antarctic
WJ
, p. vii.

It is hard that
ibid.
, p. 252.

Yet time will slowly
Draft material,
WJ
.

People talk of the
WJ
, p. 567.

And I tell you
ibid.
, pp. 597–8.

Naturally so peevish, highly
ibid.
, p. 206.

We
must
admire them
ibid.
, p. 584.

So much of the
ibid.
, p. 232.

You know, this is
ibid.
, p. 311.

A favourite pastime was
ibid.
, p. 168.

But they also had
ibid.
, p. xlvii.

A Glorious Narrative
Daily News
, 4 December 1922.

the man of taste
Nation
, 2 December 1922.

I should call the
Evening Standard
, 6 December 1922.

The real value of
Nature
, 24 March 1923.

It would be more
Bookman
, 19 July 1923.

I’m having the time
ACG to Otto Kyllmann, 8 December 1922, Temple.

Galsworthy has gone cracked
ACG to Otto Kyllmann, 2 January 1923, Temple.

1
slipshod thinking
Manchester Guardian
, 11 December 1922.

1
if the personal element
The Times
, 5 December 1922.

1
He has criticised Con
KS, Diary, 7 December 1922, Kennet Papers.

1
with very grateful thanks . . . Rots
Private collection.

1
Keep this for a . . . always a case of
GBS to KS, 23 March 1923, in
BSCL III
, p. 815.

1
I have never admired
Young, p. 214.

The other day Cherry
GBS to KS, 6 April 1923, in
BSCL III
, p. 816.

weak . . . peevish
WJ
, p. 206.

This ain’t an egg
ibid.
, p. 305.

We did not forget
ibid.
, p. 302.

the story seems devoid
Daily News
, 5 December 1922.

the manners of the
ibid.
, 6 December 1922.

has exceeded all expectations
GBS to KS, 23 March 1923, in
BSCL III
, p. 815.

The book does seem
ACG to Emery Walker, 10 April 1923, Texas.

This post-war business . . . an age of geological . . . At an
advanced age
WJ
, Preface [omitted from 1994 edition].

Chapter 11: The Chaos which Threatens

I suppose many of . . . exactly the opposite to
Stephen Roskill to AM, [n.d.] 1970, family collection.

rivals our politicians in
WJ
, p. 223.

the spirit of divest
Nancy Mitford, ‘The English Aristocracy’,
Encounter
, September 1955.

Do not think I
AF to ACG, 20 March 1924, Hertford.

I have always admired
ACG to AF, 23 March 1924, Hertford.

The country estate in
ACG to AF, 3 July 1924, Hertford.

My mother and I
ACG to AF, 23 August 1924, Hertford.

My bowels refused to
GBS to ACG, 8 October 1923, Texas.

We must compare damages
GBS to ACG, 26 September 1923, Texas.

My famous neighbour Mr
Allan Chappelow, ed.,
Shaw the Villager and Human Being
, 1961, p. 177.

I was ulcerating somewhere
GBS to ACG, 1 May 1926, Texas.

going strong for the
Colonel E. F. Norton, despatch sent from Everest, 11 June 1924, published in
The Times
, 26 June 1924.

the ascent by which
The Rt Rev. Henry Luke Paget, A.D., Lord Bishop of Chester,
The Alpine Journal
XXXVI, 229 (November 1924), p. 275.

The real value is
The Times
, 12 February 1913.

In a way he . . . Mallory was burning with
Introduction to Seaver,
Wilson
, p. xvii.

When an airship can
et seq. Daily News
, 26 June 1926.

Legally I believe I
ACG to George Seabrook, 12 May 1923, Hertford.

slight patches . . . severe patches . . . very severe patches
Farrer & Co. legal papers, March 1925, Hertford.

No man is greater
Draft material,
WJ
.

Was it hurt pride
WJ
, p. lxxvi.

backed out of the race . . . a half and half
T. E. Lawrence to CS, 17 June 1926, in
The Letters of T. E. Lawrence
, ed. Malcolm Brown, Oxford, 1991, p. 303.

one of the great
T. E. Lawrence to ACG, 4 April 1927, private collection.

It has an astonishing
T. E. Lawrence to ACG, 11 April 1929, private collection; copy in BL.

A. C-G. from T. E. Shaw 1 December 1926, private collection.

Do tell me that
T. E. Lawrence to ACG, 4 April 1927, private collection.

If our sexes had
ibid.

He’s such a liar
AM, conversation with author.

Experiences such as Lawrence . . . To go through a . . . some
. . . Having been knocked about . . . In the long run A. W. Lawrence, ed.,
T. E. Lawrence by his Friends
, 1936, pp. 191–2.

It was perhaps the
WJ
, Jacket, 1929 edition.

He is a man
Literary Digest International Book Review
, March 1923.

one of the finest
New York Times
, 20 June 1930.

one of the most
Bookman
, August 1930.

remarkable descriptive powers . . . Where shall the like
New York Times Book Review
, 11 May 1930.

very splendid
New York World
, 11 May 1930.

cared nothing about being . . . Why English writers should
ibid
.

fine, thrilling . . . long been
Saturday Review of Literature
, 21 June 1930.

our greatest practising literary
Jeffrey Meyers,
Edmund Wilson: A Biography
, Boston, 1995, p. 76.

is very well written . . . The thing that takes
American Mercury
XXI (1930), p. 123.

They seem difficult people
ACG to Harold Raymond, 18 January 1938, Reading University.

I don’t want to
ACG to Allen Lane, 24 July 1950, Bristol.

one big, uneasy refugee
Rudyard Kipling to André Chevrillon, 31 December 1921, Sussex University Library.

Bow wow et seq. W. L. G. Joerg, The Work of the Byrd Antarctic
Expedition 1928–1930
, New York, 1930; marginalia in ACG’s copy, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.

Exploring the many boxes
FD,
The Quiet Land
, p. 178.

The most minor member
FD to ACG, 30 May 1920.

How they bring it
Introduction to Seaver,
Wilson
, p. xxii.

All is not lost
Family collection.

Though I called the
FD to AM (then Cherry-Garrard), [n.d.] September 1959, family collection.

His voice has been
WJ
, Preface to 1937 edition, pp. xi–xix.

not of the usual
Oriana Wilson to ACG, 15 January 1929.

I sympathise with you
George Seaver to ACG, 1 February 1929.

those post-war productions
Introduction to
WJ
, p. lxix.

finally starved . . . lack of vitamins
Seaver, quoting ACG,
ibid
., p. lxxi.

I often wonder whether . . . But surely you are . . . Am I? I
wonder
ibid
., pp. lxxi–ii.

But he was. The
George Seaver to AM (then Cherry-Garrard), 19 May 1959, family collection.

The doctor says the
GBS to ACG, 6 May 1930, Texas.

Here Ayot’s deaders/Into
Note by ACG, n.d., family collection.

While elsewhere I might
ACG to George Seaver, Christmas card, 1950.

Young Cherry-Garrard soon
Bernard Shaw’s Rhyming Picture Guide to Ayot St Lawrence
, Luton, 1950, p. 31.

I will freeze in
ACG to Francis Drake, 25 November 1930.

A wasted afternoon
ACG to Francis Drake, 11 December 1930.

ruined . . . has become a semi
et seq.
Beatrice Webb, Diary XLVI, 4 May 1932, LSE.

I’m tired of these
E. M. Forster,
Howards End
, 1910, p. 58.

ideals have been smashed . . . the chaos which threatens . . .
What they did has
Introduction to Seaver,
Wilson
, pp. xi–xix.

There were moments when
FD,
The Quiet Land
, p. 188.

For a well-read Norman MacKenzie, Introduction to Index to the
Diary of Beatrice Webb, 1873–1943
, Cambridge, 1978.

Scott was playing about
Marginalia, private collection.

Scott was obsessed
Annotated journal [December 1911].

WJ
See
, for example, Louis Bernacchi’s biography of Oates,
A Very
Gallant Gentleman, 1933, family collection.

It was just what
George Simpson to ACG, in Annotated journal [spring 1912].

Bowers and I were
Annotated journal [December 1911–January 1912].

The success of the
Sunday Graphic
, 31 July 1932.

Chapter 12: Danced with AC-G

Will be with you
FD,
The Quiet Land
, p. 187.

Do you know that
Herbert Ponting to George Seaver, 12 October 1933.

is the most beautiful . . . has enabled the world . . . Here in
these pictures
Geographical Journal
LXXXV ( January–June 1935), p. 391.

author and explorer
‘Candidate for Election’ form, The Athenaeum.

War is out of
WJ
, Preface to 1937 edition, p. xii.

I hope you will
Harold Raymond to ACG, 9 April 1937, Reading University.

The steady cheapening of
Harold Raymond to Allen Lane, 1 November 1934, Bristol.

a wonderful bit of
ACG to Eunice Frost, 27 September 1937, Bristol.

Dear Sir
Correspondence in Bristol.

Even more important than
Eunice Frost to Henry Paroissien, 29 April 1955, Bristol.

Danced with AC-G
AM (then Turner), Diary, 13 August 1937, family collection.

We always move in
and all other direct speech
AM, conversation with author.

It sometimes seems that
Draft material,
WJ
.

It is the only
The Times
, 18 November 1937.

will settle everything – and
et seq.
Introduction to Seaver,
Bowers
, pp. xi–xxi.

The people now living
Forster,
Two Cheers
, p. 70.

There was a wrong spirit
Unpublished collection of villagers’ memories, recorded by Daphne Grierson, n.d., Chapter 9, p. 5, private collection.

She
dinks
into church
Private conversation with author.

Things look very dark
KS (then Young), Diary, 28 September 1938, Kennet Papers.

BLUE SKIES, BLUEBELLS, BLUE
AM, conversation with author.

how things turn out
ACG to Harold Raymond, 4 May 1939, Reading University.

if these blasted and
ACG to Harold Raymond, 13 July 1939, Reading University.

We were so thankful
WJ
, p. 289.

if there are no
ACG to Harold Raymond, 2 August 1939, Reading University.

One can’t exactly say
Harold Raymond to ACG, 13 October 1939, Reading University.

If a manufacturer is
Harold Raymond to William Maxwell, 1

November 1939, Reading University. 263
I do not think
ACG to Eunice Frost, 17 June 1939, Bristol.

Chapter 13: A Darker Continent

he wields a new
GBS to ACG, 30 October 1940, Texas.

To
strive,
to
seek
Letters from Ettie Desborough to ACG, family collection.

to have a yarn
ACG to William Lashly, 5 May 1916.

came from one who
William Lashly to ACG, 31 January 1920.

So now he lies
Polar Record
III, 20 ( July 1940), p. 331.

I think the only
CS to Clara Turner, 30 October 1941, family collection.

the best book in
New Statesman and Nation
, 21 March 1942.

the only one who
Nancy Mitford,
The Water Beetle
, 1962, p. 18.

If Cherry-Garrard had
The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
, ed. Charlotte Mosley, 1996, pp. 465–6.

general paralysis of the
AM, conversation with author.

Please stop coming here . . . I’m going to add
and all other direct speech
AM,
ibid.

We should be so
ibid.

But who brings you
ibid.

We think you are
ECG to AM (then Cherry-Garrard), 17 June [no year], family collection.

We think he is
ibid.

I have thought it
ACG to Harold Raymond, 2 July 1942, Reading University.

The large private house
Financial Times
, 15 October 1935.

London’s most up-to
St Pancras Chronicle
, 25 October 1935.