The fourth volume of the correspondence of British literary giant T. S. Eliot   T. S. Eliot wrote the letters contained in this volume during a period of weighty responsibilities as husband and increasing demands as editor and publisher. He cultivates the support of prominent guarantors to secure the future of his periodical, The Monthly Criterion , even as he loyally looks after his wife, Vivien, now home after months in a French psychiatric hospital.   Eliot corresponds with writers throughout Great Britain, Europe, and the United States while also forging links with the foremost reviews in London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, and Milan. He generously promotes many other writers, among them Louis Zukofsky and Edward Dahlberg, and manages to complete a variety of writings himself, including the much-loved poem A Song for Simeon , a brilliant introduction to Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone , and many more. During these years, Eliot secures the future of The Monthly Criterion , corresponds with writers and thinkers from Virginia Woolf to Robert Frost to W. H. Auden, and continues to publish his own poems and writings, all while nursing his wife back to health. Valerie Eliot (1926–2012), née Esmé Valerie Fletcher, was the second wife of T. S. Eliot. As his widow she co-edited three previous volumes of his letters and sponsored the annual T. S. Eliot Prize. John Haffenden is emeritus professor of English literature at the University of Sheffield and senior research fellow of the Institute of English Studies, University of London. He was general editor of volumes 1, 2, and 3 of The Letters of T. S. Eliot . THE LETTERS OF T. S. Eliot By Valerie Eliot, JOHN HAFFENDEN Yale UNIVERSITY PRESS Copyright © 2013 Valerie Eliot All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-0-300-18724-3 Contents List of Illustrations,.....................................................viiAcknowledgements,..........................................................ixPreface,...................................................................xiiiBiographical Commentary, 1928–1929,........................................xviiAbbreviations and Sources,.................................................xxviiChronology of The Criterion,...............................................xxxiiiEditorial Notes,...........................................................xxxvTHE LETTERS................................................................Biographical Register,.....................................................747Index of Correspondents and Recipients,....................................792General Index,.............................................................797 CHAPTER 1 1928 TO Frank Morley CC 2 January 1928 [ The Monthly Criterion ] Dear Morley, I find that the sum needed immediately for payments to contributors is£42.3.0. I have spoken to Faber about the matter and he agrees that thebest way is for you to send a cheque to him made out to Faber & GwyerLimited. In this way no entries will appear in The Criterion books and thecheques will be sent by Faber & Gwyer as usual. I also think it is better only to send this amount so that Faber & Gwyershould only have exactly what is needed for immediate disbursement. I have not had any reply from either Whibley or Richmond. If I donot hear from Whibley by tomorrow morning I shall assume either thathe is away or that the post in his part of the country has been very muchdelayed, and I will send him a wire asking him to wire me at Oliver'saddress. Yours,[T. S. Eliot] TO John Gould Fletcher CC 2 January 19286 [London] My dear Fletcher, I am returning herewith your cheque made out to The MonthlyCriterion and will ask you whether you will be so kind as to cancel thischeque and make out a new one to the order of F. V. Morley. The reasonis that for the present we think it much safer that no moneys pass throughthe Criterion account and consequently that no cheques be endorsed onbehalf of the Criterion . The arrangement is that Morley will collect themoney and will then make out a cheque to Faber & Gwyer Limited whowill pay contributors, etcetera out of it. In view of the attitude taken up byLady Rothermere, we think it is best to adopt every precaution. You might, if you will, send the new cheque to F. V. Morley, c/o TheCentury Company, 10 Essex Street, W.C.2. You need not be so punctilious as you are about returning books soquickly. Many thanks, however, for the Stained Glass which reached methis morning. I have one or two new French books which may interestyou. I hope you can turn up for lunch on Thursday. We had a very smallparty last week. With very many thanks,Yours always,[T. S. Eliot] Cheque enclosed T. S. E. TO Richard Aldington CC 3 January 1928 [ The New Criterion ] My dear Richard, I am writing in haste in connection with a letter just received from FredManning who is in Rome. He tells me, under date of December 31st,that Alec Randall has been extremely