Letter from S.R. Crockett to Drainie-man
Dublin Core
Title
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Drainie-man
Type
LETTER
Creator
S.R. Crockett
Description
Sends statutory guinea with great pleasure; been building extensions and paying for them at Penicuik this year - new library and dining room with furniture and carpet most glorious or would have been more; lyric stirs ache away back in heart - knows not why or where or how, something connected with lost youth and days that are no more; likes 'Long, long gone the auroral gold' and 'In the dim unheard of seas'; 'The coasts of Ease' is only flaw - doesn't seem to belong somehow; bought copy long ago when could ill afford it as wise men would have told but in transmigrations from Continent to Continent lost it; glad has let replace it; has read all again every word; being wise won't say which likes best lest they should be (some or most) of the other singing; as Barrie sadly said when he and Hardy went to see 'Walker - London' and Hardy tried hard to find anything to like and said now and again 'That's good!' 'Yes,' said Barrie sadly, 'but it was Toole that put that in!'; busy to ears in kids' book he will like; nearing confines of forty and little more than trinity of years will enter for third decade yet heart is boyish and would like pillow fight with all critics - heavens but would give them some fine dauds aboot the lugs; wishes very gladly to meet him and his wife; sometime will come here and eh man what nicht will hae amang the buiks; greetings to fellow singer (with clearer voice) of twenty four; comrade of the Tooth Comb
Date
1899-08-10
Subject
financial contribution, Bank House extensions, library and dining room building, furniture, lost youth nostalgia, poetic criticism, book replacement, transmigrations, poetry collection, Barrie and Hardy anecdote, kids' book, nearing forty, boyish heart, pillow fight with critics, meeting invitation
Identifier
SRC_1899_428
Contributor
Drainie-man, wife (mentioned), Barrie (mentioned), Hardy (mentioned), Toole (mentioned)
Language
English
Coverage
Wellwood
Text Item Type Metadata
Local URL
https://srcrockett.scot/LETTERS/1899/SRC_Wellwood_10Aug_1899.pdf
Files
Collection
Citation
S.R. Crockett, “Letter from S.R. Crockett to Drainie-man,” S.R.Crockett Museum, accessed May 2, 2026, https://www.srcrockett.scot/themuseum/items/show/620.