Letter from S.R. Crockett to John
Dublin Core
Title
Letter from S.R. Crockett to John
Type
LETTER
Creator
S.R. Crockett
Description
Long personal letter: grateful for John's greeting; discusses trying times for literary men during wars (Boer and another); Harper's and Good Words failures; leaving Bank House seeking new home near railway with library space; Maisie at St Leonard's School St Andrews (6th form, Oxford local honours, distinction in French/history); Philip (14, nearly 6 feet, overgrown, weak at exams, wants Indian Army); Geordie (11, trying for Navy nomination March); plans Pope novel about reading Gospels and imitating Christ; criticizes rite and ceremony; accumulating burdens
Date
1905-10-04
Subject
friendship, family news, children's education, Maisie, Philip, Geordie, house move, literary struggles, Boer War, White Pope novel
Identifier
SRC_1905_466
Contributor
John (friend, possibly Ripon connection), Ruth Crockett, Lena Smedley (Mrs Gossley)
Language
English
Coverage
Bank House
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Local URL
https://srcrockett.scot/LETTERS/1905/SRC_John_4Oct_1905.pdf
Files
Collection
Citation
S.R. Crockett, “Letter from S.R. Crockett to John,” S.R.Crockett Museum, accessed August 24, 2026, https://www.srcrockett.scot/themuseum/items/show/656.