Add MS 89673/4

A folder of loose writings by Lawrence Durrell, mostly consisting of poems, both handwritten and typed.

The titled pieces of writing in the folder are: 12 Commandments (indispensable to a work of art); Don’t Let Poor Nellie Starve; Poeme en Petit Negre; a translation of the start of Homer’s Odyssey; The Sermon; Route Saussine 15; Mycene; Mandrake Root , or The Satyrikon of Sutcliffe; Duck Soup; Centurion’s Song; The Bonze; Blanford Reveals All; Inevitably the British were the First to Master the Knack; Hey Mister There’s a Bulge in your Computer; Omega Grey; Eva Braun’s Dream; Limits. Mykonos Windmills; The Muses; Feria Nimes; Piccadilly; Picture of Geishas; Starlet; Motores; Who’s Who; Ode to America; Press Interview.

This folder also includes the following loose items:

• A postcard to Chris Smith from Lawrence Durrell thanking Chris for sending his writing
• The front page of The Times Literary Supplement from 13 May 1949, consisting of an article entitled Hellene and Philhellene
• A magazine cutting entitled Conon on Mnemons by Lawrence Durrell
• A cutting from the London Magazine, entitled A Cavafy Find, consisting of poems translated by Lawrence Durrell
• A spoof prospectus for a memorial volume celebrating the work of Oscar Epfs, Durrell’s pseudonym as an artist
• A cutting from a magazine of A Patch of Dust by Lawrence Durrell