T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 176

To: C.F.J. Cumberledge, R.A.F. Plymouth England 1.XII.39 Dear Cumberledge, Lately I looked through the Walker Odyssey, and noted a few unimportant points, which might be amended in the States edition if still in galley :- Book i. pp. 7 - But the gods saw fit to order it quite otherwise 9 - where you will find brown-haired Menelaus, latest of ii. 19 - Odysseus, when that resourceful leader 24 - jar upon jar of old delicious wine iii. 30 - Where did your journey over the sea-ways begin so that he came forth from the bath--abinet iv. 50 - poured water over their fingers, which they then employed 51 - which I will lead off with one that is seasonable. x. 147 - with olive oil and fleecy tunics and outer xi. 163 - substance to stand firm or the vigorously free movements, such 164 - that swift-footed descendant of Aeseus, where xiii. 190 - female, that it is you, returned from wandering xiv. 194 - the way Athene had pointed him to the 205 - set the first aside for the nymphs and for Hermes, son of xviii. 249 - and make him ever after free of our feasts xix. 266 - so call him Odysseus, for the oilousness 270 - many sleights will be here before these men, xxi. 290 - the grass hawser of a merchantman All trifles, When the cheap edition comes, will you send me two or three copies, please ? Yours, T. E. Shaw