ANQ, September 22nd, 1997
A letter by George Meredith to the Duchess of Sutherland in 1907 mentioned his translation of some lines from Virgil. This is the only known instance of Meredith's attempt to translate Virgil, and the poem has been lost. Meredith may have contributed the poem to an anthology called 'Wayfarer's Love: Contributions from Living Poets' assembled by the Duchess to raise money for the Cripples' Guild Society. An unpublished letter written by George Meredith,(1) dated July 14, 1907, and addressed to the Duchess of Sutherland, is of interest because it mentions a translation by Meredith of a quotatio...
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