Cecil Sharp Diary 1918

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Document date

Thursday 31st of January 1918

Transcription Notes

I finished off my proofs and got them off at lunch time. They are fairly accurate but the type is vulgar and coarse by the side of the finer Novello founts. I felt inclined this morning to begin a screed about dancing at first intending it for use as a circular to advertise the Gilman school. But I soon got it on to larger lines and it looks as though it might come out as a pamphlet. Possibly as I go along it may grow still longer and prove to be the beginning of my long-planned book on the dance. I worked at it all the morning and again between tea-time and dinner. It has started rather well and it is nice to get a change from endlessly writing out tunes! Maud is still very seedy and I am anxious about her. She went round to the doctor again as her glands which are much swollen are very painful. The doctor gave her a tonic which is exactly what one might have foretold.

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USA : Illinois : Chicago [41.8781136,-87.6297982]

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