hn hk io il sy SY ek eh The Complete Prose of hn hk io il sy SY ek eh hn hk io il sy SY ek eh T. S. Eliot hn hk io il sy SY ek eh —-1 —0 —+1 349-69068_00A_Vol5-TableofContents_FINAL_4P.indd 1 6/30/17 10:41 AM hn hk io il sy SY ek eh hn hk io il sy SY ek eh hn hk io il sy SY ek eh hn hk io il sy SY ek eh Ronald Schuchard, General Editor -1— 0— +1— 349-69068_00A_Vol5-TableofContents_FINAL_4P.indd 2 6/30/17 10:41 AM hn hk io il sy SY ek eh hn hk io il sy SY ek eh The Complete Prose of hn hk io il sy SY ek eh T. S. Eliot hn hk io il sy SY ek eh the critical edition Volume 5: Tradition and Orthodoxy, 1934–1939 Edited by Iman javadi, ronald schuchard, and jayme stayer Baltimore faber and faber —-1 london —0 —+1 349-69068_00A_Vol5-TableofContents_FINAL_4P.indd 3 6/30/17 10:41 AM hn hk io il sy SY ek eh hn hk io il sy SY ek eh hn hk io il sy SY ek eh hn hk io il sy SY ek eh This book was brought to publication with the assistance of the Hodson Trust. Eliot Prose © Estate of TS Eliot 2017 Editorial Apparatus © Faber and Faber Ltd and Johns Hopkins University Press 2017 All rights reserved. Published 2017 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu ISBN-13 978-1-4214-1892-6 ISBN-10 1-4214-1892-4 -1— 0— +1— 349-69068_00A_Vol5-TableofContents_FINAL_4P.indd 4 6/30/17 10:41 AM hn hk io il sy SY ek eh CONTENTS hn hk io il sy SY ek eh hn hk io il sy SY ek eh hn hk io il sy SY ek eh Tradition and Orthodoxy, 1934-1939: Introduction xi Editorial Procedures and Principles xxxvii Acknowledgments xlvii List of Abbreviations li List of Illustrations lv Part I: Essays, Reviews, Commentaries, and Public Letters Items previously unpublished are indicated by a star ((cid:43)); items previously unrecorded in the Gallup bibliography are identified with a diamond ((cid:120)). 1934 A Commentary (Jan 1934) 3 The Blackshirts. To the Editor of The Church Times 13 After Strange Gods: A Primer of Modern Heresy 15 Le Morte Darthur. A review of Le Morte Darthur, Reduced into Englisshe by Sir Thomas Malory 56 Postcard. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834(cid:120) 62 Mr. Eliot’s Virginian Lectures. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 63 The Theology of Economics. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 65 Shakespearian Criticism I. From Dryden to Coleridge 67 A Commentary (Apr 1934) 80 Mr. T. S. Eliot’s Quandaries. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 84 Modern Heresies. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 87 Prefatory Note to The Rock 89 “The Rock.” To the Editor of The Spectator 93 “The Rock.” To the Editor of The New Statesman and Nation 95 “The Use of Poetry.” To the Editor of The New English Weekly 96 A Commentary (July 1934) 99 A review of The Oxford Handbook of Religious Knowledge 107 —-1 —0 [ v —+1 349-69068_00A_Vol5-TableofContents_FINAL_4P.indd 5 6/30/17 10:41 AM vi ] CONTENTS A review of The Mystical Doctrine of St. John of the Cross 108 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh In Sincerity and Earnestness: New Britain As I See It(cid:120) 109 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh A review of Christian Sociology for To-day: An Abridged Edition hn hk io il sy SY ek eh of “Faith and Society,” by Maurice B. Reckitt 113 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh John Marston 114 The Problem of Education 126 To the Editor of Social Credit(cid:120) 131 A Commentary (Oct 1934) 132 Religious Drama and the Church 138 What Does the Church Stand For? 142 Orage: Memories 146 1935 A Commentary (Jan 1935) 148 Notes on the Way [I] 154 Dowson’s Poems. To the Editor of the Times Literary Supplement 158 Notes on the Way [II] 159 Notes on the Way [III] 166 T. S. Eliot’s Notes on the Way [I]. To the Editor of Time and Tide 173 Notes on the Way [ IV] 175 Mr. Milne and the War [I]. To the Editor of Time and Tide 182 The Christian in the Modern World(cid:43) 185 Literature and the Modern World(cid:120) 196 T. S. Eliot’s Notes on the Way [II]. To the Editor of Time and Tide 205 Mr. Milne and the War [II]. To the Editor of Time and Tide 208 Douglas in the Church Assembly. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 210 T. S. Eliot’s Notes on the Way [III]. To the Editor of Time and Tide 213 The Church Assembly and Social Credit. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 214 The Church and Society. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 216 Religion and Literature 218 Introduction to Selected Poems, by Marianne Moore 230 A Commentary (Apr 1935) 238 Autobiographical Note. Harvard College Class of 1910: Seventh Report 245 -1— Views and Reviews [I] 249 0— +1— 349-69068_00A_Vol5-TableofContents_FINAL_4P.indd 6 6/30/17 10:41 AM CONTENTS [ vii Views and Reviews [II] 254 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh A Commentary (July 1935) 258 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh This England! To the Editor of The Church Times(cid:120) 261 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh Should There Be a Censorship of Books?(cid:120) 263 Views and Reviews [III] 268 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh A Commentary (Oct 1935) 272 Errata. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 278 Pacifism. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 279 Views and Reviews [IV] 281 The Supernatural. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 285 Stilton Cheese. To the Editor of The Times 286 Audiences, Producers, Plays, Poets 288 Cheese. To the Editor of The New Statesman and Nation(cid:120) 290 1936 Lord Victor Seymour. To the Editor of The Church Times(cid:120) 291 A reply to Roland Burke Savage’s “Literature at the Irish Crossroads”(cid:43) 293 Tradition and the Practice of Poetry(cid:43) 300 A Commentary (Jan 1936) 311 An unsigned review of Totem: The Exploitation of Youth, by Harold Stovin 318 An unsigned review of Selected Shelburne Essays, by Paul Elmer More 320 Preface to Essays Ancient and Modern, by T. S. Eliot 321 In Memoriam 323 Modern Education and the Classics 337 Christian Sociology. A review of Preface to a Christian Sociology, by Cyril E. Hudson(cid:120) 346 Saving the Future: Mission of the Save the Children Fund: Practical Service at Home and Abroad(cid:120) 349 The Church as Action: Note on a Recent Correspondence 355 A Commentary (Apr 1936) 358 The Church as Action [II]. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 365 The Church as Action [III]. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 367 G. K. Chesterton 369 —-1 Milton I 371 —0 —+1 349-69068_00A_Vol5-TableofContents_FINAL_4P.indd 7 6/30/17 10:41 AM viii ] CONTENTS A Commentary (July 1936) 380 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh The Year’s Poetry 386 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh Mr. Murry’s Shakespeare. A review of Shakespeare, by John Middleton hn hk io il sy SY ek eh Murry 387 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh Dr. Charles Harris. To the Editor of The Times 392 A Commentary (Oct 1936) 394 The Need for Poetic Drama 401 1937 The Week’s “Good Cause” Appeal: “The North Kensington Community Centre”(cid:43) 407 A Commentary (Jan 1937) 410 Paul Elmer More 418 The Church’s Message to the World 424 Byron 430 Mr. Reckitt, Mr. Tomlin, and the Crisis 449 Introduction to Nightwood, by Djuna Barnes 457 The Revenger’s Tragedy: A Note by T. S. Eliot(cid:120) 463 A Commentary (Apr 1937) 466 Introduction to Revelation, eds. John Baillie and Hugh Martin 472 The Church as an Ecumenical Society(cid:43) 497 A Commentary (July 1937) 504 Report of a Speech Day Address at the Kingswood School(cid:120) 510 The Oxford Conference [I]. To the Editor of The Church Times 514 The Oxford Conference [II]. To the Editor of The Church Times 517 Religious Drama: Mediaeval and Modern 519 The Development of Shakespeare’s Verse. Two Lectures(cid:43) 531 A Commentary (Oct 1937) 562 An Anglican Platonist: The Conversion of Elmer More. An unsigned review of Pages from an Oxford Diary, by Paul Elmer More. 568 A retrospective review of The Lion and the Fox: The Rôle of the Hero in the Plays of Shakespeare, by Wyndham Lewis 573 1938 A Note on Two Odes of Cowley 579 A Commentary (Jan 1938) 589 -1— Report of an address at Southwark Cathedral(cid:120) 597 0— To the Editor of Blackfriars(cid:120) 599 +1— 349-69068_00A_Vol5-TableofContents_FINAL_4P.indd 8 6/30/17 10:41 AM CONTENTS [ ix To the Editor of The New English Weekly 601 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh On a Recent Piece of Criticism 602 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh A Commentary (Apr 1938) 609 hn hk io il sy SY ek eh Report of a lecture on George Herbert 617 On Christianity and a Useful Life. A Speech Day address, Truro hn hk io il sy SY ek eh School, Cornwall(cid:120) 623 How to Read Poetry. A Prize Day address, West Cornwall School for Girls, Penzance(cid:43) 630 Memorandum for the Archbishops’ Commission on Training for the Ministry(cid:43) 636 A Commentary (July 1938) 640 Professor H. H. Joachim. To the Editor of The Times 646 A Commentary (Oct 1938) 648 The Future of Poetic Drama 653 1939 Last Words 659 Liberal Manifesto. To the Editor of The Church Times 666 A Commentary: That Poetry Is Made with Words. 668 A Commentary: On Reading Official Reports 672 Correspondence: “That Poetry Is Made with Words” 676 Truth and Propaganda. To the Editor of The New English Weekly 677 A Commentary 679 The Idea of a Christian Society 683 A Lay Theologian. A review of The Descent of the Dove: A Short History of the Holy Spirit in the Church, by Charles Williams 748 A Sub-Pagan Society? 753 Part II: Signed Letters and Documents with Multiple Authorship(cid:120) The Money System. To the Editor of The Times (5 Apr 1934) 759 The Monetary System. To the Editor of The Times (10 May 1934) 761 Authors and the Law of Libel: Plea for Reform. To the Editor of The Times (13 Mar 1936) 762 A Chelsea Square Trolley-Bus Proposal. To the Editor of The Times (31 July 1937) 765 The Dean of Rochester. To the Editor of The Times (14 Sept —-1 1937) 767 —0 —+1 349-69068_00A_Vol5-TableofContents_FINAL_4P.indd 9 6/30/17 10:41 AM