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Edward Marsh — Diabolizer of W. Somerset Maugham
Sir Edward Marsh, Eddie to his friends, calls to mind, after reading several books and portraits of him, the image of a room dwarfed by books, piled high on chairs and sofa, various tables of different dimensions, and every invadable surface; pictures hung closely by each other as walls and several more frames nailed to the door. Such an image dwelt in the mind of visitors from Basil Dean (107) in 1912 to Christopher Hassall (Ambrosia xiv) in 1934, together with Marsh's signature tufted ey…
From W. Somerset Maugham to Marie Stopes to Eddie Marsh to Marie Stopes
I know this is such a peculiar title, but nothing can express the conception of this post better. Fellow researchers will understand what I am talking about. You go out to look for something related to your main subject, you find the something and something else which leads you to something something else, and it can go on ad infinitum, not unlike tracing the branching off of a tree. The title is deceptive in its linear development; the tree analogy is much better.Needless to say, W. Somers…