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"A Whiff of Tao" - news-cutting from Weekend Review, Observer, of a review of Graham's The Book of Lieh-tzu , written by Hugh Gordon Porteus. A partial date (5 Feb) is handwritten on the top of one of the cuttings, 2 copies.

Correspondence with other poets and critics, or concerning poetry.

Letter from Hugh Porteus to Angus Graham to reply to Graham's letter. He writes of his review of Graham's Penguin book, Poems of the Late T'ang. He also writes about T.S. Eliot's reaction to the article and that he had hoped to provoke a reaction from William Empson. He comments on other translations of the poems, in particular Robert Payne's anthology of The White Pony. Porteus sends some of his own translations.

Letter from Hugh Porteus to Angus Graham to send the 'enclosed rigmarole' (not present). He writes of the melancholic news of Artur Waley and of some scripts that he sends from various weeklies. Porteus also writes of his own translations from various languages and the methods he uses.

Angus Graham both translated Chinese poetry and wrote his own poems some of which were published, including his collection, The Coral beneath the Sun (Doldrum Press, 1969). Material in this series consists of drafts for both his own poems and translations, some musical compositions, correspondence about his own and others' poems and drafts for articles.

A list of publications and editors for review copies, reviews for The Book of Lieh-tzu , and correspondence concerning Arthur Waley's review.

The Book of Lieh-tzu was published by John Murray (London) in 1960 as part of the UNESCO Chinese translation series. It was reprinted in New York by Colombia University Press in 1990 with a new preface by Graham. The material in this series consists of a draft of the publications, reviews for the first edition and correspondence concerning the reprint.