Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was an author and poet. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Works of Walter de la Mare, consisting of:

• Draft of 'The memoirs of a midget', published, London, 1921
• Fair copies, June 1933, of two poems 'Speech' and 'Snowing', printed in Poems, 1919 to 1934 (London, 1935)

The papers were given to the Library by the author, through the Friends of the Bodleian, in 1933 and 1939.

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 38851-2.

See also Letters from Walter de la Mare to Martin Christopher Johnson (MSS. Eng. lett. c. 863, e. 215).

Poetry | 20th century

Mare | Walter John de la | 1873-1956 | Author and Poet