26 JUNE 1936, Page 21

EDWARD FITZGERALD

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I am collecting material for a biography of Edward FitzGerald, translator of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. If any of your readers can help me with material or informa- tion of any kind pertaining to FitzGerald, I would appreciate their communicating with me. Care will be taken with any manuscripts sent to me.—Yours very truly, 38 Granichcster Road, Cambridge.

ALFRED M. TERHUNE.