Notes And Letters Exchanged Between Tom Gourdie And Frank Allan Thomson

[brunico]

Thank you, Sturdygurdy!

[zerobuttons]

Thank you so much for posting these scans! Frank Allan Thomson was my father, a great admirer of Arrighi and who enjoyed a long friendship with Alfred Fairbank. Neither of them liked Gourdie much, as I recall, and this may have flavoured my father's copious annotations somewhat. To answer katim, he did not return the book to Gourdie; the notes were actually probably intended for my benefit, as he had made it a purpose in his life to teach me proper handwriting. Generally speaking, he compulsively made notes in books, magazines, and even the newspaper. Non bitchy, sed pedantic.

 

My sister and I very regretfully sold his collection of books on handwriting some years after his death in 1992, so seeing this again has made my day.

I am very glad that you came to be aware of my posting of your father´s notes, to see that you approve of my doing so, and that seeing them has brought you joy.