SOURCE: Cummins, Geraldine. “Two Irish Cousins.” In Dr. E. OE. Somerville: A Biography, pp. 14-36. London: Andrew Dakers Limited, 1952.

In the following excerpt, Cummins provides a detailed account of the collaboration of Somerville and Ross.

‘Le style c'est l'homme même.’ The style is the man himself, or as the Bible tells us, ‘By their works ye shall know them.’ So I shall now tell of the works of Somerville and Ross.

In 1942 Miss Elizabeth Hudson published a Bibliography of the first editions of the books of Somerville and Ross. But only three hundred copies of this Bibliography were printed and these were sold in the United States.

It opens with the facsimile of a letter written in Edith Somerville's strong and picturesque handwriting and runs as follows:

3 July 38

Drishane Skibbereen Co. Cork Ireland

My dear Elizabeth,

I want to thank you for enlightening me on what it...