After Ross's death, ES
began to cultivate an earlier interest in spiritualism—an interest she had shared with Ross. In 1912 Jem Barlow
, a female medium, had stayed at Drishane. Later she rented a cottage...
Material Conditions of Writing
Edith Somerville
She was anxious about the production of this book. She tried to set aside two and a half hours every morning for writing, but was often interrupted. In the evenings, with the help of Jem Barlow
Textual Production
Edith Somerville
ES
, with the woman medium Jem Barlow
, received what she took as a message from the spirit of Martin Ross
: You and I have not finished our work. Dear, we shall.
qtd. in
Collis, Maurice. Somerville and Ross: A Biography. Faber and Faber, 1968.
