The Kelmscott lovers books

We know Jane urged their publication in her husband's press but why did William agree ?

http://archive.org/stream/TheLove-lyricsSongsOfProteusByWilfridScawenBluntWithThe/MdUPR4149B8L51892#page/n9/mode/2up


http://archive.org/stream/HandSoulByDanteGabrielRossetti/MdUPR5244H261895#page/n13/mode/2up

Jane supported Blunt and the Irish Home Rule campaign and designed the cover for this book for her lover.

http://www.davidmasonbooks.com/oclists/elist27-3197.php

Blunt visit to Kelmscott - diary entry

"With his wife [WM] showed himself uniformly kind but without tenderness treating her in a certain offhand way peculiarly his own. She was a loveable and noble woman, but he knew he had never touched her heart. Yet he was observant. What had taken place between her and Rossetti he knew and had forgiven. But he had not forgotten it. ..."

Blunt diary after staying at Kelmscott

Blunt

Jane Morris to Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. The Letters of Jane Morris to Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. together with extracts from Blunt's diaries.
University of Exeter Press; 1st edition (Oct 1986)
ISBN-10: 0859892239

Wlfred Scawen Blunt in the prison clothes he wore when in jail

Wlfred Scawen Blunt in the prison clothes he wore when in jail, arrested for supporting Irish Home Rule in 1888, for two months in Kilmainham jail. He was released on bail but did hard labour after a trial. Jane was very concerned which apparently irritated Morris who was in some danger of being arrested himself.

Jane in Kelmscott Garden

Blunt - Tuesday's meeting in his diary on July 29, 1884:

I spent a couple of hours in Hammersmith with Mrs. Morris and her husband, a democratic socialist. We discussed the merits of his conception of the universe, which I see do not fit with my ideas. However, we agree in many respects. Gladstone says that a conservative is confirmed, too old to change. The House of Morris has fashioned a beautiful garden full of flowers, especially carnations. I like these suburban gardens have more personality than others, and use of space. 

The paper also includes a beautiful picture of Jane Morris in the garden in 1884

how Jane flattered Blunt

[SW1, Buckingham Gate, 15]

In case you ever wondered how Jane flattered Blunt, a little letter she wrote:

My dear Mr. Blunt Thanks for the little poem - I've read many times, and I like more and more. I find the most beautiful and pathetic, as rhythmic and fluid that I've memorized, something strange for me, since I have no good memory for poetry in general. Hope you do not forget to send more as soon as I have time to copy them, it gives me great pleasure to have a glimpse of any of the things you do, and I love poetry itself; (it) also reawakens in me the old interest in things that had been considered dead for me. I thank you all with all my heart and I will be affected always his.

(Your) friend Jane Morris

bad call, Jane.