In the new gallery at Charleston, there is an exhibition about Orlando, published in October 1928, suggestive of its subsequent influence on artists. There is one deeply unexpected object, the copy of the book owned by Vita Sackville-West’s mother, Victoria, with the inscription as below:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
I’m a dedicated Bloomsbury fan so thank you for that very interesting item about Virginia. I’ve only managed to get to Charleston once and the house was closed but the gardens were as beautiful as you depict.