BIB_ID
101625
Accession number
MA 3570
Creator
Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936.
Credit line
Gift of Frederick R. Koch, 1981.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.6 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with postage stamp and postmark to "Grant Richards Esq / 8 St Martin's Street / Leicester Square / W.C.2."
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Frederick R. Koch, 1981.
Summary
Concerning a request by Robert Bridges to use two of his poems in a compilation of poetry for use in schools; saying "I have seen a reply which your firm sent to Longmans when they asked if they might include two pieces from "Last Poems" in Bridges' selection of poetry for schools. It is quite the sort of answer which I should wish you to write, though in point of fact, I do not unconditionally prohibit the use of "Last Poems" as I do of "A Shropshire Lad"; I have given Bridges my permission to include the two poems in question. I had better also tell you that I believe that he (being Poet Laureate, and an unscrupulous character, and apparently such an admirer of my verse that he thinks its presence or absence will make all the difference to his book) intends to include three poems from "A Shropshire Lad", though I have not give him my permission, because he thinks he has reason to think that I shall not prosecute him. Well, I shall not; and you will please turn a blind eye too."
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