BIB_ID
292259
Accession number
MA 2234.25
Creator
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956.
Credit line
Gift of Gordon N. Ray, 1962.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 11.6 x 17.8 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of autograph and typed letters from Walter de la Mare to Tom Turner. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 2234.1-84).
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Apologizing for not writing sooner; explaining that he has been waiting "for a brief lull in the incessant toil & tumble involved" in moving to a new flat at Twickenham; lamenting the books he had to give away; discussing his wife's health; saying "there will be comparative peace even at Twickenham -- if the parachutists permit"; noting that "it is a strange destiny that you and I shall be living again through such a crisis as that of 1918"; commenting on L.A.G. Strong's new book.
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