Letter from J.W.T. Ley, Newport, Monmouthshire, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1930 May 5 : typescript with manuscript corrections signed.

Discussing an earlier disagreement about Dickens' concern about finding wigs on his trip to North America and more generally about his sarcasm in letters; mentioning a disagreement about Dickens' opinion on foreign missions; defending Dickens' treatment of his wife Catherine in a letter he wrote describing her lack of "spiritual and mental resources"; expressing surprise that Wagenknecht had not read W. Walter Crotch, but had quoted George Gissing and G.K. Chesterton; doubting Wagenknecht's opinion that "20 years hence nobody will believe in national patriotism"; expressing racist opinions about black people and criticizing Ghandi's pacifism as "threatening strife all over India"; criticizing Tolstoy for anti-war opinions; further "dismiss[ing] Ghandi as a fanatic" and hinting at negative feelings toward George Bernard Shaw; discussing dentistry; challenging the logic of Wagenknecht's idea that "your internationalism does not extend to women".