Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter from Walter de la Mare, Penn, Buckinghamshire, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1943 September 18 : autograph letter signed.

BIB_ID
454600
Accession number
MA 4817.25
Creator
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 14 x 18.5 cm
Notes
Written on blue stationery with "The Old Park / PENN / Bucks" written in the upper right corner.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Apologizing for long delay; saying his book arrived safely and he has been enjoying it though he is "getting to be a lamentably desultory reader"; appreciating the dedication of the book; saying "these last months have been very sad + difficult ones for me" explaining his wife's illness and care; stating she died in July; describing idleness "though I tinker off and on at verses new and old"; describing September weather and "magical moons"; saying that his "tome on Love is out at last!" and asking for "your frankest opinion"; anticipating reviews anxiously; wondering if "this woeful war" will be over by next spring.