Letter from Walter de la Mare, Penn, Buckinghamshire, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1947 September 8 : typescript with autograph manuscript postscript.

Apologizing for late reply due to illness; saying he "hasn't heard anything yet from Bobbs-Merrill regarding 'Stories from the Bible'" but advising against inclusion of "The Lord Fish"; saying it is astonishing that "'Apostate' was a failure in America, and I am extremely disappointed to hear that Bobbs-Merrill decided against the trilogy" and speculating on American book market; trying to ensure a copy of "The Three Sleeping Boys of Warwickshire" arrives in time for the printer; reflecting on reply to comments on Julian Forrest, reference to "The Ghost's Chamber" and Julie Dane "and what an intensely interesting story you have told me about her original, Olive Thomas."; asking "Why on earth was 'When I was a Child' so complete a failure?"; congratulating on new post at Boston University and birth of son "Walter Chappell--now 70 days old--or rather young."; adding that booksellers thought the American edition of Love was pornography; asking to cable him if "The Three Sleeping Boys" has not arrived.