Letter from Walter de la Mare, Twickenham, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1949 June 10 : typescript signed with autograph manuscript postscript.

Recieving June 6 letter and thanking him for writing to "to break the ice between A.D. and me" and revising the ghost stories; quoting A.K.'s response on word limites and saying "But thee are so many such words in the relevant Agreement that I am sending it to Faber & Faber's very helpful accountant to vet for me"; believing other collections with A.K. are out of print "and possibly two of them have ahd their plates destroyed during the War"; A.K. advising he get in touch with Macmillan; running through the "astonishingly specific list of tales of April 22" and naming stories; saying that there should be no difficulty with length and agreement and commenting "How I do detest the trade side of publishing--until the sheckles come in"; asking him to "have a word with Diarmuid Russell concerning the M.C.A.M. question and noting that "there is no official document relating to my connection with them"; discussing "The Last of the Mohicans" and "really good books that have been almost forgotten"; dismissing "attacks" on a review.