Letter from Walter de la Mare, Twickenham, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1950 February 17 : typescript with autograph manuscript postscript.

Saying that "A.K." sent six copies of the book; complimenting the jacket; catching "as ripe a specimen of the British common cold"; asking for a copy of "Dickens and the Scandalmongers" and a galley of the introduction; offering to send "any little piece in your mind whcih you would like" and "any full-sized Tome"; saying "Do your best to keep our Messrs. Shinwell, Strachey, Bevan, Cripps (Sir) and Dalton (Dr.) in clover, i.e. out of the grass, for the next five years at least" and feeling "Englishness" has "suffered as a tragic weakening and aberration as in any time in its history"; working on new collection of verse; asking how the three boys reacted to their dedication in the book; wishing the Wagenknecht family "should come trooping up these stairs one fine day" and saying they would have "Puritan buns, and a lemon-cream-sponge-sandwich"; describing sights visible from the table.