BIB_ID
455630
Accession number
MA 4817.90
Creator
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 24.4 x 20.2 cm
Notes
Written on blue Air Mail stationery, stamped and postmarked on the verso with address panel: "Prof. Edward Wagenknecht / 233, Otis Street, / West Newton 65 / Mass., / U.S.A." and sender's address panel: "W.J. de la Mare, / 4, South End House, / Montpelier Row, / Twickenham, Mdx."
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Calling last letter "a disgraceful piece of scenery" and dictating this letter from bed; discussing previous "coronory thrombosis at the end of '47"; enjoying "every crumb of information you give me about Walter" and the snapshots; saying "The placid, conceited (and even 'considerate') notion that most adults have concerning childhood in general which they themselves once experienced in particular!--well, it is not quite of the same idiocy as the film 'Que Vadis' appears to be" and discussing reviews; replying to news of Wagenknecht's play; not hearing "before of either of the dioramas you mention" and relaying "Miss M's little collection of knick-knacks"; hearing from Pascal Covici "that the Christmas season was an excellent one for books, and even that 'Winged Chariot' is still selling"; asking to know if Walter collects anything; sending a copy of the Times Literary Supplement; referencing "the old lectures and reviews"; hearing "from Derleth that you had suggested a few words of introduction to the old stories".
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