MS Mrs Clare Roels 1
My dear Christabel
Yes, the Coral islands and King René will do very well, but really the Goslings are so long that I do not think they are worth keeping up. Cricket and Double daisy are the only ones who have sent answers and that only to Henry VIII 2, I thought Ulysses might have been so entertaining but I believe nobody that does not live with a public library ever has books enough. Your modern story is a good notion, it is one I once tried, but I did not get on with it, partly for want of experience of suburban people. Can’t you give your refined young lady a sense of humour to enliven her, and let her see the absurdities that the unrestrained run into?
your affectionate
C M Yonge