MS British Library Add MSS 54921: 188-9
Dear Mr Craik
In a day or two you will receive from the National Society a story of mine called Grisly Grisell. It was written for them, but has turned out too historical for their purpose, and as a tale was wanted to be coupled with ‘The Rubies of St Lo’ I think it will serve the purpose. Mr George Macmillan knows all about the Rubies, which are in the Christmas number of the Monthly Packet.
Grisly Grisell is a variation on Sir Gawain’s ‘Loathly Lady’1
Miss Coleridge agrees to accept £100 between us for the copyright of ‘Strolling Players’. Really by far the best and most original part is hers. The idea was mine, but I did not know enough about theatricals to carry it out
Yours truly
C M Yonge