My dear Christabel

I do not know what advice to give but that I wish they would take GFS, though I know I would not the authorities are so troublesome. How stupid about the Jubilee address sacrificing the reality of the Signature to the tidiness of the sheets. I think as someone said that the GFS is like the Church in flourishing in spite of the drawbacks of its supporters!

As to your questions, ... continue reading

I send a Château de Melville, and if you do not stick fast in it I should be amused to hear if you can identify the people with the Magnanimous Mohuns in their youth, that is to say, tell which is the origin of which. I have a most funny series of MSS. connecting them, which my executors may hereafter publish as a curious piece of literary history- I don’t mean that I keep them ... continue reading

Dear Mr Innes I think as you propose Langley Adventures ‘Langley School’ Royalty at the rate of 2/3 of a 1d in the shilling on the published price. ‘Langley Adventures’ Royalty at the rate of ¾d in the shilling on the published price beyond the first 2000 sold which are free of royalty, in the case of Langley Adventures only: twelve copies counting as twelve in all cases.’ might be transferred to you, and the ... continue reading

My dear Cousin Mary,

I am glad you like my books. I think there are one or two more that you have not seen, the Stokesley Secret which is about the size of Countess Kate, and is most of it fun, Kenneth, which is about a boy and girl in the Retreat from Moscow, and some short stories for poor children, called Langley School, Friarswood Post office, Leonard the Lion heart and [[cmybook:25]Ben Sylvester’s ... continue reading