Moore, Doris Langley, 1902-1989

"I am like most of the others: I don't know. I should ask Rosamund. Or what about Edith's widower? if he is still extant. By the way, she is just as likely to have tried his persuasion for a change, if he had any..."

"If you are passing at Whitehall Court tomorrow (Thursday) at 5.30 I shall be there until 6 and will be glad to see you. The matter is one about which is impossible to write about at any reasonable length..."

"Dear Madam, Mr Bernard Shaw asks me to say that he would like to have all quotations from his letters, and even all references to him, submitted to him, as the subject is a difficult one, and he may be able to help a little..."

"Dear Madam, Mr Bernard Shaw desires me to say that as Edith was an audaciously unconventional lady and Hubert an exceedingly unfaithful husband he does not see how a presentable biography is possible as yet; and he has nothing to contribute to a mere whitewashing operation..."

"Dear Mrs. Moore, I hope that you have recovered from the Halskad jaunt, and were in time for your dinner - on [?] behalf solely, as I have not called at the [?] for over 2 years, I have looked up the Oakleys today..."

"Dear Madam, I expect that my 1870 date will have to be revised, and this I can do, when we meet. I could come to the Forman on Thursday, or Friday..."

"Dear Madam, In obedience to your request in this May's Times, I write a few lines, but fear that my..."

"Dear Madame, My sister and I are interested in your request concerning the late Mrs Bland, since we have recollections of the lady visiting this village many years ago. Mrs Bland's sister, Mrs Deakin, occupied Booths Hall, Boothstown, Worsley. This is a quaint old house with a charming old world garden; it lies seven miles west of Manchester, and must not be confused with the Booths Hall Infirmary in North M'c..."

Originally sent to Doris Langley Moore. Handwriting at the top (possibly Moore's) indicates that the letter should be forwarded to Julia Briggs.

Contents refer to Margaret Ostler, to whom Nesbit dedicated "The Enchanted Castle" in 1907. She was the daughter of Alice Hoatson's sister Annie. Simpson notes that Margaret may have had an illegitimate child with Hubert Bland in 1913.

"Dear Mrs Moore Here is a mixture of letters, from which you may glean a line of usefulness, that is unless you have enough [?] already. The [?] from Australia arrived last week, that which is pertinent to myself, so of course in this little history I [?] just the invisible streak and wish to [?] so 'Them there's my sentiments Dear Lady! and I am trusting to your discretions..."