Holroyd, Michael, 1935-

Exchange regarding Ellmann's interest in seeing Hesketh Pearson's Wilde materials; other topics.

"Dear Julia, I like it - it's well researched (look at those notes!), soundly structured, and written with sensitivity and humour. It's informative and enjoyable..."

"Dear Julia, Your letters terrify me because they corner me on references. Were you to open up a challenge on some philosophical or aesthetic matter, I could perhaps respond - but references silence me..."

Consists of a mixture of materials that belonged to Edith Nesbit, her biographers (Doris Langley Moore and Julia Briggs), her daughter-in-law Gertrude Bland, and others. Includes correspondence, work product, original manuscripts, artifacts, photographs, clipping albums, oversized artwork, and a wooden writing case.

"Dear Julia, (yes, I think we may) Thanks for returning the letter - here is another I came across after you'd left (you needn't return it as it's a copy of a copy). I also very much enjoyed our talk, though I'm distraught at the "preface and book" comment being so unsupported..."