Smith, Logan Pearsall, 1865-1946

"Many thanks for you charming letter, and your encouragement in my new experiment. I have been writing a lot of sonnets- 'tis a reaction and relaxation after my [?] labors of the mornings..."

"I have just got back to town and have found your enquiry, which I answer at once, as the dictionary is at hand- see enclosed. I have just received Waley's Ms. from Miss Cox..."

"Thanks for your note. I will certainly subscribe to the 'New [?]' and have forwarded the prospective to Mackenzie. Have you seen that youth's 'Poems'?..."

"I have had a selection of sonnets set up to see how they look in type, and am sending you a copy. I doubt if they are worth publishing..."

"You are most kind in your encouragement of young poets, or rather would be poets- for I can claim youth, if not among my contemporaries, at least among that class..."

"I hope you remember your plan of coming here this year- the [?] is delicious in this hot weather, and one can almost live in it..."

"I am delighted you can come on Saturday and if you will let me know your train I will meet you at the station in my motor launch. I would rather like (the weather permitting) to go on Saturday on a trip for the day on the upper river in the launch..."

"I am so sorry to hear from Alys of your loss, and wish to send my sincerest sympathy to you both. This sudden ending of hopes[?] and height prospects is very pathetic and I know how deeply you must feel it..."

"Alas, I am afraid I must put off my visit till the autumn. This is just the time, the end of term, when I am busiest, and have people coming here practically every day..."

"I have forwarded your letter to Ms. Berenson[?]- she left here a day before yesterday, and is now at Paris on her way to Florence..."