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"As a tired hired steed..." by Laurence Housman, undated
Briggs research notes - "Swinbourne's letter about EN's poetry", undated
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.
Edith Nesbit's ex libris plate, undated
Edith Nesbit's ex libris plate, undated [late 1800s]
Housman, Laurence
Includes Ellmann's notes.
Housman, Laurence to Doris Langley Moore, 1933-01-13
"Dear Mrs Moore, Very many thanks for the Biography. I think you have written a very readable book, and have made a very just estimate of E B's character and ability. She was a strange mixture of altruism and egotism, of great generosity and funny vanity..."
Housman, Laurence to Doris Langley Moore, 1932-05-25
Dear Mrs Moore, I can have no objection to the flattering things you say of me as I had forgotten that I ever worked so hard..."
Housman, Laurence to Doris Langley Moore, 1931-12-07
"Dear Mrs Langley Moore, You may use all the material you have sent me, and which I now return..."
Housman, Laurence to Doris Langley Moore, 1931-07-16
"1892 not 1902, was the first year of our meeting..."
Housman, Laurence to Doris Langley Moore, 1931-07-12
"Dear Mrs Moore I gave 'E Nesbit' so many suggestions for books that I really cannot remember in detail how many I did give her. At the time I saw her most [frequently?] she was full of [?], and could write [?] and to the popular [?] if she was [?] an idea as a starting point..."