Nesbit, Edith to Henry Nevinson, 1896

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2

Identifier: 2005.002.1.3.2.014

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Transcribed copy of the original letter.

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"Dear Sir, Your book "In The Valley of Tophet" has come here for review. I have read it, and after some hesitation, I yield to the temptation to write to you about it. The desire to write to a stranger about his work has only twice before come to me. To write of your stories in detail would be to to[sic] bore you - let me then briefly say that their strength and pathos seem to be equally notable..."