Punch Magazine and Doris Langley Moore, 1932-06-15

Item — Box: 3, Folder: 5

Identifier: 2005.002.1.3.5.061

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Due to the filing system Doris Langley Moore kept, these letters are glued together in a manner that is impossible to separate without permanent damage.

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"Dear Madam, In reply to your letter of the 11th June we write to say that we will give you permission to incorporate in your biography of the late E. Nesbit the obituary poem which appeared in our issue of May 21st, 1924..."

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"Dear Sir, I have the honour to inform you that I am writing a biography of the late E. Nesbit under an agreement with Messrs. Ernest Benn. In the month of E. Nesbit's death you published in the pages of Punch a very delightful obituary poem which I understand was by Mr. Charles Graves. I should very much like to reproduce these verses in my book if you will be so kind as to give me your permission..."