Simpson, Jean to Doris Langley Moore [and Julia Briggs], 1987-10-11

Originally sent to Doris Langley Moore. Handwriting at the top (possibly Moore's) indicates that the letter should be forwarded to Julia Briggs.

Contents refer to Margaret Ostler, to whom Nesbit dedicated "The Enchanted Castle" in 1907. She was the daughter of Alice Hoatson's sister Annie. Simpson notes that Margaret may have had an illegitimate child with Hubert Bland in 1913.

"Dear Miss Moore, I have just finished reading your 1967 revised biography of E. Nesbit, and would like to thank you for providing such interesting reading and insight into her life and work for one who had no such previous knowledge, and for increasing my appreciation of her books. I know it is now a very long time since that research, but I would be grateful to learn anything you know of Edith's relationship with Margaret Ostler, to whom she dedicated "The Enchanted Castle" in 1907..."