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"Dear Mrs. Langley Moore, Were it possible for me to help you in your task of writing a biography of "E. Nesbit", I wanted to be ready, and glad, to do my utmost..."

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"Dear Julia, The photographer is called Breach Nicholas (rather an unusual and splendid name, I think) and his address is: 2 Albion Street Lewes Sussex Tel. 07916-6098 (office) and " - 6057 (home" I do not know him personally, but our old pal Bill Fishman (of East End Jewish Radicals and The Streets of East London fame) says you should mention him as the source of the information!..."

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"Dear Mrs Moore I have just succeeded in [reading?] the copy of "Jesus in London." It is rather dilapidated but better than nothing I am very glad for you to have it as an addition to your Nesbits (I see that is an unavoidable pun). Many thanks for your letter of the 1st..."

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"Dear Mrs Moore I have read (with aridity would be the apt phrase) the first half of "E. Nesbit," which is the past of her life that interests me most, and want to tell you how good I think it is. I have no fault to find at all..."

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"Many thanks: but you have a number of short things of mine already under consideration; or have they been destroyed and I am to send more?..."

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"Dearest Miss Nesbit, I do love you so much although I have never seen you (except in a photograph) I have read most of your books, and my favourite is the story of Anthea, Jane, Cyril and Robert, they are the nicest children I have ever read about, I wish I knew them. Then I think that the "Railway Children" are darlings. I have just finished reading about the Bastable Children, I like them very much, but they are not nearly so nice as the others..."

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"Dear Sir I thank you for Miss E. Nesbit; [?] and I entirely agree with you as to her gift and power..."

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Scope and Contents "Dear Julia, I am sending by separate post a whole mass of photocopies of the 1888 Weekly Dispatch Nesbit items, and the Daily Chronicle weekly articles. I think you will find them pretty interesting! Sorry for delay. The day at the Bodleian was fruitful - many thanks for finding the books for me. In the front of 'We've Tales to Tell' (1893) were pictures of all the books in the range, so I think the two not previously listed will be EN items - By the Nursery Lamp, and The Arabian...

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"Dear Julia, I must apologise for being so so slow in writing to you. First - may I say how very much I enjoyed the evening dining at Hertford it was a great treat and privilege for me, and I do appreciate your thought and kindness in letting me come. It was an evening to savour. And also very many thanks for putting me up overnight. It all made the whole weekend a time to remember..."