Box 1

"Dear Miss Moore, I'm now working, and for the time being, living in Sutton by anything sent to the Egg Shop always still reaches me. The serial E.N. referred to came out in a Daily Paper - I believe the 'Daily Sketch'..."

"The E. Nesbit Biography I have many of dear E.N.'s delightful letters written to me in childhood and later years - besides those she dictated from her bed at the end. I also have my little diary of the first time I met her as a little girl of thirteen..."

"Dear Mrs. Langley Moore, Please forgive such a vast bulk of ink and paper - but I found my pen ran away with me - I have put down as much as I can remember - also I send the copy of the diary as regards Lewis Carroll - I never remember E.N. saying anything about him except that Cecily was right to like "Alice" better than any of her stuff..."

"So sorry shops shut no big envelopes all seems correct except I think there's something left out in her 'shine' letter..."

"Dear Julia, I hope your work's going well. I've checked Atalanta Vols I - VII. Enclosed is one photocopy. Three more are ordered: 'The Life Lamp,' a ballad by E.N. and O. Barron. 'The Rose of Love' (prose) and 'The Looking Glass' (prose). The poems I found are as follows..."

"Dear Madam, In Mr. Palmer's absence to-day, we are writing you in reply to your letter of the 4th inst., received this morning. We have been able to take Mr. Palmer's opinion on your letter, and he has requested the writer to say that your best plan would be to communicate direct with..."

"Dear Miss Moore, Many thanks for your card of the 9th, which was waiting when I got back yesterday from Somerset. Will you please forgive this delay. The question of who owns Corvo's copyright is, apparently, a complicated subject..."

"Dear Miss Moore, Thank you every so much for your postcard with regard to my enquiry about Miss K. Rolfe. I'm rather surprised by what you say about Miss Rolfe owning the copyright of any of Corvo's work..."

Originally attached was a photograph print of "To a Picture" by Giovanni [last name is cut off], which has been moved into Series 4, Photographs.

"Dear Madame, We passed your letter concerning the publication of certain letters of the late Fr. Rolfe to his brother, Mr. Herbert Rolfe, but we have since heard that Mr. Herbert Rolfe died in the early part of this year..."