Box 1

"Don't forget no quite, we often think of you, and wish we sometimes say you..."

"Certainly, my dear Mrs. Bland, I will do all that you wish, for my one desire is to please you and do my very best..."

"Dear Madam, I am afraid I cannot tell you the publisher of 'The [Sloane?] Song," I only know that its music is very sweet and pathetic, and that is written by [Clustam?]...

"Dear Mrs. Moore, It was nice to hear that the book is nearing completion, I realize it's a tremendous work. I am not at all surprised that all your informants contradict each other. Impressions of E. Nesbit depended entirely on the mood in which one met her, she had so many. Those who didn't know her during her last five years (after she married W. Tucker), can never realize how much simpler and how much more tolerant..."

"Dear Miss Moore, Yes it would have been nicer to meet and talk about E. Nesbit, but that can't be. I will write you some of the facts about her that may help..."

Letter is actually written by Joan Hirst, personal representative for Noel Coward, on his behalf.

Letter actually written by L. Loraine, Coward's secretary, on his behalf.

"Dear Madam, In reply to your letter - addressed to us at Edinburgh - I am sorry to say but I have no knowledge of the Blands' household..."

"Dear Mrs. Moore, Your letter of the 24th Nov. reached me on the 14th instant, with its two enclosures (which I now return.)..."

"Dear Madam, In "John O'London" some weeks ago, I read that you were [?] out a [?] of Mrs. E. Nesbit, my children love her books, and I want to [?] my boy another on his Birthday..."