Box 2

"Dear Madam, We thank you for your letter of July 18th with reference to the above book. It would appear from our records that the first series of the above was issued in 1886 at 5/-, two hundred and fifty copies being printed. In 1887 there were two reprints of 250 copies each, making a total of 750 copies..."

"Dear Madam, We have now heard from Mrs. Lang and have pleasure in returning the copies of Mr. Lang's letters which you sent to us. You are at liberty to make use of these letters in your Memoir of E. Nesbit which you are preparing..."

"Dear Madam, We have your letter dated November 24th and note that you are writing the Biography of the late E. Nesbit for Messrs. Ernest Benn Ltd. The copies of letters from Andrew Lang which you enclose, have been sent to Mrs. Lang for her to decide, and you will hear either from her or from us in due course..."

Transcribed copy of the original letter.

Second page contains notations from Briggs.

"Dear Mrs Bland (Gertie dear!) I had a note from Miss Taylor who is organizing the jubille[sic] arrangements for May 4th. She does not appear to know any definite times, but I gather that a garden seat is to be presented in the Pleasaunce Gardens on that day..."

"My dear Mrs Bland-Tucker How very glad I am to hear the good news..."

"My dear Mrs Bland-Tucker, I am grieved to think you are having all this worry. I have written 3 times to R.L.F...."

"Dear Mrs Bland Tucker Will you [?] fails up?..."

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.