Box 3

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Transcribed typed copy of a letter. Pencil markings at the top indicate that this was "Dictated to John, 1924."

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Transcribed copy of the original letter.

Scope and Contents "Dear H.G. Clifford came home the other night and thrust a page of "The Tatler" under my nose, saying "There's H.G. for you!" And it really was! You cannot imagine how glad I was to see him again. Orpen is awfully clever. He has put down all that is essentially you, and nobody ever did that before. They put the unessential and obvious. But this is the real H.G., the H.G. who writes unforgettable, and darling things, the H.G. one loves, and always love, and couldn't misunderstand. This was...

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"Dear Mrs Moore I'm afraid I was a little [?] in my calculations about the Depford plays. Cinderella was in '92 and that was the first actual play. Before lent there were tableaux and things of that sort..."

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"Dear Mrs Moore I think that the approximately [?] years of the plays at Deptford were from 1894 - 1897. I should say that "Cinderella" was in '94. Sleeping Beauty '95 and Aladdin '96. I'm not absolutely certain of this but there certainly is no question of it being after 1900 because we went to Well Hall then and there affairs were all while we were at Three Gables at Grove Park. Also I'm sure I wasn't more than seven or eight when I was Fairy Godmother in Cinderella..."

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"Just had your letter forwarded to me here. I'm answering in a hurry as I know you want to hear at once. But I can't help you about either point, I'm afraid. I never heard of this play being [taken?], and do not understand to what it can refer..."

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"Dear Mrs Moore I ought to have written before thanking you for "Pandora's Letter-Box", but for [two?] reasons I waited one that I wanted to finish the book before writing to you, the other I thought I might have answers..."

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"Dear Mrs Langley Moore I am afraid I very folishly did not take into account the fact that Monday was Whit-Monday when I accepted your invitation to lunch. I wonder if you realised it yourself. I am going away for a day or two and do not want to come back early enough to get me up to Town by lunch..."

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"Dear Madam In reply to your letter concerning a biography of my mother "E. Nesbit", I shall be glad to see you and help you if I can but I think there are people who can be of far more use than I in this respect, and probably I could put you on them. Unfortunately it is rather difficult for me to come and see you just this week or two but if you will be in Town still I should be glad if you could come here..."

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"Dear Mrs Wells Of course you have an invitation to the [Nursery?] lectures. I wouldn't think of sending you a ticket. It never occurred to me to write to you because I thought you would understand that you were to come if you wanted to. I'm so sorry you aren't coming to our dance on the 20th..."