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"Dear Madam, I see with interest that you are about to write a biography of 'E. Nesbit', surely the most charming author of books for children? I'm afraid I have no material for you, as I never met her personally, but I can still remeber the thrills of a new E. Nesbit book at Christmas - they are all there now, waiting in a trunk in the attic, until my own small children are big enough to appreciate them..."

Scope and Contents "Dear E. Nesbit, Thank you ever so much for answering my letter. Your wee pamphlet is amongst my possessions marked 'Very Treasured'. This includes my first School Hatband, green, white and gold, which stand for purity, love, and knowledge; photographs of cricketers, letters and my diaries. I beg your pardon for not having answered sooner. This was at first because you were ill, I do hope you are well again, and then, in September, when I was away, life was so very thrilling, I wrote less...

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Written by Mary C. Francis, assistant to Cynthia Wells. Two photographs of artwork were originally included with this letter, but they have been removed and placed into the photographic series.

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"Dear Mrs Nesbit Tell 'the darling of my heart and she lives in an Alley' I have borrowed for her 'Dorothy Dovedale' for a month and left it in Kensington Love to be founded. My dear little Nelly is not well - while I went to..."

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No date, but likely written during World War I, as Andrade was fighting in Europe and Nesbit mentions encyphering her letters to him to fool the censors.

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Original letter.

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