Autograph and typed letters signed (29) : London, Sheffield, Worcester, Beijing, and Singapore, to John Davenport, 1940 Aug. 7-1966 Mar. 7 and [n.d.].

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Autograph and typed letters signed (29) : London, Sheffield, Worcester, Beijing, and Singapore, to John Davenport, 1940 Aug. 7-1966 Mar. 7 and [n.d.].

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Concerning his work and lectures, the Chinese political situation, and Dylan Thomas' death. (Item 1): London, 7 August 1940, mentioning Dylan Thomas, and saying, "Our dinner-table political argument made John E. and myself take stock of our views, and realise the effect of the East over a period of years--a certain ageing and hardening mentally--the symptoms of that intellectual arterio-sclerosis which we mock in our seniors and fail to regard as probable in ourselves." (Item 4): [n.p.], 8 August 1943: concerning a possible film of H.G. Wells's short story "The Country of the Blind." (Item 7): Beijing, 1 June 1947, discussing in depth the political tension in Peking [Beijing], China, student demands for a larger living allowance, and possible demonstrations and strikes against the civil war, declaration of martial law, and communist lines around the city; (item 8): Beijing, 6 July 1947, providing an update on the Beijing situation and mentioning his "Buddha book." (Item 10): Singapore, 11 December 1953, expressing despair at Dylan Thomas's death: "Time I know will cure me, but I cannot think of a future which has no Dylan; of our meetings together, the three of us, which I loved more than anything else in the world."

35 items (ca. 49 p.) ; 32.6 cm. or smaller.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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