E.M. Forster letters and catalog of books from his library, 1911-1971.

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E.M. Forster letters and catalog of books from his library, 1911-1971.

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The collection contains twenty-three letters and postcards from Forster and one dealer's catalog of books from Forster's library (1971). Forster writes to Dear Sir, 1 February 1911, about a review of Howard's end; to Lunn [Hugh Kingsmill], 21 February and 11 August 1912, about Frank Harris's Montes the matador; from Egypt to [Wilson] Plant, 25 January and 14 February 1917, about Forster's books and other authors, commiserating on both being in hospitals. He writes to publisher [Edward] Arnold, 18 October 1927, praising Viola Meynell's A girl adoring [letter was laid into 1927 ed.]; to [Cyril] Lakin of the Daily telegraph, 6 December 1930, enclosing a book review [not included]; four letters and two postcards to publisher Stanley Unwin, 15 August 1939-6 January 1953, about Forster's books, proofreading, and [Parr Cooper's] Not at home (1939). He writes to Miss Butler, 22 March 1945, with thanks for condolences; to Mr. Henderson, 2 June 1945, that he's too busy to write an article for him; to Veronica Wedgwood, 29 January and 1 April 1959, about proposals for commemorating Rose Macaulay at the London Library. He writes to [Elga Liverman Duval] Mrs. Jean-Jacques Duval, 10 and 19 March 1960, and 19 June 1961, enclosing two carbon typescripts of letters to him from Teodor de Wyzewa [1910] and thanking her for sending her book, Teodor de Wyzewa, critic without a country. Wyzewa praises Forster's The longest journey and Howard's end which he reviewed in Revue des deux-mondes.

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