Autograph copy of a letter : Cambridge, to Henry Watson Kent, ca. 1950.

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Autograph copy of a letter : Cambridge, to Henry Watson Kent, ca. 1950.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704754167

Recalling a "hilarious evening we had recently" involving Henry Festing Jones, Manny Forbes, and the reading aloud of Daisy Ashford's "Young Visiters"; describing his friend A.T. Bartholomew and early evening bike rides; expressing his delight at having been invited to lunch with Sir William Osler, Charles Sayle, and F.J.H. Jenkinson, and describing a walk they took during which Jenkinson fell behind collecting bits of foil to "[help] the war effort"; describing a lecture series given by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch at Jesus College and mentioning that A.E. Housman was in the audience recently; mentioning having had dinner with Capt. S.C. Roberts; discussing his sailing adventures; recalling having met a Dr. Bull who was an expert on sheep ticks.

1 item (6 p.) ; 25.7-27.2 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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