Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Kenneth Clark, 1937 Jan. 10.

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Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Kenneth Clark, 1937 Jan. 10.

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Saying she is glad he likes the preface for Sachie's book; noting that she is working on a preface for Pleasures of Poetry; mentioning that "a wave of idiocy seems to be sweeping over England; noting that its home is the Spectator and intending to send a letter to the editor; reporting that Pavel Tchelitchew remarked in a recent letter on how much he enjoys discussing painting with Clark and discussing Tchelitchew's work; asking whether Clark has seen Dylan Thomas' Twenty-five poems, noting "he is the boy I told you about" and remarking that "the poems are very obscure, and very strange, but singularly beautiful, and I think it is certain that he is going to be a great poet."

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