L. P. HARTLEY WRITES TO THE POET LADY MARY WILSON HARTLEY (L. P., 1895-1972, Novelist & Critic, Author of 'The Go-Between')

Fine Autograph Letter Signed to "Dear Mrs WILSON" (Gladys Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, 1916-2018, Poet and wife of Sir Harold Wilson) saying that he feels she "must have more fan letters than you can read in praise of your 'Scholar Poems' but all the same I would like to add my tribute, for I have enjoyed them more than I have enjoyed any contemporary poetry, and I do congratulate you for writing from the heart, as well as from the head. These too, too cerebral verses which pass as poetry nowadays, ingenious as they are, verbal conundrums, leave me quite cold, whereas yours have a touch of the divine fire. On no account acknowledge this ...", 2 sides 4to., 53 Rutland Gate, London, 20th November



Item Date:  1970

Stock No:  40346