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NewmanL/A/A2/MacDonald, I/3
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GB 275 NewmanL/A/A2/MacDonald, I/3
Title
ALS to Lyn Newman
Date(s)
- 19 Feb. 1958 (Creation)
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2 p paper
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Encloses her book on Matthew Arnold [The Buried Self]. Mentions that Elizabeth Bowen and Desmond McCarthy reviewed it favourably, and that Professor Tinker of Yale and Arnold Whitridge praised it. Describes Arnold Whitridge, Matthew Arnold's grandson. Reminisces about her time walking in Switzerland in the autumn of 1946. Reports that she teaches English in a county grammar school. Expresses interest in "Ten Letter Writers". Postscript about the origin of the cover design of her book.