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Butler/Section 8 (VIII)/1/3d/2
Unique identifier
GB 275 Butler/Section 8 (VIII)/1/3d/2
Title
Letter from George Bernard Shaw to Henry Festing Jones, dated 23 May 1915
Date(s)
- 23 May 1915 (Creation)
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7 sheets paper
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Scope and content
ALS, addressed from Lodore Hotel, Borrowdale, Keswick. Advises on the censoring of letters from and referring to Shaw, which Jones is intending to publish in his 'Memoir' of Samuel Butler. Typed transcripts of the letters in question, annotated by Jones, are attached, along with the original correspondence between Jones and Grant Richards also referred to in Shaw's letter.