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Horn Hill Court, Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire. - Had thanked Trevelyan 'verbally' at the R.S.L [Royal Society of Literature] for his Christmas gift of poems ["From the Shiffolds"], but writes now to do so properly. Likes "Epistle to My Grandson" best. Notes in a postscript that Arundell Esdaile, a family friend, is kindly writing a foreword for her new book of poems ["From the Chilterns"].

Tyrrellswood, West Horsley, Surrey - Is visiting her cousin Dora, who is the daughter of Sir Henry Roscoe; has heard from Miss Clergue who seems happy in Montreal; had a charming letter from John Masefield about her poems.

Horn Hill Court, Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks. - Thanks Trevelyan for his gift, "From the Shiffolds"; has read the poems with 'the same sense of repose & refreshment to the mind & spirit' which his work always gives her. Also had Lord Dunsany's long poem ["The Year"] as a gift for Christmas, and enjoyed many 'beautiful passages' in it including 'descriptions of garden and country'; thinks Trevelyan would also enjoy it. Her book "From the Chilterns" has had 'great success': has received appreciation from people such as Siegfried Sassoon, Arthur Bryant and W[alter] de la Mare to 'the most humble' such as her gardener. Quotes praise from Dr G[eorge] P[eabody] Gooch. Sent a copy to the "Times Literary Supplement", but they have not mentioned it; however, '[a]ll the London bookshops have taken copes', as have W. H. Smith for their 'railway and local (Bucks) shops.

Horn Hill. - Trevelyan's Christmas gift ["From the Shiffolds"] has given her 'great pleasure'; is inspired by his lines on Virgil to go on and 'to try to express "each winged thought"'; liked that poem, to Ursula Wood, best,; enjoyed Wood's own poems. Quotes lines she likes. Will read "Pusska" to a 'Russian friend'. Notes in a postscript that she wanted to send him a poem she once wrote about the snow in their garden, but cannot at the moment find the old notebook in which it is written.

Horn Hill Court. - Has read "From the Shiffolds" 'with joy'; particularly likes the last three lines of "The Stream", which she quotes. The poem to Gordon Bottomley also 'thrills' her as it is 'so true, & so full of optimism' and says that 'if one possesses the love for the Muses, they will never betray one'. Mentions a other poems she enjoys. Sends Christmas and New Year good wishes. Adds a postscript saying she has enclosed some of her own lines and hopes he will 'overlook their roughness'.

Note at the top of a second sheet of paper saying she found the following lines written in one of her old note-books, and copies them 'just as [she] wrote them]. Untitled poem, first line: 'I look out on to the world growing dim', dated 1943. Adds a note, in reference to her 'Celtic ancestors', explaining that her mother was from the Isle of Man.

Horn Hill Court, Chalfont St. Peter. - Is the 'proud and happy possessor of No. 50 [of an edition of 350] of "Windfalls", which she finds a 'constant delight'; thinks it is a 'book that will not date' and give 'quiet enjoyment to readers not yet born'. Sends her own White Duck to pay its respects to [Trevelyan's] Swan', and asks him to forgive its 'shortcomings'. Adds a postscript saying she is sure he would like her garden; would be glad if he could some day visit; Dr G[eorge] P[eabody] gooch also lives nearby.

Horn Hill Court, Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks. - Thanks Trevelyan for "From the Shiffolds": has reread his 'beautiful poem' to [Goldsworthy] Lowes Dickinson. Is sure the 'wisdom' and 'light of the spirit' does not 'go out' at death, and this 'world of beautiful spirits' 'may be very near' the living, part of the 'mystery of life' which man may 'fathom one day. Nobody knew about 'ether waves a hundred years ago' though they were 'always there'. Or, as Trevelyan says, it might be that 'words & deeds' will not die, but continue to work in secret in 'the hearts of men unborn' (to quote his poem to Marjory Allen). However, she thinks she has felt goodness and evil 'emanating' from people, signifying 'some unmaterial power' in the world. Discusses memory and capturing of moments in poetry. Trevelyan's poetry always brings her 'tranquillity'. Adds a postscript to say she is enclosing a poem she wrote 'many years ago', which she fears is 'very imperfect'.

Separate sheet with Roscoe's poem "The Giant Buddha (At the Chinese Exhibition)"

Contains: poem, "Out with the Field Club", by Stuart Piggott; poem, "Our Maid", by Denton Welch; poem, "Peace of Heart", by Ida Procter; poem in German, "Written in a Hitler Prison in Vienna, 1938", by Paul Neumann; "Simple Pleasures", R. C. Trevelyan; poem, "Summer", by Theodora Roscoe; "Poem" by R. G. Bosanquet; poem, "From Generation to Generation", by Geoffrey Bosanquet; poem, "Re-dedication" by E. M. Skipper; poem, "God the Mathematician", by Alan Dane; poem, "Exile", by E. D. Idle.

Contains: poem, "England", by Peggy Whitehouse; "The Symphony" and poem, "After Shearing" by Clare Cameron; poem, "To my Sister", by R. D. Bosanquet [an error for R. G. Bosanquet?]; poem, "The Wood", by Elisabeth [sic] Sprigge; "Turning To" by S. S. [Sylvia Sprigge]; poem, "Tread Slowly, Softly", by G. C. Bosanquet; poem, "Dancing Star", by John Griffin; poem, "On Seeing Many Foreigners At The National Gallery Concerts", by Theodora Roscoe.