Pièce 37 - Letter from Alice Walker to R. B. McKerrow

2 Bankfield Lane, Southport.—Has received his copies of Capell and Theobald’s editions of Shakespeare. Asks if she can do anything to make her notes easier to deal with.

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2 Bankfield Lane, Southport.
19 June 1936.

Dear Dr. McKerrow,

I am writing to acknowledge the safe arrival of Capell (10 vols.) and Theobald (2 vols.). Thank you very much for the loan of them.
I am rather troubled by what you say about the time it takes you to go through my notes. Is there any way in which I could make this easier—e.g. writing more legibly, using slips more easily handled? I do hope that, if there is anything I habitually do that you find irritating and a waste of your time, you will tell me. There are times when I wonder if I am not proving more trouble than I am worth.

Yours sincerely,
Alice Walker.