19B Little Russell Street, W.C.1.—Has been complimented on his paper on ‘Etymologies for Hamlet’. Asks whether McKerrow received the MS of his ‘Semantic Note on Anglo-Saxon’. He and his wife are sorry they will not be able to see more of the McKerrows before they leave England.
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19b Little Russell St., W.C.1
Sept. 4, 1927
Dear Mr McKerrow,
You will doubtless be interested in the following excerpt from a letter to me from Professor A. Brandl of Berlin concerning my paper, Etymologies for Hamlet: {1}
Ihre Darlegung hat … überzeugende Kraft. {2}
Professor F. N. Robinson of Harvard, the well-known Celticist, has also expressed to me, orally, his approval of my etymology.
Some two months ago I sent to you a ms. called “A Semantic Note on Anglo-Saxon.” {3} Did you ever receive it?
My wife and I enjoyed having you with us for tea the other day. We are both sorry that we have so few days left in England, and shall not be able to see more of you and Mrs McKerrow on this trip. Next time we are in England we may be more fortunate.
With best regards to you both,
I am, believe me,
Faithfully yours,
Kemp Malone
P.S. Would you be so kind as to see to it that the October number, and the numbers that follow, of RES, are sent to me at my American address?
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{1} See Review of English Studies, iii (1927), 257–71.
{2} ‘Your exposition is … very convincing.’
{3} This paper appeared in the September number (ibid., pp. 455–6).
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