Beschreibung:

A group of four typed letters signed, Faber and Faber, 24 Russell Square, London, WC1, 28 August to 30 October 1945, all to Mrs [Dorothy] Dudley Short, relating to the poetry recital given at the Wigmore Hall [14 September 1943], the first saying he cannot remember whether he read 'The Fire Sermon' or not, 'If I did, I am pretty sure that I would have read the whole of that section of "The Waste Land" entire. Somebody else who was present might remember, but if you are pressed for time you are at liberty to include the "Fire Sermon" [these last three words inserted in Eliot's holograph] on the same terms as "Gerontion" and "Journey of the Magi", the second saying that Faber cannot afford to undertake any anthology of this type at this time, the third saying that he does not feel any enthusiasm for the general publication of an anthology of this kind as there are other anthologies for the general reader, 'and I doubt whether any of us [poets] would be keen to be represented in an anthology solely by a piece which we had chosen as suitable for recitation to a particular audience. As for a private impression of these poems to be circulated only to the National Council of Women, that is another affair', saying he has no personal objection, five words added in his holograph, the fourth thanking her for the proof of the booklet which he returns herewith and expressing concerns that the book is being offered to the general public in which case 'we should have to insist upon fees for the several authors', the final letter thanking her for the copy of 'Poets Choice', and saying that as there is so little space for reviews, such reviews should be confined to books which the public could obtain, minor creasing, all on Faber letterhead, punch holes and pin marks to upper left corners, each one page, 4to (5)