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ALS to Lyn Newman

  • NewmanL/A/A1/21/2
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  • 20 Dec. 1934 (Circa. Year estimated from content.)

    • Part of Papers of Lyn Newman

Congratulations on Lyn's marriage to Max Newman. Refers to Max's reviews of "A Serial Universe" in the Monologue and in the Listener. Thanks Lyn on behalf of his wife for the little cat. Mentions "Adventures of Ideas".

de Selincourt, Basil (1877-1966) essayist and journalist

ALS to Lyn Newman

  • NewmanL/A/A1/21/1
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  • 15 Mar. 1934 (Circa. Year estimated from content.)

    • Part of Papers of Lyn Newman

Thanks from him and his wife for the copy of the Monologue Lyn sent him. Expresses a wish to see it regularly.

de Selincourt, Basil (1877-1966) essayist and journalist

ALS to Lyn Newman

  • NewmanL/A/A1/21/3
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  • 2 Apr. 1935 (The letter is dated 3 Apr. but the postmark on the envelope is dated 2 Apr.)

    • Part of Papers of Lyn Newman

Excuses the tardiness of response to Lyn's letter, making reference to illness and "senile decay". Mentions having been in Cambridge over the summer and going for "spins" on Huntingdon Road. Asks if she has read Grey Owl's Beaver Book "Pilgrims of the Wild". Mentions an example of fore-knowledge that he thinks might interest Max in Eleanor Acland's "Goodbye for the Present". Reports the rapid deterioration of his wife's health.

de Selincourt, Basil (1877-1966) essayist and journalist