| Content Description | Addresses her as 'My dear Lou'; recalls confusion when his brother George [Lawrence] met him at the station; tells her how they visited the Castle [in Nottingham] 'en famille', commenting on the repute of the local artists, e.g. 'Tom Gillott' [Thomas Ignatius Joseph Gillott, b.1886]; Nottingham which 'teemed and spewed with people' reminded him of Cowes [Isle of Wight], which he had visited with his mother [Lydia Lawrence]; gives details of the party who were with him: Ada [Lawrence; Frances [Frances Cooper]; Gertie [Gertrude Cooper]; Floss [Alvina Lawrence]; Eddie [William Edwin Clarke]; Emily [Emily King]; describes the boisterous late-night trip home in a wagonette; hopes that she may visit him in Croydon; asks her to bring Howard's End [E.M. Forster, 1879-1970]; signed as D.H. Lawrence. |