| Content Description | Encloses the last set of proofs; asks for an opinion on the 'third part', and is pleased that she approves of the title; regrets her uncle's [William Burrows] accident, comparing this to an accident he suffered recently; reports that his mother's [Lydia Lawrence] health is improving, though he feels that she may be protecting him from the real truth; plans to go home for the Fair [Goose Fair, held annually in Nottingham]; mentions that three of his poems will appear in the October English ['English Review'] though Austin Harrison [the editor] is delaying the publication of his story; expects the novel to come out in a month's time; states that he did not know sheet 59 was missing which he must have sent off with the original proofs; discusses his weekend plans; signed 'D.H.L.'
In his postscript, Lawrence recalls purchasing Baudelaire's [Charles Pierre Baudelaire, French Symbolist poet] Fleurs du Mal, and compares it more favourably to Verlaine [Paul Verlaine, French poet], hopes to read some to her; signed 'D.H.L.' |