W. J. Lawrence letter to Walter Starkey, 1938 May 18

              5, Sydenham Rise,  London, s. E~ 2~,  .Ma;y 18th 193'8.  Dear Stark y,  ~ r 1 no unalloy d happine s in this weary old world. 'Ih pI sur I reo iv d from your v ry ace ptabl itt w s er ly mit! at d by th int l1ig no that you r till suff ring pain. Th t you could go to this trouble t tim of uch distraction isan anem t 0 th b f tion.  You m~ b sur that I ill give -'hi ter th most p ti t 0 h arin , and that, if an artiel  uggests its If to m, I shall lose DO tbn in writing on for au. TIl mi tor1iun i, ho v r, that latt rly I ha lost 11 z t forth p •Unlesonehasso th·  " f'  v ry vital to sEq _ an cstasy that com s 0 mar than half a doz n tim s in a1if tim th act ot writin is apt to s em to th ptuagena.rian mply 11k pouring  wt rintoa i v•  What you tell m about your library malt s 
my mouth wat r. Unfortunately., I ha hitted about so 
much in th 1 at forty y s th t books hav had to b 
r stricted to bare n e saiti s. Barities once in my 
poss ssion had to b parted \\r1th tor song. Wh I 
lett London for Dublin in 1908, ¢ I think ), 1st a 
numbe:: of good thin s to Soth by's with th intention 
of ral ing th wind, but amitt d to take th pr calition 
to put a reserve upon th m, Onlyd 1 rs att oded the 
 a1 , and they rigg d th mark t. You mq sunnis my discom iture wh n I tell you that a :B aumont and Fl-"toh~ r 011e nt for paltry thir~ shil1in s.  Th r as a review of Gogartyt s book of 
po s in last· d8¥~ Ob r r which I shouldnt 11k 
you to miss, d, nm th offchanc that you ha~eDt s ~ 
it, I am nclosing th mo t of th pag (sine th 
othrrvi s r int r attn •