Beschreibung:

Blyton (Enid, 1897-1968). Autograph letter signed, 'Enid Blyton', Enid Blyton Green Hedges letterhead, 15 November 1952, to [Robert M.] Holbrow, 'I am writing to tell you of something, which I think was probably caused by your little piece about me in your paper 10 days ago - and that is that, much to my astonishment, among my thousands upon thousands of letters were a great many from newsagents and news-agent - booksellers - all complete strangers to me. They sent me such nice letters, and sent me also messages from their children (they all seem to have children!). It was impossible for me to send answers to all my letters. Even the opening of so many took hours! It was, of course, a very pleasant task - in fact, I did nothing else but open and answer letters during the whole time I was in hospital - hadn't even time to read a book! The Evening Standard, whose representatives visited me (with masses of flowers and all the latest novels!) saw my piles with hundreds of letters, and made a wonderful gesture - they said that if I liked they would take upon themselves the task of answering every single letter for the children personally, and would tell the children how I was feeling, and send them my love! I simply couldn't believe it!', continuing in similar vein, and referring to a letter of hers to appear in Teachers World answering 'two urgent questions that many schools have asked me - "Am I frightened of dogs now?" (No, not a bit!). "Do I still love dogs?" (Yes, of course, very much)', six lengthy pages on three sheets of letterhead printed in red, 8vo, together with a carbon copy of a two-page letter from Holbrow to Blyton, 17 November 1952, in response to her letter and concluding that 'it is very brave of you to make that journey on Wednesday to open the Church Army sale at Westminster', two pages, 4to (Qty: 2) Enid Blyton was in hospital after being attacked by a dog.