M J T Tambimuttu: Correspondent Dale, Douglas Nelson
Scope & Content:
Letter (manuscript, 12 July, 1944) from Dale to Tambimuttu, submitting a collection of poetry (not present), together with a brief letter of rejection (19 July, 1945) from Tambimuttu ('shortage of paper').
Letter (typescript, 26 January, 1942) from Davie to the Editor, enclosing six poems in typescript: 'Nightpiece'; 'Starpiece'; 'Fantasia'; 'Return of the Prodigal'; 'To My Sisters'; 'A solemn deep mouthed hound…'.
Two letters (1941) from Davies to Poetry London, with the following thirteen poems (typescript): 'Newbald Vale'; 'Clouds'; 'Recollections of Childhood'; 'Harbour Evening'; 'Variations on the Sea'; 'The Ancient Sea'; 'To Heloise'; 'Rima'; 'Serenade'; 'Exiles'; 'Nocturn'; 'Two Devotional Poems'; ...
Letter (typescript, 5 March, 1945) from Dell to the Editor, submitting a poem (not present), with a brief copy letter (16 November, 1945) of rejection ('not suitable').
Four poems (typescript): 'Point-Counter-Point'; 'The Gardener'; 'Outline'; and 'Reconciliation'. The first three poems appeared in Poetry London, 2:10 (1944), pp. 41-45.
Two articles, in typescript: (1) ''The Ancient Mariner' and 'The Waste Land'', published in Poetry London, 2:10 (1944), pp. 195-208. (2) 'The Mathematics of the Soul' (an essay on Charles Williams), published in Poetry London, 3:11 (1947), pp. 46-49.