posted on 2024-04-18, 14:48authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
<p dir="ltr">Thanks Marion Scott for a parcel received on Christmas Day / describes a hunting excursion / thanks her for reaction to a verse / discusses her book / the feeling in the army / rumours of peace / the Scots / asks for a few items / asks after Scott's cook / books / Robert Burns and a musical score / assures that he is not ill / discusses Henry Newbolt / Walt Whitman / a symphony / quotes a poem by W.B. Yeats from memory / discusses colour / hopes that Scott is not worrying too much about the soldiers. | </p><p>File description(s):</p><p>Envelope containing letter.<br>Thanks Marion Scott for a parcel received on Christmas Day / describes a hunting excursion / thanks her for reaction to a verse / discusses her book / the feeling in the army / rumours of peace / the Scots / asks for a few items / asks after Scott's cook / books / Robert Burns and a musical score / assures that he is not ill / discusses Henry Newbolt / Walt Whitman / a symphony / quotes a poem by W.B. Yeats from memory / discusses colour / hopes that Scott is not worrying too much about the soldiers.</p>