Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Sue Hettmansperger was born in 1948, in Akron, Ohio, and lived near there for nine years as a child. She spent the rest of her years growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the family moved for her younger sister's health. She received her...
Concerning the first number of Leigh Hunt's Journal; his praise of Allingham's story, i.e. The wedding-ring; discusses rate of payment; urges Allingham to contribute more poems and stories.
Concerning his postponement of their visit; Fitzgerald's criticism of one of his poems in the Morning post; gives impression that Hunt is "personally absurd".
Concerning a reading of Hunt's play A Legend of Florence; expresses regret that Planché was not at the reading of a new act; promises to see Planché the following day.
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859; De Wilde, George James, 1804-1871;
Concerning Hunt's forthcoming book and its contents; mentioning Hunt's fears of being accepted as an author of poetry and of prose by the next generation; expressing sympathy in De Wilde's bereavement.