Eliot (Thomas Stearns) b. St Louis, Missouri, U.S. 1888 d. London 1965. Poet and Playwright.

A manuscript two sided letter dated 29.V.36 on Faber and Faber Ltd. 24 Russell Square, London, W.C1. note paper, transcribes as follows:-

Dear Mrs Stewart

I enclose my bad snapshots - I wish that I had taken advantage of the strong sun on Monday to take you and Dr Stewart then; as the one I took on Tuesday morning wasn't good enough to print. The others will serve for me, however, as a re-minder of a very me-morable day in my life, and of your and Dr Stewarts hospi-tality.

Yours very sincerely, T.S. Eliot.

enclosures four 70 x 45mm black and white photographs of St John's Church, Little Gidding plus one St. Mary's Leighton Bromswold

plus a typed letter on Faber and Faber note paper dated 3 January 1941 addressed to 'My dear Stewart' in which Eliot expresses the importance of his visit to Little Gidding. (see illustration). signed in blue/black ink.

plus 'Little Gidding'. 1st Edition. Faber and Faber 1942 pamphlet with stitched faded pink wrappers 220 x 145mm - some staining.

notes:-

1.

Hugh Fraser Stewart 1863-1948

British Academic. Dean of St John's College from 1907 and from 1918 Dean and Praelector of Trinity College, Cambridge. On the 23rd May 1936 Hugh and Jessie Stewart took Eliot to Little Gidding. ref. correspondence.

2.

'Little Gidding' is the last of 'Four Quartets' first published by Harcourt New York in 1943.

(3 including 5 photographs).