Miranda was much better on Friday, and ventured to the play. We both enjoyed it greatly. It is very pretty. Helen’s character beautifully imagined, and Maud very natural and cheerful. We thought of you with gratitude.
CRITICISM OF WILLIAM MORRIS
Larksfield, Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent,
August 21st, 1891.
To Mr. Sydney Cockerell.
Thank you for Morris’s pamphlet. I read it all with interest. There are some parts in it that I should like to talk over with you. I felt the practical part very poor. I also think the miseries of the middle ages slurred over in a marvellous manner! That doesn’t much matter practically; but it gives the sense of a crooked way of looking at things. On the other hand I felt heartily one with the author in his longing to better things, and tried hard to see if he threw any fresh light. In fact I thought the aim of the book helpful, but nothing else.
Larksfield, Crockham Hill,
Edenbridge, Kent,
April 20th, 1891.
To Mr. Sydney Cockerell.