Letter by William De Morgan to CJD 1916.04.23

127 Chruch Street
Chelsea
S.A.
23 April 1916

My Dear Sir,

Your publishers have kindly sent me a copy of The Sentimental Bloke, and I owe you a hearty thanks for writing it. I have seldom had more reason to be grateful to the chance that has placed my name amongst those of authors, and so won for me a stray presentation of your book.

I did not know much of the London East End slang had either come from or travelled to the Antipodes - I suppose a strong re-action on the English end is due to the proximity of the Docks.

I shall leave the book lying about as I did "Uncle Remus," and pick up some new phrase from it every day.

Thank you again very much!

Yours very truly,
Wm. De Morgan

J.K. Moir Collection, MS 13037 Box 3723/2, State Library of Victoria.

Note:
William De Morgan was the author of "Joseph Vance", amongst other works.