690R. Wilhelmine Cresswell to Harrod, 12 August 1937 [a]

Billa transcribes a few passages of Auden's new book, one of which refers to Harrod: "Item, the falling birthrate we leave to Roy/Harrod and Maynard Keynes for pulling together;/ To Brian Howard a watch and a painted buoy". [1]

1. 1. W. H. Auden and L. MacNeice, Letters from Iceland, London: Faber and Faber [1937]. The passage is cited from "Their Last Will and Testament", p. 252.

   1. a. From The Old Hall, Snettisham, Norfolk#, ALS, four pages, in HPBL Add. 72776/95-96.

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