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APPENDIX: Letters

1. Letter from R. B. McKerrow to W. Bang, February 25, 1903

I am greatly obliged for your letter of the 19th inst. and kind offer to
include me among the collaborators in your series of `Materialen' [sic],—an
offer which I accept with many thanks.

May I ask whether you have any suggestions to make as to texts that want

`doing'? you would, I suppose, naturally prefer those that are at present inaccessible
in cheap or separate editions.

At the moment I am unable to propose anything, or rather, though I
have in my mind two or three things that I should be glad to do and that
seem to be wanted, they all want some looking into first. I will consider
them and write again in a few days.

I am indeed rather busy just now being engaged on an edition of T. Nash
[sic], which is a somewhat lengthy piece of work. I should therefore prefer if
possible to arrange what piece or pieces you would like me to do soon, so
that I can get them done when an opportunity offers. You seem to have
plenty of material arranged for already, so would not, I suppose, wish to
receive anything from me for some little time.

2. Letter from R. B. McKerrow to W. Bang, July 6, 1914

I am sending you a little sermon on the importance of bibliography to
editors of Eliz. lit (reprinted from the Bibliographical Soc.'s Transactions),
which may perhaps interest you. Strictly speaking I ought not to send it out
yet [next parenthetical phrase interlined] (though it was printed months
ago) as the vol. from which it is "reprinted" has not been issued yet, but I
do so because if I delay any longer you will be on your holiday. If you have
time to look at it, I should be very much obliged if you could give me the
names of any people—say 6 or 8—whom you think it might interest. I have
a number of free copies to give away, & am anxious to send them where they
might be useful. I am sending one to De Vocht, and shall later send copies
to all those of your "Materialists" who have edited texts. You may, however,
know some students of this side of the subject whose names I have not come
across.

If the book seems likely to be of any use I hope later to do something
more elaborate on the same subject.