THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

7 Phene  St
Chelsea
(temporary address)

May 30th [1912]

Dear Dent

No I’ve heard nothing from Gray¹ – I didn’t even know for certain if my thing was going to be done – I sh^d love to come and hear the conc: and give Gray a good send off. If you really have room I sh^d be delighted to accept your hospitality – but if you afterwards find you want to give the room to some other guest – I will then ask Gibbs² to put me up – as kindly told me once to ask him to when occasion offered.
By the way I see that the Cambridge Univ: Press announces a book on Morris Dance and Folk-song by Mary Neal & Kidson.³ Kidson knows a good deal about folksong from several points of view. But Miss Neal – as far as I know – & judging from her books knows nothing in a thorough and scientific way about her part in the matter (though I believe she is very good at girls’ clubs) – and I presume this book intends to be scientific and thorough.
Yrs

R.V.W.

1. Alan Gray: Conductor of the Cambridge University Musical Society until 1912.
2. Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, who was a pupil of VW.
3. Frank Kidson English Folk-song and Dance, Cambridge 1915