to Emily Hale
Thank you for your letter of August 13th from Copenhagen. ISmith Collegewhich TSE declines;d2 haven’t so far heard from Smith College, but I am afraid that it is now impossible for me to make any further engagements for this visit. I have, I think, just enough to cover our expenses there and to undertake any more now would be folly. If I do hear from Smith, though, I shall of course thank them most cordially for the invitation.
It always happens that I get a number of invitations to speak in the United States after it becomes known that I am to arrive, but them of them [sic] are too late for acceptance. Itravels, trips and plansTSE and EVE's 1959 trip to America;j5;a1 shall speak once at Boston – at Boston University – andAmericaSt. Louis, Missouri;h4TSE takes EVE to;b2 then we go on to Chicago to earn a little more money before a brief visit to St Louis.
I do hope that you have been enjoying your summer travels in Scandinavia and that you are rested and in the best of health.
IGeorge, Ruthremembered;a9 am so sorry to hear of the death of Miss Ruth George. I remember her as a charming and distinctly touching person.
2.RuthGeorge, Ruth George (1880–1959), Associate Professor of English, Scripps College, Claremont, California, had become a close friend of EH at Scripps in 1932–4. EH was to donate thirty-two inscribed books to Scripps; five inscribed items to Princeton University Library.