Cousin Matthew.

Bookseller Notes

Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, in reference to the novel's location: 'The village "Askar" is "Askrigg". "The Wool Room" is the old dance room for the people, before the Temperance Institute was built. Watson Dyke, November 2nd/33'. Though not named here, the recipient was George G. Hopkinson, a Bradford textile merchant and patron of the arts in the West Riding area; laid in are two autograph letters from the author, both signed 'M. Bradley' (though the second adds 'Watson Dyke' beneath) - both referring to her contributions to 'The Heaton Review', edited by Hopkinson, the first, 2pp. in October 1933, in respect of a play and proceeding to discuss her theatrical activities around the region, the second, 1p. in November 1937, asking for further copies of an issue with an article of hers in.Watson Dyke was the pseudonym of May Bradley; of American parentage, she spent some time in that country, setting one of her four novels there. This was her final novel, set, like her first ('Craiktrees'), in rural Yorkshire.