BLYTON ENID: (1897-1968) English Children's Writer. A good A.L.S., Enid Blyton, two pages, 8vo, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, 1st March 1947, to Mr. Goch. Blyton thanks her correspondent for some photostats and remarks 'The pictures are really delightful', continuing 'I really think Harry Rountree is outstanding in his drawing of animals with humour. To my delight both he and I have kept so faithfully to the original stories that I have not had to alter one word of my narrative, & have only added a few words in one place. It must surely be a record that an artist & a writer each working separately on the same stories, should fit in this way!' Blyton concludes 'They are lovely old stories & I enjoyed writing them. I have managed to make them come to 2500 words by missing out a few non-essential bits'. Together with the original photostats referred to by Blyton, the ten black and white reproductions of various sizes (8.5 x 6 and smaller) each showing Rountree's different illustrations, the majority featuring different animals including Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox, prepared for one of Blyton's adaptations of the Uncle Remus folktales which were originally compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris. Also including Blyton's original typescript of her adaptation, the manuscript comprising thirteen pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (1947) and recounts the story of Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox as originally told by Uncle Remus. The typescript bears a small number of holograph corrections by Blyton although is unsigned. An interesting and scarce group of items relating to one of Blyton's books. Some light age wear and a few minor paperclip rust stains to a few pages of the manuscript. Generally VG, 12 Harry Rountree (1878-1950) New Zealand-born Illustrator with a penchant for drawing animals. Rountree illustrated several classics of children's literature, including works by Lewis Carroll, and worked with Blyton on a number of her books. Blyton published several adaptations of the Uncle Remus stories between 1934 and 1963, the closest to the date of the present letter being My Enid Blyton Brer Rabbit Book (1948).