NOTE ON THE LETTERS

Many of Evelyn Underhill’s letters are not now available. The whole correspondence between her and von Hugel is missing, and indeed most other correspondence between 1912 and 1924. This is particularly unfortunate because the most critical period of her own development is thus left without record.

The following selection has been made from letters very kindly put at my disposal by Mr. Stuart Moore and by her friends and correspondents. I am under a serious obligation to all, and especially to those who have eased the task of selection. I may be permitted here to name Mr. Stuart Moore himself, Miss Lucy Menzies (the Literary Executor), Miss Clara Smith, and Mrs. R. V. Vernon. It is much to be hoped that I have not disappointed them in fulfilling the task.

The Letters have in general been arranged chronologically, one set alone excepted. The various series are distinguished by different sets of letters, in some cases (but not in all) the initials of the recipient. The last section consists of a selection from a particular correspondence made by the Bishop of St. Andrews. The Bishop was of the opinion that this group of letters should stand by itself, and indeed it is clearly desirable that in a book of this kind there should be one example of Evelyn Underhill’s continuous work. My responsibility here is therefore limited to a necessary abridgement of the Bishop’s choice.

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