0012 W.H.Auden

0013 3062 KIRCHSTETTEN
0014 BEZ. ST. PÖLTEN
0015 HINTERHOLZ 6
0016 N.-Ö., AUSTRIA

0017 July 6th.

0018 3062 KIRCHSTETTEN
0019 BEZ. ST. PÖLTEN
0020 HINTERHOLZ 6
0021 N.-Ö., AUSTRIA

0022 Dear Stella:
0023 Have just finished reading Austria"
0024 by which I was enchanted as well as
0025 instructed. My! how erudite you are, Where did
0026 you dig up all those stories ?
0027 A trifle alarmed that it may attract more
0028 tourists,which I'm sure you don't welcome
0029 any more than I do. (Thanks , by the way,
0030 for the reference to my garage.).
0031 Am very curious to learn more about "The Life
0032 and Adventure s of Peter Prosch." Is it in print?
0033 Shouldn't it be translated?
0034 As you say, the relation betwen art and society
0035 is very odd. Why should the Vienna of 1890-1918
0036 have produced such a florescence,? (Chester can
0037 appreciate Bruckner better than I).. Even odder to
0038 me is the Biedermayer period, No one can
0039 possibly approve of Metternich's police state,yet,
0040 in a more liberal mileieu, could Stifter,
0041 Raimund, Nestroy, have written what they did?
0042 Hope this reaches you. Looking forward to seeing you
0043 in Sept[]
0044 love and admiration
0045 Wystan