On the birth of their son: Richard Cobden-Sanderson 1884-1964 Nov: 14: /84 dear Friends, Thankyou / for quickly sharing / your good news with us - / love and sympathy in / return to you, as quickl- / ly as the post can carry / them. I am so glad - / it will bring a whole new / world, and a wider, with / it: I will never believe / that the life of the family / need be narrow, or its / love - we have made some / mistake when it is so. / - And now, don't imag- / ine the newborn creature / is made of putty that / you can shape as you / please! I think it has / come to a good home, also / a good atmosphere in / this world - may heaven / give it strength, and / power to absorb the best / of all that surrounds it. / O me, how old it / makes me feel - to look / back and remember the / hopes and fears of such / a time, but they made me / understand those of others / for all time. / with love from / us all to you all, / ever truly yours / G. Burne-Jones
Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker were partners