Derek Stanford

MS and Derek Stanford published their joint study Emily Brontë : Her Life and Work, after she had had to wait for his part of the venture, which came in late.

MS edited with Derek StanfordLetters of John Henry Newman : A Selection (he dealing with Newman as an Anglican, she with Newman as a Catholic).

Her recently discarded boyfriend, Howard Sergeant , annoyed her by planning a simultaneous, rival Wordsworth book. Tribute to Wordsworth was published by André Deutsch , who was then working for Allan Wingate . MS

This was her last book of non-fiction. Her attempt to help Derek Stanford by arranging with Macmillan that they publish a second book on Newman came to nothing. He suffered a nervous breakdown, and had...

She was assisted during her illness (at the behest of Derek Stanford ) by many friends, and treated without fees by her doctor, also an old friend. Throughout her convalescence she was supported by...