Handwritten letter by E. M. Forster to Cavafy on the first and last pages of a bifolio. He informs Cavafy that he has given English translations of his works to Jean de Menasce; he also announces the publication of his poem "The City" in The Nation and states that G. Valassopoulo has greatly delayed the translations. (Harnham, Monument Green, Weybridge)

Handwritten letter by E. M. Forster on two sheets, with the printed address "Harnham, Monument Green, Weybridge". He informs Cavafy on some changes in the translation of the poem "The City" which ahd been published in The Nation; he asks for more translated poems by him and G. Valassopoulo and conveys the admiration of T. Ε. Lawrence for Cavafy's work. Accompanied by envelope.

Handwritten letter by Rae Dalven to Alekos Singopoulo on the recto of two sheets. Blank versos. The second page is numbered. Dalven asks Singopoulo's permission to publish poems by Cavafy in an anthology of modern Greek poetry she is preparing in English. The financial terms are clarified and the titles of twelve poems are mentioned. (New York)

Typewritten English translations of the poems "The Tomb of Lysias the Grammarian" and "The City" on one side of separate sheets, in two copies each. George Valassopoulo is mentioned as translator at the end of the text.