H. Rochester Sneath, headmaster of Selhurst School, "near Petworth in Sussex," seemed to need advice. Since fashionable Marlborough College had recently been visited by the royal family, Sneath wrote to Marlborough's headmaster: "As you are probably aware, this summer sees the 300th anniversary of the foundation of Selhurst ... I am most anxious to have the honor of entertaining Their Majesties, if this is at all feasible. How did you engineer your royal visit?"
Marlborough's headmaster answered civilly but uncommunicatively. Others were less civil. Sneath wrote to George Bernard Shaw, reminding him of "the long-standing connections between your late wife's...
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