Secker and Warburg: 'Memorandum On George Orwell' An internal memo of George Orwell's publisher Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, entitled 'Memorandum On George Orwell', written by Fredric Warburg following a lunch with Orwell. The memo gives an update on the "Nursery Rhymes project", and announces that Orwell is going to give up journalism and write a novel. He is therefore beginning preliminary negotiations about a contract and remuneration. (1f) 14 Jan 1946