"Thank you very much for your letter of 13 March, and for the scheme of your proposed volume A Book of Modern Peoples. I really meant, when I suggested that it wouldbe best to wait..."

"Our Education Department report that we have sold some 400 copies of A Book of Ancient Peoples so far. But they add that this is not significant, nor will May tell us very much..."

"Thank you for your letter of 2 April. Reports from our Educational representatives show that your book of Ancient Peoples is being well received, and we should like definitely to accept your proposal for a second book of Modern Peoples..."

"Thank you for your letter of 15 April. I agree with your suggested terms in all particulars, except that we could not make the U.K. royalties 10% until after the sale of 10,000 copies..."

"Thank you for your letter of 28 April. We could not, I am afraid, go beyond the terms which I gave in my last letter, and could not, therefore, offer to pay for the preperations of charts..."

"Thank you for your letter. Then let us agree to omit the charts from A Book of Modern Peoples."

"Thank you for your letter. There is no difficulty about inserting a Time limit in Clause 4. I do not think we can undertake to make the suggested alterations to Clauses 7 and 12..."

"Thank you for your letter of 27 May. Since you feel strongly about it, we are ready to meet you in the wording of Clause 7..."

"I am enclosing one copy of the Agreement signed by the Vice-Chancellor. Will you please sign it..."

"Many thanks for your letter of 11 April. By all means subject your manuscript to a final revision and send it in at the end of May. This will in no way prejudice your contract..."