"Many thanks for your letter. I am very glad to have your manuscript. I will have it cast off by the Printer for length, and we will then decide about any possible editions."

"Bad news I fear. The Printer estimates that your typescript will make 234 pages, without any allowance for 'preliminaries', illustrations or index..."

"You are quite right. I am afraid I wrote in a hurry without explaining what had been going on in my mind. When we laid down the plan for the next book last year I was quite clear that the book would benefit from being a little bit longer thank A Book of Ancient Peoples..."

"I write to you seperately about another matter. We have had more than one enquiry lately for a brief one-volume survey of history from Greece to Rome to Modern Times..."

"I am very glad to have your letter of 18 June. I quite understand your position, and I think it is perfectly reasonable of you to take the stand that you do..."

"I am now returning your manuscript under seperate cover and am enclosing a number of comments that have been made by a careful and competent reader..."

"[...] I have talked over this question of the type again with one of our overseas managers, and I am clear that we must stick to the same size of type as before..."

"I have heard from our reader, who has no objections to his name being given to you. He is Mr. H.A. Davies, Headmaster of the Secondary School at Treharris, Glam..."

"Many thanks for your letter. I am off for three weeks holiday next week, so I shall not personally be able to do anything more on your book until the end of August..."

"[...] I think your suggestion for maps are excellent. If you will give us instructions about each I should like to put the drawing in hand at once..."