"Your manuscript has been read by one advisor, who likes it very much, and has noted a good many points where he thinks your statements should be verified..."

"You will probably have opened this letter expecting something tangible, but I am afraid it is only written to excuse our long silence and to plead the havoc of influenza, which has upset everything this term..."

"A Book of Ancient Peoples. Our advisor has now returned your manuscript, with a large number of important suggestions. He has put these in the form of pencil annotations in your manuscript, which I am returning to your herewith..."

"[...] The length I was thinking of was 40,000 words, but I am afraid I did not cast off your manuscript while it was in my hands, so that I am not sure what this length will mean in relation to it..."

"Thank you for your letter of 12 May. Luckily I met Professor Myres today, and he was asking about your book, so I took the opportunity of telling him your difficulties about length..."

"I am at present getting the Printer to estimate what length your book will make in type. The Printer, by the way, is the Mr. Johnson with whom you corresponded five years ago..."

"The Holiday shuts down on us tomorrow, but I must get a letter off to you first. I have just had a report from the Printer, which shows that your book works out, when the technical expert takes it in hand..."

"I think you will like to see a specimen of the type we are using for your book. I think it is pretty easy to read and it is, in fact, the type we have used for quite a number of junior schoolbooks..."

"I entirely agree with you, and though I fear the difficulties may prove insurmountable, I am asking the Printer to see whether we cannot use the bolder type, and still satisfy the demands of economy..."

"Do you like the attached specimen better than the last one I sent you? It is the same fount[sic] of type as we used for Mrs. Hamilton's Greece, but one size smaller..."