"Many thanks for your letter and enclosures. Your Index looks excellent, and you shall have proofs as soon as possible. The usual arrangement about the Index is that the author is expected to do it..."

"I am afraid your Index is too long for the space available. There are only 4 pages, and as it stands at present it will make 6 pages, in a smaller type than the Index to Hamilton's Greece..."

"Thank you for your letter. I meant you to have seen our corrected version of the Index before it was set up, and I am sorry that this was not done..."

"I was very happy when I read your letter of appreciation and learnt that you are pleased with the book..."

"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."