"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..."

"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..."