"I am afraid I have got into a bit of a muddle over the several drafts of the Introduction. But the one returned herewith is, I believe, the final one, and incorporates my earlier suggestions..."

"I think the Introduction is now admirable: the final result worth all of your worry and trouble. And I hvae mailed the proofs of the book, corrected, back to Mrs. Graham Blackstone..."

"[...] It was intriguing to hear that you had been to New Mexico for a Lawrence Conference, and that J.D. Chambers and Harry Moore were there. Also that you visited the ranch during winter..."

"[...] The Mexico Conference must have been interesting, and perhaps particularly, the comments and criticisms of the students following your lectures. Mexico, like Japan, sees Lawrence as the figure in the centre of the literary scene..."

"[...] It would be an excellent idea to preserve the Haggs as a memorial of DHL. and JD., I hope David Chambers may be successful in gaining local support for the idea..."

"I found the enclosed among some old papers, and send it along in case it should go with the typescript of Neutral Ground which you bought for your department..."

"[...] The TS. of Caratacos has not yet arrived, but that does not worry me- I am indeed glad that you are sending it by surface mail, the air-mail charge being so outrageously expensive..."

"The Caratacos duly arrived on the 23rd [...] I am delighted with the fine xerox copy- fine enough to make an impression on a producer before he has read a line of the play!..."

"Half way through June, but no book yet! Yesterday a request from the Press that I send the names of 20 or so British Journals to whom review copies might profitably be sent..."

"Your welcome advance copy of our book reached me on the 2nd, and another copy from the Press two posts later. So now all is very satisfactorily finished, and I can think about signing my Nunc Dimittis..."