"[...] I'm glad that you approve David Higham Associates as literary agents. Nice to know that you have met him. I am dealing directly with two women members, Miss Jean LeRoy and Miss Sheila Watson..."

"This is only to tell you that both parcels of the Autobiography have safely arrived, and to express my warmest thanks for all the trouble you have taken to let me have them..."

"That fine book The Longhorns arrived on Christmas Eve, and so took its rightful place among my Christmas presents. Just after New Year came from London a copy of Frank Dobie's experiences in England..."

"The Coronado's Children have duly arrived, and I am very much looking forward to reading the book which enthralled you as a boy. My best thanks for it. Have just finished The Longhorns- a wonderfully vivid picture of that amazing Long Trail period..."

"If you should get an invoice from Chivers for the copy of Neutral Ground please destroy it. Their office service seems to be incompetent and the manager has apologised to me for the muddle made of my orders..."

"[...] I'm sending you a copy of my Ancient Peoples- one recently discovered- the book has been out of print for a long while. It was commissioned by the Clarendon Press while I was still working on the primary Class Books of World History..."

"This is only to acknowledge your nice letter of March 14th and to ask whether you have received the copy of the new edition of Neutral Ground which ought to have been mailed to you from Chivers..."

"Your last letter reached me on March 28th and I haven't written since partly because there was nothing interesting to tell you, partly because I have been over busy typewriting, and my eyes object to much work..."

"This is to reply to yours of May 16th. I am sorry Ancient Peoples seems to be lost. As soon as your letter came I made the necessary enquiries as the local P.O. and filled up a long application form..."

"Can it be nearly a year since you, Pat, and the family came here on holiday! Time gets, as Alice said, 'curiouser and curiouser'. I wonder what are your plans for this summer..."