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Asks if Lyn received her last letter and hopes that she is not ill or in trouble.

Encloses her book on Matthew Arnold [The Buried Self]. Mentions that Elizabeth Bowen and Desmond McCarthy reviewed it favourably, and that Professor Tinker of Yale and Arnold Whitridge praised it. Describes Arnold Whitridge, Matthew Arnold's grandson. Reminisces about her time walking in Switzerland in the autumn of 1946. Reports that she teaches English in a county grammar school. Expresses interest in "Ten Letter Writers". Postscript about the origin of the cover design of her book.

Returns and comments upon "Ten Letter Writers". Discusses the effect changing from one language to another when reading. Reports that she has bought 39 Whitehall Street. Describes the surrounding area which used to belong to Samuel Butler, and the work she is having done on the house. Discusses the writing of Margaret Evans, Elizabeth Myers, Kathleen Raine, Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf. Expresses interest in Professor A. A. Black's book about "Hamlet"

Refers to portraits of Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell in a museum on Fifth Avenue in New York. Mentions visiting Horace Walpole's house at Strawberry Hill and places in London connected with Thomas More, whilst on a Christian summer school. Describes her recent holiday in Switzerland, in particular her stay at Hotel Bellevue with friend and proprietress Alice Marchand. Speculates about the subject of Lyn's next book. Mentions that her friend Dorothea Mozley has brought out a book called "Letters of the Newman Family".

Thanks Lyn for the photographs of the Dove House. Reports that her book of extracts for advanced English teaching has been rejected by three publishers. Describes the weekly letters from her mother in Portree to her grandmother in Paisley which she is hoping to edit and publish.

Thanks Lyn for looking at the extracts from her family letters, "the Skye talks". Determines to persevere with trying to get them published despite lack of encouragement from Lyn. Encloses her order for "Alison Cairns" and "So Much Love, So Little Money". Gives an update on her garden.

Describes her tour of the Holy Land and her tour party. Agrees with Alison Cairns' opinion of the Holy Land in Lyn's book. Writes that she enjoyed Lyn's visit and expresses a wish to see her again.

Reports that she has re-done her letter-book as Lyn suggested. Sends news that her brother Allan was shot by terrorists in Aden but survived.

Asks Lyn about her new book and her publishing venture. Reports that she has given up on publishing her book of extracts for advanced English work but her friend Daphne is still using it as a classroom resource. Gives an update on the progress of her book of family letters that she is trying to publish. Asks Lyn to read some extracts from it and advise on them. Invites her to stay in the Spring.

Encloses extracts from her book of family letters for Lyn to read and comment on. Expresses interest in Lyn's book ["Alison Cairns"] and promises to order it.