2110-2-14-15

Thomas Nelson and Sons PUBLISHERS 35 & 36 PATERNOSTER ROW LONDON. E.C.

23rd December, 1915.

Professor Gilbert Murray, etc., etc., Beckhythe Manor, OVERSTRAND.

My dear Murray,

I have come across the enclosed very striking quotation from Demosthenes, but unfortunately I cannot trace which of his works it is from. I wonder if it would be troubling you very much to say if you remember it? With your great knowledge you could probably put your finger on it at once.

I hope you are well. I wish we could meet sometimes. The life of all of us just now is very hustled and uncertain.

With kindest regards to Lady Mary.

yours ever,

John Buchan

[An Ancient Greek sentence vertically down one side of the page]

θεου βιαι ε//μνωι ευθυμβυνε διαχωρει /θ/ια ιδε εη /υστερουμενος

[It looks as if Murray is using the back of this letter to reconstruct a fragment, probably nothing to do with the Demosthenes quotation.]