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August 12th [1921]

Robin Ghyll
Langdale
Ambleside

Dear and Ghostly Godfather

This is to tell you that
we are reading "Prester John" aloud
in the evening, and though we have
all read it before, some of us twice,
we simply gloat over the prospect
of reading it again. We had "The
man on the Kirkcaple Shore" last night.
But I like "The Path of the King"
best of all your books, and truly
it ranks with "Westward Ho!" and
"Pride and Prejudice" (queer mixture)
among my very particular favourite
books. I like "Eyes of Youth" best of
the stories in it, and "The Maid",
and "The Englishman" are ripping too.

Daddy and I do mediaeval
English History every other day (he
teaches Humphry Roman on the other days)
using Green's Short History, which is
very good on the Middle Ages.