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The Edge Stroud, Glos.

23rd January 1923

Dear Mr. Buchan,

Your letter has given me pleasure which it is not easy to express. This book began its travels among publishers ten years ago; & its frequent rejection made me wonder whether I was quite wrong in believing that it did contain entertainment?

Your generous praise heartens me; especially your mention of Dr James and E.M Forster in the same sentence with The Other End.

You have hit on two stories I like better than most, except that I have

a weakness for the gayer atmosphere of Robin.

Thank you for the copy of The Moon Endureth. I have known it since it was first published; I re-read The Grove of Ashtaroth with the same excitement which it gave me in 1912 - or did I read it in Maga earlier? The Green Glen I had not remembered so well; I am not sure that it is not even better, more 'effective' - to use a convenient cant word - than The Grove.

May I suddenly become the reviewer and ask why this attractive collected edition has not been sent out for review? Or could I have missed it? As I write, my question answers itself - no doubt the books sell themselves without the 'help' of the critics. I shall never forget how that most excellent thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps (don't say you despise it) kept me working and alive when I was succumbing to an attack on my appendix.

Again thanking you

Yours sincerely

R. Ellis Roberts