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[G.M. TREVELYAN]

PEN ROSE,
BERKHAMSTED.

Nov. 18. 1925

Dear John

I had a very pleasant evening
with your book, for which I thank
you most sincerely. All the part
touching on Scottish history
was so masterly that it made
me wish you would write a
"racy" history of Scotland - "Tales
of a granduncle", off your pen and
not bothering overmuch about learning
other than the traditional lore
and reading you have already acquired,
and the good sense of the
Scots heart. It would have a succès bon in Scotland & probably in England too. And meanwhile
I'm very glad about the 17th
century novel.

I did not know that the famous
lines about the Fusilier Jocks
with which I was familiar, were
by the Judicious Poet.

I see the 21st lost more killed than