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[1932]

June 17th

30, Hyde Park Street,
W.2.

Dear Colonel Buchan,

May I venture to write
and tell you as I feel I must
what a delightful few days
I have spent reading your "Sir
Walter Scott". I don't know when
I have enjoyed anything so much
and only wish that it had
been possible to read it before
the Scottish Exhibition when
one might perhaps have brought
out the genius of Sir Walter
more than was attempted. Not
only he but the Border
become so alive in the
pages of your book and I