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Chauvel Street
Ascot Vale West (W2)
Victoria
Australia

December 27th 1934

Mr. John Buchan

Dear Sir

As an avid reader of your
works, I take the liberty of writing you
re the following: Your Oliver Cromwell
has just been added to my private
library. To my mind, Sir, your treatment
of 'Old Noll' is magnificent, and will be
read and studied by millions yet
unborn. As an historical work, its
grandeur, plus the intellectual enjoyment,
stands alone. When chapters of this
masterpiece were first published in
the Melbourne "Herald" some months
ago, I metaphorically stood before a
moving picture, so vivid were the
impressions created by your inimitable
pen. I can say, without fear of
contradiction, that the "Cromwells"
of Firth, John Morley and Gardiner
fade into insignificance as regard