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REDDINGS, LONG CRENDON, AYLESBURY, BUCKS

March 29th / 1935

Dear Mr Buchan

Allow me, please, to congratulate you very cordially upon your appointment. If England is the loser, Canada is fortunate beyond her most ambitious dreams. But I hope it does not mean that you will be away from the country you have made your own very long.

May I take this opportunity of telling you how greatly I enjoyed your book? Your descriptions of this neighbourhood were more than just and discriminating - they were a projection of yourself into the countryside.

What will altar and [summerhouse?] and the little manor do without you?

Kindest regards from us both to Mrs Buchan.

Sincerely yours,

H.J. Massingham