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SUMMARY:
Publishers T. Werner Laurie Ltd. write to Miss Joan B. Procter at the Zoological Society of London, expressing disappointment that she cannot write a book on reptiles at present and asking her to keep the project in mind.

CONTENT:
T. WERNER LAURIE LTD.
Publishers
30 NEW BRIDGE STREET
BLACKFRIARS
LONDON, E.C. 4.
Telephone: 1162 CENTRAL
Inland Telegrams: "LAURICLIF, FLEET, LONDON"
Foreign Telegrams: "LAURICLIP, LONDON"

Miss Joan B. Procter, July
Zoological Society of London, 30th,
Regent's Park, N.W.8. 1923.

Dear Madam,

We are in receipt of your letter of
the 28th and are of course disappointed that
you are unable to find time to write a book on
reptiles at present. We hope that you will
keep the matter in mind and if at any time you
are able to complete such a work that you will
favour us with the MSS.

Faithfully yours,

SUMMARY:
A publisher’s letter dated 25 July 1923 from T. Werner Laurie Ltd. in London invites Miss Joan Proctor to write a popular book on reptiles or compile her articles into a volume. A note records an answer on 27 July 1923 declining articles but leaving open the possibility of future work.

CONTENT:
T. WERNER LAURIE LTD.
Publishers
30 NEW BRIDGE STREET
BLACKFRIARS
LONDON, E.C. 4.
Telephone 1108 CENTRAL
Inland Telegrams: "LAURICLIF, FLEET, LONDON"
Foreign Telegrams: "LAURICLIF, LONDON"

25th July 1923.

Miss Joan Proctor, F.Z.S.
Zoological Gardens,
Regents Park.N.W.

Dear Madam,

We believe that a book on Reptiles
by you, written in a popular manner, would have
some vogue and we should like to know if you
would care to consider the question of writing
such a work.

Should you not have the time to write
a book of this description perhaps you may have
some of your contributions to magazines and news-
papers beside you which might be issued in Book
form. We shall be very glad to be associated with
you in any volume from your pen.

Trusting to hear from you,
We remain,
Yours faithfully,
T. Werner Laurie & Co.

Ans. 27. VII. 23
To have no articles
Will let him know if have scope later on. MP

M------
11th May 1850

My dear Hodgson

In the hurry and bustle and excitement of leaving Dorjiling [?] I had not, or rather did not avail myself of an opportunity of saying what I felt at the time very strongly how much I was indebted to you for your kindness during the many pleasant days which I spent in your house I trust therefore you will excuse my putting on paper what I neglected to say at the time. I shall long look back with pleasure to the happy months I spent at Dorjiling and to the extreme kindness of every one there. Joe and I only arrived at this place last evening, and have been most kindly received by Dr. Lamb we have had a good deal of heat and our progress has been very tedious. Our morning walks have however been very productive botanically but we are not anxious to linger with the thermometer at 97 for a longer period than is absolutely necessary and are already longing for the time when we shall commence the ascent towards Churra. We have given up our contemplated visit to [G] Dr Lamb assures us that several days would be required to see the place at all - and we have not time to spare, and a hurried look is not worth while, we go on at once after breakfast towards [B] which we hope to reach on the fourth day at the furthest. I do not think that the ten days of our journey have produced any event very worthy of record beyond the usual porpoises and alligators of a Bengal Nullah. Many parts of the Mahanuddy are very narrow quite equal like, very deep, sluggish and peculiar. Here it is a fine wide river with an [?] population on both banks.

Believe me ever
Yrs very truly

Thomas Thomson

My dear H
Many thanks, not withstanding the [?] of [conceit!]?
I hope I may bring the Raja to good [?] yet and without injury
to him - my great [?] and foe which I [?] so much - The
G G does not seem disposed to meddle with me in the least and as
I know how to bring His Highness to his senses, shall probably do so
now without interruption.
H is a man in 10,000 a [sincere] affectionate heard after the
[?] about he has had, is a jewel that few can feel they possess to the
extent he does.

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