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p. s. whatever became of plato's minor dialogues?

Hey, Frankie,

I go through life watching the english language being raped before my face. Like Miniver Cheevy, I was born too late, and like Miniver Cheevy I cough and call it fate and go on drinking.

Rents do NOT make sense. And prices do not sit around being reasonable about anything, no matter what it says in the ad which isn't an ad any more, it's A Commercial.

Tell Nora to bring her address book up to date, your Christmas card just got here, she sent it to 14 e. 95th st.

"One and Two Bedroom Apartments At Rents That Make Sense."

Don't know whether I ever told you how dearly I love that Tristram Shandy, the Robb illustrations are enchanting, Uncle Toby would have been pleased. Now then. In the back, there's a list of other Macdonald illustrated Classics which includes the Essays of Elia. I'd love to have this in the Macdonald edition or any nice edition. If it's reasonable, of course. Nothing's cheap any more, it's "reasonable." Or "sensibly priced." There's a building going up across the street, the sign over it says:

January 10, 1958

New York 21, N. Y.

305 East 72nd Street

Helene Hanff