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Norman Douglas, Esq.,
Isola Capri,
NAPLES, Italy.

12th November, 1947

Dear Mr. Douglas,

Herewith are proofs of SIREN LAND, with the copy from which we printed. I hope that all the corrections have been duly made, but we shall be checking the proofs here as well and will do our best to make the edition perfect. You will see that we had to re-draw the map, but I do not think we have altered its character at all, and it will certainly be a pleasant addition to the book.

You will no doubt let me know about the index when you return the proofs. If the new index that you received is not suitable, we can arrange to the index from the second edition re-paginated. There are up to four pages available for it, if necessary.

While I am writing, it has occurred to me - as one seeker after remote knowledge to another - that you might possibly not be averse to giving me some help in a line of research of my own, if the opportunity, without bother to yourself, should ever come your way.

It so happens that - partly, I think, as a result of being introduced to St. Joseph of Cupertino by your own researches into his ubiquitous life - I have long dedicated my spare moments to the pursuit of Hagiology. It has always been my

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ambition to produce a completely useless book, and I decided
some years ago that it might well take the form of a complete -
or as complete as possible - catalogue of all the Saints' feasts
that are kept in every part of the world, with their liturgical
rank and their date. You will at once appreciate that this
hobby has many advantages. Firstly, it can never come to an
end, because the Sacred Congregation of Rights is continually
playing old Harry with lunatic calendars and having a new Saint
to add; and, secondly, the Sacred Congregation of the Council
is always inventing new dioceses with nice new sets of Saints.
My great work is therefore always in process of compilation
and can never by any possibility reach finality.

It also gives me the fun of corresponding with all kinds of
odd corners of the world in pursuit of copies of the Ordos which
are produced every year for the use of ecclesiastics. My
collection already extends literally from China to Peru -
or at least did until I handed most of it over to the British
Museum early in the war - but it still has plenty of gaps.

It has struck me that you may quite well, on occasion, meet with
ecclesiastical persons hailing from the numerous Lilliputian
dioceses of South Italy who throw away their old Ordines
Recitandi at the end of the year when they take the new one
into use. If ever any should come your way, and if were not
too much trouble for you to forward them to me, you would
place me under a debt of gratitude which I should be only too
glad to endeavour to repay in any way that were possible, and
you would also have the satisfactory knowledge that you were
contributing to the greater glory of the Heavenly Court, which,
as we both know to our regret, is sometimes a little tarnished
nowadays.

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Norman Douglas, Esq.,
Isola Capri,
NAPLES.

1st October, 1947

Dear Mr. Douglas,

Thank you for the dedication for SIREN LAND, which shall, of course, go in, and for the map, which has arrived safely.

I will remember about the index, and if the new one doesn't fit, I will put one of our willing slaves on to transpaginating that in the second edition.

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Norman Douglas, Esq.,
7 Unghia Marina,
CAPRI,
Naples, Italy.

23rd July, 1947

Dear Mr. Douglas,

Thank you for the list of corrections for SIREN LAND. I will mark up the copy that we are using for setting, and although I will not promise that the Penguin edition will be free from blemishes, I hope there will be fewer than there were in the other edition.

We can certainly include a map, and I will look forward to receiving this.

Galley proofs shall be sent you as soon as they are ready, so that the index can be put right, and we can certainly find room for a Dedicatory Letter. I will see that a page is left for this.

On my own responsibility I have taken the liberty of adding further corrections to those you mention. They are:

On page 65 'Anurajapura' I have altered to 'Anurajapura' which I believe is more correct, and on the same page I have docked 'Ygdrasill' of one of its 1's and given it an additional 'g'. If you disagree with this, you will no doubt alter them back on the galley.

On page 186 line 9 from bottom, I have altered 'Castello' to 'Castillo', which, I believe, is better Spanish.

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26th January, 1945.

Norman Douglas, Esq.,
7, Southwell Gardens,
S.W.7.

Dear Mr. Douglas,

I am so sorry to find that I have not answered a
letter you wrote me in November after I had
raised with you the possibility of our publishing
sometime in the future OLD CALABRIA and SIREN LAND.

In your letter you asked what kind of contract
terms we would be offering and I would suggest
that we make these on the same terms as for
TOGETHER and FOUNTAINS IN THE SAND.

Yours sincerely,
for PENGUIN BOOKS LIMITED

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14th February, 1945.

Dear Mr. Douglas,

Thank you for your letter of February 4th. The
point about your FOUNTAINS IN THE SAND is that
the entire advance was paid direct to Secker and
Warburg under the terms of our contract with them,
and of course sums payable to you under your
arrangement with them as I am afraid, beyond our
control.

Would it not be possible in the case of OLD
CALABRIA and SIREN LAND to make the contracts
with you directly?

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9th November, 1944.

Dear Mr. Douglas,

Would it be possible for us to sign up,
although I am afraid not for very immediate
publication, both OLD CALABRIA and SIREN LAND?