Suite #3 4 Chambers Street Court
Boston, 14, Massachusetts
sun 30 jan 49

Dear Glenway,

I hear through the grapevine and from my much-admired Miss Lillian Hellman that you've been saying some very complimentary things about _Lucifer with a Book_. Naturally my second novel is crucial to me; until it appears I have no real way of knowing whether it's as good as, or better than, _The Gallery_. Myself, I think it's an advance. And it's wonderfully reassuring to have some hint of what the reception will be from a critical sense as keen and as fair as your own.

I know of no one whom I'd rather have trumpet my wares. Many thanks.