Nieuw Veere
Old Greenwich, Conn.
Tel. Old Greenwich 7-0999

IOSept. xxxvii

As you will see for yourself, you are becoming quite a
"dossier". I fear that I am responsible for this enthusiasm.
Maybe Jules Verne and his 20.000 leagues under the sea
started me sixty years ago but I have always wanted to read
something about that mysterious world as I wanted to read
it and suddenly... in the Atlantic, most appropriately... I
found your article which shows that you are the woman...
or words to that effect ... see your Gideon Bible.
I am not a member of the firm but the better they do with
other people's books the more they can afford to lose on
mine and so... if you should care to discuss this matter
why not take a train to Stamford some afternoon (Wash.Bost.
train goes through Stamford) where my wife will pick you up
and transfer you to Old Greenwich... where you can spend the
night and in the morning I will arrange a meeting between
the publishers and their new author. Fish authorities always
give leave of absence when it means a book and some more
glory for their own department.

My services to you and that was a swell article.

Andrik Willem van Loon.