DONALD DAVIDSON
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Monday, Nov. 18.

Dear Red:

This is just a note of information to say that
I really did succeed in finishing up my essay over the
week-end, and it is ready to send all but a little
final revising and copying. If I am lucky in getting
free time tomorrow, it will be ready to mail tomorrow
night or Wednesday morning. I hope at any rate to get
it off to you some time Wednesday. I will rush matters
all I possibly can. The piece is 17 typed pages as it
stands -- I suppose about 5000 words. It not perhaps
precisely what I had aimed at, but it is the best I
can turn out in my present condition of depletion of
body and mind.

Dec. 3, 1935.

Dear Red:

I do not know how to describe the perfectly
atrocious book you sent me, but I have made an attempt, which
is enclosed. The book is so remarkable as an atrocity that
it really deserves notice. I never read anything like it.

This may be late, but I have been only half alive
and could not bestir myself to write this piece sooner.

I hope you liked the article I sent.

Regards to everybody.

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1201-S

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WESTERN
UNION

R. B. WHITE
PRESIDENT

NEWCOMB CARLTON
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

J. C. WILLEVER
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT

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Received at 132 Third St., Baton Rouge, La. Office Hours
7 A. M. to 12 Midnight

1935 DEC 18 PM 11 09

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ROBERT PENN WARREN=

SOUTHERN REVIEW UNIV OF LA BATONROUGE LA=

PLEASE EXCUSE THIS WEEK QUESTION BUT WOULD LIKE TO ASK

WHETHER YOU CAN POSSIBLY HELP ME BY SENDING CHECK FOR

ARTICLE BEFORE CHRISTMAS HOPE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND YOURS

IN GRATITUDE=

DONALD DAVIDSON.

THE QUICKEST, SUREST AND SAFEST WAY TO SEND MONEY IS BY TELEGRAPH OR CABLE

Feb. 17.

Dear Red:

I have encountered harrowing difficulties
in composing my review-- interruptions first,
then it was perfect torture to know what to say
about these miscellaneous books. Yet I have
written the first draft of a review. As soon as
I can revise and retype it, it will go to you.
I am not proud of what I have done. I have not
known exactly how to apply my pet ideas to these
folks. But you shall see? The review runs
between 4,000 and 4,500 words as it stands. I
don't think I am going to include Emily
Dickinson.

Feb. 20, 1936.

Dear Red:

Apologies for being much later than I intended. Apologies also for the feebleness of my review. This is the first review of poetry I have written in a long while, and I am badly out of practice, far behind all the rest of you, and not able, I greatly fear, to write a review up to the high standard recent contributors to the Southern Review have set. But I have done the best I could under the circumstances, and I hope the thing won't seem too foolish.

I decided to leave out the Dickinson book this time. Do you want something on it for a later issue, then?

I have been greatly hindered in writing the review by our extreme busyness, up here, with the Vanderbilt-Peabody affiliation study. John has been even more busily engaged than I have been. He told me today that he couldn't possibly finish his piece for you until the weekend. He and Curry have been drawing up the English Department plans and recommendations for their part in the great "regional university."

Cut the review if it is too long.

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To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a message should order it repeated, that is, telegraphed back to the originating office for comparison. For this, one-half the unrepeated message rate is charged in addition. Unless otherwise indicated on its face, this is an unrepeated message and paid for as such, in consideration whereof it is agreed between the sender of the message and this company as follows:

1. The company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any message received for transmission at the unrepeated-message rate beyond the sum of five hundred dollars; nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any message received for transmission at the repeated-message rate beyond the sum of five thousand dollars, *unless specially valued*; nor in any case for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of its lines; nor for errors in cipher or obscure messages.

2. In any event the company shall not be liable for damages for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery, of any message, whether caused by the negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the sum of five thousand dollars, at which amount each message is deemed to be valued, unless a greater value is stated in writing by the sender thereof at the time the message is tendered for transmission, and unless the repeated-message rate is paid or agreed to be paid, and an additional charge equal to one-tenth of one percent of the amount by which such valuation shall exceed five thousand dollars.

3. The company is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward this message over the lines of any other company when necessary to reach its destination.

4. Domestic messages and incoming cable messages will be delivered free within one-half mile of the company's office in towns of 5,000 population or less, and within one mile of such office in other cities or towns. Beyond these limits the company does not undertake to make delivery, but will, without liability, at the sender's request, as his agent and at his expense, endeavor to contract for him for such delivery at a reasonable price.

5. No responsibility attaches to this company concerning messages until the same are accepted at one of its transmitting offices; and if a message is sent to such office by one of the company's messengers, he acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender.

6. The company will not be liable for damages or statutory penalties in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the company for transmission.

7. It is agreed that in any action by the company to recover the tolls for any message or messages the prompt and correct transmission and delivery thereof shall be presumed, subject to rebuttal by competent evidence.

8. Special terms governing the transmission of messages according to their classes, as enumerated below, shall apply to messages in each of such respective classes in addition to all the foregoing terms.

9. No employee of the company is authorized to vary the foregoing.

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY

INCORPORATED
R. B. WHITE, PRESIDENT

CLASSES OF SERVICE

TELEGRAMS

A full-rate expedited service.

NIGHT MESSAGES

Accepted up to 2:00 A.M. at reduced rates to be sent during the night and delivered not earlier than the morning of the ensuing business day.

Night Messages may at the option of the Telegraph Company be mailed at destination to the addressees, and the Company shall be deemed to have discharged its obligation in such cases with respect to delivery by mailing such night messages at destination, postage prepaid.

DAY LETTERS

A deferred day service at rates lower than the standard telegram rates as follows: One and one-half times the standard night letter rate for the transmission of 50 words or less and one-fifth of the initial rates for each additional 10 words or less.

SPECIAL TERMS APPLYING TO DAY LETTERS:

In further consideration of the reduced rate for this special Day Letter service, the following special terms in addition to those enumerated above are hereby agreed to:

A. Day Letters may be forwarded by the Telegraph Company as a deferred service and the transmission and delivery of such Day Letters is, in all respects, subordinate to the priority of transmission and delivery of regular telegrams.

B. This Day Letter is received subject to the express understanding and agreement that the Company does not undertake that a Day Letter shall be delivered on the day of its date absolutely, and at all events; but that the Company's obligation in this respect is subject to the condition that there shall remain sufficient time for the transmission and delivery of such Day Letter on the day of its date during regular office hours, subject to the priority of the transmission of regular telegrams under the conditions named above.

NIGHT LETTERS

Accepted up to 2:00 A.M. for delivery on the morning of the ensuing business day, at rates still lower than standard night message rates, as follows: The standard telegram rate for 10 words shall be charged for the transmission of 50 words or less, and one-fifth of such standard telegram rate for 10 words shall be charged for each additional 10 words or less.

SPECIAL TERMS APPLYING TO NIGHT LETTERS:

In further consideration of the reduced rates for this special Night Letter service, the following special terms in addition to those enumerated above are hereby agreed to:

Night Letters may at the option of the Telegraph Company be mailed at destination to the addressees, and the Company shall be deemed to have discharged its obligation in such cases with respect to delivery by mailing such Night Letters at destination, postage prepaid.

FULL RATE CABLES

An expedited service throughout. Code language permitted.

DEFERRED HALF-RATE CABLES

Half-rate messages are subject to being deferred in favor of full rate messages for not exceeding 24 hours. Must be written in plain language.

CABLE NIGHT LETTERS

An overnight service for plain language communications, at one-third the full rate, or less. Minimum of 25 words charged for. Subject to delivery at the convenience of the Company within 24 hours.

SHIP RADIOGRAMS

A service to and from ships at sea, in all parts of the world. Plain language or code language may be used.