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Editor-in-Chief

WILLIAM R. POLK
Senior Editor

ARTHUR B. SILVERMAN
Associate Editor

BOARD OF ADVISORS

GEORGE W. ARMS
University of New Mexico

DAVID BOYDEN
University of California

JOHN DANDO
Trinity College

JOHN KING FAIRBANK
Harvard University

LAINE FAISON
Williams College

FRANK FRIEDELL
Harvard University

REV. STEPHEN FRITCHMAN
Los Angeles, Cal.

WILLIAM M. GIBSON
New York University

REV. JOHN GILL
Tacoma, Wash.

ERWIN GOODENOUGH
Yale University

WALTER GROPIUS
Cambridge, Mass.

ERNEST HASSOLD
University of Louisville

HENRY HATFIELD
Harvard University

BEN GRAF HENNEKE
University of Tulsa

DAVID KRECH
University of California

OLIVER LARKIN
Smith College

BERT JAMES LOEWENBERG
Sarah Lawrence College

LOUIS LYONS
Nieman Foundation

HERBERT MARSHALL MCLUHAN
University of Toronto

DAVID OWEN
Harvard University

FOSTER M. PALMER
Harvard University

KARL POLANYI
Columbia University

HOWARD REED
Philadelphia, Pa.

WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
Rutherford, N. J.

ADVISORY EDITORS

RICHARD BARNET

PHILIP FINKELPEARL

STANLEY HOFFMAN

MICHAEL MACCOBY

WILLIAM MILLER

JOEL L. SACHS

CLAUDE VIGEE

ELIZABETH COLSON

January 25, 1959

Dr. William Carlos Williams
Ridge Road
Rutherford, New Jersey

Dear Bill:

The enclosed letter to stockholders and copy of our first mailing will bring you up to date on what we have been doing. Everything looks good, and as long as we can keep on paying our bills until enough money starts coming back in, I think it is fair to say that we are well on our way.

In the Winter issue of *The Western Review*, Ray West has a three page editorial lauding Arlington Books as an honest and intelligent attempt to solve the dilemma of contemporary publishing. I think you will find it both satisfying and encouraging.

We are anxious for you, as a member of the Board to be well acquainted with our list, but we don't want to deluge you with a shipment of 21 books without your permission. Please let me know which of these titles, Current and backlist, you would like me to send you. From our point of view, the more the better.

I will shortly be sending you a supply of this stationery in order to tempt you - it's too pretty just to let sit around - to write letters about Arlington Books. Be sure to let me know when you need more.

I hope I will hear from you concerning your reactions to our books, plans, and mailing and about any ideas you may have.

Meanwhile, best wishes.

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