Columbia University
in the City of New York
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

March 15, 1940

Dear Mr. Erskine:

I find, on looking over my
article for the Hardy number, that there are
a few alterations I could make to improve it.
Do you wish to have them from me now, on a
separate sheet, or should I wait until galley
proof is available? I use the word 'few' most
literally: the alterations would not run to
more than three or four lines in the aggregate.

Albert Russell Erskine, Jr.
Business Manager
The Southern Review
Louisiana State University
Louisiana

May 4, 1940

Dear Mr. Erskine:

Dare I bother you again
about the proofs which you were going to
send me for some slight alterations? From
the nearness of the publication date, I
suppose that the simplest thing is for me
to entrust the enclosed suggestions to your
care. I intended of course to make the changes
suit in every case the space of the lines as
they are set up, and you have carte blanche
to do the same.

Again, I regret putting you
to this trouble: my own fault entirely.

Mr. Albert R. Erskine, Jr.
Business Manager
The Southern Review
Louisiana

Suggested emendations to Barzun's *Truth and Poetry in Thomas Hardy*

Page 1, line 7: After- 'craftsmanship in either verse or prose and to bring academic and literary critics into the same camp.'

line 16: After-'necessary conflict between poet and realist. For it is this supposed conflict, discoverable in the world of fact as well as in Hardy's books, which is alleged to prove the man inconsistent and his works perverse.

The word realist, etc.'

Page 4, line 5: After- "Meredith's remarks. The novel suffered from this double misconception by Hardy-- of Meredith's meaning and of his own powers-- but even so the motto, etc."

Page 12, Section III "So far it might seem as if the case for Hardy's self-unity, etc."

May 6, 1940

Dear Mr. Erskine:

Thank you so much for the
galleys, which arrived after my letter
and its enclosure had been posted.

I have made the changes-- besides
catching a couple of typos-- and find
that the resetting should amount in all
to seven slugs, with no tricky work for
the compositor. If you think that is
excessive, I am quite ready to be charged
for it at the usual rates.

Albert R. Erskine, esq.
The Southern Review
University, Louisiana

May 25, 1940

Circulation Manager
The Southern Review
Louisiana

Dear Sir:-

I should like to have you send
me at the address below two copies of the
Hardy Centennial Number of the Southern
Review, in addition to the copies I may be
entitled to as a contributor.

I enclose my check for $ 1.50
and draw your attention to the address below,
where I should like shipment to be sent.

With thanks, I am,