Autograph letter signed : York Harbor, Maine, to Samuel Vaughan, 1973 June 12.

Thanking him for the clippings he sent and apologizing "that the Poor Ole [Magic] Striptease didn't do better for you all;" bringing him up to date on his trip to England and Scotland which he hopes will help his new book, on his lectures and readings and his time teaching at Florida International; reporting that he is "settling back to the book with a whole new frame & concept for it;" expressing his appreciation for his patience and investment; saying he hasn't written any poetry in a very long time; recommending a fellow faculty member at Florida International, James Hall, a poet and short story writer, who has just written his first detective novel; asking to whom he should write at Doubleday about him; complimenting Doubleday on the cover for INTRO 6; saying he hasn't "given up on anything except Dispensable Illusions & Self-Deceptions." adding, in ten-page letter, stapled to this letter, dated July 6, 1974 and written from the same address in York Harbor, Maine, his thanks for a suggestion for a book but saying he wants to continue to concentrate on "the historical book;" telling him that with the Guggenheim and a part-time job at Princeton he is managing financially but in a year he will need "the best fulltime job I can grab;" explaining the expenses of the medical condition of his oldest child; saying how much he enjoyed [R.H.W.] Dillard's [The Book of] "Changes" and commenting on its strengths and appeal "to the real hard core of detective fiction buffs. Because his wacky detective, Sir Hugh, is really fun. And he managed to parody & at same time do justice to all the different kinds of detective & suspense stories...And I think Dillard will turn out all right for you;" asking again to whom he should write at Doubleday about a young writer named James Hall, whom he recommended to him a year ago.