Victoria House Printing Co. Ltd., 2-3 Gough Square, Fleet Street EC. - Thanks Trevelyan for the cheque; will send a receipt; a review copy will go to the "Cambridge Magazine" if one has not gone already. Harold Massingham says he will review the book in the "Nation". The notice in the "Times" sent 'one customer hot foot'.
Victoria House Printing Co. Ltd., 2-3 Gough Square, Fleet Street EC. - Apologises for having no circulars for the "Pterodamozels" in stock; they were all sent out. About thirty five copies of the book have been sold, mostly trade purchases. The review in the "Nation" [by Harold Massingham, see 19/38] was quite good; they 'appreciate the point on the printing'. Mr [Francis] Meynell is currently on holiday.
9 Gainsborough Gardens, Hampstead, N.W.3. - Would like a copy of Trevelyan's 'fable', "The Pterodamozels", having read the review in the "Nation" [by Harold Massingham] with 'much interest'. Encloses payment.
Newspaper cuttings with reviews, many sent to Trevelyan by Durrant's Press Cuttings Agency'.
Reviews of "The Pterodamozels" from: the "Times"; "Nation" [a manuscript annotation at the bottom notes that this is by Harold Massingham]; "Daily News And Leader"; "Common Sense"; "Athenaeum"; "Manchester Guardian"; there is also an extract from the "Saturday Westminster Gazette", in which the Prize Essay by 'G. M.' on "The Tendencies of English Poetry in 1917" mentions the "Pterodamozels" as a 'play of real power'.
Review of "Lucretius on Death" from the "New Witness" and an extract printed in the "Expository Times".
Also a cutting from 1917 on "Soldiers' Songs: A Study in Psychology for the Kaiser".