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Items D1/2-D1/51 were bundled together and marked "Notes up to 1927" by Sraffa. In most cases this date is our only evident terminus ante quem. Sraffa's own file titles are given in inverted commas

Items D1/54-90 were bundled together and marked "Notes 1928-31" by Sraffa although some items predate this. Items D1/54-68 formed a sub-bundle

Items D1/70-89 relate principally to the "circus" of economists who discussed Keynes' Treatise on Money

For notes used for the research for Production of Commodities by means of commodities see D3/12

Advice on letter writing: GPO London

1 Marloes Road, Kensington, W. - Asks if he has come across fire-walking traditions, for a talk to the Folklore Society on points where their work intersects with the 'Psychical people'.

Office of the Director, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington.—Praises The Editorial Problem in Shakespeare and discusses the progress of the Folger Library.

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Transcript

The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington
Office of the Director
December 29, 1942.

Dear Doctor Greg:

The copy of your “The Editorial Problem in Shakespeare,” came just in time to be a most delightful Christmas gift, and its reading made the holiday season for me very pleasant indeed. I admire, more than I can tell you, the cautious, judicial attitude you everywhere maintain, and the nicety of expression by which you achieve clarity in presenting the most difficult material. The volume will be an absolutely indispensable reference work for all editors of Shakespeare, and a guide in all future research into the origin and nature of the copy lying behind the printed texts of plays. And what a problem that is! I confess that some of the theories tentatively devised to explain the preparation of printer’s copy seem to me too complicated for a procedure that must have been simple and natural. But your clear presentation of the facts and summary of theories will inspire Shakespeare scholars to further efforts. I myself feel an “itch” to get at several of the problems, even though I realize that, except by chance, I would probably have no success. Please accept my deepest gratitude, which I know is shared by all students of Shakespeare, for your inspiring work.

The Folger Library continues to grow by leaps and bounds. To that cause I am devoting all my time and energy, for I believe that Shakespeare is the strongest and most lasting link to unite England and America, and that the preservation of that union, political and cultural, is the most important need of the world. I like to think that for centuries to come, young Americans will be flocking to the Folger to study the literature which is both the common product, and the heritage, of our two peoples. And if I can accomplish something towards promoting that end, I am content to sacrifice in part my productivity in research.

The progress of the war is a matter of keen satisfaction, and we are now hoping that by the fall we can again have our books back in the stacks and vaults, and our Reading Room crowded with workers.

With thanks for the thoughtful gift of your latest book, and best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year, I am,

Ever yours,
Joseph Q. Adams

Dr. W. W. Greg,
Standlands, River, Petworth, Sussex, England.
JQA:mp

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Typed, except the signature.

Folder endorsed 'India General': 2 copies of Attock-on-the-Indus by George Adam Smith, with RAB's first letter to his grandmother, Mary Butler; scale drawing of elevation of mantle clock; programme of Lord and Lady Irwin's visit to Nagpur, 1926; essay on Attock by RAB; 2 silhouette caricatures of Butler family in Central Provinces; printed and typescript reports of 1931 Round Table Conference and Committees; speech notes; various letters and papers on Indian policy including report of meeting with W.S. Morrison, letters from Samuel and Maud Hoare, correspondence with Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, congratulations on House of Commons speech of 29 March 1933 and on leaving India Office, condolences on death of Sir Harcourt Butler in March 1939

Correspondence of general political nature including letter of congratulations on maiden speech, letters re preservation of Thaxted windmill and future of Bishop's Stortford School, letter from Winston Churchill in reply to one from RAB sympathising with his illness, copy letter to Samuel Hoare re Indian Constitution

1 sheet (with two following) is headed 'List of MSS missing in May 1838. Copied from the brief in the case of Trin. Coll. v. Brit. Mus. [1845-1847]'

Signed by the President, Remsen B. Ogilby. Sent on the occasion of Trinity, Hartford's, first centenary (the college was founded in 1823, and moved to its first campus in 1824). With thanks for the kindness shown by Trinity, Cambridge, to the new college.

Records the purchase of 4 and a half yards and a quarter from Obadiah Wickes and Daniel Radford at 'the 3 Nunns & Hare in Cheapside' for 1 pound 17 shillings.

Congratulations on engagement.