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96 Sunday 7 Jan 1945 8:30 pm My darling, Have already begun another letter to you (last night) but will get these few clippings off before I pick it up again- Thank you so much for the deluge of clippings and papers that have continued to arrive. I still have come far from catching up with them yet, and have a few suggestions to offer in addition to those I mentioned, about magazines in general, a few days ago- First is that I would rather get the New Yorker whole than in bits. The New Yorker is a mood, and (to me) is to be taken altogether; unlike the Readers’ Digest, it improves its flavor the more you read. I liked getting the Profiles on Anthony Eden, which are of interest in themselves - but I just like to get the whole thing. I don't mind waiting for it and don't want it sent airmail. Another is that I don't now care too much - or rather just don't have the time for - details on the war in Europe (military strategy) or of B29 bombings, etc. We get the essentials of that news here and moreover are now being supplied with large and timely wall maps and photographs of such things. I am, of course, interested in any little sidelights on military government. Most of the book [pg 2] reviews I am glad to see but would just as soon send those too in a whole section - the N.Y. and the Times Book Section. Have received 2 copies of Life (Nov. 20th and 27th) - or is it three? - third on my list of reading-for-pleasure.* Not counting Amerasia which, though I enjoy reading it, I classify sort of in the same category as professional books, the order it 1) New Yorker** 2) Times 3) Life 4) Times Book Section - which would come higher except that the first two cover the field in briefs So much for that. I enjoy anything on Barnaby - say, do you think we might get the volume to which this one is a sequel? I think it's $2. Barnaby is amongst my very favorite reading. Your cartoon on native barbers is still scotch-taped on the door of our native barbershop where I put it two weeks ago. About a week ago Charlie Frankel, under whose supervision the shop comes, got a copy of the same New Yorker that had the cartoon in it and was all set to paste his copy up there when he discovered that someone had beat him to it. Now to get on with a real letter! I love you Warren *probably first in popularity for handing around. **Instead of clipping, mark what you like; I'll send the clippings to you.
