43、May 11,1952

                          14 East 95th St.
                          New York City

                          May 11, 1952

Dear Frank:
    Meant  to  write you the day the Angler
arrived,  just to thank you,  the  woodcuts
alone  are worth ten times the price of the
book.  What  a  weird world we live in when
so beautiful a thing can be owned for life—
for  the  price  of  a ticket to a Broadway
movie palace,  or 1/50th the cost of having
one tooth capped.
    Well,  if  your books cost what they’re
worth I couldn’t afford them!
    You’ll be fascinated to learn ( from me
that hates novels) that I finally got round
to Jane Austen and went out of my mind over
Pride  &  Prejudice  whice  I  can’t  bring
myself to take back to the library till you
find me a copy of my own.

        Regards to Nora and the wage-slaves.
        HH

注释：
meant to write you 打算写信给你
ten times 十倍
Jane Austen 简·奥斯汀，《傲慢与偏见》的作者
Pride & Prejudice 《傲慢与偏见》
the wage-slaves 工资奴隶；上班族

收藏句子：
What a weird world we live in when so beautiful a thing can be owned for life—for the price of a ticket to a Broadway movie palace.（爱书人应该都会有同感）