The Provincial Lady Goes Further

_June 9th._--Life takes on entirely new aspect, owing to astonishing
and unprecedented success of minute and unpretentious literary effort,
published last December, and--incredibly--written by myself. Reactions of
family and friends to this unforeseen state of affairs most interesting
and varied.

Dear Vicky and Robin more than appreciative although not allowed to read
book, and compare me variously to Shakespeare, Dickens, author of the Dr.
Dolittle books, and writer referred to by Vicky as Lambs'...