R. L. Duff us 
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(Times Siuutrc 
New York 18 
November 8, 1948 
Dear Bill: 
I am dictating this because I find it 
pleasant to do so and also because I am saving my 
eyes a little following an infection which kept 
me in gloom for about two weeks. If there ever 
was a pink-eyed Connally, I was it. 
For the same reason I wasn’t able to 
read the whole of f! Ant-Hill Odyssey” when I first 
got it. I am now about he,If way through end my 
only regret is that the book is so short. I do 
have to warn you, however, that a character 
mentioned in the book under the name of “Duff” 
is threatening to sue you because of your allegation 
that he did not understand the feeding adaptations 
of the California grasshopper. 
Seriously, you have done a job that I 
think will prove fascinating even to people who 
don’t know you, and I am proud to be among those 
who do know you. I hope you will go right on and 
write about four more books, bringing the story 
down to date and introducing a heroine in the 
person of Lucy. I’ll write more later after I 
have finished the volume. 
With best wishes from both of us to 
both of you. 
Dr. William M. Mann 
2801 Adams Mill Road 
Washington, D. C. 
