Letter from Norman Leys to Leonard Woolf (07/12/1924)
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7th Oct. 1924

 

Dear Woolf,

 

I don't know if you are keeping a copy of the proof. In case you are I enclose a copy of the corrected index.

 

This is a highly characteristic letter of Andrews, though obviously it is highly flavoured with the ideas of his amanuensis. Andrews is an extraordinary man, half a wily Hindoo, half an Evangelical Christian, half a skilled politician, half an able journalist. I dont of course share his estimate of the results of the book's publication. But I dont want to

 

 

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forget the object of the book's existence in anxiety to avoid financial loss. And I hope you will let A<ndrews>. have a dozen copies for him to distribute to the Indian press.

 

I am sending the corrected proof of the index to Clark to di this morning.

 

Yours sincerely | Norman Leys

 

My description of Andrews is not meant to be derogatory. He is really an extraordinary mixture. He is also a friend for whom I have great admiration.