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coolness of a local hardware store. These places hold a strong, compelling fascination for me; I just can't resist them. I come away laden to the end point of my strength with nails and screws, with corrugated fasteners and hinges and hammer and pliers and even an aladdin (kerosine) [ ]. Like the great Thoreau, I shall go forth into the last recesses of nature and build my own world about me.

The New York Times came today. Oct. 10 issue, a little antiquated perhaps, but good to read. There is a book called "The Republic" by Charles A. Beard - purchased by the Viking Press. I'd like it. And I'd also like the magazine, by Shalom Ash. I think you read that one - So perhaps