Jamuary 17, 1955

Professor Peter P. H. de Bruyn
Department of Anatomy
University of Chicago

Chicago 37, Illinois

Dear Dr. de Bruyn:

Thank you for your letter of Jamary 12, I was exe
tremely gratified by the interest and confidence that led
you to make the invitation,

Unfortunately, I am unable to consider the project
that you propose at the present time since within the
last few weeks I have signed a contract with another pub-
lisher for a book along rather similar lines.

I agree that monographs along the lines of the indi-
cated series are badly needed, and I wish you every success
for the series. I trust that every effort will be made to
minimise the price and maximise the distribution. The ob-
jectives that you stated are precisely those that I had in
mind for my own short monograph, I am sure that your book
will be an outstanding success,

Yours sincerely,

Josma Lederberg
Professor of Genetics

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