June 13, 1939
Mr. W. S. Schaefer
Cornell University Press
124 Roberts Place
Ithaca, New York
Dear Mr. Schaefer:
In preparing a list of men to receive presentation copies of
my book on "The Nature of the Chemical Bond," I was following the practice of the
McGraw-Hill publishing Company, who have published my two earlier books. This Company
requested that I prepare a list of names of men to whom I was indebted for aid in
preparation of the book or who might well use the book as a text in courses, and I
sent to the Company a list of about as many names of people as on the list sent to
you, to whom the Company sent presentation copies. I also requested that copies
be sent at my discount to certain other individuals. On looking over the list which
I sent to you on May 31, I see that there are a few names included of people or organizations
to whom copies should be sent at my expense. These are:
Deep Springs Ranch, Deep Springs, California
Telluride Association, Ithaca, New York
Mr. E. W. Crellin, 1550 San Pasqual Street, Pasadena, California
Professor Dr. A. Sommerfeld, Institut f. theor. Physik d. Universitat,
Munich, Germany
Will you please send these copies, and bill me for them.
I suggest that the names of
Dr. H. Eyring
Sir William Bragg
Professor R. A. Millikan
Professor W. H. Rodebush
Professor P. S. Epstein
Professor R. J. Williams
Dr. H. Brasseur
Professor S. C. Lind
Dr. Paul Emmett
Professor N. Bohr
Dr. W. Heisenberg
Professor P. Debye
Dr. L. Michaelis
Prof. Dr. O. Hassel
Prof. C. K. Ingold
Mr. W. S. Schaefer
June 13, 1939
be deleted from the list.
The other names on the list are of people who either helped in the preparation of
the work in one way or another or who might well use the book as a text in course
work. I recommend that the Press send copies to these individuals.
In preparing this list I have not included all of the people who are, in my opinion,
likely to use the book as a text. If you would be interested in having a list of
names of further men who might use the book as a text, to whom presentation copies
or copies for examination could be sent, Dr. Hughes and I could prepare this list.
Sincerely yours,
Linus Pauling
