May 15, 1936
Professor P. P. Ewald
Institut furtheoret. Physik der
Techn. Hochschule Stuttgart
Seestrasse 73
Stuttgart, Germany
Dear Professor Ewald:
I was very glad to receive your letter on my return from the East. My wife and I were very pleasantly surprised on arriving in New York to learn that your daughter Rose was there, and we had the good fortune to see her and to talk with her about you and even to get her to stay overnight with us in the apartment of the sculptress friend with whom we were making our home. We are hoping that Rose will be able to make a visit with us in Pasadena before long.
I was glad to have your comments about our book. Dr. Wilson and I shall see what can be done about the theory of the metallic states when we prepare a second edition. I am looking forward to seeing your treatment of the linear chain and I do hope that you are successful in formulating a satisfactorily accurate treatment of the three-dimensional lattice.
I realize that I have not yet returned to you the two copies of your Handbuch article which you were 30 kind as to lend to M nearly two years ago. I shall be glad to return them at once in ease that you desire that this be done; However, it occurs to me that you might desire some other disposition to be made of them and accordingly I shall hold then until I hear from you again.
We shall be giving a detailed course on crystal structure again after another year. Is the second edition of your book going to be available at that time? I am sure that McGraw-Hill Book Company, with whose representative I spoke while in New York, would be very glad to have a satisfactory book on crystal structure, they seemed to be extremely sorry that through some accident they were lead into publishing Davey's terrible book.
With kindest regards to Mrs. Ewald and the children, I am
Very sincerely yours,
Linus Pauling
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