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February 9, 1951 Mrs. Dahlov Ipcar c/o Doubleday Company 14 West 49th Street New York City 20 Dear Mrs. Ipcar: Betty and Johnny and the tractor caught our attention at once, because we are particularly alert to a good Maine story for young people. This is certainly the kind of book we need in our traveling libraries, and we will mention it in the Bulletin of the Maine Library Association, so that other Maine librarians will be sure to know of it. Are you acquainted with the Maine Author Collection? It was started some years ago, and consists of about two thousand volumes, written by Maine people or about the state; inscribed and presented as part of this permanent exhibit. We also gather available biographical infor­ mation, book reviews, literary criticism, and any other miscellaneous data about Maine writers. These books are impressive testimony to the amount of writing done by Maine people or inspired by the state. The variety is as great as the fascination. We have cook books, histories, poems, biographies, novels, juvenile stories, books on art, religion, radio, law, shipping — every kind of book is here. The inscriptions are original, varying from pen-and-ink sketches to biographical anecdotes, bits of verse or tributes to Maine. The whole collection grows steadily and constantly attracts visitors and students. It is a proud moment when we can add another book to these shelves, and we hope that we may do just that with your new ONE HORSE FARM. It would give us great pleasure to be able to include this book in the exhibit. Meanwhile, you have our good wishes for its warm success. Sincerely yours In Charge of Maine Author Collection

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