HIS SKIN'S COMPLEXION. ALSO IT'S EVIDENT IF THERE IS A PLACE IN WHICH MAN MUST BE ENTIRELY FREE, IT IS IN HIS OWN LIFE."

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P. L., PARIS, FRANCE

"THE BOOK I'M ABOUT TO RECOMMEND SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR ALL FEMALE HOMOSEXUALS EVERYWHERE. IT'S A STRINGENT ANTIDOTE TO THE SELF-PITY SO MANY OF THEM ARE DROWNING IN.

"SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, IN THE SECOND SEX, WRITES A WISE, WITTY AND PERCEPTIVE BOOK. SHE EXHAUSTIVELY EXPLORES THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD SINCE TIME BEGAN, AND IN DOING SO, MANAGES TO FIND REASONS FOR ALL HER PECULIARITIES, FEARS, NEUROSES, HOPES AND TRIUMPHS.

"THE CHAPTER ON HOMOSEXUALITY HAS CONVINCED ME, AT LEAST, THAT THE CROSS UNDER WHICH WE LABOR IS OURS BY CHOICE. AND AFTER YOU'VE PLUNGED IN AND AVIDLY READ THAT CHAPTER, PLEASE DO THE AUTHOR, AND YOURSELF, THE FAVOR OF READING THE ENTIRE BOOK. BECAUSE YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND HER ARGUMENTS IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME BEFORE. AND YOU'LL CERTAINLY LEARN A LOT ALONG THE WAY.

"HOW IS IT THAT THE DOB BOOK SERVICE DOES NOT CARRY THE BANTAM BOOK EDITION WHICH IS NOW AVAILABLE?”

J. L., CALIFORNIA

"IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE LADDER WHICH I HAVE (ARCH, 1957), THERE IS A NOTICE REGARDING PUBLICATION OF A QUARTERLY EMBODYING THE FIRST THREE ISSUES OF THE LADDER.

"WAS THIS QUARTERLY EVER PUBLISHED? | FIND NO RECORD OF IT IN THE SUBSEQUENT LADDERS. IF IT WAS NEVER PUBLISHED, I ASSUME IT WAS A MONEY PROBLEM, THO' THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME WHO DID SEND THE 50% TO PAY FOR IT.

"COULD YOU SEND ME A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF THE COST TO PRINT THIS

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