一九五三年 五十九岁
五十九岁
三月五日
先生致信胡适，告知将寄上《明代农民革命史料》《傀儡戏考原》二书，另提及中国科学院印行书三种、清华大学理学院与北京大学合并等事。
适之先生：
大驾返美后，亟盼在金山晤谭，嗣闻改乘西北飞机，未得聆教，至为怅怅。返纽约后想可略事休息，不识近日有何著作，在台讲演闻将印成言论集，出版后并盼赐寄为感。前函所述毅生所编之《明代农民革命史料》已在香港购到，一俟收到当即奉赠。孙子书近著《傀儡戏考原》业已函购，到后亦拟寄上。近见郭沫若报告，谓科学院印行（一）《小屯殷虚文字乙编》、（二）《居延汉简考》、（三）《郭象庄子注校记》，不识何人所作，或系史语所北平部分遗下之稿，顷已函告董彦堂矣。大陆方面迄无信来，昨见上海《解放日报》内载去秋北大招生，以投考数学系者为最多，清华理学院各系业与北大合并。又该报载上海市人民代表会议主席团，列有王芸生、沈尹默、陆阿狗及其他“先进生产者”，亦一趣闻。王芸生被调赴津，上海《大公报》与天津《大公报》原名《进步日报》合并，前曾托友人在港订购，据云不许出国。敬候道祺。
同礼敬启
三月五日
尊夫人前同此问安，内人附笔问候。
〔台北胡适纪念馆，档案编号HS-US01-064-001〕
按：是年1月17日，胡适离开台北至东京盘桓数日，后经阿拉斯加返美。《明代农民革命史料》应指郑天挺、孙钺等辑《明末农民起义史料》，1952年6月中华书局初版。孙楷第《傀儡戏考原》，1952年9月上杂出版社初版。《郭象庄子注校记》作者为王叔岷，1949年后随史语所迁台，此处应指1950年1月《“中央研究院”历史语言研究所专刊》之三十三。
三月二十五日
Far Eastern Survey刊登先生文章，题为Railway Construction in China。〔Chang, Li. “Railway Construction in China.”Far Eastern Survey, vol. 22, no. 4, 1953, pp. 37-42〕
按：该文虽标明作者为“Li Chang”，并介绍其“曾任中华民国铁道部的官员，现在英国大学从事经济研究”，但根据1954年3月10日先生致张君劢信，可知该文实为先生用笔名所写，失收于《袁同礼文集》。
四月十日
洛克菲勒基金会批准编号为RF52201的资助计划，给予先生（国会图书馆）九千美金，用以编纂Bibliotheca Sinica，其中七千美金用作先生的薪水，其余则支付事务类费用。〔Rockefeller Foundation. "Rockefeller Foundation Records, Projects, Rg 1.2." Series 200: United States; Subseries 200. R: United States-Humanities and Arts. Box 362. Folder 3274〕
四月二十五日
李冰（台北）覆函先生，请协助在美出售齐如山旧藏小说、戏曲类古籍。
守和学长吾兄左右：
昨诵环云，恍同晤对，多年积愫，为之一舒。此间旧友除傅孟真作古外，尚有毛子水、狄福鼎、刘兆滨（毅人）、陆雪塘诸人，谭声丙未能来台。早岁同学不但星散，在大陆者且不能自由来信，回首当年曷胜感慨。前恳代为接洽之藏书，为弟之长辈世交齐如山先生之物，如老所藏戏曲、小说为数甚多，其携来台者仅十之一耳。吾兄如与哈佛谈妥，则将来大陆书如存在，如老愿径将全部让与哈佛。至于所谈书价，烦兄斟酌，唯以老人来台，资产均遗北平。现以将近耄年，虽然精神矍铄，时犹执笔倡导正义，然以境遇所迫，经济状况并不甚佳，几经考虑，愿将售价让至当年购进之数，约伍仟元，祈兄推爱迅为进行。又如老谓与兄有戚谊，并嘱代致谢忱。至其所让之价，请兄核以当地时价情形，如有必要，再事减低亦无妨也。一切祈鼎力玉成，感荷同深，便乞示复。匆此，顺颂著安。
弟冰顿首
四二，四，廿五
再者，书单中《律吕正义后编》一种，如老因友人请让，正接洽中。请兄与哈佛函洽时，暂将此书除外。将来倘此间不妥，如老愿将此一并加入，不另计价。
冰又及
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：李冰与先生为北京大学同年，参见1916年谭声丙致先生信按语部分。狄福鼎，字君武，江苏太仓人，1919年北京大学文本科哲学门毕业，翌年赴法留学。刘兆滨，字毅人，北京大学毕业后曾担任安徽省财政会代表。陆雪塘，字省道，浙江海宁人，1917年北京大学第一部英文甲班毕业。
Richard C. Rudolph（京都）致函先生，询问先生对中国考古工作近况的调查计划，是否有意刊行相关论文，此外询问顾子刚的联系方式。
Nakagawara-cho, S.
Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku
Kyoto, Japan
25 April, 1953
Dear Dr. Yuan:
It was with great interest that I read the title of your paper, “Archaeological Work in China, 1949-1952.” on the AOS program. I am here in Japan on a Guggenheim Fellowship working on a history of Chinese archaeology-not an art history, but a history of the development of archaeology in China as a science-and this is just the kind of material I am interested in.
In fact, I have just been preparing such a survey myself from some reports that I knew of such as those in Chung Kuo yan chiu, Min Tsu Hsueh yen chiu, K'o Hsueh t'ung pao, etc. Do you plan to publish your paper? If you do, I shall not attempt to publish my survey but shall use the material in my book and will rely upon your paper for additional information. I shall be glad to hear of your plans.
The last time we met was in the Library in Peking in 1948 with Mr. Koo. I now want to write to him on behalf of our library and wonder if you will be good enough, when you answer this letter, to include his address. As you know, we have a large shipment of books tied up there, for which we have paid, and are trying to get them released.
With warm regards, I am
Sincerely yours
R. C. Rudolph
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 2〕
“Notes of the Society.”Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 73, no. 4, 1953, p. 237.
按：是年4月25日，美国东方学会西部分会在西雅图华盛顿大学召开第三次年会，先生提交论文Archaeological Work in China, 1949-1952，实应为Some Academic Activities in China 1949-1952之一部，并由胡昌度代为宣读
，该篇失收于《袁同礼文集》。Chung Kuo yan chiu音为“中国研究”，但对应的刊物待考，信文中另外两种则为《民族学研究》《科学通报》。
五月七日
胡适覆函先生，告有意请美方设法以缩微胶片方式拍摄在台湾的各处善本书。
守和兄：
真真对不住你，这许久没有回你的信！
《农民革命史料》收到了，十分感谢你！
大概明末的“流寇”不是完全没有意识的暴动。我在一部清初小说豆棚闲话里发现一首“流寇”军中流行的“西调”：
老天爷，你年纪大，
你耳又聋来眼又花，
你看不见人，你听不见话！
杀人放火的享尽荣华，
吃素看经的活活饿杀！
老天爷，你不会做天，你塌了罢！
老天爷，你不会做天，你塌了罢！！
这是很有力量的呼喊。其实任何一个时代的大动乱，多少总带一点革命性质。罗思华的自传里说白莲教原名“百连”，即“一连十，十连百”之意。可见十八世纪的“教匪”也是有组织的一种运动，不幸史料毁的太干净，我们竟不能考知十七世纪后期到十九世纪初年的“白莲教”的信史了。太平天国近在百年之内，但如果当日没有许多史料保存在外国，我们也就不容易懂得太平天国的人物与主张了。
去台湾看了台北、台中（“故宫”，“中央圕”）、杨梅（史语所）各地堆积的美术品、史料、善本书，不能不想得
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——的可怕。所以我力主张采用我在十年前（1942）主张缩照（microfilming）北平馆的善本书的办法，就建议给“故宫”、“中央博物院”的“共同理事会”，各理事都赞成这个意思，推出一个小组委员会（云五，骝兄，天放，志希，雪屏，董彦堂，钱思亮和我）研究进行。小组会一月八日开会，估计“故宫”、“中央圕”、史语所、国史编纂会、台大、台省立圕各地的史料与善本书，约有一千一百五十万叶。他们决议委托我在美国设法募款，进行缩照的计画。
我同恒慕义先生谈起，他也到过台中，看了两天的书，他很赞同此议。他说，十年前的北平馆善本书二千八百多部，共照了二百五十万exposures，费时三年多，照成一千〇七十卷胶片。他把我的简明说明书交与国会馆的专家Dr. Born & Mr. Holmes考虑，他们估计，此次须用
照相机在台中、台北同时工作，也需时三年。他们估计此次缩照经费约共美金十二万五千，至十五万之谱。国会馆允与合作，但不能担负此款。他们要我试向各基金会谈谈。我回到纽约，作了一个说明书，包括国会馆专家的估计。现在谈过的是哈佛燕京学社与Ford Foundation's Mr. Raymond T. Moyer。哈燕方面已无希望。Ford方面，尚未到正式讨论时期。据我所知，Mr. Moyer对此很热心。但请款手续颇繁重。我盼望国会馆能主持此一大事。恒君已有长信给Mr. Moyer，很恳切的赞成此事。以上是大致情形。将来有何发展，当再向老兄报告。
顷向国会馆买得北平馆藏赵一清朱墨校朱谋
水经注笺的microfilm一卷，细细看了，觉得缩照之法真可以保存孤本善本书。北平馆的善本二千八百多种，有了胶片分存世界各大图书馆，从此不怕毁灭了。倘在台的善本孤本书及史料也能照样缩照保存，确是一大幸事。想老兄定赞同此议。
，至感，至欢迎。
个天月涵兄在此，我们谈及老兄今年有不在斯丹佛之说，不知现时有何计画，望便中赐告。匆匆，敬问双安。并问斯丹佛诸友人好。
适之
一九五三，五，七夜
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 7〕
按：Raymond T. Moyer（1899-1993），通译为“穆懿尔”，1921年毕业于俄亥俄州欧柏林学院，1921年至1923年赴山西太谷铭贤学校（Oberlin-Shansi Memorial School）教授英文，后短暂返回美国并入康乃尔大学获农学硕士学位，20世纪30年代在山西中部推动农村改革，建立试验区；二战结束后先后受聘于联合国善后救济总署及美国联邦政府，参与远东地区战后重建，担任中国农村复兴联合委员会（Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction）五人小组的美方首席代表。先生在斯坦福研究中心的任职确于1953年6月底终止。
五月
裘开明致函先生，告已获取齐如山（李冰）待售古籍书单，请先生居间联系。
守和吾兄英鉴：
前承赐书，因书单一时未寄到，故迟至今始复。昨收到光清兄由华京寄来台湾李君出售单书，此间教授如海先生Hightower等对该单所列各书均甚感兴趣，不知全部售价若干，可否请兄向李君接洽。其中，律吕正义后编、拍案惊奇及其二三种已为敝馆所藏，可以除去，否则亦请将此数种另开一价目单，若本馆购得全部，将来可另售给他馆也。……
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：该函仅存第一页。据李冰6月22日函、裘开明某日英文信函的逻辑关系，将此函系于五月。Hightower即James R. Hightower（1915-2006），美国汉学家，通译作“海陶玮”，时在哈佛大学任教，专攻中国诗歌和文艺评论。
The Far Eastern Quarterly刊登先生文章，题为Some Academic Activities in China 1949-1952。〔The Far Eastern Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, 1953, pp. 301-310〕
按：此文以匿名形式发表，分两大部分，前一部分是台湾地区的学术研究，主要以“中央研究院”历史语言研究所为对象；后一部分则针对中国大陆地区，以中国科学院近代史所和考古所、南京博物馆、历史博物馆等学术机构为对象。该篇失收于《袁同礼文集》。
Far Eastern Survey刊登先生和袁澄合撰文章，题为Ceylon's Trade with Communist China。〔Far Eastern Survey, vol. 22, no. 6, 1953, pp. 70-72〕
按：Ceylon即斯里兰卡（锡兰）。该文失收于《袁同礼文集》。
六月上旬
裘开明致函先生，告知经相关学者协商后，哈佛燕京学社汉和图书馆愿意出价1000美金购入齐如山待售古籍。
My dear Dr. Yuan:
Thank you very much for your letter of May 1st. Prof. Elisséeff, Hightower and I have had a conference on the list of Chinese drama and novels from Prof Chi-Ju-shan's library. I have been authorized by them to make an offer of one thousand dollars（$1000）for the whole collection with the exception of the two titles mentioned in your letter of May 1st. Will you kindly communicate our offer to the owner?
I have calculated the total number of volumes in the collection, which amounts to 332 vols. Thus, the unit price is equal to about $3.00 per volume which is 50%higher than the price which we have been paying for Ming and Ching editions from Bunyudo and other Chinese bookstores in Japan.
With all good wishes,
Very sincerely yours,
A. Kaiming Chiu
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：Bunyudo应指文求堂，日本古旧书店。此为抄件，未注明时间。
六月十日
先生致信Walter H. Judd，愿意接受其邀请，担任Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals顾问。
June 10, 1953
Hon. Walter H. Judd
Chairman
Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals, Inc.
1790 Broadway
New York 19, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
Thank you so much for your letter of June 3 in which you were good enough to ask me to serve as a member of your Advisory Committee.
I have a very high regard for the aims and activities of your organization, and I shall consider it a great honor to associate myself with certain aspects of your important undertaking. I am, therefore, glad to serve on the Advisory Committee and to be of any service to you in the development of your new Literature Program.
With best wishes for your continued success,
Yours sincerely,
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 2〕
按：Walter H. Judd（1898-1994），美国医生、政治家，中文名周以德，1925年受美国海外传道委员会（American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions）的委派，前往中国，先在金陵大学接受一年的语言培训，后赴福建北部邵武协助Edward Bliss（福益华，1865-1960）医生在当地创办医院，1931年曾短暂回国，1934年再次来华，担任山西汾阳医院院长，1938年2月归国，1943年至1963年担任众议院议员。
六月二十二日
李冰覆函先生，请再为齐如山待售古籍的价格与哈佛燕京学社汉和图书馆联系。
守和学长吾兄左右：
前承惠书，适齐老先生之少君去港，近始归来，认为哈佛出价太低，并经决定两项办法如后。拟恳吾兄斟酌情形，如有可行，祈为转达。
（一）全部售价最低为两仟元。
（二）将附单各书除外，售价壹仟元。
匆此奉复，顺颂著安。
弟李冰顿首
六月廿二
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：附单一纸，小说类有《三国演义》（明板二十卷本）7种，音乐戏曲类《昭代萧韵》（殿板朱墨本）8种，共计95册。
六月二十三日
Leonardo Olschki致函先生，邀请先生为马可波罗诞辰七百周年纪念活动撰写文章。
June 23, 1953
Dear Dr. Yuan,
I do not know whether you remember me, but I may recall to your mind our first meeting in Professor Chao's house years ago, when you came over from Peking with a few friends and countrymen of yours. So, I am taking the liberty of writing you after two years'stay in Italy. I feel very much honored by getting in touch with you after Professor Chao gave me your address and encouraged me to write you. I want to inform you that the University of Venice and Professor Tucci's Oriental Institute in Roma are preparing a centennial celebration of Marco Polo, in 1954. They are planning the publication of one or two volumes of scholarly contributions more or less connected with Marco Polo's book and era. Both are eager to have Chinese scholars represented in this publication of an intercontinental character.
Would you contribute to it with one or more essays devoted to some aspects of Chinese history and civilization during the Yuan era? I am sure that both the hometown of Marco Polo and Professor Tucci would very much appreciate your cooperation. Moreover, I shall be grateful to you if you could suggest some more Chinese scholars who might join you in the celebration of the Venitian traveler.
With kind regards,
Yours sincerely,
Leonardo Olschki
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 2〕
按：Leonardo Olschki（1885-1961），意大利的东方学者，德国犹太人后裔，1939年移民美国，时任加州大学教授，该函为其亲笔。
六月二十五日
先生覆函Leonardo Olschki，表示非常荣幸参与马可波罗纪念的相关学术活动，并略述编辑有关专著、期刊文章目录的困难，告即将前往华盛顿。
June 25, 1953
Dear Dr. Olschki:
I am so happy to hear that you have returned after two years'absence. I shall be greatly honored to collaborate with you in the forthcoming celebration of Marco Polo. Thank you so much for your remembrance.
For sometime past, I have compiled bibliography of writings about Marco Polo in European languages. It would be appropriate to have it included in the projected publications you have in mind.
The main difficulty in this undertaking lies in the fact that scholarly articles on Marco Polo are so much scattered in various journals that one is always afraid of serious omissions. For Italian titles, I hope you could lend me the necessary support.
I am about to leave for Washington, D. C. and as soon as I get settled there, I shall continue to gather materials for this bibliography. I have also to correspond with scholars in various countries to seek their help and collaboration.
With best wishes for your success in this important scholarly undertaking,
Yours sincerely
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 2〕
按：此件为底稿。
七月一日
裘开明覆函先生，告知哈佛燕京学社汉和图书馆将齐如山待售藏书的出价提高至1500美金，并说明理由。
July 1, 1953
Dear Dr. Yuan:
Thank you very much for your letter of June 26, in which you advise us that the price asked by Professor Chi Ju-shan for his collection of Chinese books on drama and novels is $2000.
Dr. K. T. Wu's appraisal of the collection for $2500 is rather high, because when Professor James R. Hightower checked over the list, he was willing to offer only $250-$500 for the whole lot. My own feeling is that both of them are rather way off the mark, because Dr. Wu is probably unfamiliar with the current prices of old Chinese books on the present book markets in Japan, since L. C. has not been buying much recently, while Professor Hightower's notion of Chinese book prices was derived form his own expenditures for Chinese old books in Peiping before the war.
Both Professor Serge Elisséeff and I are rather familiar with the present-day prices for old Chinese books in Japan, since our Library has been buying such books rather heavily since 1946. One of the reasons for Professor Elisséeff's trip to Japan in the spring was to buy books for the Library. He came back in April. As I told you in a previous letter, the average price for Ming and Ch'ing editions from Japan is about two dollars（$2.00）per pên. For Ming editions alone it is about $5.00 per pên. These figures are a good guide, since the averages have been based upon mass quantities from different dealers in both Tokyo and Kyoto.
Since receiving your letter of June 26, we have recalculated the total number of titles and of volumes. They are 71 titles and 328 volumes. At $4.50 per pên, the price of the whole collection will come to $1500.00, which is the figure Professor Elisséeff has asked me to communicate to you for concluding this transaction. In addition, we shall pay for the transportation of these books from Formosa or Hong Kong to Cambridge. Please communicate our new offer to Professor Chi. Thank you very much.
With all good wishes.
Sincerely yours,
A. Kaiming Chiu
Librarian
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：哈佛燕京学社汉和图书馆实际购入者应为72种，328册，信中遗漏1种。
七月十五日
陈受颐覆函先生，告知来函及书均收到，并称赞先生的匿名文章。
守和吾兄道席：
昨返自San Diego，大函两通、书籍两包均已拜读拜收，感谢之极。孙子书君近著厚承假读，尤为多谢，一两星期内细读一过，钞撮要点之后，当如令转寄适之先生也。吾兄代支买书之款二十四元七角二分，已通知学校图书馆从速径行寄奉矣。
《远东季刊》近载不署名之论文，弟拜读后即知为大著，今承明诏，更知眼力不差，愉快之忱，匪言可达。望兄此后时作此类益世文章，以药悬蒙。大陆变色以来，弟之孤闻寡陋益甚于前，长此以往，必成美国式之三家村学究也。惟兄时时有以教督之。
蔚林图书公司为何人所经营，有无经售书目可供参考，新书之流通于台港两地者，就大体说，以向何方采购较为省费，便希教示为感。
《大陆杂志》办得极有精彩，诚如大文所言，然微闻经费甚感支绌，如定户减少，或有停办之虞（此系据弟之学生谭维理Laurence Thompson在台北美国新闻署任职所言），不知确否？
久未看见颉刚名字，弟但知其未到台湾，而不知其流落何所，近况何如，有吃意外或例外之苦否？闲中读孟真遗著，抚今追昔，感慨无极。匆匆走笔，敬颂夏安。
弟受颐顿首
七月十五日
寅恪北上之消息，港中友人来信曾约略说过，而未知其详，序经则甚苦闷云。
弟颐又拜
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 2〕
郭廷以著《郭量宇先生日记残稿》，台北：“中央研究院”近代史研究所，2012年，页153。
按：“孙子书君近著”即孙楷第《傀儡戏考原》。“《远东季刊》近载不署名之论文”即Some Academic Activities in China 1949-1952。蔚林图书公司即Willing Book Company, 20世纪50年代中前期香港较为活跃的书店。Laurence Thompson多在台湾，郭廷以日记对该人亦提到
，曾作American Sinology, 1830-1920: A Bibliographical Survey，刊《清华学报》1961年第22卷。
七月十六日
先生致信裘开明，认为哈佛燕京图书馆就齐如山代售古籍出价太低，建议最低价为2300美金，否则无法成交。
July 16, 1953
Dear Dr. Chiu:
I have duly forwarded your letter of July 1 to Prof. Ch'i Ju-shan.
In his reply, Prof. Ch'i stated that he is in close touch with the second-hand book market in Japan. His son is engaged in business in Tokyo and is still buying books for him. He asks whether you have found any titles of his collection listed in the catalogues of book dealers.
Being a famous collector, he attaches great importance to his collection. As he is well to do, he is not in need of money. In view of what I wrote him about the work of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, he is willing to dispose of the various items at $2,300. He further promised that as soon as he is able to get the rest of his collection now stored in Peking, he will give a preference to your Institute. For the whole list, please consult the last two issues of National Peiping Library Bulletin.
Such being the case, will you kindly return to him the list of books which I forwarded to you through Dr. K. T. Wu, if you are not interested in its purchase at the price of $2,300.
Sincerely yours,
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：此件为底稿。
七月二十三日
裘开明覆函先生，告知哈佛燕京图书馆接受以2300美金购入齐如山所藏戏曲、小说类古籍的建议。
July 23, 1953
Dear Dr. Yuan:
Thank you very much for your letter of July 16, asking a definite price of $2,300 for the whole collection of Professor Ch'i's books as represented on the list you sent to our Library through Dr. K. T. Wu of the Library of Congress.
We accept this offer without any exception. Payment will be made on receipt of every book on that list in Cambridge.
Sincerely yours,
A. Kaiming Chiu
Librarian
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：此件为打字稿，落款处为其签名。
七月二十六日
先生致信裘开明，称赞哈佛燕京学社图书馆决定购入齐如山藏戏曲、小说类古籍的决定，但《律吕正义后编》《拍案惊奇》两种善本是否在此次收购之中，请其再次确认。
July 26, 1953
Dear Dr. Chiu:
I have your letter of July 23 stating that your Library agrees to buy Professor Ch'i Ju-shan's collection of books on Chinese drama and novels at $2,300. I wish to congratulate you for this wise decision, as many titles in the collection are so rare that they are no longer easily available. I hope you could arrange to microfilm all the rare editions and make them available to scholars elsewhere.
Before I write to inform Professor Ch'i about your decision, I wish to make sure that it is your understanding that the following two works: 律吕正义后编、拍案惊奇are not included in this lot. I raised this point because Professor Ch'i understood clearly that these two works were not included in the lot when he asked for a price of $2,300. He based his understanding on your two letters:（1）that of May in which you stated that you were authorized to make an offer of $1,000 with the exception of these two items;（2）that of July 1 in which you stated that the total number of titles and volumes in the whole collection was 71 and 328 respectively.
In your letter of July 23, you stated that you “accept this offer without exception” which seems to indicate you wish to include these two items. As I have no list of these books on hand, I have no means of checking the number of titles and volumes. But in order to avoid any possible misunderstanding between you and Professor Ch'i, will you give me another letter making clarification on this point? On hearing further from you, I shall forward all your letters to Professor Ch'i.
With kindest regards,
Yours sincerely,
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：此件为底稿。
是年夏
钱存训致函先生，询问何时赴华盛顿，路过芝城请下榻聚谈，另请协助找寻《东西学书录》。
守和先生尊鉴：
久疏函候，敬维兴居佳胜，阖府安吉为无量颂。前接光清兄函告，先生将于秋间去美京续编高弟爱目录，未知宝眷是否同行，均在念中。过芝时务乞见告，俾能晤教也。如能在此小留数日，舍间当可下榻，希能早日示知为幸。兹有恳者，训急需用（增广）东西学书录徐维则（相生）辑，顾燮光补，系一九〇二年增订本，曾遍询国会、哈佛、哥大及加大……
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 2〕
按：此函不全。
八月六日
裘开明覆函先生，表示哈佛燕京学社汉和图书馆出价是针对齐如山全部待售古籍，但可以不包括《律吕正义后编》。
August 6, 1953
Dr. T. L. Yüan:
Thank you very much for your letter of July 26 which interpreted our letter of July 23 correctly. We want the whole collection, because we feel that we are paying the maximum price for the books, since your initial price offered to the Library of Congress, as stated in your letter of June 26, is $2500. The reduction for our Library from your original asking price is only $200. Hence, we are justified in wanting the whole collection according to Professor Ch'i's list without any exception. Therefore, our July 23 letter superseded all our earlier letters, which made an exception of the two works you mentioned in your letter for a lower price. However, if Professor Ch'i wants to keep the Lü Lü Chêng i hou pien律吕正义后编, he may do so, because we have the same work in the identical 1746 Palace edition, but we must have the P'o an ching ch'i拍案惊奇, because our edition seems to be different from his.
With all good wishes, sincerely yours,
A. Kaiming Chiu
Librarian
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：齐如山所藏《拍案惊奇》三十六卷，明末凌蒙初撰，清消闲居刻本，共十二册。
八月七日
先生致信裘开明，告知将于九月份赴哈佛大学，推荐该馆购存《光明日报》，并建议其可请刘国蓁在香港代购大陆出版的期刊杂志。
August 7, 1953
Dear Dr. Chiu:
When I come to Cambridge in September, I expect to consult the following three journals which, according to a list sent to me by Mr. Yui, are on file in your Library:
Meanwhile, may I request you to check up whether any issues published in 1953 have been received.
I understand that your Library has not subscribed any daily papers published in China Mainland. If so, may I recommend the Kuang Ming jih-pao published in Peking? It contains much information on educational and cultural activities which is not found elsewhere.
Mr. K. C. Lau, Fung Ping Shan Library, Hong Kong, has been serving as an agent for the University of Chicago to supply current publications from the mainland. According to Mr. T. H. Tsien, the files of current periodicals from China at Chicago are most complete. If your Library has difficulties in procuring publications from the mainland, you may perhaps like to give a trial order to Mr. Lau whom I recommend highly.
Sincerely,
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：此件为底稿，其中空格处应填写汉字——光明日报。
八月十三日
裘开明覆函先生，告知哈佛燕京学社汉和图书馆自八月十七日闭馆，并告该馆订阅了六份大陆报纸，但因为出口限制大都无法继续收到，如刘国蓁可在香港代购这些报纸则愿意委托该人。
August 13, 1953
Dear Dr. Yuan:
Thank you for your letter of August 7. I am very glad to know that you are coming to Cambridge at long last. At first, we were expecting you to be here in August, but now you are coming here in September. That's fine. Beginning next Monday, August 17, the Library will be closed for four weeks for repair and cleaning. Only one or two members will be working here, and the rest of the Library staff will be away for vacation.Professors Elisséeff, Yang and some other faculty members may be here. I intend to be away for about three weeks, and will return to Cambridge on or after Labor Day. If you come here before my return, please drive down with your daughter, who has been at our cottage in Plymouth before, to see Cape Cod.
I am a little surprised to read your statement: “I understand that your Library has not subscribed any daily papers published in China mainland.” As a matter of fact, we have been subscribing to six mainland Chinese daily papers right along, namely,（1）The Jen min jih pao, Peking,（2）Ta Kung Pao, Tientsin,（3）Kuang ming jih pao, Peking,（4）Chieh fang jih pao, Shanghai,（5）Ch'ang chiang jih pao, Hankou and（6）Nan fang jih pao, Canton. But due to the export restriction placed by the Peking Government last year, on export of newspapers and magazines from China, we are not getting any other paper except the Jen min jih pao（The People's Daily）from Peking, for which we have a complete file since its beginning in February of 1949.
Do you think that Mr. K. C. Lau of Hong Kong University would be able to send us all the prohibited papers and periodicals like the Kuang ming jih pao, Hsin hua yueh pao, etc.? If he could get us the forbidden goods, we would be very glad to make him our agent, otherwise his services would be of little use to us, because we already have an agent in Hong Kong. John Fairbank was there in March, and Professor Elisséeff was also in Hong Kong in February. Fairbank made special arrangements with people in Hong Kong to send new publications to Harvard. I also doubt the claim of Mr. Tsien that Chicago University Library has the most complete file of current Chinese periodicals! Since both Mr. Tsien and I could render only partial opinion about each respective library, Chicago and Harvard, please ask some third party to give you an impartial estimate of the strength of these two libraries in current Chinese publications! I was in Chicago in April and had a good talk with Mr. Tsien.
Enclosed please find your list of Chinese periodicals and papers. All those marked “H” are here.
With all good wishes,
Very sincerely yours,
Kaiming
Librarian
承询汪启淑：《水曹清暇录》，敝馆无此书，日本静嘉堂文库藏有此书，日本文久二年（1862）刊本，《江苏国学圕目录》载一部，同此版本，不知此书中国有何刊本，便中请示知为盼。
开明谨上
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：此件为打字稿，落款处及中文补语皆为其亲笔。
八月二十二日
先生致信胡佛研究所和图书馆执行秘书Richardson夫人，已按商妥的结果将平馆在美的小型照相机和存书寄送该所暂存。
August 22, 1953
Dear Mrs. Richardson:
In the course of our previous conversation, I understood from you that the Hoover Institute and Library would be glad to store, for the duration of the cold war, a small camera and a carton of books for the National Library of Peiping, Peiping, China.
I am therefore sending them to you for safe-keeping and I wish to assure you of our sincerest appreciation for your assistance.
May I take this opportunity to express to you my hearty thanks for the privilege of using one of the cubicles in the Hoover Library and of consulting the wonderful collection of your books. It has been an unusual privilege which I shall always treasure in the years to come.
Yours sincerely,
T. L. Yuan
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 3〕
按：该件为录副。
八月二十五日
先生致信裘开明，建议哈佛燕京学社与美国新闻处（台北）或香港地区书店取得联系，以获取所需大陆新闻报纸。
August 25, 1953
Dear Mr. Chiu:
I have received the reply from Prof. Ch'i which I am enclosing herewith for your information. Under the present customs restrictions, it seems wise to solicit the assistance of USIS in Taipeh. If I remember correctly, Mr. Josiah W. Bennett has been in charge of the Information Service. May I suggest that your Institute gets in touch with Mr. Bennett who may like to be of service to you.
The Hoover Library here receives all the current issues of the mainland daily papers subscribed through the Apollo Book Shop, Hong Kong. The last issue of the Kuang ming jih pao received here was dated July 18. If you do not receive the prohibited papers, you may try Apollo or Mr. Lau. Under the present circumstances, it may be worthwhile to use more than one agent in Hong Kong.
Yours sincerely,
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：USIS即United States Information Service，一般译为“美国新闻处”。Josiah W. Bennett（1917-1992），中文名卞承修，时担任美国新闻处驻台负责人。Apollo Book Shop应指智源书局，1947年成立，香港首家以日文杂志、书籍批发及零售为特色的书店。此件为底稿，后附一简目，题为Books in a carton deposited in the Hoover Library August 23 1953，共9种英法文书籍。
九月一日
刘国蓁致函先生，告知代寄各信均已发出，并转呈北京来函。
守和先生阁下：
许久未修书致候，抱歉殊深，恭维起居康乐、著述宏福为颂。八月五日手示，敬悉一一，附美钞二元，亦已收妥矣。承命代寄发北京英使馆Ford先生信一封，径已直接寄去，一因由港寄出不受检查，二因Mrs. Scott当时赴英伦去故也。令妹信亦已即寄发，想均得收也。蒙鼎力介绍四处圕函商，曷胜感铭，惟至今尚未得接来信也。美钞二元找港银十一元八角，连上数三元五角五分，共十五元三角五分，代购寄国内邮票一元及此次航邮费二元，对比尚存十二元三角五分。今日得接北京来信，兹特转呈，伏祈察收为荷。港中天气仍炎热，争秋夺暑之故也。专此，敬请著安。
愚晚刘国蓁顿首
一九五三年九月一日
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 2〕
按：该函右侧标注Claremont UCLA、U. of Wash.、U. of Calif.等字样，应为先生代刘国蓁介绍的数家美国大学图书馆。
九月十一日
刘国蓁致函先生，告知单位地址不便收取信函，请改寄其私人地址。
守和先生尊鉴：
日前付上北京来信，计尘钧鉴。敝馆自本年一月时则由总馆馆长（Mrs. D. Scott）直接管理，向安无异。惟自本月一日起，以前由邮局直接投递敝馆公私信件皆要更改派至大学总馆，由总馆长审查后方发还。此事发生后，极为不方便，但未知其是何原故及用意何在，至公家之信件由渠处决则甚应该，但私人之信件亦要审查，则似乎不合道理也。兹为避免麻烦起见，以前寄馆地址更改寄至舍下（地址列后），以后倘蒙赐示，请照址掷下，必无误也。晚前拜托代介绍美国各大学图书馆代为购办书籍杂志事，现暂拟取消，敬恳先生代通知以前四处图书馆查照或通知更改地址，请不可寄敝馆代转也。令亲戚处亦请代通知为盼。匆匆。专此，敬请撰安。
愚晚刘国蓁顿首
九月十一日
（敝英文地址）K. C. Lau, 36 Lockhart Road, 3rd. fl., Wantsai, Hong Kong.
中文地址如下：香港湾仔洛克道卅六号四楼。
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 2〕
按：该函寄送地址为730 College Avenue, Palo Alto, California，而此时先生已赴麻省。
九月十二日 马萨诸塞州剑桥
晚，先生夫妇携袁静、袁清前往杨联陞处吃饭，同席者有吴宪夫妇（携吴婉莲、吴应）、裘开明夫妇等人。〔《杨联陞日记》（稿本）〕
按：吴宪（1893-1959），字陶民，福建侯官人，生物化学家、营养学家，清华学校毕业，后赴美入麻省理工学院，1919年获博士学位，归国后在协和医学院执教，时已退休在波士顿定居，其夫人为严彩韵。
九月十九日
晚，先生和夫人赴陈观胜家聚会，裘开明、杨联陞、蒋彝、吴宪夫妇、先生夫妇、洪业夫妇等人亦受邀前往，约十时散。〔《杨联陞日记》（稿本）〕
按：陈观胜（1907—？），华裔美国佛教学者，生于夏威夷，后获哈佛大学博士学位，在夏威夷、加州、哈佛大学等校执教。
九月二十二日
下午，裘开明在家设宴欢度中秋，先生与夫人、洪业夫妇、陈观胜夫妇、吴宪夫妇、韩咏华、沈志荣、曾宪七等人受邀与席。〔《杨联陞日记》（稿本）〕
田清波覆函先生，感谢寄赠匿名文章使其得以了解中国学术界的成绩与动态。
Arlington, le 22 septembre 1953.
Cher Monsieur Yuan,
Merci beaucoup de m'avoir envoyé un tirage à part de votre bel article《Some Academic Activities in China 1949-1952》.J'y ai appris avec grand plaisir que les savants chinois, malgré tout, continuent avec succès leurs recherches dans tous les domaines de la science.
Il y a quelques mois je vous ai envoyé deux tirages à part d'articles parus dans le Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. Comme je ne savais pas que vous étiez à présent à Cambridge, je les ai envoyés à votre ancienne adresse. J'espère toutefois que vous les aurez reçus.
Encore une fois merci de votre extrêmement intéressant article.
Agréez, Cher Monsieur Yuan, l'assurance de ma haute considération.
A Mostaert
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：1948年11月，田清波离开北平，翌年2月抵达美国，随即前往弗吉尼亚阿灵顿郡天主教圣母圣心会福传中心（Missionhurst），1949至1953年，他在Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies发表了多篇文章，故函中提到寄送给先生的是哪些并不能确定。该函为田清波亲笔。
十月七日
刘国蓁致函先生，告因其兼顾为他人代购书刊事务，被冯平山图书馆辞退，请先生介绍在港谋事。
守和先生尊鉴：
晚命途多舛，因为别人服务代购书籍事，大学当局认为兼顾副业，与服务规约有所抵触，强迫晚自动辞职，此不得已之举。由下月起，晚已辞退冯平山图书馆职员职守，经已去函秉华先生报告。此后找寻职业当然严重困难，因图书馆学人才在香港致用者甚少，生活问题甚难解决，用是函达，恳请鼎力赞勷，介绍在港贵亲友在教育界服务或其他中学图书馆任职，感荷恩慈，寔无既极。顷接奉令岳丈大人来信，谨将原封奉呈，伏祈察收为幸。专此，敬请著安。
愚晚刘国蓁顿首
一九五三年十月七日
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：“秉华先生”及本谱中之“秉华东翁”皆指冯秉华（Fung Ping-wah, 1911-1981），冯平山三子，香港汉文中学毕业后考入香港大学中文系。
十月上旬
先生独自一人前往华盛顿。〔《传记文学》第68卷第1期，页57〕
按：先生卸任斯坦福研究中心编纂主任后，继续担任国会图书馆中国文献顾问（Consultant in Chinese Literature）。
十月十日
图齐（罗马）致函先生，请为马可波罗诞辰七百周年大会撰写文章——有关马可波罗的书目。
October, 10, 1953
Dear Dr. Yuan Tung-li,
As you probably know, we are preparing throughout the coming year to celebrate the 7th centenary of the birth of Marco Polo. We wish to solemnize this important cultural event in honour of the great traveler, by a series of lectures to be held at our Institute, and by publications edited by the same: to this purpose we wish to avail ourselves of the cooperation of the outstanding Orientalists of our time. Prof. Leonardo OLSCHKI and many other personalities are of course cooperating.
We are requesting the kind cooperation of Chinese scholars, and naturally we could not overlook your name, considering your most valuable contributions to the Polian Bibliography. I have the pleasure to inform you that among the many publications edited by our Institute, a remarkable place is given to the collection of IL NUOVO RAMUSIO, volumes dedicated to records of famous travelers and history of geography. It would be therefore most suitable to include in our collection a volume on the complete Bibliography of Marco Polo, with special regard to the Eastern part of it. If you could take charge also of the part concerning the West, it would be all to the better. Of course, such plans require careful definition, but I am only giving you a broad outline of our program, and I would be much obliged if you could assure me of your cooperation, at least on principle. You have specialized in a most unusual and valuable field, and your help would be greatly appreciated. The prestige of the man who we want to honour, and the common interest we take in his work, give me confidence that you will kindly help for the success of these celebrations.
Hoping to hear from you soon, sincerely,
Giuseppe Tucci
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 3〕
按：our Institute即Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente，意大利中东和远东研究所。Polian Bibliography应指Bibliography of Marco Polo。落款处为其签名。该函寄送加州Palo Alto。
十月十二日
自本日起，先生赴国会图书馆东方部，持王重民所编该馆善本书录书稿（影本）与馆藏文献对照，一方面校订错误，一方面重排书稿（影本）顺序。〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：因为食宿费用过大，先生偶尔会回剑桥寓所（60 Orchard Street）休息，该项工作至12月11日暂时告一段落。
十月二十七日
刘国蓁覆函先生，已持介绍信拜访Arthur W. Hummel Jr.，但因其英文不熟尚未填写申请表格，请指教。
守和先生尊鉴：
日前得奉十五日手示，敬悉。附令岳信一封及介绍函一封，均已收妥。令岳信经已寄发，想已到达矣。蒙鼎力赞勷介绍晚于美国新闻处图书馆工作，铭感殊深。晚已持函往谒Hummel先生，据回答谓现在本港美国新闻处接华盛顿训令裁减经费，人事方面由七十五人可能减至五十三人，暂时难以应付，待五六月后或有机会，并着晚填写Application for Position格式纸寄回与他收，听候通知也。他讲国语甚流利，而且极为有礼貌者，但该格式纸以英文为主要，而晚之英文不甚通顺，恐难适合，是以并未有填写寄回，未悉尊意以为如何？恳请赐教为幸。得接北京来信，特为转呈，敬希察收。尊址已迁至美东，日前转上令岳信，未知可能得收否？前付来美钞二元，前后付上航邮四次，共八元，现尚存四元三角半。谨此奉闻。专此，敬请教安。
愚晚刘国蓁顿首
一九五三年十月廿七日
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按：Hummel先生即Arthur W. Hummel Jr.（1920-2001），恒慕义之子，美国外交官，中文名恒安石，生于山西汾阳，曾在私立辅仁大学任教，1981年里根当选总统以后，命恒安石出任美国驻华大使。
是年秋
福特覆函先生，告其已离开北京返回英国，并述魏智夫人近况，另告翻译薛福成日记进展等事。〔袁同礼家人提供〕
十一月一日
晚，Bayard Lyon在家设宴，先生、周策纵受邀与席。〔《传记文学》第68卷第1期，页57-60〕
按：Bayard Lyon，中文名赖伯阳，曾在北洋大学教授英文，与先生为旧识。赖伯阳的夫人通晓多种语言。席间，先生曾以法文和俄文回答有关欧美汉学家的问题。
十一月九日
噶邦福致函先生，告知其已离开中国前往澳大利亚，并略述袁复礼等人近况，另请联系梅贻琦以便开具清华大学履历证明。〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 2〕
十一月十二日
先生致信图齐（罗马），略谈撰写庆祝马可波罗诞辰七百年大会的会议论文内容，并请其协助查找有关信息。
November 12, 1953
Dear Professor Tucci:
It is indeed a great pleasure to hear from you and to learn that plans for celebrating the 7th centenary of the birth of March Polo are well under way. I am particularly delighted that a complete bibliography of Marco Polo may be included in your collection of IL NUOVO RAMUSIO. I am fully confident that under your leadership and distinguished direction, the celebration next year in honour of Marco Polo will be a great success.
It would indeed be a great honour to me to be able to contribute a bibliography on Marco Polo. As I have planned, this bibliography would include all editions of Marco Polo and all important writings about him and his travels which are published in all Western European languages as well as in Chinese. There are, in addition, a number of books and articles in Japanese which you may prefer to ask the cooperation of a Japanese scholar for their compilation, so I shall not try to include them.
There are a number of scholarly articles on the famous traveler scattered in various Italian journals. Without any index to these articles, it has not been easy to check them fully. If possible, I shall plan to take a short trip to Italy next summer in order to examine them personally. Meanwhile, I hope some of my Italian friends would be able to help me in any way they can. I shall also look forward to your personal help and encouragement.
With warmest regards and all good wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Yuan Tung-li
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 3〕
按：该件为录副。
十一月二十六日
先生覆信噶邦福，告已联系梅贻琦请其出具相关履历证明，并请其再为详述离开中国的经历。
60 Orchard Street
Cambridge 40, Mass.
November 26th
Dear Prof. Gapanovich:
I am so happy to learn from your recent letter that you and your family got out of China at last. When you have time, please write me more fully concerning the help you received in evacuating from China. I hope you obtained some support from the International Refugee Organization at Hong Kong. Do you know if the eldest son of General and Mrs. Horvath got out after all. The last news I had of him was that had been detained in prison.
I have written to President Y. C. Mei whose address is care of the China Institute, 125 East 65th Street, New York 21, N. Y. and urged him to mail you a letter certifying you that you were a professor of History at Tsing Hua. With this letter you might be able to find better position in Canberra. I hear that Mr. Fitzgerald is now in New York, but I have not met him. Lord Lindsay is there connected with the Far Eastern Department, I hope he may be of some assistance to you.
Thank you for conveying the news about my brother and his family. As to the piano, the one I had before 1937 had long been sold. The one I bought in 1947 was remodeled in Shanghai which my sister-in-law does not quite remember. So, when you write to her, just tell her that it is very old piano and Miss Liu whom we had entrusted her to sell would not substitute it. Sorry for this misunderstanding.
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 2〕
按：General即Dmitry L. Horvath（Дмитрий Леонидович Хорват，1858-1937），俄国陆军中将，通译作“霍尔瓦特”，1902年至1920年担任中东铁路总办，后至北京担任北洋政府交通部顾问，白俄社团领袖。Mrs. Horvath即Camilla A. Horvath，爱好绘画。Lord Lindsay及Miss Liu，待考。此件为底稿。
十二月一日
图齐覆函先生，欢迎来年前往意大利，并表示会竭尽所能协助编纂有关马可波罗书目。
Rome, December 1, 1953
Dear Dr. Yuan Tung-li,
Many thanks for your very kind letter of November 12, which I have received with great pleasure. I did not doubt you would take a deep interest in our planned celebrations in honour of Marco Polo, and would kindly and willingly help us with your exceptional knowledge with regard to a bibliography on the great Traveler.
I am also glad to hear that you take into consideration coming to Italy next Summer, and I assure you it shall be a pleasure to welcome you among us. Concerning your research work on articles and scattered papers to be found in Italy, you will receive from our Institute all the help you may need. In order to facilitate this research, you had better give us some precise indications about what papers or books you need to consult, and we will do our best in this connection. The lack of an index is of course a great drawback, but you will be able to overcome it thanks to your fine scholarship.
With all good wishes, and best regards,
Yours sincerely,
Giuseppe Tucci
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 3〕
按：此件为打字稿，落款处为其签名。
十二月七日
慕阿德致函先生，寄上其著述目录及家人有关中国的文章篇目。
7 Dec. 1953
Dear Dr. Yuan:
It was a great pleasure to me to hear from you last week and to know that you are still well and active. In reply to your question, Marco PoloⅢandⅣare not yet published, but I hope to hear soon that the French government is prepared to publish them. Nothing is yet quite decided, and I do not suppose that anything can actually appear before 1955.
It is very good news that you are making a Supplement to Bibl. Sinica. I was very much afraid that it would never be kept up to date, and many of us suffer from the want of any complete bibliography of Far Eastern works. I hope that your Supplement will have an index from the first. I send a list of my own writings printed in 1933, and have written in the margins the papers that have been printed since then. In the last section（Miscellaneous）I have marked some items which may concern China, and my In Memoriam of my Father（G. E. M.）contains a list of his publications.
With all good wishes for your health and prosperity in the coming year.
Yours sincerely,
A. C. Moule
P. S. There are papers on the “Hang-Chow Bore”-one entitled “Tidal Bores Medieval and Before Christ”-in the “China Journal” and “New China Review” by my brother George Theodore Moule, about 30 to 20 years age; and a paper by my brother Henry William Moule “A Chinese Version of the Incarnation”[translated, I think, from神仙传]in-. I cannot find the reference!
A. C. M.
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：Tidal Bores Medieval and Before Christ刊于China Journal of Science and Arts Vol. II, September, 1924, No. 5。George Theodore Moule（1863-1942）、Henry William Moule（1871-1953），皆为其兄长，亦生于宁波，并同为圣公会传教士。此函为其亲笔。
十二月十五日
齐如山致函先生，感谢代售其在台所存小说、戏曲古籍，并述卖书之原因。
守和兄惠鉴：
数年不晤，想诸事顺适也。为书事诸蒙费神，总算多卖几百元。按此书本不应出售，因舍下所存小说、戏曲都特编成目录，经重民、子楷二兄改正并曾登贵图书馆季刊，如此一卖则该目录便非完璧矣，颇觉可惜。但此书在台湾实在难于保存，必须三天一晾、五天一一曝，真是烦不胜烦。虽如此，该书有虫者已经不少，不得已只好出手，且北平一部份将来是否保存的住，也难断定也。再者，目下在台湾生活亦大不易，所以弟常写点稿子，藉以补助日用。有此一笔进款，果能运用有方，生活便可安定，弟亦可稍事休息矣。此皆我兄之所赐也。好在至交，不必客气耳。近来与北平曾通信否？图书馆及知交均如何，殊念。兹本地代弟出版了两本书，特奉上两本，即希指正外，《国剧概论》五本请转赠知交可也。此上，敬颂时安。
齐如山敬上
十二月十五日
书籍由海运印刷品寄出，但住址误书，由Stanford Univ. Library转交，请关照图书馆届时转交阁下为荷。
又因友空军上校王进桢君赴美之便，特托带绣花被面一件，嘱友到美后转寄阁下，尚祈笑纳，并祈收到后见覆是幸。
〔University of Chicago Library, Yuan T'ung-li Papers, Box 2〕
按：《国剧概论》为齐如山所著，1953年台北文艺创造出版社初版，此书应随其旧藏一并寄往美国。先生在该信尾部注有“一月十日函至上校”。
十二月十六日
程绥楚覆函先生，谈其教学、专栏写作的近况。
守和先生、夫人双前：
久未问安，昨奉到九日手示，欣感之余，尤以得悉尊况胜常、贵体纳福为慰。前表兄劳榦自波斯顿来函，云曾两次拜候，时大驾去东部未返，从其来信得知学术界情形，彼每月只百五十元，竟不能稍动，极以为苦云。澄弟今春有过一函，近极少通讯，想已快卒业矣。内地情形，除知其币制跌价外，余无所闻。征兵又起（近日之事），壮丁分配，每县极多，于生产大有妨害。湖南每月家慈须二百数十至三百港币（因外汇一港元始终为4420人民币）一月，初解放时，仅60元也，生活甚苦。出口证因晚曾在国立大学教课，已领不到，且七十之年，无人护送，亦来不成。崇基学院现有三年级，系美国U. B. C. C. C.出钱，此间Bishop Hall为董事之一，伦敦圣公会亦有帮助，然行政人员皆系外行，学生程度有的只够中学，殊难乐观。晚系专任讲师，现授通史6小时，大二国文6小时，兼圕主任。近二三年来，每日为《新生晚报》（此间中午出版，重国际新闻之报，销数大，其作风如老《大公报》）写一篇幽默散文（略似林语堂早岁在China Critic之Little Critic），凡二年余，未断一日（千五至二千字），竟成为港之首三个受欢迎之一栏（广告公司估计者），于是各报纷纷来约，现为《香港时报》（台湾办，新闻最全，译作最好，比星岛标准高），《工商日晚报》（何世礼家办，日报为港第一销数，可入台，三倍于星岛），每日上午上课办公到午后一点，自二至下午五点半写作，夜写一篇，每日六千字，分为四篇，故极忙，晨六点半起。住“九龙诺士佛台七号”，须渡海，现月入约千八至二千，但因未成婚，须纳税，住公寓，消费大。因写得太多，弄到不能读书。此港外省人（称上海人）日久几已全完了，晚因初来即入教界，故为外帮人中仅有能维持之数人。游台者云气象甚佳，但拖延下去，愈来愈不易有为，盖已养成器矣。承转稿费，信封请寄Mr. S. C. Cheng, Chung Chi College, Caine Rd. H. K.即可。该杂志始终未见到，能购得一份否？或请便中示知其地址，以便直接索取。烦神甚为不安，惟有铭感。弟妹想皆已卒业，前澄弟寄来一相，有小弟，竟猜不到是谁。余再上，敬叩年禧。
晚绥楚敬上
十二，十六
〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：China Critic即《中国评论周报》，1928年创刊，Little Critic即林语堂在其上登载之“小品文”，1935年8月曾集结出版。Chung Chi College即崇基学院，1951年由前广州岭南大学校长李应林、前上海圣约翰大学校董会主席欧伟国及香港圣公会领袖何明华在香港创办，代表基督教在华发展高等教育传统的延续，后为香港中文大学。
十二月中旬
先生离开华盛顿，回到马萨诸塞州剑桥，与家人团聚。〔袁同礼家人提供〕
按：自此，先生继续校订王重民书稿，至翌年3月28日，完成大部分工作。