SIR,—I enclose [here insert the amount of your first instalment] as a first instalment of the purchase-money of your inestimable boon. In sending the volumes please pack them to resemble [here insert whatever you wish the volumes to be so packed as to resemble].
Believe me, yours gratefully and admiringly,
[Here insert your name.]
Mr. Bernard Shaw writes: ‘So admirable were the precautions of your secret supply service that Mrs. Shaw is still under the impression that the cellar merely contains a year’s supply of Grape Nuts.’
Despatch in Delivery.
Every set sent out within two minutes of receiving the order.
In order to ensure perfect punctuality of delivery, Mr. Automobilé Bell has made arrangements with the Strand Vestry for the use of their 20 H.P. steam traction engine, preceded by a red danger signal, to secure a free field and no favour.
Lord Esher writes: ‘I had hardly turned round after posting my order before my steps were completely congested. Our only exit from the house has since been by means of a fire-escape.’