Does this correspondence have a Bath, OH address?  Ruth



At 5:55 PM 01/27/2000, Met History wrote:
>Because this is a warm, caring listserv, I feel safe - safe enough to share
>my feelings with you.  I have just been informed that the editorial board of
>the International Biographical Centre "would very much like to consider your
>biographical details for entry" in its forthcoming volume "2000 Outstanding
>Writers of the 20th Century".
>
>While selection for inclusion "cannot be bought", I am also eligible to
>reserve my own copy - the "Grand Edition" is $165.00.  I am also eligible to
>buy a three-colour diploma ($165.00) and the silver-finished medal (hey,
>that's funny, it's also $165.00!).  [Ooops! Forgot to note: maximum of 40
>characters on diploma and medal!]
>
>The board making the selection is so distinguished it >>cannot be listed!<<
>Wow!
>But, I also want to share a deep concern - the awful thought that if, by
>submitting my data  (including "Letter of the alphabet under which you wish
>to be listed") I was the 2000th entry - the last one - and John Leeke or Dan
>the Epic Poet were turned down?  What if - horrors! - there was room for only
>a single ... Ken Follett?
>
>Sign me,  Bartleby the Scribbler

Ruth (HOUGHTON) BARTON
Westminster,Vermont, USA
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