JOHN E. PFEIFFER
NEW HOPE, PA,

May 11, 1959

Dear Joshua Lederberg,

Sorry we are missing connections once more. It looks
asif I shall have to see you in Stanford, which is
something I hope to do in any case~-if only to see how
your elaborate note~answering system works.

If this note reaches you before you go abroad, please
remember me to Peter Dohrn at the Naples Zoological
Station. I miss Neples at this time of years

Yes, I knew that Leonard Engel is preparing a book

on biochemical genetics. My interest at this stage is
merely ina series of articles addressed to an audience
on medical nonlaymen. If Leonard doea what I expect hin
to do-=-namely, turn out an excellent book--that will be
that. If he should do otherwise, I'll write a book on
the subject. The field certainly deserves such a work.

We shall see, and I look forward to our eventual mest-
inge