Letter from George Frederick James Temple, on a paper 'Finite plane strain' by J F Adkins, Albert Edward Green and R T Shield, to D C Martin, assistant secretary of the Royal Society Paper reference code: A95 Temple remarks this paper is outside his 'province', though it seems 'a very competent piece of work'. The main question is if the results achieved justify 43 pages of the Proceedings, and suggests it would be desirable to reduce the length of the paper. Written at University of London King's College, Department of Mathematics, Strand [England]. [Published in Proceedings A, 1953]. Endorsed on recto as received 19 May 1953. 13 May 1953