I like the ping pong effect that is created with the small letters going to and fro between characters.
We learn more about Mina and Lucy. We can obviously see the very strong bond between these two and the stronger bond between Mina and Jonathan because they get married.
One thing that i can highlight from all these matters in these passages is that peoples' personalities are changing. Jonathan, maybe because of his sickness, is getting a more secluded and secretive. This is sort of showed in the notebook part as he is telling Mina to do certain things with the notebook.
Dr Seward is writing more on Renfield and about how he is getting violent during the day also with other strange querky reactions.
We meet a new character, Van Helsing, who is brought in to help Lucy but seems like a strange character. The end of Chapter 9 is good as it is an urgent, important telegram to Van Helsing to come quickly as Lucy has got worse.
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Yes - the old fashioned telegram is used to good effect to speed things up well! I think you're right about the personalities changing too - this is the hallmark of a good novel - the characters don't stay the same throughout, but are modified and moulded by their experiences! More to come on this!
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