Don Horacio 



months. The doctors say that a very- 

 long railway journey may not be un- 

 dertaken by me under a year. I had 

 a dream of coming to California in 

 the spring but that must be given up. 

 " Do write me of your feelings and 

 doings : you know nothing gives me 

 greater pleasure than to breathe the 

 same intellectual atmosphere with 

 you, for am I not also of the family 

 of Quixote ? . . . 



" Ever affectionately 



" Clarence." 



Of much earlier date than the pre- 

 cedine letters is the lona--treasured 

 note of introduction which follows : 



" 23 Fifth Avenue, January, 1878. 



" Dear Mr. Cutter, 



" Life is so short and uncertain 

 that I find myself in haste for you 

 and my friend Mr. Thomas Sturgis, 

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