James D. Hague 



who will ' serve this notice ' on you 

 to know each other. I have felt it a 

 privilege to know in you the intimate 

 companion of Socrates. My friend 

 who is like yourself somewhat divided 

 between the hot pursuit of modern 

 things, and the contemplation of the 

 too-much-forgotten glories of the past, 

 will be I know a welcome acquaint- 

 ance to my dear philosopher, my 

 valued anachronism, my friend of the 

 book and owl. Perhaps the dust still 

 lingers on some solitary glass cylinder 

 known only to you in the secret re- 

 cesses of the Union Club cellar and 

 that you will draw out the cork and 

 my friend at the same sitting. 

 " Socrato-memorabilially yours 



" Clarence King." 



H. F. Cutter, Esq. 



And here are two characteristic 

 notes, addressed many years ago by 



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