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March 5. 1395. 



My dear Deane:-- 



I ho.ve been away from home so much in the past few weeks 

 that my corre spondence , even business, has got fat behind. I take up 

 the two lexers of yours which I find on my desk unanswered. 



It is not a difficult problem that you propound as to the change 

 of letters in your separates , and not in the Gazette sheets. In traiis- 

 ferrinc the forms to the smaller press for printing; the separates the 

 two letters fel] out. The pressman then proceeded to stick them in 

 where it was most convenient ,and through the inherent cussedness of 

 inanimate objects he [_,ot them in just the wrong places, 



As to the photographs , which I return to you by this mail: I hard- 

 ly know what to say. They are beauties ,and the specimens they repre- 

 sent are the same. I wish we could reproduce them,for I think they 



would be a puttern,not to say a stimulus for coiiectors. But there 



is always a but ,a fjy in the pot of ointment — e^ch one of t hem 

 will take a whole plate,and that means about $13 to us, which is sim- 

 ply oat of the question, vie are willing to illustrate abundantly , but 

 $90 to $130 is too much to put into either patternsor stimuli! And 

 I know no way in which these photographs can be reproduced cheaper. 



Of course if you hd.ve some extra cash that you want to blow in 

 we'd be pleased to do the printing for you! for instance: you furnish 

 the blocks and we'll print the rlates, which costs us $3 each. 



I hope to get another installment of your Notes in the April 

 number. March was filled up with stuff that has been hanging fire so 

 long it was losing its freshness and I had to run it in. 



Cordially yours , 



