JAMES WILLIAM BRYAN PRESS 



January 10, 1916. 



Mr. Gr. 0. Kennedy, 



Rcxbury, Boston, M^ss. 



It appears that, due to the Christmas rush, a number of 

 letters that were mailed to those to whom we forwarded on approval 

 the volume, "Our Summer in the Vale of Kashmir," by Dr. Denys, have 

 miscarried, and in order to guard against your being among the 

 number who did not receive our former letter, we are taking the 

 liberty of attaching hereto a copy of the original. 



It takes unusual confidence in a book for a publisher to 

 undertake a campaign of this kind, limited though it be, as the ratio 

 of costs in sending" and returning a book that may not be desired is 

 extremely high, but our confidence has been well justified and our 

 efforts seem to be appreciated, for the majority have deemed the book 

 worthy and have retained it; and we trust that in the event our former 

 letter has miscarried, you have not been put to any inconvenience in 

 this matter. However, should you feel that the book is not worthy of 

 a place in your library, you will kindly notify us, and we will mail 

 postage to cover the return of the book and your letter to us. >A'e 

 will also send a carrying carton, if you will state whether or not 

 the original one has been destroyed. 



Our sole attempt in this matter has been to bring to your 

 direct attention the only book available on one of the most interesting 

 countries in the world, by an author who is a master of words as well 

 as facts, and in a dress that has been pronounced to be the handsomest 

 book production that has appeared in a long while— and to do this in 

 such a way as to eliminate all middleman's profits and to offer you 

 the book at the actual production cost. 



Yours respectfully, 



JAMES WILLIAM BRYAN PRESS. 



