so she was merely told thai; it was from sever- 

 al friends of the Gray Herbariam and given in 

 oonsiderafeioa of' the faithfulness of her ser- 

 vices, ■ The poor girl was quite overoonse, but 

 accepted the gift with pathetic appreciation 

 and in precisely the proper spirit.- 



Miss Day tells me that the sum will relieve 

 the family fr cbj its immediate and most pressini 

 difficulties,- They are thrifty and industriouH 

 and if not t co seriously handicapped will Set 

 through all right,- 



We are more than busy at the Herbarium, and 

 are straining every nerve to get forward with 

 the Manual,- To-day we have returned eighteen 

 galleys of proff tc the printer besides pre- 

 paring a new batch of manuscript f or press,- 

 With kindest regards, . I am 



3 Clement Circle,' Cambridge,' Mass,-,' 

 21 Nov,- 1907.- 



Dear Dr.- Kennedy: 



I thank you most heartily for your 

 cordial and generous gift of fifty dollars 

 to aid the Anderson family in their difficul- 

 ties.- I wish you could know how much it 

 meant tc them,- Ws were able to get but $ 145 

 in all,' soma of the poepla to whom I applied 

 having not yet answered,- As the need seemed t 

 be pressing,! it seemed best to give at once 

 what we could.- Miss Day was so kind as to 

 undertake the matter,' which was rather deli- 

 cate,- I think she managed it as tactfully as 

 possible. We felt that rt would be easier for 

 Miss Anderson if no names were mentioned,^ and 



