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and lAGrr Haven as well as those of as many other smaiier-coiieetions -as-^ 

 I cHJaget access to. With my own and those of Columbia I have a pretty 



coocl basis to vrork on as - ;:tarter. I have been contemplating this tor 

 a long tlDn but have not felt in a position to see my vray clear to 

 the necessary trips to Europe to get hold of the material that is abso- 

 lutely essential to a complete study of these things i 



Sorry to trouble you with type writer again but I have become 

 so attached to it that I dislike to use a pen* 



Please accept the best holiday wishes for yoiorself and your family* I 

 shall hope to get down to see you sometime. J[ 



At any rate I am as ever^ 



Sincerly yoiirs. 



