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not hav maiT7 dollars it raust amount to. I get here now a salary of 
$2200 and am a,ble by teaeliing 4 weeks in the Summer School to add $200 
to that. This enables me to live here in comfort and that is all I 
want to do in Cambridge. \'Ie have no luxurious habits and are content. 
with "plain living" and the hope of attaining the "high thinking 
which the proverb joins with it. We should need a house of 7 --9 
rooms (depending on size) with modern conveniences. This item of 
house rent is the largest single expenditure of the year, and if you 
can give me some infomation on this point I should be able with whiit 
I knov/ already of Ccb^uuride,^^' . j^^ices to form an estimate of the salary 
necessary to live. 
Another thii:g : Would it be necessary in case my transfer can be 
arranged for me to come to Cambridge at once ? I suppose I could be 
released from my • engagement here, but I should pr-efer to retain direc- 
tion of the work for the coming college year. I could probably arrange., 
to spend the winter-- -say from Dec. 15 to April 15--“at Cambridge and % 
to devote a considerable portion of my time in the fall and spring 
terms to the rev/ritlng of the text-book. The v/inter’s work would en- 
able me to make a good staTt at least tov/ard the preparation of the 
body of the Sullivant herbarium for mounting. 
could be considered I would of course ask only part/pay from the Her- 
barium and part from the University of Wisconsin ^mid details of the 
arrangement could be readily agreed upon. 
Will you be present at the Indianapolis meeting of the A.A.A.S.? 
Very truly , yours , 
