468 Hope Street, 
Providence, h, I. 
Dec, 30, 1907. 
oar Chamberlain: 
Phan]: you for the Cephalozia which has 
just go* c. I don’t know whether you have or have not sent 
it to ne before. I an just as much obliged, even if you have 
Yes, I have been cleaning house, but the hepatico whielT 
I sent you wore not a product of the upheaval. X sirrqly 
went over so e miscellaneous duplicates and picked out ‘such 
as I sent. Xy desk and roor sot so cluttered up that I had 
to do somethin**. Jpn ite ,for la have done it quicker, but 
not quitd as satisfactorily to your burble servant. 
I dare say you ’ now how one has to have a house cleaning 
occasionally in order to find things. 
I suppose fro . a statement in your letter that you will 
not rv vo a chance to a to here on your way to >•:; York. 
T f y u db have a chance to ato over a train or two, do so b;; 
all means. You haa better drop me a line however or T nay 
be out of town. The latch-string in nlways out for you. 
e are all glad to hear that your mother is steadily 
iirh riviru , even if the improvement is slow. I t mist be 
a vor; tedious process, to saj the least. 
hes, X have heard of the t. anhinyton tri . I’d life 
to take it in, but I an afraid if any one of three different 
plans, rich arc nor in embryo, should uovolo. X shall not be 
able to do so. it is a meat temptation, and if I cars I’ll 
certainly po• 
I've boon working overtine duririf the last three or four 
days yri-tinf' Gasp© labels, "'e arc soon to issue rnotv r 
bunch oh vascular lants, a continuation of our distribution 
of lot3. he shall not have so many this time, but the 
lot is laud, richer in rare or new things, 
hy vest wishes fo:i a happy Hew Year to you and your mother 
Cordially, 
