THE SULLIVANT MOSS SOCIETY ; THE BRYOLOGIST 
EDWARD B. CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary-Treasurer 
18 WEST 89th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
Nov. 28. 1919. 
Dear Collins 
I have your note from Providence, and am mighty glad in¬ 
deed to hear from you. I’m right sorry that Edie is so poorly, and 
your father also. It must be right hard for you, as well as for them. 
I had not known that Edie was really in trouble before, or if you had 
written me, it had slipped my mind. Please give both of them my 
kindest regards and good wishes. 
As for myself, I’m hale and hearty. 
The latter part of October I had a touch of the grip, and, though able 
to teach school through it all even though I should not have done so, 
it left me feeling pretty mean for a while. There were ten days in 
which I wan’t worth 30^. To add to the fine situation, a tooth starred 
to riot just about when 1 felt the worst. 1 had it opened at once, and 
drained, and toddy expect to have the finaly treatment and filling for 
the beast. But, there was a time when I would have eold out cheap! 
No great amount of news here. School 
numbers 206, fully 10$ more than last year, and the work is correspond¬ 
ingly larger. Somehow, I seem to have an easier schedule, though 
thus far I have not succeeded in benifiting by it at all. I am on the 
jump all of the time, and find it hard to get the long delayed letters 
attended to. Some from la t summer ate still unanswered. I'l admit 
that the ten days in October raised heck with things in all lines and 
put me way behind. 
I was down at Round P n nd all the summer, at work as 
usual, and had a very quiet time. There was pleanty to do, I found no 
time to loaf, but for the life of me i cannot seem to remember hardlya 
tilling that was of great interest th6 whole summer. In fact, it was not 
until August that I get away from the general routine at all. I was uut 
in a boat two or three times, rather more towards the end of thin? s, snd 
in early September got up to Portland for parts of two days. Saw Fel¬ 
lows and Norton, finding both well, but F. pretty blue. He has sold 
his house, and taken a room across the street. Still keeps up his den¬ 
tal practice, but 1 think that he feels that he is nearing the end. 
I didn’t try ato attend the J.B.S. Norton wrote that they had a small 
crowd, but something of a good time, just the same, especially two 
or three that went in to woods by themselves. 
Norton seems as wellas 
ever and just the same, is puttering around the Portland Soc. all the 
bine and getting things done little by little there. 
I expect to be right 
here all the time until June, save for occasional days off or out of 
town. I'm going over to Phila for a math meeting tomorrow, which will 
be the first vacation! If you ever get the time to stop off for 
even a meal while passing through the town, let me know. lean meet you 
any day at 6.30 down at Grand Central,and Saturday’s earlier, and we a 
can go over to the Club and eat. 
Best wishes, 
EBC. 
