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355 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass. Deo. 14, 1922. 
My dear Dr. Schleohter: Your letter of Hovember 25th, 
arrived yesterday. It would seem that the postal mechan¬ 
ism has been working badly, because I have not received 
a letter from you since the 8th. October, and as I have 
written more frequently than your letter of the 25th, 
indicates. From you I received a very welcome and much 
prized remembrance of my birthday. For this I wrote my 
best thanks. I also wrote to you that the present time 
seems very unpropitious for any heavy undertaking in the 
way of printing. And a few days ago I mailed to you a 
little pamphlet which I had privately printed because 
our magazines are very much hampered by the printing 
conditions in this country and by a falling off of sub- 
scriptions with increases in the cost to subscribers. 
My last letter to you was written on the same day that 
your last one was written. In that letter I referred to 
the catalogue and informed you that I had looked at my 
records with a view to getting them in shape at the 
earliest possible time. I have instructed my assistant 
to forward to you the papers you have asked for. This 
time I hope they will reach you. 
I am delighted to learn that Mrs. Ames's gift to 
