foresee ths end.I am much obliged for the number 
the records, and think I will try them.I am sure 
that T should take muoh more interest in my old 
records were I not so entirely alone.Just why it 
should be so I oannot say but so it is. 
Sincerely Yours 
G^/U~c, - JjSu 
Feb.. 19, 1919 
0tf? QDntarin 
UaBltingtntt. S. GL 
Dear. Hill: 
I have .jU31 received a letter from Joe 
Srinnell which fills me with horror.He encloses 
a copy of a letter he has sent you,and he pro¬ 
poses to send similar letters to other eastern 
ornithologists until the sum necessary to pub¬ 
lish my autobiography is raised.I do not like the 
plan ata all,and sincerely hope you will decline 
to contribute one oent for suob a purpose.So far 
as that goes I oan raise the amount myself if 
it were necessary to publish the stuff,but it is 
not necessary,and assuredly if my friends are to 
unite to publish a bibliography of my misspent 
