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much.  In the first place, Tryon's work in colour cannot be adequately suggested in any other medium.  In the next place, neither Kingley nor Schilling have been trained to suggest colour in their black and white work.  Their education is entirely lacking in the fundamental principles.  By this, I mean that they are without keen feeling for the real value of light and dark, of line composition and proper spacing.  You find these elements properly understood in the work of the great Oriental masters and that of Whistler.  Of course, twelve years ago, neither you nor I understood the meaning of these things, or we would have planned differently.  However, we learn by experience, and I am very glad of the efforts we made.  You will, I trust, let the matter rest exactly where it is, so far as finances are concerned.

Yours very truly,
Charles L. Freer


N. E. Montross, Esq.,
#372 Fifth Avenue,
New York City.