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#33 Ferry Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan,
April 27th, 1904.

My dear Mr. Eddy:--

Referring again to your kind letter of March 22nd, I beg to say that shortly after its receipt, I wrote to Miss. Birnie-Philip, asking her to kindly furnish all possible information concerning whether or not the English copies of "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" were circulated in this country with the consent of Mr. Whistler. A reply to my letter came from Miss. Birnie-Philip this morning, in which she says that she has arranged for an early meeting with Mr. Webb, her attorney, and will ascertain all that she can concerning the matter, and will then write me more fully.

She also wrote "Mr. Eddy is acting most kindly in asking for Mr. Byrenforth's opinion."

Mr. Reinemann, the English publisher, still insists, in a letter to Mr. Webb, that the Lovell edition did not contain the printed copyright notice. In order to set this matter straight, I would like to take with me to London, for which city I start on the S. S. "Oceanic" on May 4th, the two copies of "The Gentle Art" sent to you sometime ago. If they can be spared, will you kindly return them to me here in time to reach me not later than Monday next, May 2nd. After having shown these books to Messrs. Webb and