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as I have already hinted, that she cannot legally prevent the club from proceeding with the work, and as the Grolier Club, if it really does undertake the publication, is sure to do the work very well, she may, eventually, give her consent and assistance.
Mr. Whistler had a dread of photographic reproductions of his etchings and lithographs being sold by unscrupulous dealers as originals. His fears were well founded, as during my stay in London during last summer, I found copies of lithographs on sale in several shops, and the prices asked approximated very closely to the prices obtained for the originals by Mr. Whistler when impressions were first sold. In fact, Miss. Birnie-Philip, in a late letter, calls my attention to the fact that the excellence of the reproductions contemplated by the Grolier Club will simply make the copies more dangerous. I feel with you that, by degrees, the demand for reproductions of Mr. Whistler's work in all the mediums used by him will mean the production of numerous copies, and the whole subject is one entitled to the most careful consideration of his executrix and friends.
Your expressions of interest in the matter are most generous and proper, and are deeply appreciated.

Yours very sincerely,
Charles L Freer

Arthur J. Eddy, Esq.,
The Temple,
Chicago, Ills.