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be especially interesting for you to study the methods adopted by both Mr. and Mrs. Whistler in working out the problem.

I have been kept very busy all summer in weeding my collections, and in cataloguing and perfecting the records thereof. During the next thirty days, I hope to get the work pretty well caught up, when I shall have more time to devote to my friends. I hope that before winter sets in and the days grow too short, you can come out and spend a few days with me.

The large panel and the shutters and door to the Peacock Room have arrived here in perfect condition. The balance of the interior finish of the room is soon to be shipped, and I expect it to be here before October first.

I have been making some quiet comparisons of the large decorations of the room with the most successful things of a similar nature of fifteenth and sixteenth century work in the Orient. It will please you to know that Whistler's things,in bigness of feeling, strength of line, use of space and general aesthetic accomplishment, hold their own with the very best. I have long felt the great importance of the room, but until I had been able to make the comparisons above mentioned, I did not place the room on as high a pedestal as it deserved.  Of course, the room lacks the "finish" of many of