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#33 Ferry Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan,
September 24, 1906.

Dear Miss Birnie-Philip:-

The shipment of plates for the "Ten O'clock" and [[strikethrough]] eighteen [[/strikethrough]] twenty six copies of the pamphlet came from Houghton, Mifflin & Company the middle of last week, and I would have advised you of this fact earlier but for a rush of visitors at my home who have monopolized practically all of my time for several days. I have stored the pamphlets and plates in one of my fire-proof vaults, where they will be held subject to your order.

This morning's mail brought a letter from Houghton, Mifflin & Company, dated September 22nd, requesting me to send a copy of the "Ten O'clock" to Miss Grace Greenwood of Macdonald Institute, Guelph, Canada, to which I have replied as per copy enclosed. It seemed to me proper to decline to comply with the request from Houghton, Mifflin & Company, because of the lack of courtesy they have shown you. However, should you care to have them accommodated in the matter, and if you will send me word to that affect, I can still forward the copy of the "Ten O'clock" to Miss Greenwood. In this connection I must tell you that I should have ere this explained the wish I expressed to you in a previous letter, that the next edition of the "Ten O'clock" should be given a better cover. The English edition of the "Ten O'clock" as originally published, appeared in that beautiful brown paper which Mr. 

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