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Detroit, Michigan;
33 Ferry Avenue.
November 29th, 1907.

My Dear Tryon:-

It is a pleasure to have news of yourself and Mrs. Tryon; and to know that "All goes well" with you. I was in New York on Saturday and Sunday last. Having heard from Montross that you were in town, I hoped to have run in for a few moments on Sunday afternoon; but the fact is - just when I had expected to have been with you, a crowd of callers at my Hotel prevented. The next morning, early, I went to West Point. to see the Whistler Memorial; and returned from there directly to Detroit. However, if all goes well, I shall be in New York again ere long; and shall then hope to see you both.

Your amusing description of Fenellosa's discovery of a New Painter, has peculiar charm. The truth is, however, that Fenellosa's is the first man to have written for publication, the relation which Whistler's Art bears to that half of the Orient. The theory is, of course, not new to those who see and feel; but you understand how very small a percentage of Magazine readers see or feel - even after they are told. I doubt very much, if The Pacific Era article will illuminate the minds of many of its readers, excepting those