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#33 Ferry Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan, U. S. A.,
December 23rd, 1907.

Dear Miss. Birnie-Philip:-

In the pressure caused by absence from home, I am compelled to dictate this letter.

Forgive both the dictation and typed form in which it reaches you.

Let me enclose herewith, three letters from Mr. Ralph Fletcher Seymour of the Alderbrink Press,of Chicago, - two addressed to me, and one to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Company. The reply to the one sent to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Mr. Fletcher did not forward to me, but I fancy this letter made reference to my name, hence Mr. Seymour addressed me concerning his reprint of the "Ten O'clock".

The audacity of the Alderbrink Press is astonishing! They probably counted on slipping through free of punishment as did The Dominion Shop people a year or two age.

Eraly in December, Miss. Cook, an Editorial Writer on Art subjects, whose home is in Chicago, called upon me at my home, and while she would not give me definite information, she intimated that a new edition of the "Ten O'clock" might be expected to appear before the holidays. I expressed my opinion of pirated books as strongly as possible and told her that your Solicitors would certainly follow up any pirated editions that might occur. She is a very energitic person and it