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great historical value of the collection; also its high artistic value, but I imagine that he is not likely to contemplate buying the collection as a whole, for his personal use. He told me, that he felt that there were about one hundred prints in the collection which he would like to add to his own collection, but that he does not want to buy the whole collection in order to secure the one hundred specimens; he also said, that he wished that some body of gentlemen could be associated who would buy and present the collection entire, to some Museum, but that he doubted very much if such a group of men would ever assemble themselves together for such a purpose. This conversation was carried on before Mr. Gookin, whom you know has cooperated with practically all of the collectors of Japanese prints in Chicago, excepting Mr. Chas. G. Morse; Mr. Gookin feels deeply interested in seeing the collection kept together and said, that at one time he had hoped that Mr. Buckingham would buy the collection, but that he now felt that Mr. Buckingham was not likely to undertake it.

I mention these details, feeling that they will interest you, but, I trust, you will treat them as confidential.

While in New York on Friday and Saturday last, I was suffering considerably from over-travel and a severe cold and had to keep pretty closely within my hotel. During this time Mr. Ushikubo and the Messrs S. Yamanaka of New York and R. Yamanaka,(formerly of London, but this winter stationed at Boston) called at my hotel to see me. I

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