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think we had better hold shipping until you have seen the picture in Mr. Dewing's studio. The you come to Detroit, we will talk it all over, along with many other matters on which, I am sure, we will be glad to exchange views.

Yes, of the prints shown under the auspices of the Caxton Club, about two hundred are from my collection.

There is nothing of especial interest in the Hillton sale, at least nothing good enough for you. Your determination to gather a good collection of work by American artists is most commendable, and it will be one of the great joys of your life. It is necessary, however, to exert a great deal of self-restraint, or one is liable to get pictures of an unsatisfactory quality, I can and will be glad, indeed, to help you with Theyer and Howbray. I shall also keep a good lookout for an example of Bryant and Homer Martin.

I saw in New York last week a medium sized upright landscape showing a moonlight effect of a house, yard, water-way and trees,by a new man, named Peters, a real nocturne, and one that struck me as very interesting. The price is $500.00. and I was very much tempted to buy