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I have been offered the great privilege of a [[underline]]full[[/underline]] examination of the Imperial collection at Mukden which must be something amazing in both magnitude and quality, but it seems to me wiser not to accept too much during my first visit, so I have declined. I dare not say much in addition to what I have previously written you of my purchases. When you see them they will speak for themselves. My German friend Dr. Grosse came here a couple of days ago after two years of study in Japan, some of which was done in my company. I showed him only two of my recently acquired paintings and he declared them finer than any he had ever before seen and said that they alone were worth years of travel and large outlays of money. Of course, I am happy in his approval of the little I dared show him. He represents the Imperial German Museums and is in my judgement the most scientific art critic of Europe today. Of course, I did not tell him of the large number of things I have secured.