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enjoyment of Ireland. My intention is, if
well enough, to start for the Lake of Killarney
on Thursday to be absent until Saturday
night. I think I can make the trip without
bringing much strain on the knee. Tell
mamma there is nothing ailing the knee
cap. Tell her also to let me know as soon
as she learns from Little + Brown how
the book has done this year. I see that
the London agents are still advertising
which I think a good sign. I feel so poor
both for you and myself that I hope something
helpful may turn up - I cannot
but repeat if I have to lose my tact
chance of seeing something of Europe.

During the passage over I read very diligently
at the Sonnets of the Century +
want to caution you against what I
think a very common fault in readers of