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Dresden April 20th 1874
Messrs. Osgood and Co Publishers
Dear Sirs, I send you the corrected proofs
of the first sixty or seventy pages, and also
the written MS as far as [my] page 167. From
this point on I shall send only the proofs; since
[M ?] King will finish the printing in a few days,
- quicker than I could work off copy.
If you find in the MS any other than verbal
alterations from the proof, you can let them
stand; for the MS has received my latest
revisions.
Trusting you will be able to get ready
before summer comes, I remain,
very sincerely yours
Julian Hawthorne