p.

not a very thick book; for I
fancy, that like the subject
of the supernatural, this
topic will not bear more
than a limited amount of
stretching.
When I shall be able
to finish, I cannot tell.
Perhaps in time for next
Fall - at very earliest.
I can only write these things
at intervals - when they
make me write them: to
force is out of the question,
and to repeat the feeling
that comes just as it
comes, is often a work of
months - trifling as the
result appears.
Ever very truly yours
Lafcadio Hearn
Tokyo, Dec. 28th '96
Thanks for kindly answer, about punctuation