p.

make a journey south, during the
winter - to Manila or Riu Kiu,
probably, - I should like
to see the proof before going.
This would not prevent you
from using the sketches you
might wish for in this meanwhile.
As to sending some
of the article elsewhere, I
don't know what to say. Some
editors mutilate outrageously,
and some magazines illustrate
absurdly. (Of course the
Harpers I cannot bear
to hear even mentioned.)
Then it seems to me no small
imposition to ask you to place
anything for me - you must
be a very busy man. Still
if you think the publication