p.

[S?] Apr 17th 89

Dear Mr Stedman:

Thank you very much
for sending me the pictures, they
are certainly very fine work &
all the authors represented must
be grateful for such pains-
taking. Houghton Mifflin
have published a book, of por-
traits of authors that are enough
to turn the beholder to stone with
horror & consternation. This is
quite a different thing!

My grateful remembrance
to your father, please, & with
kind regards to yourself &
Mother, believe me

Yours very truly
Celia Thaxter