p.

West Park N.Y.
Dec 14. [ ?]
Dear Sir:
Your letter & the copy
of the Literary World, are rcd.
I fear there is little that I can
give you, or feel at liberty to
give you, that will avail
you much. About the most
gratifying letters I receive from
strangers, are from in reality
confined to their rooms,
in most cases women,
my books seem to bring the
breath of outdoors to them.
One such (a western woman