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experience in any unfamiliar country,
usually puts me a little hors de moi,
as they say in French. When I
become a veteran, I shall stand
fire better.
I am more than satisfied
with what you say about fair
possibilities for the book. The
best work will, of course, be the
last; and during the coming
year I think I shall be able
to send papers of a different
kind altogether. The whole book
will, I trust, be much lighter
than my recent papers would
indicate; and the lighter work
will be shaped to alternate
with the simple narrative, or
essay. - But all this is for
the future. -- -- Perhaps, also,
it will be best to keep all
future papers for me, - unless
you return some for revision.
As for revision in
final print, I feel such a
book must be proof-read in
Japan itself, and with the
help of Japanese friends. The
distance between Japan and