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[printed letterhead]
No. Smithsonian Institution,
Washington D. C., 18

[written]
Dear little Daughter.

The Day before
Christmas Prof Baird got for
you a p something he wished
to send as a christmas present.
But I suggested that as I would
be sending a box home when the
artic collections arrived here
he had better not run the risk of
having your present injured
by sending it by mail.

It is a ser remarkably fine
photographic copy of a celebrated
series of paintings illustrating the
pretty German fairy tale of
the "Seven ravens and the de-
voted sister". - It is the prettiest
thing of the kind I've seen, and
will please you very much Im
sure - It is too good to be risked
by mail when its large size
might cause it to be injured.

Write to me sometimes