Branford, July 31.‸Aug. 1.‸
My Dear Ticknor—
We go hence to Elmira., N. Y., three days from now, & that will be my address for the following six weeks.
As to the pictures, they clear surpass my highest expectations. They are as dainty & rich as etchings. I would like to have you print twelve or fifteen full sets of them for me, each picture in the centre of a sheet of fine India paper ‸about double the size of this I am writing on,‸ (I mean the sort of paper they print etchings on)—or any other paper that will best bring out their excellencies,) & bind each set simply & neatly in boards. Can this be done at a reasonable expense? I want to give them to a few especial & particular friends.
You tell me to send these back. What do you want ’em back, for? I wish to look at them.
Put titles under the pictures yourself—I’ll alterer them in proof if any alteration shall seem necessary.
I am going to the annual Educational blow-out at Ashfield, Mass., some time between Aug. 15 & Sept. 10, & shall hope the date will be after Aug. 21, so that I can “meet up” with ole Brer Osgood, as uncle Remus would say.
Truly Yrs
S. L. Clemens
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