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to your library the only book of its kind. Mr. Keith was so pleased that he obtained one to read meanwhile because of its
personal interest. I am not looking to those mentioned in the book to make it a success, as many of the writers are now dead,
but none the less writing of preservation - it is to those who have libraries, and to public libraries that I look for the
proper placing of the volume - the result of my many years hard work and compilation. Very respectfully yours, Ella Sterling
Cummins. 01705