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of the local weeklies and then slowly spread my name so that it might be known to the remotest bounds of the county, and so
on, but I began writing so late in life that I was ashamed to begin in that way. If you would care to send a booklet to R.
Underwood Johnson, I should be pleased. Perhaps he might give the sonnets a more careful reading coming through you. With
your permission I would like to print 25 copies extra of the Sequoia article to send to friends. With best regards to yourself
and Mrs. Muir, Yours, with lots of adjectives C. W. Carruth 01769