16 June 1878 • Heidelberg, Germany (MS facsimile: John Howell–Books, June 1974, UCCL 01571)
Heidelberg,
Germany, June 16.
I have been delayed so long that I only got to work three weeks ago. Shall remain here at work till middle of July or two or three weeks later, & shall then have about half a book finished—say 250 or 300 octavo pages. Shall then begin steady writing once more a month or two after that. By the look of things in America I judge you would not have any market for a book this summer or fall. However, I shall finish & send the MS to you as soon as our touring around will permit, & let you issue it in the winter or hold it till Spring, as shall seem best.
With kindest regards to you & your father,
MS facsimile, John Howell–Books, June 1974. The MS is tipped into a copy of SLC 1922–25, vol. 1.
MicroPUL, reel 1.
Offered for sale in John Howell–Books catalog, May 1974, no. 46, item 495.