The cheap book is given up—but keep your figures, we might need them another time.

Y I revised, & doctored, & worked at the bicycle article, but it was no use, I didn’t like it at all—so I tore it up. Tear up the MS. one in your possession. I will not tackle the subject again till next fall. I go to work, now, on regular work, as soon as we reach Elmira.

If you see Dana, tell him I can’t do any miscellaneous work in the summer—I have to have all the time for regular work. Give him no notion that I’m going to write anything for his purpose.

Charley, there is a drawingroom car on the Lackawanna train which we usually take, & it has larger compartments. I want a large compartment for June 18, & 3 chairs besides. You may attend to it. Can’t afford a special this year.