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Twilight Park
Haines Falls,
New York
18.August.1924
My dear
Hathaway :
I have just got round to
reading your book in the MS.
I fear you overestimate my
modest ( or at least moderate ! )
powers, but I don't propose
to slash the thing on that
account, for I am not afraid
of being thought a swallower
of fulsome praise, and your
very sincerity would make the
idea foolish enough.
If you have overestimated
these immortal WORKS,
the "hungry generations"
will settle that in short
order. All I think about
is your perdurable friendship, and the evidence of it
in such love — labor as this
book. Beyond a few minor
slips, noted as I read, I
haven't a criticism to make.
All I can say is , may it
help us both, as it should !
More important though
is this : our days in
Muskoka. The priviledge of
happy companionship in
peace and beauty out of
doors was rare, and will
be forever prized under this
fuzzy thatch. A great time !
I was very much touched by
reception, and send — off, and
all the hearty kindness
of the whole holiday.
I shall have a few MSS.
Yours as ever
Bliss Carman