
J. E. Chamberlain (of Transcript—The "Listener") tells me Rhys is married! Rhys sent him a paper abt it. If I can get it will send to you. If Rhys sent you one be sure to send it to me, please. So glad Dr B is around again. I met Chamberlain in street carrying on his arm a lovely little blossom of a girl 2 or 3 yrs old. He introduced me to his wife & another five-year-old girl (pretty little) was across the street. I think he is just now moving fr. Medford over to the Wellesley Hills Region. He has bought or rented there. Am real sad for that depression & lassitude. Bear up against it all you can.
I am feasting on Shakespeare (pocket Edn) this winter,—by scraps, read on cars. I have terrible depressing colds—throat trouble, all this winter. Steam heat & reading aloud so much are the causes.
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Wonderful things going on in medicine & science these days aint there?
Am still on the search for the Booths' ancestry. Have climbed to top of Athenaeum twice for a Galaxy which was out.
I might have added to my list of great Holland–born men Beethoven. He was Van Beethoven. But not much is known of his Dutchness. And what a galaxy of eminent scientists in Holland!
Love from wife to you always, she says. Billy K.Liked Traubel's elaborate article very much. 'Twas very good of him to do so studiedly well on it. His diction is surprisingly good "times." Beats any of mine. But—his thought is often clouded by a strained originality of expression. I think when he forgets to try to write greatly he writes best.

