
FOR THE INSANE LONDON.
ONTARIO London, Ont., 19 Dec 1888 Evening
Your letter of 16th & 17 just to hand, also the parcel
(Revue Independante, Critic, & Palermo papers). The Critic don't seem to have
much in it, the Italian papers I am sorry to say I
cannot read (but glad to have them all the same for my collection), in the "R. Ind."
there is just 8 pp. translation (Faces, Locomotive in Winter, A World below the
brine) no comment at all, translation not good (translator did not fully understand
the english text). It is funny he did not claim to
translate from the English but from the "American." The bundle is all welcome. As to your letter,
dear Walt, I cannot say how it grieves me that you have had to suffer so much, nor
how rejoiced I am that you can say you are "decidedly better"—I pray earnestly
that you may keep on the mend now and have at least a good respite and rest; I wish I could get away to
see you and stay a little with you—but you have good doctors and I am glad to
think, a good nurse. You have also a wonderful constitution and I have great hopes
you will make a good rally yet and be with us for many a good day and talk. I had a
line from O'Connor (sending me on your letter) he said he had been bad but "am now better" which I was
glad enough to hear. Willy Gurd not here yet—untill he
comes I have no idea when I can get away East about the meter business, and even
after he comes I shall probably know very little more about it for awhile for he
seems to have no ideas of time at all and his days are
weeks and his months years.
We are having a mean winter so far, mud (soft & sometimes frozen in to spikes and lumps) dirty snow, bad wheeling, no sleighing—but we all keep well. Love to you as always
R M Bucke
