This is the paper Nov: Boughs is to be printed on—isn't it fine & thick? This is the (untrimm'd) size of page—the large book is thinner (same pulp) and a bittock larger—all those matters are going smoothly—
Ab't me in physical improvement, strength &c. the stuck condition continues—perhaps when the weather grows cooler, I may be better—but I don't know but I am failing to anticipate any essential change—Your good letters come daily—y'r suggestions &c. will if possible be followed—rec'd to-day a basket of pears from John Burroughs—good weather—a rain in prospect—best wishes to the meter—
Walt Whitman