Y'r letter came this forenoon & am glad you keep well & are satisfied at y'r occupation—No doubt it will turn out well as it is a good business & with ordinary luck will return a handsome income—& besides it is y'r own choice & satisfaction—wh' is a great point—Nothing very new or different here—If you were to come here (& pleas'd w'd I be to see you, boy) now, you w'd see me seated by the oak wood fire in the big ratan chair with the gray wolf-skin spread on the back, & the same old litter of papers & MSS & books around on the floor in the same old muss—I don't get any worse but no improvement in health or strength either—but I keep pretty good spirits & eat & sleep fairly yet—Have my daily curryings, & get out often in wheel chair—Warren has had a couple or three days sickness—the doctor was a little afraid of typhoid fever, but it seems to have pass'd over, & he is getting ab't the same as before—Mrs: D[avis] is well—I send you a paper—hear from Dr B[ucke] often—he is well & busy—Warren is learning the fiddle—he is getting along well—takes lessons of Watson.
Good bye for the present, Ed, & my remembrances & love to you, boy—
Walt Whitman