Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1881-08-19)

sheets of the "Bulletin". I thought of it at the very first but I decided it would not be good policy. The articles were not arranged until the </u very last > moment, and the proof would only have misled you & caused disappointment. I thought you would enjoy the paper better to see it in good shape on the first introduction to it. Mr Baker sent you some "Bulletins" the same day the first copy was taken from Andrews office and you have undoubtedly received them long before this.

    As I said in my previous letter, the Bulletin was a dis-

appointment to me in many ways which was all due to the fact that my mind is not the same as Mr Howell's on many points. I consider his dep't of the paper a perfect botch as far as system and arrangement and general at- tractiveness are concerned. It would have shown up </u very > differ- ently had you been here ! At this moment I don't care what becomes of the paper until you get back here to run it as it ought to be run. Mr H. talks vaguely of "another number this year," but I doubt if he does anything more about it. If he decides to issue again I will of course do all I can, under his permission of course, to make it readable and attractive. But we will want a </u number > of articles from you., and about fifty little items of four to ten lines each about the countries you are visiting. </u Perhaps > Mr Howell </s would > ^will^ let me put them in if they are in your hand- writing. I intend to write up the elephant as you advised and will try to have in a full page cut, by the Photo -