Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1883-08-30)

shall be as the sand of sea for multitude, figuratively speaking. Well, you know I told you at first to go ahead with </u your > book, get it out as soon as may be, and I would wait about mine until yours has had its run. You know I am on principle opposed to </u small > works on taxidermy. There are so many now and they are all so poor, so "weary, stale, </u flat > and unprofitable." There are now </u on the market > the following:- </u 2 > by Maynard, 1 by Manton ( whom may Shaitan accurse ! ), 1 by Brown, 1 by Haney, 1 by Oliver Davie, 1 by Cones, 1 by Rowland Ward, 1 by Batty, and I think one or two more.

    Well, lately I promised to write

part of yours, as a token of respect for and in grateful remembrance of the formuller of Ward's Nat. Science Estab- lishment. In consideration of the fact that </s the > it is to be your personal "racket", I am willing to aid and abet </u your > small manual, give com- fort to the enemy in fact. But at the same time I will keep my grand work ever in my mind's eye, and