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Altarstone
Stobo
N.B.

4 Brick Court
Temple.

Sept: 27: 1900.

Dear Lady Mary

I have asked my publishers to
send you a copy of my new novel. It
is my first attempt at a modern story,
and I am afraid is pretty much of a
failure. Some of it I like, and I think
the general intention is good, but
I am afraid that most of it is too
ambitious. It is hideously got up,
which is the natural consequence of