My dear Miss Addams,
Unfortunately I was not able to say good-bye to you in Dublin before I left, and to thank you for all your kindness shown me. But I hope this letter will reach you in Gland or in Geneva and you will accept my thanks and good wishes for you there --
Soon after I came home in Holland my doctor urged me to go Bad-Nauheim, not because my trip to Dublin had done me harm but because he was of opinion that being recovered from my illness for 80%, Nauheim could give me 15 or 18% more.
Indeed Nauheim does me good and Prof. Groedel here tells me that I really will leave Nauheim much better than I was when I came, but he can not tell how long I shall have to stay here.
One thing I hope sincerely and that is, that I can be in Holland before the 14th of September to see you, before you leave Europe. Might it be that you are going to lecture in Frankfurt or Wiesbaden, please let me know the date and the place, because those places are not [page 2] far from Nauheim and easy to reach from here.
May I now add something about my book. If it can be published in the U.S.A by leaving out the descriptions of my [travelings], let that be done. That is not interesting for U.S. readers. Perhaps at the end of the book, some parts can be shortened too.
But I should like to have it illustrated with a few illustrations. In the Dutch edition there are a lot of illustrations. If I only know how many the publisher will take, I can send them.
How I shall feel happy if really Mrs. Seltzer or another U.S. publisher is going to publish it.
May I beg you for another favor? If it will be published would not you [honor] me in writing an introduction for it? Please do. [page 3]
When you come to Germany you will be astonished and pleased so completely the aspect of Germany has changed, since you and I last saw it. The whole country looks so prosperous and the children in street have healthy cheeks again and are properly dressed.
The sanitarium in which I am staying is a type of Germany’s high standard of science, cleanliness and the new conception of life. What a difference with France. The German is really a more advanced type of human being than the French.
I met here in the sanitarium two friends from Philadelphia, Penns. with whom I spent last year two days in their house there. It are the sisters [McMurtrie], members of the Pennsylv. branch of W.I.L.P.F. They are both very intelligent and broad-minded women. [page 4]
I should like to talk longer with you but knowing how busy you are I might not like more of your time.
Dear Miss Addams I hope you will keep your health and energy many more years for the benefit of humanity.
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