My dear Frau Kirchhof,
Your kind letter written from Thüringerwald reached me here and filled me with keen regret that I had been obliged to give up the German tour. I think Gertrud Baer has written you that I was seriously ill for several days in Torquay and the doctor insisted that if I remained in Europe at all I should have to do very little speaking and live the life of an invalid. This medical verdict was confirmed by a doctor whom we later saw in Paris, so that I have no choice in the matter but to carry out these instructions.
We cut down the lecture in Gland to two and I have given up speaking engagements in Zürich and Bern as well as those in Germany. Your letter made me realize once how great a care has been taken with all the arrangements and I am bitterly disappointed not to be able to carry out my part of the program.
We missed you very much at the Dublin Congress and I can only hope that something will bring you to Chicago again so that I shall have the great pleasure of a visit from you at Hull House.
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