May 22, 1929. Mr. Ira Rich Kent, Houghton-Mifflin Co., 2 Park St., Boston, Mass. Dear Mr. Kent: Your letters are always a reminder and the hope of getting real material together for the Biography is strong although the work is progressing very slowly. I appreciate your interest and every letter is more or less a shock to me because things are not going along faster. There is one little statement that you made to me I Boston that helps – you said that you did not feel it was necessary to have the material before the end of two years. So, that gives me leaway [sic]. I was so happy when I saw a whole window full of Mr. Hart’s book, “My Life East and West.” Thank you for your interest. Sincerely, NCR:ED [Transcribed by Lauren B. Gerfen, 2012-05-07]