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Exeter, N. H. June 15

Mr. Bessey,
Dear Sir,

I beg that you
will pardon this letter with
its requests; my only excuse
is that your criticism and
approval are necessary to me
in a venture I am contemplating.

A part of my daily duty as a
teacher is, and for years has
been, to teach botany orally, to
primary classes. I have never
fully fancied the Child's Book
of Nature, and similar works,
upon which I have had my
lessons; and last Fall, when
a copy of your Essentials of Botany
fell into my hands, I determined

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Subject matter refers to letter of July 6, 1885 following

[?] N. H. June 15
Mr. Bessey,

Dear Sir,

I beg that you will pardon this letter with its requests; my only excuse is that your [enthusiasm]? and approval are necessary to me in [?] return I am contemplating.

A part of my daily duty as a [?] is, and for years has been, to teach botany orally, to primary classes. I have very fully fancied the Child's Book of Nature, and similar works, upon which I have had my lessons; and last Fall, when a copy of your Essentials of Botany fell into my hands, I determined