Beginning of Page 4 to give it as good a place as it had in the Society of American Artists last spring – a centre of a panel on the line – but I hope it will be sufficiently well placed to be well seen, and I hope you will have a look at it for I was deeply interested in painting it. Chase, Harrison, Simmons and others have spoken very highly of it. I find that a well-known English art critic – William Sharp – has been saying nice things of my museum picture in an article in the Nineteenth Century and so I shall take the liberty of sending you a copy. We are "dulling? along" here yet for the autumn season is never very active; at least not until later than now but there will be some minor exhibitions before Christmas. I hope to have a show of my own this winter some time and will set about arranging for it as soon as possible. My sister is still in a critical condition, in the ninth week of her fever. This a peculiarly malignant variety that they produce down in the West Indies. Hoping "A Rainy Day" will in due time reach you in good condition I am sincerely yours William A. Coffin To H.C. Frick, Esqre Pittsburgh, Penna.. End of Page 4