FROM RT. REV. H. CHAUNCEY RILEY, D.D.,
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF MEXICO.
New York, Oct. 25, 1887.
My Dear Mrs. Gooch: The chapters of your forthcoming book on Mexico that have been read to me are admirable. If all the other chapters of your work are equally interesting, you will have prepared a most valuable publication. Having mingled with the rich and the poor in Mexico, you are able to speak from personal knowledge of their home life in a way which those who have hurriedly travelled through that land, of course, cannot.
A noble thought has moved you to write this work on the sister republic, namely, the wish to make Mexico and its people better understood in the United States, and to correct many misconceptions that unfortunately are rife about that neighboring nation. Knowing how faithfully and industriously you have labored at your work, and how bravely and nobly you have faced and overcome many difficulties to achieve what you have accomplished, I trust that your work will meet with a hearty welcome and a wide sale.
I gladly put my name down as a subscriber to the same, and remain with much respect.
Yours, sincerely.
