Percival Lowell
Herewith the letters. That of Mr. Agassiz among them. Let slides be made of the 1907 globe and also of one or two of his drawings and of E. C. Slipher's and of anything else your good judgment dictates—and express them to him. It is well to hear he is to lecture. Saw the Senate this morning, and believe I listened to a poor showing of oratory. We Martians can do better.
This morning I despatched you a paper containing the account of the Shinto rites yesterday. I must say the papers did it well. Mr. Arthur Warren was there and took just the interest one likes to see taken. The place was full and the audience gratified at being asked. While in the distance people outside the pale stood on carts, and boys even to the tops of far-off houses,—one perched on the tip of a chimney. Dr. Suga cut himself slightly but not seriously. He did very well considering, though it was not possible of course for a poor lone priest to come up to what he might have done in Japan. The rite was beautifully set forth and the setting of the whole enclosure worthy the most artistic people in the world. Policemen kept out the crowd and stared aghast, and altogether it was a relished function.
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