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reviews for its contents. Prof. Sayee of Oxford
made the University quite happy by speaking of me
in the London "Academy" as "the first authority in
cuneiform paleography." If I did not know, how
deeply you are interested in my success and in my
person, I would be ashamed to mention this (word)
of my work to you. But as the (word) reflects upon
American scholarship in general, I know, you,
the faithful and best (presentant) of American (word)
in the East, will appreciate every (word) acknowledgment
of American work.