To Ernest Boyd. "My dear Boyd"; env to Ernest A Boyd, British Consulate, Baltimore, Maryland. Precis: Hung up in Pittsburgh because my aunt has broken her leg: adjusting to Pittsburgh; writing articles for newspapers and trying to arrange lectures. Maunsel is anxious to get your book; he virtuously keeps Irish books together. Stephens. I'm holding my book back for improvement (excuse: the war). Look at Michael Monahan's Phoenix, etc. Shall we have a spree in New York? Monday, 329 S. Highland[er?], Pittsburgh.

Found in a copy of Wild Earth, Holt, 1916, inscribed "To E.A.B. and Nadine from Padraic Colum" (O'Hegarty B532).