CHICAGO,
30 November 1899.

MY DEAR DHIRĀ MĀTĀ—

I am going to leave this place tonight. They have given me a new trunk—a big one. The Maspero book [1] is with me, only the second volume. The first volume must be in Boston. Kindly send it c/o Joe [Miss Josephine MacLeod].

ⓘ[1] Histoire Ancienne Orientale by Sir Gaston Maspero, a French Egyptologist and archaeologist.

They have been very kind. Madame [Emma] Calvé‚ came to see me day before yesterday. She is a great woman.

I have nothing to write here except that Margo [Sister Nivedita] is doing very well, except some people were complaining last night that she frightened them with her assertion that Swami can not make mistakes!!!

Hope things are going on with you very well. This is in haste. I write in length from California.

Ever your son,
VIVEKANANDA.

My love to Mrs. [Olea] Vaughn [1].

ⓘ[1] Mrs. Ole Bull’s daughter.