The letter in this collection, dated January 23, 1930, was written to Pierre Bosman in Johannesburg, South Africa, and includes the original envelope postmarked January 27, 1930. Writing from The Dower House in Westchester, Pennsylvania, Hergesheimer says "... The Party Dress has been cut down in the Cosmopolitan. That changes the proportions. It has, as well, been a little cooled off ... It will be published April 4 this year and I'll send you a copy. The Limestone Tree is almost another year off as a book." The Party Dress was published in 1930, and The Limestone Tree was published in 1931.