Bev, I hope you can sense how much Howard was beloved by all who have worked with him. I feel like I have lost a brother whom I loved and respected. I am not sad because he was able to have such a long and profitable life. I feel he did so much more than most of us will ever do. He loved life and what he did. I hope he passed on calmly and with an appreciation of the value of his life to so many of us. I will think of you often in the next few months as I realize how his loss will affect you. My prayers are that you too will feel the same comfort and calmness that I trust he felt. I wanted to write something more personal just to you. Since I am getting close to retirement I have been thinking a lot about what we, the librarian and the book dealer, have done together. We both do what we do because we are hired or have a business. But the effect we have is much greater than I think we realize. I will illustrate that by telling you about an experience I had with Roberto Vergaray several years ago. I may have already told you so bear with me. He came to visit me and I first took him to the Peruvian history section. I watched with joy as he recognized so many volumes he has sent to us. He would take down a book and handle it with loving care as he told the story of how he obtained the book. It was then that I realized you as dealers obtain the books and have the experiences on that end but seldom see where they end up. Then I took him to the literature section and upon seeing many of the books he had sent us together he wept because of the emotion of the experience. To him it was a beautiful vision of what he had done for the country of Peru. Then together we watched as a student came to those stacks and hunted for a book. She searched until she found the desired book, she took it off the shelves, thumbed through it making sure it had what she wanted, and then visually expressed in her face the joy of finding what she was needing. Roberto sensed maybe for the first time the real impact of his work in the book business in the expression on that young woman's face. I think it interesting that Howard died at about the same time as Carlos Fuentes. We both agree as to the amazing role he had in teaching the world about Mexico. We have both been touched by what he wrote. I never knew him but am so grateful for his influence in my life. I feel the same about Howard. They are very few people in this world who know what he did. He did not write like Fuentes but Howard brought so much of Mexico and Latin America to us. I just went to the stacks and looked at our small but growing collection of art books about Latin America. As I thumbed through a couple of volumes I had used I thought of how those books had affected my life. I looked and saw how many times those books had been checked out. It was Howard and you who took the world of Latin American art and brought it to so many libraries and collections in the United States and Europe. I know that for you and Howard every one of those books has a story. Those stories continue as student after student uses those books. What a legacy and what a service to Latin America Howard gave. Carlos Fuentes will be lauded by the world for what he did for Mexico. What Howard did for Mexico and Latin America is equally important, but unlike Fuentes he did it in almost anonymity. Few of us know. But his legacy will live on without the fame and the glory. So I honor him as I do all of you who sacrifice by providing to libraries these wonderful books. He did what he did with grace and eloquence. He did it with passion and love for Latin America. He was a gentleman in every sense of the word. He will be missed but will continue to be in our hearts forever. My best to you as you navigate this very difficult time in your life. If I can help in any way please let me know. Since I have the interview of Howard I would be happy to write about him and his life if you need. Thank you. Please give my regards to his family and friends. Mark (Grover)