Extensive commentary places the letters in context and describes many of the people mentioned.
I have begun transcribing and translating another group of letters from Amy's sister Max and her parents from Seoul, Korea, to Amy during the period 1891-1893 during which Amy's father, Augustine Heard, was the U. S. Minister to Korea. The main story in the letters is the romance between Max and Max von Brandt, the German minister to Peking. A second story is the difficult adjustment of an American family to life in Seoul. The letters are being included in both the original French and in translation. Progress is slow and thus far only 1890-1891 is complete.