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A note on top initialed by Buel states that\n Churchill might write another story as good as \n Elopement.","His book [ \n Richard Carvel ] will be\n published by MacMillan in May. Intends to write a series\n of Naval Academy stories; hopes they will be published\n in the spring of the next year; asks if the \n Century is interested in\n publishing several. Note at the bottom by [Gilder?]\n expresses interest; hopes to publish some.","Recounts the negotiations concerning the publication\n of a new novel [ \n The Crisis ]; describes\n its setting; hopes to finish by June and is anxious to\n have it published serially in \n Century","Hopes to encourage Churchill to finish [ \n The Crisis ] one month\n early so serial publication can begin in December.","Working overtime to finish [ \n The Crisis ]; Maxfield\n Parrish, who is waiting to hear from Alexander Wilson\n Drake, will do the drawings. Discusses creative methods;\n asks Gilder what he should read about George Dennison\n Prentice and what is the price of \n Battles and Leaders of the Civil\n War","Is unable to complete [ \n The Crisis ] on time;\n wants time to research it thoroughly, rather than rush\n to finish; hopes \n Century and George Platt\n Brett will be willing to delay publication","It was against his better judgment to agree to a new\n time frame for [ \n The Crisis ]; describes\n his friend Henry Hitchcock, a prominent citizen in St.\n Louis during the book's time period; believes that a\n trip to St. Louis is necessary for additional research;\n wants to take advantage of the popularity of \n Richard Carvel ; hopes\n Brett will agree to delay publication.","Feels he was wrong to write [ \n The Crisis ] in a serial\n format; will talk to Brett about beginning serial\n publication in May. Very pleased with \n Battles and Leaders of the Civil\n War which will prove invaluable in his new\n work.","Refers to criticism that \n Richard Carvel aped \n Hugh Wynne ; avoided\n reading it while working on his book so he would not\n imitate; enjoyed reading it and awaits the next\n installment of \n Autobiography of a Quack ;\n grateful for Mitchell's advice about taking time.","Spending winter gathering material in St. Louis; glad\n he did not proceed last fall because of the amount of\n material he has found; thinks [ \n The Crisis ] will be very\n long; will remember his promise to Gilder if it is\n available for serial publication; thanks Gilder for\n George Dennison Prentice poems; will read the\n biographical note with great interest.","Discussed her proposition to translate \n Richard Carvel into German\n with his publishers; they desire a reliable publisher;\n does she know any; hopes to make satisfactory\n arrangements.","Discusses the personality of George Dennison Prentice\n and is grateful that Gilder called his attention to him.\n Has drafted 13 chapters of [ \n The Crisis ]; the\n magnitude of the project and the need for accuracy has\n slowed it down; assures Gilder that if it is published\n serially he will get it; has received a letter from\n Mitchell that he prizes highly.","Assures him that the \n Century will have serial\n rights to [ \n The Crisis ]; has received\n an offer from \n Harpers Weekly but\n rejected it; informs him that the book will not be\n finished before late autumn; does not believe that it\n would be profitable to delay publishing the book in\n order to have it first appear in serial form; thinks\n that Brett will agree to delay publication for another\n year; desires to keep good will of all concerned.","Refuses Johnson's proposal; must finish [ \n The Crisis ] in time for\n late fall publication. Note on top reads \"Good now go\n for him. C.F.C.\"","Will do his best to give \n The Century the story\n Johnson wishes; will probably not finish [ \n The Crisis ] until late in\n the fall; recommends Herbert David Croly for\n publication, especially his essay on Robert Louis\n Stevenson.","Cannot write a story for him until [ \n The Crisis ] is finished;\n mentions the dramatization of \n The World's Almanac .","Appreciates what he has done for him; will not be in\n Boston for the first meeting of the Round Table.","Working eight hours a day finishing [ \n The Crisis ]; still\n intends to do a story when he has the time.","Declines to assume the duties of chairman of a\n committee as he is very absorbed in present work; hopes\n to finish[ \n The Crisis ] in April;\n decided upon a play and Clemson should be back with the\n manuscript any day; recommends Clemson as the new\n chairman.","Is thinking of the requested short story; wants to\n take care with it; has finished[ \n The Crisis ] and is\n exhausted; did not know that [Owen McMahon Johnson]\n wrote \n Arrows of the Almighty ;\n will read it with great interest.","Thanks Brady for favorable review [of \n The Crisis ]which is to\n appear in the \n Book Buyer July 1901\n issue; high opinion of Brady's own work; considers their\n love for the Navy to be a common bond.","Welcomes the tribute of a 13 year old boy; surprised\n that he was interested in political history; will send\n an autograph copy [of \n The Crisis ] to the\n boy.","Is finishing \n The Crossing which has\n taken him three years to write; has not written a short\n story since \n By Order of the Admiral ,\n which was printed in the \n Century , whose readers'\n opinions he values.","Thanks Moses for kind criticism of \n Coniston ; hopes the book\n will help clean up politics.","Thanks Johnson for editorial in the \n Saturday Evening Post","Will bear in mind his advice; discusses his new book\n which he hopes will be better than any other he has\n written. Note to William Webster Ellsworth from Johnson\n at top of page that he has written to Churchill about\n how pleased he was that Ellsworth offered to publish the\n book, and disappointed that Churchill decided not to\n publish.","Refers to meeting with Johnson and Clarence Clough\n Buel and Mr. Scott; Thinks it is a good decision that\n the \n Century did not publish\n Churchill's present story; does not think it is suitable\n for serial publication. Believes \n Tante to be \"a very\n remarkable piece of work.\"","Gives best wishes to him as editor of the \n Century ; offers the\n enclosed article [ \n The modern quest for\n religion ]for publication; he delivered it as an\n address to the University of California.","Answers question regarding \n The Inside of the Cup ;\n agrees with him that compromises are allowed in theology\n that would never be allowed in practical ethics; feels\n that he was right to keep his protagonist in the church;\n feels that the church of the future must maintain some\n forms and rituals.","Does not expect to be in New York until the spring;\n will address Harvey's club if time permits.","Explains why he wrote \n The Crisis and what he was\n portraying in it; admires Abraham Lincoln; believes the\n Civil War was the clash of the Puritan tradition in the\n North with the Royalist/Church of England tradition in\n the South; argues that these two traditions moved west\n and met in St. Louis where the novel was set; thinks\n that motion pictures have potential of educating people,\n but many of the ones he has seen are on a low plane of\n art.","Appreciates the invitation.","Does not want to sell film rights for any of his\n books.","Discusses house and locale in Annapolis where\n character Richard Carvel lived.","Explains his religious philosophy; believes that the\n \"Kingdom of God\" is found within; offers advice on\n writing.","Asks for a copy of \n Themis by Jane Ellen\n Harrison.","Is sailing soon and will not be able to do the\n requested article.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["7501"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of Winston Churchill \n \n 1897-1933"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of Winston Churchill \n \n 1897-1933"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Winston Churchill \n \n 1897-1933"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Forms part of the Clifton\n Waller Barrett Library of American Literature"],"creator_ssim":["Forms part of the Clifton\n Waller Barrett Library of American Literature"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift of Clifton Waller Barrett"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["38\n items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe letters are in chronological order\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The letters are in chronological order"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAmerican novelist and political reformer.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["American novelist and political reformer."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Winston Churchill, 1897-1933, Clifton Waller\n Barrett Library, Accession #7501, Special Collections,\n University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Winston Churchill, 1897-1933, Clifton Waller\n Barrett Library, Accession #7501, Special Collections,\n University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection consists of letters from Churchill to\n various editors and publishers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that current proofs are lacking corrections\n Churchill made to correspond to Mr. Clinemot's pictures;\n gives him authority to make changes to suit the\n illustrations as he will be working for the Navy Dept.\n for the duration of the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to know when \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/title\u003ewill\n publish his story; McMillan Company is publishing \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Celebrity\u003c/title\u003ein early\n spring. A note on top initialed by Buel states that\n Churchill might write another story as good as \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElopement.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis book [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichard Carvel\u003c/title\u003e] will be\n published by MacMillan in May. Intends to write a series\n of Naval Academy stories; hopes they will be published\n in the spring of the next year; asks if the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003eis interested in\n publishing several. Note at the bottom by [Gilder?]\n expresses interest; hopes to publish some.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecounts the negotiations concerning the publication\n of a new novel [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]; describes\n its setting; hopes to finish by June and is anxious to\n have it published serially in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to encourage Churchill to finish [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] one month\n early so serial publication can begin in December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWorking overtime to finish [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]; Maxfield\n Parrish, who is waiting to hear from Alexander Wilson\n Drake, will do the drawings. Discusses creative methods;\n asks Gilder what he should read about George Dennison\n Prentice and what is the price of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eBattles and Leaders of the Civil\n War\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs unable to complete [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] on time;\n wants time to research it thoroughly, rather than rush\n to finish; hopes \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003eand George Platt\n Brett will be willing to delay publication\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIt was against his better judgment to agree to a new\n time frame for [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]; describes\n his friend Henry Hitchcock, a prominent citizen in St.\n Louis during the book's time period; believes that a\n trip to St. Louis is necessary for additional research;\n wants to take advantage of the popularity of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichard Carvel\u003c/title\u003e; hopes\n Brett will agree to delay publication.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeels he was wrong to write [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] in a serial\n format; will talk to Brett about beginning serial\n publication in May. Very pleased with \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eBattles and Leaders of the Civil\n War\u003c/title\u003ewhich will prove invaluable in his new\n work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to criticism that \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichard Carvel\u003c/title\u003eaped \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eHugh Wynne\u003c/title\u003e; avoided\n reading it while working on his book so he would not\n imitate; enjoyed reading it and awaits the next\n installment of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eAutobiography of a Quack\u003c/title\u003e;\n grateful for Mitchell's advice about taking time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpending winter gathering material in St. Louis; glad\n he did not proceed last fall because of the amount of\n material he has found; thinks [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] will be very\n long; will remember his promise to Gilder if it is\n available for serial publication; thanks Gilder for\n George Dennison Prentice poems; will read the\n biographical note with great interest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussed her proposition to translate \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichard Carvel\u003c/title\u003einto German\n with his publishers; they desire a reliable publisher;\n does she know any; hopes to make satisfactory\n arrangements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the personality of George Dennison Prentice\n and is grateful that Gilder called his attention to him.\n Has drafted 13 chapters of [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]; the\n magnitude of the project and the need for accuracy has\n slowed it down; assures Gilder that if it is published\n serially he will get it; has received a letter from\n Mitchell that he prizes highly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAssures him that the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003ewill have serial\n rights to [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]; has received\n an offer from \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eHarpers Weekly\u003c/title\u003ebut\n rejected it; informs him that the book will not be\n finished before late autumn; does not believe that it\n would be profitable to delay publishing the book in\n order to have it first appear in serial form; thinks\n that Brett will agree to delay publication for another\n year; desires to keep good will of all concerned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefuses Johnson's proposal; must finish [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] in time for\n late fall publication. Note on top reads \"Good now go\n for him. C.F.C.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill do his best to give \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Century\u003c/title\u003ethe story\n Johnson wishes; will probably not finish [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] until late in\n the fall; recommends Herbert David Croly for\n publication, especially his essay on Robert Louis\n Stevenson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot write a story for him until [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] is finished;\n mentions the dramatization of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe World's Almanac\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppreciates what he has done for him; will not be in\n Boston for the first meeting of the Round Table.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWorking eight hours a day finishing [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]; still\n intends to do a story when he has the time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines to assume the duties of chairman of a\n committee as he is very absorbed in present work; hopes\n to finish[ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] in April;\n decided upon a play and Clemson should be back with the\n manuscript any day; recommends Clemson as the new\n chairman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs thinking of the requested short story; wants to\n take care with it; has finished[ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] and is\n exhausted; did not know that [Owen McMahon Johnson]\n wrote \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eArrows of the Almighty\u003c/title\u003e;\n will read it with great interest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Brady for favorable review [of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]which is to\n appear in the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eBook Buyer\u003c/title\u003eJuly 1901\n issue; high opinion of Brady's own work; considers their\n love for the Navy to be a common bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWelcomes the tribute of a 13 year old boy; surprised\n that he was interested in political history; will send\n an autograph copy [of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] to the\n boy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs finishing \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crossing\u003c/title\u003ewhich has\n taken him three years to write; has not written a short\n story since \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eBy Order of the Admiral\u003c/title\u003e,\n which was printed in the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003e, whose readers'\n opinions he values.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Moses for kind criticism of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eConiston\u003c/title\u003e; hopes the book\n will help clean up politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Johnson for editorial in the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill bear in mind his advice; discusses his new book\n which he hopes will be better than any other he has\n written. Note to William Webster Ellsworth from Johnson\n at top of page that he has written to Churchill about\n how pleased he was that Ellsworth offered to publish the\n book, and disappointed that Churchill decided not to\n publish.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to meeting with Johnson and Clarence Clough\n Buel and Mr. Scott; Thinks it is a good decision that\n the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003edid not publish\n Churchill's present story; does not think it is suitable\n for serial publication. Believes \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eTante\u003c/title\u003eto be \"a very\n remarkable piece of work.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives best wishes to him as editor of the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003e; offers the\n enclosed article [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe modern quest for\n religion\u003c/title\u003e]for publication; he delivered it as an\n address to the University of California.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnswers question regarding \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Inside of the Cup\u003c/title\u003e;\n agrees with him that compromises are allowed in theology\n that would never be allowed in practical ethics; feels\n that he was right to keep his protagonist in the church;\n feels that the church of the future must maintain some\n forms and rituals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDoes not expect to be in New York until the spring;\n will address Harvey's club if time permits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains why he wrote \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003eand what he was\n portraying in it; admires Abraham Lincoln; believes the\n Civil War was the clash of the Puritan tradition in the\n North with the Royalist/Church of England tradition in\n the South; argues that these two traditions moved west\n and met in St. Louis where the novel was set; thinks\n that motion pictures have potential of educating people,\n but many of the ones he has seen are on a low plane of\n art.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppreciates the invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDoes not want to sell film rights for any of his\n books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses house and locale in Annapolis where\n character Richard Carvel lived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains his religious philosophy; believes that the\n \"Kingdom of God\" is found within; offers advice on\n writing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for a copy of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThemis\u003c/title\u003eby Jane Ellen\n Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sailing soon and will not be able to do the\n requested article.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection consists of letters from Churchill to\n various editors and publishers.","Reports that current proofs are lacking corrections\n Churchill made to correspond to Mr. Clinemot's pictures;\n gives him authority to make changes to suit the\n illustrations as he will be working for the Navy Dept.\n for the duration of the war.","Wants to know when \n Century Magazine will\n publish his story; McMillan Company is publishing \n The Celebrity in early\n spring. A note on top initialed by Buel states that\n Churchill might write another story as good as \n Elopement.","His book [ \n Richard Carvel ] will be\n published by MacMillan in May. Intends to write a series\n of Naval Academy stories; hopes they will be published\n in the spring of the next year; asks if the \n Century is interested in\n publishing several. Note at the bottom by [Gilder?]\n expresses interest; hopes to publish some.","Recounts the negotiations concerning the publication\n of a new novel [ \n The Crisis ]; describes\n its setting; hopes to finish by June and is anxious to\n have it published serially in \n Century","Hopes to encourage Churchill to finish [ \n The Crisis ] one month\n early so serial publication can begin in December.","Working overtime to finish [ \n The Crisis ]; Maxfield\n Parrish, who is waiting to hear from Alexander Wilson\n Drake, will do the drawings. Discusses creative methods;\n asks Gilder what he should read about George Dennison\n Prentice and what is the price of \n Battles and Leaders of the Civil\n War","Is unable to complete [ \n The Crisis ] on time;\n wants time to research it thoroughly, rather than rush\n to finish; hopes \n Century and George Platt\n Brett will be willing to delay publication","It was against his better judgment to agree to a new\n time frame for [ \n The Crisis ]; describes\n his friend Henry Hitchcock, a prominent citizen in St.\n Louis during the book's time period; believes that a\n trip to St. Louis is necessary for additional research;\n wants to take advantage of the popularity of \n Richard Carvel ; hopes\n Brett will agree to delay publication.","Feels he was wrong to write [ \n The Crisis ] in a serial\n format; will talk to Brett about beginning serial\n publication in May. Very pleased with \n Battles and Leaders of the Civil\n War which will prove invaluable in his new\n work.","Refers to criticism that \n Richard Carvel aped \n Hugh Wynne ; avoided\n reading it while working on his book so he would not\n imitate; enjoyed reading it and awaits the next\n installment of \n Autobiography of a Quack ;\n grateful for Mitchell's advice about taking time.","Spending winter gathering material in St. Louis; glad\n he did not proceed last fall because of the amount of\n material he has found; thinks [ \n The Crisis ] will be very\n long; will remember his promise to Gilder if it is\n available for serial publication; thanks Gilder for\n George Dennison Prentice poems; will read the\n biographical note with great interest.","Discussed her proposition to translate \n Richard Carvel into German\n with his publishers; they desire a reliable publisher;\n does she know any; hopes to make satisfactory\n arrangements.","Discusses the personality of George Dennison Prentice\n and is grateful that Gilder called his attention to him.\n Has drafted 13 chapters of [ \n The Crisis ]; the\n magnitude of the project and the need for accuracy has\n slowed it down; assures Gilder that if it is published\n serially he will get it; has received a letter from\n Mitchell that he prizes highly.","Assures him that the \n Century will have serial\n rights to [ \n The Crisis ]; has received\n an offer from \n Harpers Weekly but\n rejected it; informs him that the book will not be\n finished before late autumn; does not believe that it\n would be profitable to delay publishing the book in\n order to have it first appear in serial form; thinks\n that Brett will agree to delay publication for another\n year; desires to keep good will of all concerned.","Refuses Johnson's proposal; must finish [ \n The Crisis ] in time for\n late fall publication. Note on top reads \"Good now go\n for him. C.F.C.\"","Will do his best to give \n The Century the story\n Johnson wishes; will probably not finish [ \n The Crisis ] until late in\n the fall; recommends Herbert David Croly for\n publication, especially his essay on Robert Louis\n Stevenson.","Cannot write a story for him until [ \n The Crisis ] is finished;\n mentions the dramatization of \n The World's Almanac .","Appreciates what he has done for him; will not be in\n Boston for the first meeting of the Round Table.","Working eight hours a day finishing [ \n The Crisis ]; still\n intends to do a story when he has the time.","Declines to assume the duties of chairman of a\n committee as he is very absorbed in present work; hopes\n to finish[ \n The Crisis ] in April;\n decided upon a play and Clemson should be back with the\n manuscript any day; recommends Clemson as the new\n chairman.","Is thinking of the requested short story; wants to\n take care with it; has finished[ \n The Crisis ] and is\n exhausted; did not know that [Owen McMahon Johnson]\n wrote \n Arrows of the Almighty ;\n will read it with great interest.","Thanks Brady for favorable review [of \n The Crisis ]which is to\n appear in the \n Book Buyer July 1901\n issue; high opinion of Brady's own work; considers their\n love for the Navy to be a common bond.","Welcomes the tribute of a 13 year old boy; surprised\n that he was interested in political history; will send\n an autograph copy [of \n The Crisis ] to the\n boy.","Is finishing \n The Crossing which has\n taken him three years to write; has not written a short\n story since \n By Order of the Admiral ,\n which was printed in the \n Century , whose readers'\n opinions he values.","Thanks Moses for kind criticism of \n Coniston ; hopes the book\n will help clean up politics.","Thanks Johnson for editorial in the \n Saturday Evening Post","Will bear in mind his advice; discusses his new book\n which he hopes will be better than any other he has\n written. Note to William Webster Ellsworth from Johnson\n at top of page that he has written to Churchill about\n how pleased he was that Ellsworth offered to publish the\n book, and disappointed that Churchill decided not to\n publish.","Refers to meeting with Johnson and Clarence Clough\n Buel and Mr. Scott; Thinks it is a good decision that\n the \n Century did not publish\n Churchill's present story; does not think it is suitable\n for serial publication. Believes \n Tante to be \"a very\n remarkable piece of work.\"","Gives best wishes to him as editor of the \n Century ; offers the\n enclosed article [ \n The modern quest for\n religion ]for publication; he delivered it as an\n address to the University of California.","Answers question regarding \n The Inside of the Cup ;\n agrees with him that compromises are allowed in theology\n that would never be allowed in practical ethics; feels\n that he was right to keep his protagonist in the church;\n feels that the church of the future must maintain some\n forms and rituals.","Does not expect to be in New York until the spring;\n will address Harvey's club if time permits.","Explains why he wrote \n The Crisis and what he was\n portraying in it; admires Abraham Lincoln; believes the\n Civil War was the clash of the Puritan tradition in the\n North with the Royalist/Church of England tradition in\n the South; argues that these two traditions moved west\n and met in St. Louis where the novel was set; thinks\n that motion pictures have potential of educating people,\n but many of the ones he has seen are on a low plane of\n art.","Appreciates the invitation.","Does not want to sell film rights for any of his\n books.","Discusses house and locale in Annapolis where\n character Richard Carvel lived.","Explains his religious philosophy; believes that the\n \"Kingdom of God\" is found within; offers advice on\n writing.","Asks for a copy of \n Themis by Jane Ellen\n Harrison.","Is sailing soon and will not be able to do the\n requested article."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":38,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:11:01.411Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu03473","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03473","_root_":"viu_viu03473","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03473","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu03473.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of Winston Churchill \n \n 1897-1933"],"title_tesim":["Papers of Winston Churchill \n \n 1897-1933"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["7501"],"text":["7501","Papers of Winston Churchill \n \n 1897-1933","38\n items.","There are no restrictions.","The letters are in chronological order","American novelist and political reformer.","The collection consists of letters from Churchill to\n various editors and publishers.","Reports that current proofs are lacking corrections\n Churchill made to correspond to Mr. Clinemot's pictures;\n gives him authority to make changes to suit the\n illustrations as he will be working for the Navy Dept.\n for the duration of the war.","Wants to know when \n Century Magazine will\n publish his story; McMillan Company is publishing \n The Celebrity in early\n spring. A note on top initialed by Buel states that\n Churchill might write another story as good as \n Elopement.","His book [ \n Richard Carvel ] will be\n published by MacMillan in May. Intends to write a series\n of Naval Academy stories; hopes they will be published\n in the spring of the next year; asks if the \n Century is interested in\n publishing several. Note at the bottom by [Gilder?]\n expresses interest; hopes to publish some.","Recounts the negotiations concerning the publication\n of a new novel [ \n The Crisis ]; describes\n its setting; hopes to finish by June and is anxious to\n have it published serially in \n Century","Hopes to encourage Churchill to finish [ \n The Crisis ] one month\n early so serial publication can begin in December.","Working overtime to finish [ \n The Crisis ]; Maxfield\n Parrish, who is waiting to hear from Alexander Wilson\n Drake, will do the drawings. Discusses creative methods;\n asks Gilder what he should read about George Dennison\n Prentice and what is the price of \n Battles and Leaders of the Civil\n War","Is unable to complete [ \n The Crisis ] on time;\n wants time to research it thoroughly, rather than rush\n to finish; hopes \n Century and George Platt\n Brett will be willing to delay publication","It was against his better judgment to agree to a new\n time frame for [ \n The Crisis ]; describes\n his friend Henry Hitchcock, a prominent citizen in St.\n Louis during the book's time period; believes that a\n trip to St. Louis is necessary for additional research;\n wants to take advantage of the popularity of \n Richard Carvel ; hopes\n Brett will agree to delay publication.","Feels he was wrong to write [ \n The Crisis ] in a serial\n format; will talk to Brett about beginning serial\n publication in May. Very pleased with \n Battles and Leaders of the Civil\n War which will prove invaluable in his new\n work.","Refers to criticism that \n Richard Carvel aped \n Hugh Wynne ; avoided\n reading it while working on his book so he would not\n imitate; enjoyed reading it and awaits the next\n installment of \n Autobiography of a Quack ;\n grateful for Mitchell's advice about taking time.","Spending winter gathering material in St. Louis; glad\n he did not proceed last fall because of the amount of\n material he has found; thinks [ \n The Crisis ] will be very\n long; will remember his promise to Gilder if it is\n available for serial publication; thanks Gilder for\n George Dennison Prentice poems; will read the\n biographical note with great interest.","Discussed her proposition to translate \n Richard Carvel into German\n with his publishers; they desire a reliable publisher;\n does she know any; hopes to make satisfactory\n arrangements.","Discusses the personality of George Dennison Prentice\n and is grateful that Gilder called his attention to him.\n Has drafted 13 chapters of [ \n The Crisis ]; the\n magnitude of the project and the need for accuracy has\n slowed it down; assures Gilder that if it is published\n serially he will get it; has received a letter from\n Mitchell that he prizes highly.","Assures him that the \n Century will have serial\n rights to [ \n The Crisis ]; has received\n an offer from \n Harpers Weekly but\n rejected it; informs him that the book will not be\n finished before late autumn; does not believe that it\n would be profitable to delay publishing the book in\n order to have it first appear in serial form; thinks\n that Brett will agree to delay publication for another\n year; desires to keep good will of all concerned.","Refuses Johnson's proposal; must finish [ \n The Crisis ] in time for\n late fall publication. Note on top reads \"Good now go\n for him. C.F.C.\"","Will do his best to give \n The Century the story\n Johnson wishes; will probably not finish [ \n The Crisis ] until late in\n the fall; recommends Herbert David Croly for\n publication, especially his essay on Robert Louis\n Stevenson.","Cannot write a story for him until [ \n The Crisis ] is finished;\n mentions the dramatization of \n The World's Almanac .","Appreciates what he has done for him; will not be in\n Boston for the first meeting of the Round Table.","Working eight hours a day finishing [ \n The Crisis ]; still\n intends to do a story when he has the time.","Declines to assume the duties of chairman of a\n committee as he is very absorbed in present work; hopes\n to finish[ \n The Crisis ] in April;\n decided upon a play and Clemson should be back with the\n manuscript any day; recommends Clemson as the new\n chairman.","Is thinking of the requested short story; wants to\n take care with it; has finished[ \n The Crisis ] and is\n exhausted; did not know that [Owen McMahon Johnson]\n wrote \n Arrows of the Almighty ;\n will read it with great interest.","Thanks Brady for favorable review [of \n The Crisis ]which is to\n appear in the \n Book Buyer July 1901\n issue; high opinion of Brady's own work; considers their\n love for the Navy to be a common bond.","Welcomes the tribute of a 13 year old boy; surprised\n that he was interested in political history; will send\n an autograph copy [of \n The Crisis ] to the\n boy.","Is finishing \n The Crossing which has\n taken him three years to write; has not written a short\n story since \n By Order of the Admiral ,\n which was printed in the \n Century , whose readers'\n opinions he values.","Thanks Moses for kind criticism of \n Coniston ; hopes the book\n will help clean up politics.","Thanks Johnson for editorial in the \n Saturday Evening Post","Will bear in mind his advice; discusses his new book\n which he hopes will be better than any other he has\n written. Note to William Webster Ellsworth from Johnson\n at top of page that he has written to Churchill about\n how pleased he was that Ellsworth offered to publish the\n book, and disappointed that Churchill decided not to\n publish.","Refers to meeting with Johnson and Clarence Clough\n Buel and Mr. Scott; Thinks it is a good decision that\n the \n Century did not publish\n Churchill's present story; does not think it is suitable\n for serial publication. Believes \n Tante to be \"a very\n remarkable piece of work.\"","Gives best wishes to him as editor of the \n Century ; offers the\n enclosed article [ \n The modern quest for\n religion ]for publication; he delivered it as an\n address to the University of California.","Answers question regarding \n The Inside of the Cup ;\n agrees with him that compromises are allowed in theology\n that would never be allowed in practical ethics; feels\n that he was right to keep his protagonist in the church;\n feels that the church of the future must maintain some\n forms and rituals.","Does not expect to be in New York until the spring;\n will address Harvey's club if time permits.","Explains why he wrote \n The Crisis and what he was\n portraying in it; admires Abraham Lincoln; believes the\n Civil War was the clash of the Puritan tradition in the\n North with the Royalist/Church of England tradition in\n the South; argues that these two traditions moved west\n and met in St. Louis where the novel was set; thinks\n that motion pictures have potential of educating people,\n but many of the ones he has seen are on a low plane of\n art.","Appreciates the invitation.","Does not want to sell film rights for any of his\n books.","Discusses house and locale in Annapolis where\n character Richard Carvel lived.","Explains his religious philosophy; believes that the\n \"Kingdom of God\" is found within; offers advice on\n writing.","Asks for a copy of \n Themis by Jane Ellen\n Harrison.","Is sailing soon and will not be able to do the\n requested article.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["7501"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of Winston Churchill \n \n 1897-1933"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of Winston Churchill \n \n 1897-1933"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Winston Churchill \n \n 1897-1933"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Forms part of the Clifton\n Waller Barrett Library of American Literature"],"creator_ssim":["Forms part of the Clifton\n Waller Barrett Library of American Literature"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift of Clifton Waller Barrett"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["38\n items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe letters are in chronological order\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The letters are in chronological order"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAmerican novelist and political reformer.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["American novelist and political reformer."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Winston Churchill, 1897-1933, Clifton Waller\n Barrett Library, Accession #7501, Special Collections,\n University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Winston Churchill, 1897-1933, Clifton Waller\n Barrett Library, Accession #7501, Special Collections,\n University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection consists of letters from Churchill to\n various editors and publishers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that current proofs are lacking corrections\n Churchill made to correspond to Mr. Clinemot's pictures;\n gives him authority to make changes to suit the\n illustrations as he will be working for the Navy Dept.\n for the duration of the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to know when \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/title\u003ewill\n publish his story; McMillan Company is publishing \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Celebrity\u003c/title\u003ein early\n spring. A note on top initialed by Buel states that\n Churchill might write another story as good as \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eElopement.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis book [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichard Carvel\u003c/title\u003e] will be\n published by MacMillan in May. Intends to write a series\n of Naval Academy stories; hopes they will be published\n in the spring of the next year; asks if the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003eis interested in\n publishing several. Note at the bottom by [Gilder?]\n expresses interest; hopes to publish some.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecounts the negotiations concerning the publication\n of a new novel [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]; describes\n its setting; hopes to finish by June and is anxious to\n have it published serially in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to encourage Churchill to finish [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] one month\n early so serial publication can begin in December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWorking overtime to finish [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]; Maxfield\n Parrish, who is waiting to hear from Alexander Wilson\n Drake, will do the drawings. Discusses creative methods;\n asks Gilder what he should read about George Dennison\n Prentice and what is the price of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eBattles and Leaders of the Civil\n War\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs unable to complete [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] on time;\n wants time to research it thoroughly, rather than rush\n to finish; hopes \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003eand George Platt\n Brett will be willing to delay publication\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIt was against his better judgment to agree to a new\n time frame for [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]; describes\n his friend Henry Hitchcock, a prominent citizen in St.\n Louis during the book's time period; believes that a\n trip to St. Louis is necessary for additional research;\n wants to take advantage of the popularity of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichard Carvel\u003c/title\u003e; hopes\n Brett will agree to delay publication.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeels he was wrong to write [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] in a serial\n format; will talk to Brett about beginning serial\n publication in May. Very pleased with \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eBattles and Leaders of the Civil\n War\u003c/title\u003ewhich will prove invaluable in his new\n work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to criticism that \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichard Carvel\u003c/title\u003eaped \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eHugh Wynne\u003c/title\u003e; avoided\n reading it while working on his book so he would not\n imitate; enjoyed reading it and awaits the next\n installment of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eAutobiography of a Quack\u003c/title\u003e;\n grateful for Mitchell's advice about taking time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpending winter gathering material in St. Louis; glad\n he did not proceed last fall because of the amount of\n material he has found; thinks [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] will be very\n long; will remember his promise to Gilder if it is\n available for serial publication; thanks Gilder for\n George Dennison Prentice poems; will read the\n biographical note with great interest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussed her proposition to translate \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichard Carvel\u003c/title\u003einto German\n with his publishers; they desire a reliable publisher;\n does she know any; hopes to make satisfactory\n arrangements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the personality of George Dennison Prentice\n and is grateful that Gilder called his attention to him.\n Has drafted 13 chapters of [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]; the\n magnitude of the project and the need for accuracy has\n slowed it down; assures Gilder that if it is published\n serially he will get it; has received a letter from\n Mitchell that he prizes highly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAssures him that the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003ewill have serial\n rights to [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]; has received\n an offer from \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eHarpers Weekly\u003c/title\u003ebut\n rejected it; informs him that the book will not be\n finished before late autumn; does not believe that it\n would be profitable to delay publishing the book in\n order to have it first appear in serial form; thinks\n that Brett will agree to delay publication for another\n year; desires to keep good will of all concerned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefuses Johnson's proposal; must finish [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] in time for\n late fall publication. Note on top reads \"Good now go\n for him. C.F.C.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill do his best to give \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Century\u003c/title\u003ethe story\n Johnson wishes; will probably not finish [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] until late in\n the fall; recommends Herbert David Croly for\n publication, especially his essay on Robert Louis\n Stevenson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot write a story for him until [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] is finished;\n mentions the dramatization of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe World's Almanac\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppreciates what he has done for him; will not be in\n Boston for the first meeting of the Round Table.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWorking eight hours a day finishing [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]; still\n intends to do a story when he has the time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines to assume the duties of chairman of a\n committee as he is very absorbed in present work; hopes\n to finish[ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] in April;\n decided upon a play and Clemson should be back with the\n manuscript any day; recommends Clemson as the new\n chairman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs thinking of the requested short story; wants to\n take care with it; has finished[ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] and is\n exhausted; did not know that [Owen McMahon Johnson]\n wrote \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eArrows of the Almighty\u003c/title\u003e;\n will read it with great interest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Brady for favorable review [of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e]which is to\n appear in the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eBook Buyer\u003c/title\u003eJuly 1901\n issue; high opinion of Brady's own work; considers their\n love for the Navy to be a common bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWelcomes the tribute of a 13 year old boy; surprised\n that he was interested in political history; will send\n an autograph copy [of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003e] to the\n boy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs finishing \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crossing\u003c/title\u003ewhich has\n taken him three years to write; has not written a short\n story since \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eBy Order of the Admiral\u003c/title\u003e,\n which was printed in the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003e, whose readers'\n opinions he values.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Moses for kind criticism of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eConiston\u003c/title\u003e; hopes the book\n will help clean up politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Johnson for editorial in the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill bear in mind his advice; discusses his new book\n which he hopes will be better than any other he has\n written. Note to William Webster Ellsworth from Johnson\n at top of page that he has written to Churchill about\n how pleased he was that Ellsworth offered to publish the\n book, and disappointed that Churchill decided not to\n publish.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to meeting with Johnson and Clarence Clough\n Buel and Mr. Scott; Thinks it is a good decision that\n the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003edid not publish\n Churchill's present story; does not think it is suitable\n for serial publication. Believes \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eTante\u003c/title\u003eto be \"a very\n remarkable piece of work.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives best wishes to him as editor of the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/title\u003e; offers the\n enclosed article [ \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe modern quest for\n religion\u003c/title\u003e]for publication; he delivered it as an\n address to the University of California.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnswers question regarding \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Inside of the Cup\u003c/title\u003e;\n agrees with him that compromises are allowed in theology\n that would never be allowed in practical ethics; feels\n that he was right to keep his protagonist in the church;\n feels that the church of the future must maintain some\n forms and rituals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDoes not expect to be in New York until the spring;\n will address Harvey's club if time permits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains why he wrote \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c/title\u003eand what he was\n portraying in it; admires Abraham Lincoln; believes the\n Civil War was the clash of the Puritan tradition in the\n North with the Royalist/Church of England tradition in\n the South; argues that these two traditions moved west\n and met in St. Louis where the novel was set; thinks\n that motion pictures have potential of educating people,\n but many of the ones he has seen are on a low plane of\n art.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppreciates the invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDoes not want to sell film rights for any of his\n books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses house and locale in Annapolis where\n character Richard Carvel lived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains his religious philosophy; believes that the\n \"Kingdom of God\" is found within; offers advice on\n writing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for a copy of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThemis\u003c/title\u003eby Jane Ellen\n Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sailing soon and will not be able to do the\n requested article.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection consists of letters from Churchill to\n various editors and publishers.","Reports that current proofs are lacking corrections\n Churchill made to correspond to Mr. Clinemot's pictures;\n gives him authority to make changes to suit the\n illustrations as he will be working for the Navy Dept.\n for the duration of the war.","Wants to know when \n Century Magazine will\n publish his story; McMillan Company is publishing \n The Celebrity in early\n spring. A note on top initialed by Buel states that\n Churchill might write another story as good as \n Elopement.","His book [ \n Richard Carvel ] will be\n published by MacMillan in May. Intends to write a series\n of Naval Academy stories; hopes they will be published\n in the spring of the next year; asks if the \n Century is interested in\n publishing several. Note at the bottom by [Gilder?]\n expresses interest; hopes to publish some.","Recounts the negotiations concerning the publication\n of a new novel [ \n The Crisis ]; describes\n its setting; hopes to finish by June and is anxious to\n have it published serially in \n Century","Hopes to encourage Churchill to finish [ \n The Crisis ] one month\n early so serial publication can begin in December.","Working overtime to finish [ \n The Crisis ]; Maxfield\n Parrish, who is waiting to hear from Alexander Wilson\n Drake, will do the drawings. Discusses creative methods;\n asks Gilder what he should read about George Dennison\n Prentice and what is the price of \n Battles and Leaders of the Civil\n War","Is unable to complete [ \n The Crisis ] on time;\n wants time to research it thoroughly, rather than rush\n to finish; hopes \n Century and George Platt\n Brett will be willing to delay publication","It was against his better judgment to agree to a new\n time frame for [ \n The Crisis ]; describes\n his friend Henry Hitchcock, a prominent citizen in St.\n Louis during the book's time period; believes that a\n trip to St. Louis is necessary for additional research;\n wants to take advantage of the popularity of \n Richard Carvel ; hopes\n Brett will agree to delay publication.","Feels he was wrong to write [ \n The Crisis ] in a serial\n format; will talk to Brett about beginning serial\n publication in May. Very pleased with \n Battles and Leaders of the Civil\n War which will prove invaluable in his new\n work.","Refers to criticism that \n Richard Carvel aped \n Hugh Wynne ; avoided\n reading it while working on his book so he would not\n imitate; enjoyed reading it and awaits the next\n installment of \n Autobiography of a Quack ;\n grateful for Mitchell's advice about taking time.","Spending winter gathering material in St. Louis; glad\n he did not proceed last fall because of the amount of\n material he has found; thinks [ \n The Crisis ] will be very\n long; will remember his promise to Gilder if it is\n available for serial publication; thanks Gilder for\n George Dennison Prentice poems; will read the\n biographical note with great interest.","Discussed her proposition to translate \n Richard Carvel into German\n with his publishers; they desire a reliable publisher;\n does she know any; hopes to make satisfactory\n arrangements.","Discusses the personality of George Dennison Prentice\n and is grateful that Gilder called his attention to him.\n Has drafted 13 chapters of [ \n The Crisis ]; the\n magnitude of the project and the need for accuracy has\n slowed it down; assures Gilder that if it is published\n serially he will get it; has received a letter from\n Mitchell that he prizes highly.","Assures him that the \n Century will have serial\n rights to [ \n The Crisis ]; has received\n an offer from \n Harpers Weekly but\n rejected it; informs him that the book will not be\n finished before late autumn; does not believe that it\n would be profitable to delay publishing the book in\n order to have it first appear in serial form; thinks\n that Brett will agree to delay publication for another\n year; desires to keep good will of all concerned.","Refuses Johnson's proposal; must finish [ \n The Crisis ] in time for\n late fall publication. Note on top reads \"Good now go\n for him. C.F.C.\"","Will do his best to give \n The Century the story\n Johnson wishes; will probably not finish [ \n The Crisis ] until late in\n the fall; recommends Herbert David Croly for\n publication, especially his essay on Robert Louis\n Stevenson.","Cannot write a story for him until [ \n The Crisis ] is finished;\n mentions the dramatization of \n The World's Almanac .","Appreciates what he has done for him; will not be in\n Boston for the first meeting of the Round Table.","Working eight hours a day finishing [ \n The Crisis ]; still\n intends to do a story when he has the time.","Declines to assume the duties of chairman of a\n committee as he is very absorbed in present work; hopes\n to finish[ \n The Crisis ] in April;\n decided upon a play and Clemson should be back with the\n manuscript any day; recommends Clemson as the new\n chairman.","Is thinking of the requested short story; wants to\n take care with it; has finished[ \n The Crisis ] and is\n exhausted; did not know that [Owen McMahon Johnson]\n wrote \n Arrows of the Almighty ;\n will read it with great interest.","Thanks Brady for favorable review [of \n The Crisis ]which is to\n appear in the \n Book Buyer July 1901\n issue; high opinion of Brady's own work; considers their\n love for the Navy to be a common bond.","Welcomes the tribute of a 13 year old boy; surprised\n that he was interested in political history; will send\n an autograph copy [of \n The Crisis ] to the\n boy.","Is finishing \n The Crossing which has\n taken him three years to write; has not written a short\n story since \n By Order of the Admiral ,\n which was printed in the \n Century , whose readers'\n opinions he values.","Thanks Moses for kind criticism of \n Coniston ; hopes the book\n will help clean up politics.","Thanks Johnson for editorial in the \n Saturday Evening Post","Will bear in mind his advice; discusses his new book\n which he hopes will be better than any other he has\n written. Note to William Webster Ellsworth from Johnson\n at top of page that he has written to Churchill about\n how pleased he was that Ellsworth offered to publish the\n book, and disappointed that Churchill decided not to\n publish.","Refers to meeting with Johnson and Clarence Clough\n Buel and Mr. Scott; Thinks it is a good decision that\n the \n Century did not publish\n Churchill's present story; does not think it is suitable\n for serial publication. Believes \n Tante to be \"a very\n remarkable piece of work.\"","Gives best wishes to him as editor of the \n Century ; offers the\n enclosed article [ \n The modern quest for\n religion ]for publication; he delivered it as an\n address to the University of California.","Answers question regarding \n The Inside of the Cup ;\n agrees with him that compromises are allowed in theology\n that would never be allowed in practical ethics; feels\n that he was right to keep his protagonist in the church;\n feels that the church of the future must maintain some\n forms and rituals.","Does not expect to be in New York until the spring;\n will address Harvey's club if time permits.","Explains why he wrote \n The Crisis and what he was\n portraying in it; admires Abraham Lincoln; believes the\n Civil War was the clash of the Puritan tradition in the\n North with the Royalist/Church of England tradition in\n the South; argues that these two traditions moved west\n and met in St. Louis where the novel was set; thinks\n that motion pictures have potential of educating people,\n but many of the ones he has seen are on a low plane of\n art.","Appreciates the invitation.","Does not want to sell film rights for any of his\n books.","Discusses house and locale in Annapolis where\n character Richard Carvel lived.","Explains his religious philosophy; believes that the\n \"Kingdom of God\" is found within; offers advice on\n writing.","Asks for a copy of \n Themis by Jane Ellen\n Harrison.","Is sailing soon and will not be able to do the\n requested article."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use 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