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comments on Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, Idyls of Norway, Daughter of the Philistines; disagrees in regard to Gustav Freytagwhom, in his opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises Freytag's Soll und Haben, but judges Die Verlorene Handschriftharshly; speaks about the political situation to support his opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see enough in Berthold Auerbach; comments on Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses admiration of Carl Schurz; would still like to visit America; says Westermann's Illustrierte Deutsche Monatsheftewill cease to be published in October as they are no longer profitable to the publisher.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00372_c01_c07#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00372_c01_c07","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00372_c01_c07"],"id":"viu_viu00372_c01_c07","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00372","_root_":"viu_viu00372","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00372_c01","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00372_c01","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00372","viu_viu00372_c01"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00372","viu_viu00372_c01"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Hjalmar Hjorth Collection \n 1867-1895","Letters"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Hjalmar Hjorth Collection \n 1867-1895","Letters"],"text":["Hjalmar Hjorth Collection \n 1867-1895","Letters","Friedrich Spielhagen, \n Berlin, to \n Hjalamr Hjorth Boyesen, \n Columbia, \n New York","Columbia","Friedrich Spielhagen","Hjalamr Hjorth Boyesen","Gustav Freytag","Berthold Auerbach","Carl Schurz","[Reports on his travels to \n Hamburg , \n Dresden , \n Magdeburg , \n St. Petersburg to see his\n recently written drama performed; says he enjoyed\n meeting the large German colony in \n St. Petersburg ; adds that his\n Russian journey was a triumph and that he gave many\n speeches and had many dinners in his honor, and thus\n finding it necessary to take the water in \n Karlsbad afterwards; comments on\n Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, \n Idyls of Norway , \n Daughter of the Philistines ;\n disagrees in regard to \n Gustav Freytag whom, in his\n opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises\n Freytag's \n Soll und Haben , but judges \n Die Verlorene Handschrift harshly;\n speaks about the political situation to support his\n opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see\n enough in \n Berthold Auerbach ; comments on\n Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses\n admiration of \n Carl Schurz ; would still like to\n visit \n America ; says \n Westermann's Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte will cease to be published in\n October as they are no longer profitable to the\n publisher.] (In German)"],"title_filing_ssi":"Friedrich Spielhagen , \n Berlin , to \n Hjalamr Hjorth Boyesen , \n Columbia , \n New York","title_ssm":["Friedrich Spielhagen, \n Berlin, to \n Hjalamr Hjorth Boyesen, \n Columbia, \n New York"],"title_tesim":["Friedrich Spielhagen, \n Berlin, to \n Hjalamr Hjorth Boyesen, \n Columbia, \n New York"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1884 Aug 9"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1884"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Friedrich Spielhagen, \n Berlin, to \n Hjalamr Hjorth Boyesen, \n Columbia, \n New York"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Hjalmar Hjorth Collection \n 1867-1895"],"extent_ssm":["6 p."],"extent_tesim":["6 p."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":8,"date_range_isim":[1884],"names_ssim":["Columbia","Friedrich Spielhagen","Hjalamr Hjorth Boyesen","Gustav Freytag","Berthold Auerbach","Carl Schurz"],"corpname_ssim":["Columbia"],"persname_ssim":["Friedrich Spielhagen","Hjalamr Hjorth Boyesen","Gustav Freytag","Berthold Auerbach","Carl Schurz"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Reports on his travels to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHamburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDresden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMagdeburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Petersburg\u003c/geogname\u003eto see his\n recently written drama performed; 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lets him know\n that Scandinavian novels are not very popular since\n Russian novels are being widely read; talks about\n other books (she may be a literary agent); states\n that she has sent things to \n Hachette Publishers , \n Revue des deux mondes ; discusses his\n style; asks for something \"amusing\"; thinks that \n Gunnar may have a better chance at\n acceptance that \n Daughter of the Philistines ; says\n that \n France is drowning in English and\n American novels.] (In French)","[Compliments him on his use of English; says that\n Boyesen's last letter will require at least a day's\n talk; addresses problems of church and state, old\n forms of thought, old apprehensions of truth; says he\n is glad to see him go to \n Urbana University in \n Ohio as a teacher of Greek and\n Latin; speaks highly of Sewall who, though\n intimidating, will help him a lot; speaks of his\n summer at home, his daughter, friends, etc.]","[Apologizes for long silence; inquires after his\n health, family, work, whereabouts; requests a novella\n for \n Westermanns Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte , preferably on a theme from the\n \"new world\" to interrupt the publication's European\n monotony; guarantees a first-rate translation and\n honorarium; lays down the conditions; suggests that\n he contribute steadily twice a year to his\n publication; gives theme of American Literature and\n American Society; says level of the pieces should be\n neither \"scientific\" nor \"light,\" but in the middle;\n says translation of \n Gunnar will soon be published by \n S. Schottlander in \n Breslan ; regrets not being the\n translator; reports on his health, family, friends;\n mentions \n Carl Schurz 's suggestion to\n visit \n America ; says his health\n prevents the trip and that he could not bear the long\n separation from his family.] (In German)","[Approves of his essay; explains honorarium, the\n quality of the translation into German done by \n P. Jungling ; speaks about the\n soon to follow \"novella\"; says the honorarium will\n fall short of expectations as the translator also\n must be paid; discusses his own literary work, his\n poems, his novel \n Quisisana , which he would like\n Boyesen to translate; suggests he contact \n Holt \u0026 Co. to work out an\n arrangement; doubts he will ever travel to \n America ; hope to see the Boyesen\n family in \n Berlin . ] (In German)","[Discusses his ill health as well as the recent\n illnesses of the \n Boyesen family ; gives him specific\n instructions on the length of the \"novella\"; speaks\n about monetary compensation; requests an essay\n regarding the literature of the Southern American\n \"provinces.\"] (In German)","[Encloses 26 pages of commentary on \n Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's \n Faust ; compliments him on his use of\n German; urges him to write poetry in German; inquires\n about Scandinavian names and customs.] (In\n German)","[Reports on his travels to \n Hamburg , \n Dresden , \n Magdeburg , \n St. Petersburg to see his\n recently written drama performed; says he enjoyed\n meeting the large German colony in \n St. Petersburg ; adds that his\n Russian journey was a triumph and that he gave many\n speeches and had many dinners in his honor, and thus\n finding it necessary to take the water in \n Karlsbad afterwards; comments on\n Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, \n Idyls of Norway , \n Daughter of the Philistines ;\n disagrees in regard to \n Gustav Freytag whom, in his\n opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises\n Freytag's \n Soll und Haben , but judges \n Die Verlorene Handschrift harshly;\n speaks about the political situation to support his\n opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see\n enough in \n Berthold Auerbach ; comments on\n Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses\n admiration of \n Carl Schurz ; would still like to\n visit \n America ; says \n Westermann's Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte will cease to be published in\n October as they are no longer profitable to the\n publisher.] (In German)","[Discusses business; says he has sent his latest\n novel \n An der Heilquelle , set in \n Baden-Baden , to the \n New York Staatszeitung hoping the\n paper will publish it in German for an honorarium;\n asks for his collaboration to publish \n An der Heilquelle in an American\n language paper, either in German or in an English\n translation by Boyesen, if other attempt should fail;\n says he will split honorarium with him.]","[Publisher requests permission to issue a German\n translation of \n Daughter of the Philistines in his\n new collection of foreign novels; encloses a banknote\n for the authorization.]","[Speaks about health-related trips to \n Karlsbad and to \n Helgoland in the \n North Sea ; says his play \n \"Die Philosophin\" was neither a\n critical nor popular success and calls it \"caviar for\n the masses\"; blames the failure of his play on Zola\n and Ibsen and the realism phase in \n Germany at the time; gives a\n pessimistic assessment of the present-day German\n literature and the way his own work is going under\n the circumstances; asks for help in finding a\n correspondent or reviewer job with an American\n paper.] (In German)","[Expresses admiration for \n Gunnar . ] (In German)","[Thanks him for the gift of one of his books;\n identifies herself as the unauthorized translator of \n Gunnar ; says she added the\n translation of another of his stories to make a\n \"roundes\" book; says she named the book \n Unter dem Gletsher (Under the\n Glacier); states that she translated at the same time\n that Jungling did the authorized translation; begs\n for forgiveness and a few lines from his hand, which\n would increase the value of the book her gave her.]\n (In old German script)","[Laments the present trend in thinking in \n Berlin and \n Germany , realism and naturalism;\n says he is pleased that Boyesen sees things his way\n and stays true to his beliefs and principles;\n explains the difficulties facing the German novelist\n who somehow must incorporate the political and social\n conditions of his country into his writing and\n thereby confess to his own way of thinking; says he\n is convinced that Boyesen, as an American writer, is\n at an advantage in this respect; mentions family.]\n (In German)","[Says he could not accept the proposition of \n Cosmopolitan , has finished part two\n of \"Erinnerungen\"; feels \"half-dead\" from over-work;\n plans to bring out a new novel in the fall; says a\n new drama of his has been successful on the stage;\n plans to go to \n Karlsbad and then to the \n North Sea for four weeks;\n mentions family matters.] (In German)","[Speaks about the writings of Mrs. [ \n Julie Grinnell Cruger ] which he\n has translated; says he keeps correspondence with\n her; shows renewed interest of becoming a\n correspondent for an American newspaper, provided the\n money is good; discusses family matters; recommends\n his autobiography \n Finder und Ertlinder ; mentions the\n success of his play \n In Eisner Zeit in \n Hamburg and \n Vienna ; encloses a volume of his\n poems, which he hopes will receive public praise;\n speaks about his disillusionment; sends regards to \n Carl Schurz . ] (In German)","[Discusses his recent serious illness, which\n prevented him from reading his book; says he will\n send the \n Harper's Monthly review of it to a\n publisher in \n Dresden who publishes translated\n books, although he is not sure it will be successful;\n says his correspondent work for the \n New York Staatszeitung has come to\n nothing due to his ill health; feels guilty toward\n Ottendorfer from the paper, but that he has a\n deadline for his new novel and has no time for\n correspondent work; appreciates endeavors of Boyesen\n and \n Carl Schurz on his behalf; asks\n him to relate his troubles to Schurz and explain why\n he has not answered the letter from Schurz he\n received two years ago; expresses admiration for\n Schurz.] (In German)","[Discusses his reasons for being upset with \n Cosmopolitan after their request\n through, Boyesen for two letters \"on \n Berlin life-society . . . or\n anything of that sort\"; got a noncommittal reply from\n Charles D. Lanier (includes a\n copy of Lanier's letter); believes the pieces were of\n first rate quality and suited to American taste,\n humorous, but not on too high a plane; counts on\n Boyesen to sort out the confusion; says he will\n submit the pieces to \n New York Staatszeitung ; if they are\n rejected, Boyesen is to keep this quiet.] (In German\n and English)","[Says Boyesen's translation of his \"letters\" will\n appear in \n Cosmopolitan ; feels obliged to him;\n sends a copy of his novel \n Sonntagskind through his publisher;\n enjoys his \n Mammon of Unrighteousness ; passes\n judgement on American women and their love of\n themselves; inquires about his house building, horse\n riding, etc.; writes about his family.] (In\n German)","[States that he needed twelve weeks of rest at the\n Baltic Sea after producing \n Sonnatagskind and another novel as\n well as many literary reviews in the last 1 1/3\n years; mentions the latter novel will appear in a\n German weekly \n Die Romanwelt and in \n New York Staatszeitung ; bemoans his\n constant financial stress, saying he will never own a\n house; says that \n Georg Moritz Ebers and \n Carl von Heyse , being born to\n wealth, are the only contemporary German writers who\n do not have money worries; says Boyesen is in his\n best years, while he himself is already 64; considers\n the \n Cosmopolitan essay topic of German\n literature of the present too wide a field and limits\n the first installment of the essay to the dramatists;\n hopes to mail it to Walkes in 8 days; intends to send\n essay published in \n Preussiche Jahrbucher , which he must\n modify before sending it to \n Cosmopolitan ; judges the present\n crop of German writers as \"students all, no masters\n yet\"; calls \n Hermann Sudermann the most\n talented of the lot; finds \n Mammon of Unrighteousness more\n important than \n Social Strugglers ; wonders about\n Americans' reactions to the latter since they would\n be looking at themselves in a sort of mirror.] (In\n German)","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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Jungling\u003c/persname\u003e; speaks about the\n soon to follow \"novella\"; says the honorarium will\n fall short of expectations as the translator also\n must be paid; discusses his own literary work, his\n poems, his novel \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eQuisisana\u003c/bibref\u003e, which he would like\n Boyesen to translate; suggests he contact \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHolt \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eto work out an\n arrangement; doubts he will ever travel to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; hope to see the Boyesen\n family in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003e. ] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his ill health as well as the recent\n illnesses of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBoyesen family\u003c/famname\u003e; gives him specific\n instructions on the length of the \"novella\"; speaks\n about monetary compensation; requests an essay\n regarding the literature of the Southern American\n \"provinces.\"] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encloses 26 pages of commentary on \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohann Wolfgang von Goethe\u003c/persname\u003e's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFaust\u003c/bibref\u003e; compliments him on his use of\n German; urges him to write poetry in German; inquires\n about Scandinavian names and customs.] (In\n German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Reports on his travels to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHamburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDresden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMagdeburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Petersburg\u003c/geogname\u003eto see his\n recently written drama performed; says he enjoyed\n meeting the large German colony in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Petersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e; adds that his\n Russian journey was a triumph and that he gave many\n speeches and had many dinners in his honor, and thus\n finding it necessary to take the water in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKarlsbad\u003c/geogname\u003eafterwards; comments on\n Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIdyls of Norway\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaughter of the Philistines\u003c/bibref\u003e;\n disagrees in regard to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGustav Freytag\u003c/persname\u003ewhom, in his\n opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises\n Freytag's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSoll und Haben\u003c/bibref\u003e, but judges \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDie Verlorene Handschrift\u003c/bibref\u003eharshly;\n speaks about the political situation to support his\n opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see\n enough in \n \u003cpersname\u003eBerthold Auerbach\u003c/persname\u003e; comments on\n Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses\n admiration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e; would still like to\n visit \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; says \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWestermann's Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte\u003c/bibref\u003ewill cease to be published in\n October as they are no longer profitable to the\n publisher.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business; says he has sent his latest\n novel \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAn der Heilquelle\u003c/bibref\u003e, set in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaden-Baden\u003c/geogname\u003e, to the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003ehoping the\n paper will publish it in German for an honorarium;\n asks for his collaboration to publish \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAn der Heilquelle\u003c/bibref\u003ein an American\n language paper, either in German or in an English\n translation by Boyesen, if other attempt should fail;\n says he will split honorarium with him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Publisher requests permission to issue a German\n translation of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaughter of the Philistines\u003c/bibref\u003ein his\n new collection of foreign novels; encloses a banknote\n for the authorization.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about health-related trips to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKarlsbad\u003c/geogname\u003eand to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHelgoland\u003c/geogname\u003ein the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Sea\u003c/geogname\u003e; says his play \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Die Philosophin\"\u003c/bibref\u003ewas neither a\n critical nor popular success and calls it \"caviar for\n the masses\"; blames the failure of his play on Zola\n and Ibsen and the realism phase in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003eat the time; gives a\n pessimistic assessment of the present-day German\n literature and the way his own work is going under\n the circumstances; asks for help in finding a\n correspondent or reviewer job with an American\n paper.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses admiration for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003e. ] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the gift of one of his books;\n identifies herself as the unauthorized translator of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003e; says she added the\n translation of another of his stories to make a\n \"roundes\" book; says she named the book \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUnter dem Gletsher\u003c/bibref\u003e(Under the\n Glacier); states that she translated at the same time\n that Jungling did the authorized translation; begs\n for forgiveness and a few lines from his hand, which\n would increase the value of the book her gave her.]\n (In old German script)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Laments the present trend in thinking in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, realism and naturalism;\n says he is pleased that Boyesen sees things his way\n and stays true to his beliefs and principles;\n explains the difficulties facing the German novelist\n who somehow must incorporate the political and social\n conditions of his country into his writing and\n thereby confess to his own way of thinking; says he\n is convinced that Boyesen, as an American writer, is\n at an advantage in this respect; mentions family.]\n (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he could not accept the proposition of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003e, has finished part two\n of \"Erinnerungen\"; feels \"half-dead\" from over-work;\n plans to bring out a new novel in the fall; says a\n new drama of his has been successful on the stage;\n plans to go to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKarlsbad\u003c/geogname\u003eand then to the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Sea\u003c/geogname\u003efor four weeks;\n mentions family matters.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about the writings of Mrs. [ \n \u003cpersname\u003eJulie Grinnell Cruger\u003c/persname\u003e] which he\n has translated; says he keeps correspondence with\n her; shows renewed interest of becoming a\n correspondent for an American newspaper, provided the\n money is good; discusses family matters; recommends\n his autobiography \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFinder und Ertlinder\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions the\n success of his play \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIn Eisner Zeit\u003c/bibref\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHamburg\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVienna\u003c/geogname\u003e; encloses a volume of his\n poems, which he hopes will receive public praise;\n speaks about his disillusionment; sends regards to \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e. ] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his recent serious illness, which\n prevented him from reading his book; says he will\n send the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Monthly\u003c/bibref\u003ereview of it to a\n publisher in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDresden\u003c/geogname\u003ewho publishes translated\n books, although he is not sure it will be successful;\n says his correspondent work for the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003ehas come to\n nothing due to his ill health; feels guilty toward\n Ottendorfer from the paper, but that he has a\n deadline for his new novel and has no time for\n correspondent work; appreciates endeavors of Boyesen\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003eon his behalf; asks\n him to relate his troubles to Schurz and explain why\n he has not answered the letter from Schurz he\n received two years ago; expresses admiration for\n Schurz.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his reasons for being upset with \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003eafter their request\n through, Boyesen for two letters \"on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003elife-society . . . or\n anything of that sort\"; got a noncommittal reply from\n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles D. Lanier\u003c/persname\u003e(includes a\n copy of Lanier's letter); believes the pieces were of\n first rate quality and suited to American taste,\n humorous, but not on too high a plane; counts on\n Boyesen to sort out the confusion; says he will\n submit the pieces to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003e; if they are\n rejected, Boyesen is to keep this quiet.] (In German\n and English)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says Boyesen's translation of his \"letters\" will\n appear in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003e; feels obliged to him;\n sends a copy of his novel \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSonntagskind\u003c/bibref\u003ethrough his publisher;\n enjoys his \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMammon of Unrighteousness\u003c/bibref\u003e; passes\n judgement on American women and their love of\n themselves; inquires about his house building, horse\n riding, etc.; writes about his family.] (In\n German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[States that he needed twelve weeks of rest at the\n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltic Sea\u003c/geogname\u003eafter producing \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSonnatagskind\u003c/bibref\u003eand another novel as\n well as many literary reviews in the last 1 1/3\n years; mentions the latter novel will appear in a\n German weekly \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDie Romanwelt\u003c/bibref\u003eand in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003e; bemoans his\n constant financial stress, saying he will never own a\n house; says that \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorg Moritz Ebers\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl von Heyse\u003c/persname\u003e, being born to\n wealth, are the only contemporary German writers who\n do not have money worries; says Boyesen is in his\n best years, while he himself is already 64; considers\n the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003eessay topic of German\n literature of the present too wide a field and limits\n the first installment of the essay to the dramatists;\n hopes to mail it to Walkes in 8 days; intends to send\n essay published in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePreussiche Jahrbucher\u003c/bibref\u003e, which he must\n modify before sending it to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003e; judges the present\n crop of German writers as \"students all, no masters\n yet\"; calls \n \u003cpersname\u003eHermann Sudermann\u003c/persname\u003ethe most\n talented of the lot; finds \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMammon of Unrighteousness\u003c/bibref\u003emore\n important than \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSocial Strugglers\u003c/bibref\u003e; wonders about\n Americans' reactions to the latter since they would\n be looking at themselves in a sort of mirror.] (In\n German)\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Says she has translated his book, \n Gunnar , from English, which was\n translated from Swedish, into French; lets him know\n that Scandinavian novels are not very popular since\n Russian novels are being widely read; talks about\n other books (she may be a literary agent); states\n that she has sent things to \n Hachette Publishers , \n Revue des deux mondes ; discusses his\n style; asks for something \"amusing\"; thinks that \n Gunnar may have a better chance at\n acceptance that \n Daughter of the Philistines ; says\n that \n France is drowning in English and\n American novels.] (In French)","[Compliments him on his use of English; says that\n Boyesen's last letter will require at least a day's\n talk; addresses problems of church and state, old\n forms of thought, old apprehensions of truth; says he\n is glad to see him go to \n Urbana University in \n Ohio as a teacher of Greek and\n Latin; speaks highly of Sewall who, though\n intimidating, will help him a lot; speaks of his\n summer at home, his daughter, friends, etc.]","[Apologizes for long silence; inquires after his\n health, family, work, whereabouts; requests a novella\n for \n Westermanns Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte , preferably on a theme from the\n \"new world\" to interrupt the publication's European\n monotony; guarantees a first-rate translation and\n honorarium; lays down the conditions; suggests that\n he contribute steadily twice a year to his\n publication; gives theme of American Literature and\n American Society; says level of the pieces should be\n neither \"scientific\" nor \"light,\" but in the middle;\n says translation of \n Gunnar will soon be published by \n S. Schottlander in \n Breslan ; regrets not being the\n translator; reports on his health, family, friends;\n mentions \n Carl Schurz 's suggestion to\n visit \n America ; says his health\n prevents the trip and that he could not bear the long\n separation from his family.] (In German)","[Approves of his essay; explains honorarium, the\n quality of the translation into German done by \n P. Jungling ; speaks about the\n soon to follow \"novella\"; says the honorarium will\n fall short of expectations as the translator also\n must be paid; discusses his own literary work, his\n poems, his novel \n Quisisana , which he would like\n Boyesen to translate; suggests he contact \n Holt \u0026 Co. to work out an\n arrangement; doubts he will ever travel to \n America ; hope to see the Boyesen\n family in \n Berlin . ] (In German)","[Discusses his ill health as well as the recent\n illnesses of the \n Boyesen family ; gives him specific\n instructions on the length of the \"novella\"; speaks\n about monetary compensation; requests an essay\n regarding the literature of the Southern American\n \"provinces.\"] (In German)","[Encloses 26 pages of commentary on \n Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's \n Faust ; compliments him on his use of\n German; urges him to write poetry in German; inquires\n about Scandinavian names and customs.] (In\n German)","[Reports on his travels to \n Hamburg , \n Dresden , \n Magdeburg , \n St. Petersburg to see his\n recently written drama performed; says he enjoyed\n meeting the large German colony in \n St. Petersburg ; adds that his\n Russian journey was a triumph and that he gave many\n speeches and had many dinners in his honor, and thus\n finding it necessary to take the water in \n Karlsbad afterwards; comments on\n Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, \n Idyls of Norway , \n Daughter of the Philistines ;\n disagrees in regard to \n Gustav Freytag whom, in his\n opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises\n Freytag's \n Soll und Haben , but judges \n Die Verlorene Handschrift harshly;\n speaks about the political situation to support his\n opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see\n enough in \n Berthold Auerbach ; comments on\n Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses\n admiration of \n Carl Schurz ; would still like to\n visit \n America ; says \n Westermann's Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte will cease to be published in\n October as they are no longer profitable to the\n publisher.] (In German)","[Discusses business; says he has sent his latest\n novel \n An der Heilquelle , set in \n Baden-Baden , to the \n New York Staatszeitung hoping the\n paper will publish it in German for an honorarium;\n asks for his collaboration to publish \n An der Heilquelle in an American\n language paper, either in German or in an English\n translation by Boyesen, if other attempt should fail;\n says he will split honorarium with him.]","[Publisher requests permission to issue a German\n translation of \n Daughter of the Philistines in his\n new collection of foreign novels; encloses a banknote\n for the authorization.]","[Speaks about health-related trips to \n Karlsbad and to \n Helgoland in the \n North Sea ; says his play \n \"Die Philosophin\" was neither a\n critical nor popular success and calls it \"caviar for\n the masses\"; blames the failure of his play on Zola\n and Ibsen and the realism phase in \n Germany at the time; gives a\n pessimistic assessment of the present-day German\n literature and the way his own work is going under\n the circumstances; asks for help in finding a\n correspondent or reviewer job with an American\n paper.] (In German)","[Expresses admiration for \n Gunnar . ] (In German)","[Thanks him for the gift of one of his books;\n identifies herself as the unauthorized translator of \n Gunnar ; says she added the\n translation of another of his stories to make a\n \"roundes\" book; says she named the book \n Unter dem Gletsher (Under the\n Glacier); states that she translated at the same time\n that Jungling did the authorized translation; begs\n for forgiveness and a few lines from his hand, which\n would increase the value of the book her gave her.]\n (In old German script)","[Laments the present trend in thinking in \n Berlin and \n Germany , realism and naturalism;\n says he is pleased that Boyesen sees things his way\n and stays true to his beliefs and principles;\n explains the difficulties facing the German novelist\n who somehow must incorporate the political and social\n conditions of his country into his writing and\n thereby confess to his own way of thinking; says he\n is convinced that Boyesen, as an American writer, is\n at an advantage in this respect; mentions family.]\n (In German)","[Says he could not accept the proposition of \n Cosmopolitan , has finished part two\n of \"Erinnerungen\"; feels \"half-dead\" from over-work;\n plans to bring out a new novel in the fall; says a\n new drama of his has been successful on the stage;\n plans to go to \n Karlsbad and then to the \n North Sea for four weeks;\n mentions family matters.] (In German)","[Speaks about the writings of Mrs. [ \n Julie Grinnell Cruger ] which he\n has translated; says he keeps correspondence with\n her; shows renewed interest of becoming a\n correspondent for an American newspaper, provided the\n money is good; discusses family matters; recommends\n his autobiography \n Finder und Ertlinder ; mentions the\n success of his play \n In Eisner Zeit in \n Hamburg and \n Vienna ; encloses a volume of his\n poems, which he hopes will receive public praise;\n speaks about his disillusionment; sends regards to \n Carl Schurz . ] (In German)","[Discusses his recent serious illness, which\n prevented him from reading his book; says he will\n send the \n Harper's Monthly review of it to a\n publisher in \n Dresden who publishes translated\n books, although he is not sure it will be successful;\n says his correspondent work for the \n New York Staatszeitung has come to\n nothing due to his ill health; feels guilty toward\n Ottendorfer from the paper, but that he has a\n deadline for his new novel and has no time for\n correspondent work; appreciates endeavors of Boyesen\n and \n Carl Schurz on his behalf; asks\n him to relate his troubles to Schurz and explain why\n he has not answered the letter from Schurz he\n received two years ago; expresses admiration for\n Schurz.] (In German)","[Discusses his reasons for being upset with \n Cosmopolitan after their request\n through, Boyesen for two letters \"on \n Berlin life-society . . . or\n anything of that sort\"; got a noncommittal reply from\n Charles D. Lanier (includes a\n copy of Lanier's letter); believes the pieces were of\n first rate quality and suited to American taste,\n humorous, but not on too high a plane; counts on\n Boyesen to sort out the confusion; says he will\n submit the pieces to \n New York Staatszeitung ; if they are\n rejected, Boyesen is to keep this quiet.] (In German\n and English)","[Says Boyesen's translation of his \"letters\" will\n appear in \n Cosmopolitan ; feels obliged to him;\n sends a copy of his novel \n Sonntagskind through his publisher;\n enjoys his \n Mammon of Unrighteousness ; passes\n judgement on American women and their love of\n themselves; inquires about his house building, horse\n riding, etc.; writes about his family.] (In\n German)","[States that he needed twelve weeks of rest at the\n Baltic Sea after producing \n Sonnatagskind and another novel as\n well as many literary reviews in the last 1 1/3\n years; mentions the latter novel will appear in a\n German weekly \n Die Romanwelt and in \n New York Staatszeitung ; bemoans his\n constant financial stress, saying he will never own a\n house; says that \n Georg Moritz Ebers and \n Carl von Heyse , being born to\n wealth, are the only contemporary German writers who\n do not have money worries; says Boyesen is in his\n best years, while he himself is already 64; considers\n the \n Cosmopolitan essay topic of German\n literature of the present too wide a field and limits\n the first installment of the essay to the dramatists;\n hopes to mail it to Walkes in 8 days; intends to send\n essay published in \n Preussiche Jahrbucher , which he must\n modify before sending it to \n Cosmopolitan ; judges the present\n crop of German writers as \"students all, no masters\n yet\"; calls \n Hermann Sudermann the most\n talented of the lot; finds \n Mammon of Unrighteousness more\n important than \n Social Strugglers ; wonders about\n Americans' reactions to the latter since they would\n be looking at themselves in a sort of mirror.] (In\n German)"],"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."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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mentions \n Hans Christian Anderson story,\n his busy lecture schedule.]","[Decides to interpret his novel to write article\n on \n William Dean Howells at once;\n requests prompt payment; asks to see proof before\n article goes to print; says he could easily sell the\n article to \n Cosmopolitan , should McClure not be\n pleased with it.]","[Sends for approval if article on \n Henrik Ibsen , \"The Wild Duck,\"\n which will be included in \n Essays On Scandinavian Literature ;\n expects $20 for it.]","[Assures him that there is no particular hurry to\n publish \"The Wild Duck\" as \n Scribner's will not put out \n Essays On Scandinavian\n Literature before 1895.]","[Asks him to watch out for an article of his\n literary criticism which will appear in \n The Forum . ]","[Acknowledges $20; speaks highly of and recommends\n writers \n [James] Brander Matthews , \n George Edward Woodberry , and \n William Hamilton Gibson whom he\n likens to \n John Burroughs ; says that \n George Parsons Lathrop is\n interesting only to the select since he became\n Catholic.]","[Says Browne's letter reached him at \n Columbia via \n Geneva and \n Chicago ; gives his impression of\n \"The Fair,\" \n Columbia Exposition 1893 in \n Chicago ; sums it up as the most\n magnificent the world has to offer; is especially\n taken with the wonder of electrical\n illumination.]","[Asks for the proof of \"The Wild Duck\" to be sent\n to \n Long Island , if Browne decides\n to publish it.]","[Requests a copy of article on \n Hans Christian Anderson ,\n published in \n The Dial November 1884; intends to\n include it in \n Essays on Scandinavian Literature ,\n to be published by \n Scribner 's ; names other essays\n he will include in the volume.]","[Says he has found his own copy of the story on \n Hans Christian Anderson . ]","[Says he has not published the lectures Rhoads\n refers to and that he does not intend to do so for a\n few years; says the substance of the lectures, with\n the exception of the lecture on \n Algernon Charles Swinburne , is\n in \n Literary and Social\n Silhouettes 1894.]","[Discusses the quality of Sunday school for\n children at \n St. George's ; gives reasons for\n sending her son to \n St. Barthlomus ; pleads with him\n to persuade her husband to remain a member of \n St. George , the church they were\n both confirmed in; expresses thoughts on \n Robert Browning . ]","[Receipt for the sum of $105.50.]"],"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."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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Schottlander in \n Breslan ; regrets not being the\n translator; reports on his health, family, friends;\n mentions \n Carl Schurz 's suggestion to\n visit \n America ; says his health\n prevents the trip and that he could not bear the long\n separation from his family.] (In German)","[Approves of his essay; explains honorarium, the\n quality of the translation into German done by \n P. Jungling ; speaks about the\n soon to follow \"novella\"; says the honorarium will\n fall short of expectations as the translator also\n must be paid; discusses his own literary work, his\n poems, his novel \n Quisisana , which he would like\n Boyesen to translate; suggests he contact \n Holt \u0026 Co. to work out an\n arrangement; doubts he will ever travel to \n America ; hope to see the Boyesen\n family in \n Berlin . ] (In German)","[Discusses his ill health as well as the recent\n illnesses of the \n Boyesen family ; gives him specific\n instructions on the length of the \"novella\"; speaks\n about monetary compensation; requests an essay\n regarding the literature of the Southern American\n \"provinces.\"] (In German)","[Encloses 26 pages of commentary on \n Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's \n Faust ; compliments him on his use of\n German; urges him to write poetry in German; inquires\n about Scandinavian names and customs.] (In\n German)","[Reports on his travels to \n Hamburg , \n Dresden , \n Magdeburg , \n St. Petersburg to see his\n recently written drama performed; says he enjoyed\n meeting the large German colony in \n St. Petersburg ; adds that his\n Russian journey was a triumph and that he gave many\n speeches and had many dinners in his honor, and thus\n finding it necessary to take the water in \n Karlsbad afterwards; comments on\n Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, \n Idyls of Norway , \n Daughter of the Philistines ;\n disagrees in regard to \n Gustav Freytag whom, in his\n opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises\n Freytag's \n Soll und Haben , but judges \n Die Verlorene Handschrift harshly;\n speaks about the political situation to support his\n opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see\n enough in \n Berthold Auerbach ; comments on\n Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses\n admiration of \n Carl Schurz ; would still like to\n visit \n America ; says \n Westermann's Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte will cease to be published in\n October as they are no longer profitable to the\n publisher.] (In German)","[Discusses business; says he has sent his latest\n novel \n An der Heilquelle , set in \n Baden-Baden , to the \n New York Staatszeitung hoping the\n paper will publish it in German for an honorarium;\n asks for his collaboration to publish \n An der Heilquelle in an American\n language paper, either in German or in an English\n translation by Boyesen, if other attempt should fail;\n says he will split honorarium with him.]","[Publisher requests permission to issue a German\n translation of \n Daughter of the Philistines in his\n new collection of foreign novels; encloses a banknote\n for the authorization.]","[Speaks about health-related trips to \n Karlsbad and to \n Helgoland in the \n North Sea ; says his play \n \"Die Philosophin\" was neither a\n critical nor popular success and calls it \"caviar for\n the masses\"; blames the failure of his play on Zola\n and Ibsen and the realism phase in \n Germany at the time; gives a\n pessimistic assessment of the present-day German\n literature and the way his own work is going under\n the circumstances; asks for help in finding a\n correspondent or reviewer job with an American\n paper.] (In German)","[Expresses admiration for \n Gunnar . ] (In German)","[Thanks him for the gift of one of his books;\n identifies herself as the unauthorized translator of \n Gunnar ; says she added the\n translation of another of his stories to make a\n \"roundes\" book; says she named the book \n Unter dem Gletsher (Under the\n Glacier); states that she translated at the same time\n that Jungling did the authorized translation; begs\n for forgiveness and a few lines from his hand, which\n would increase the value of the book her gave her.]\n (In old German script)","[Laments the present trend in thinking in \n Berlin and \n Germany , realism and naturalism;\n says he is pleased that Boyesen sees things his way\n and stays true to his beliefs and principles;\n explains the difficulties facing the German novelist\n who somehow must incorporate the political and social\n conditions of his country into his writing and\n thereby confess to his own way of thinking; says he\n is convinced that Boyesen, as an American writer, is\n at an advantage in this respect; mentions family.]\n (In German)","[Says he could not accept the proposition of \n Cosmopolitan , has finished part two\n of \"Erinnerungen\"; feels \"half-dead\" from over-work;\n plans to bring out a new novel in the fall; says a\n new drama of his has been successful on the stage;\n plans to go to \n Karlsbad and then to the \n North Sea for four weeks;\n mentions family matters.] (In German)","[Speaks about the writings of Mrs. [ \n Julie Grinnell Cruger ] which he\n has translated; says he keeps correspondence with\n her; shows renewed interest of becoming a\n correspondent for an American newspaper, provided the\n money is good; discusses family matters; recommends\n his autobiography \n Finder und Ertlinder ; mentions the\n success of his play \n In Eisner Zeit in \n Hamburg and \n Vienna ; encloses a volume of his\n poems, which he hopes will receive public praise;\n speaks about his disillusionment; sends regards to \n Carl Schurz . ] (In German)","[Discusses his recent serious illness, which\n prevented him from reading his book; says he will\n send the \n Harper's Monthly review of it to a\n publisher in \n Dresden who publishes translated\n books, although he is not sure it will be successful;\n says his correspondent work for the \n New York Staatszeitung has come to\n nothing due to his ill health; feels guilty toward\n Ottendorfer from the paper, but that he has a\n deadline for his new novel and has no time for\n correspondent work; appreciates endeavors of Boyesen\n and \n Carl Schurz on his behalf; asks\n him to relate his troubles to Schurz and explain why\n he has not answered the letter from Schurz he\n received two years ago; expresses admiration for\n Schurz.] (In German)","[Discusses his reasons for being upset with \n Cosmopolitan after their request\n through, Boyesen for two letters \"on \n Berlin life-society . . . or\n anything of that sort\"; got a noncommittal reply from\n Charles D. Lanier (includes a\n copy of Lanier's letter); believes the pieces were of\n first rate quality and suited to American taste,\n humorous, but not on too high a plane; counts on\n Boyesen to sort out the confusion; says he will\n submit the pieces to \n New York Staatszeitung ; if they are\n rejected, Boyesen is to keep this quiet.] (In German\n and English)","[Says Boyesen's translation of his \"letters\" will\n appear in \n Cosmopolitan ; feels obliged to him;\n sends a copy of his novel \n Sonntagskind through his publisher;\n enjoys his \n Mammon of Unrighteousness ; passes\n judgement on American women and their love of\n themselves; inquires about his house building, horse\n riding, etc.; writes about his family.] (In\n German)","[States that he needed twelve weeks of rest at the\n Baltic Sea after producing \n Sonnatagskind and another novel as\n well as many literary reviews in the last 1 1/3\n years; mentions the latter novel will appear in a\n German weekly \n Die Romanwelt and in \n New York Staatszeitung ; bemoans his\n constant financial stress, saying he will never own a\n house; says that \n Georg Moritz Ebers and \n Carl von Heyse , being born to\n wealth, are the only contemporary German writers who\n do not have money worries; says Boyesen is in his\n best years, while he himself is already 64; considers\n the \n Cosmopolitan essay topic of German\n literature of the present too wide a field and limits\n the first installment of the essay to the dramatists;\n hopes to mail it to Walkes in 8 days; intends to send\n essay published in \n Preussiche Jahrbucher , which he must\n modify before sending it to \n Cosmopolitan ; judges the present\n crop of German writers as \"students all, no masters\n yet\"; calls \n Hermann Sudermann the most\n talented of the lot; finds \n Mammon of Unrighteousness more\n important than \n Social Strugglers ; wonders about\n Americans' reactions to the latter since they would\n be looking at themselves in a sort of mirror.] (In\n German)","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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Schottlander\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBreslan\u003c/geogname\u003e; regrets not being the\n translator; reports on his health, family, friends;\n mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e's suggestion to\n visit \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; says his health\n prevents the trip and that he could not bear the long\n separation from his family.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Approves of his essay; explains honorarium, the\n quality of the translation into German done by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP. 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compliments him on his use of\n German; urges him to write poetry in German; inquires\n about Scandinavian names and customs.] (In\n German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Reports on his travels to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHamburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDresden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMagdeburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Petersburg\u003c/geogname\u003eto see his\n recently written drama performed; says he enjoyed\n meeting the large German colony in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Petersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e; adds that his\n Russian journey was a triumph and that he gave many\n speeches and had many dinners in his honor, and thus\n finding it necessary to take the water in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKarlsbad\u003c/geogname\u003eafterwards; comments on\n Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIdyls of Norway\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaughter of the Philistines\u003c/bibref\u003e;\n disagrees in regard to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGustav Freytag\u003c/persname\u003ewhom, in his\n opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises\n Freytag's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSoll und Haben\u003c/bibref\u003e, but judges \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDie Verlorene Handschrift\u003c/bibref\u003eharshly;\n speaks about the political situation to support his\n opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see\n enough in \n \u003cpersname\u003eBerthold Auerbach\u003c/persname\u003e; comments on\n Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses\n admiration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e; would still like to\n visit \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; says \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWestermann's Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte\u003c/bibref\u003ewill cease to be published in\n October as they are no longer profitable to the\n publisher.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business; says he has sent his latest\n novel \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAn der Heilquelle\u003c/bibref\u003e, set in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaden-Baden\u003c/geogname\u003e, to the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003ehoping the\n paper will publish it in German for an honorarium;\n asks for his collaboration to publish \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAn der Heilquelle\u003c/bibref\u003ein an American\n language paper, either in German or in an English\n translation by Boyesen, if other attempt should fail;\n says he will split honorarium with him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Publisher requests permission to issue a German\n translation of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaughter of the Philistines\u003c/bibref\u003ein his\n new collection of foreign novels; encloses a banknote\n for the authorization.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about health-related trips to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKarlsbad\u003c/geogname\u003eand to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHelgoland\u003c/geogname\u003ein the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Sea\u003c/geogname\u003e; says his play \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Die Philosophin\"\u003c/bibref\u003ewas neither a\n critical nor popular success and calls it \"caviar for\n the masses\"; blames the failure of his play on Zola\n and Ibsen and the realism phase in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003eat the time; gives a\n pessimistic assessment of the present-day German\n literature and the way his own work is going under\n the circumstances; asks for help in finding a\n correspondent or reviewer job with an American\n paper.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses admiration for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003e. ] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the gift of one of his books;\n identifies herself as the unauthorized translator of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003e; says she added the\n translation of another of his stories to make a\n \"roundes\" book; says she named the book \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUnter dem Gletsher\u003c/bibref\u003e(Under the\n Glacier); states that she translated at the same time\n that Jungling did the authorized translation; begs\n for forgiveness and a few lines from his hand, which\n would increase the value of the book her gave her.]\n (In old German script)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Laments the present trend in thinking in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, realism and naturalism;\n says he is pleased that Boyesen sees things his way\n and stays true to his beliefs and principles;\n explains the difficulties facing the German novelist\n who somehow must incorporate the political and social\n conditions of his country into his writing and\n thereby confess to his own way of thinking; says he\n is convinced that Boyesen, as an American writer, is\n at an advantage in this respect; mentions family.]\n (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he could not accept the proposition of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003e, has finished part two\n of \"Erinnerungen\"; feels \"half-dead\" from over-work;\n plans to bring out a new novel in the fall; says a\n new drama of his has been successful on the stage;\n plans to go to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKarlsbad\u003c/geogname\u003eand then to the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Sea\u003c/geogname\u003efor four weeks;\n mentions family matters.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about the writings of Mrs. [ \n \u003cpersname\u003eJulie Grinnell Cruger\u003c/persname\u003e] which he\n has translated; says he keeps correspondence with\n her; shows renewed interest of becoming a\n correspondent for an American newspaper, provided the\n money is good; discusses family matters; recommends\n his autobiography \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFinder und Ertlinder\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions the\n success of his play \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIn Eisner Zeit\u003c/bibref\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHamburg\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVienna\u003c/geogname\u003e; encloses a volume of his\n poems, which he hopes will receive public praise;\n speaks about his disillusionment; sends regards to \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e. ] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his recent serious illness, which\n prevented him from reading his book; says he will\n send the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Monthly\u003c/bibref\u003ereview of it to a\n publisher in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDresden\u003c/geogname\u003ewho publishes translated\n books, although he is not sure it will be successful;\n says his correspondent work for the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003ehas come to\n nothing due to his ill health; feels guilty toward\n Ottendorfer from the paper, but that he has a\n deadline for his new novel and has no time for\n correspondent work; appreciates endeavors of Boyesen\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003eon his behalf; asks\n him to relate his troubles to Schurz and explain why\n he has not answered the letter from Schurz he\n received two years ago; expresses admiration for\n Schurz.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his reasons for being upset with \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003eafter their request\n through, Boyesen for two letters \"on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003elife-society . . . or\n anything of that sort\"; got a noncommittal reply from\n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles D. Lanier\u003c/persname\u003e(includes a\n copy of Lanier's letter); believes the pieces were of\n first rate quality and suited to American taste,\n humorous, but not on too high a plane; counts on\n Boyesen to sort out the confusion; says he will\n submit the pieces to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003e; if they are\n rejected, Boyesen is to keep this quiet.] (In German\n and English)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says Boyesen's translation of his \"letters\" will\n appear in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003e; feels obliged to him;\n sends a copy of his novel \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSonntagskind\u003c/bibref\u003ethrough his publisher;\n enjoys his \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMammon of Unrighteousness\u003c/bibref\u003e; passes\n judgement on American women and their love of\n themselves; inquires about his house building, horse\n riding, etc.; writes about his family.] (In\n German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[States that he needed twelve weeks of rest at the\n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltic Sea\u003c/geogname\u003eafter producing \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSonnatagskind\u003c/bibref\u003eand another novel as\n well as many literary reviews in the last 1 1/3\n years; mentions the latter novel will appear in a\n German weekly \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDie Romanwelt\u003c/bibref\u003eand in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003e; bemoans his\n constant financial stress, saying he will never own a\n house; says that \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorg Moritz Ebers\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl von Heyse\u003c/persname\u003e, being born to\n wealth, are the only contemporary German writers who\n do not have money worries; says Boyesen is in his\n best years, while he himself is already 64; considers\n the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003eessay topic of German\n literature of the present too wide a field and limits\n the first installment of the essay to the dramatists;\n hopes to mail it to Walkes in 8 days; intends to send\n essay published in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePreussiche Jahrbucher\u003c/bibref\u003e, which he must\n modify before sending it to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003e; judges the present\n crop of German writers as \"students all, no masters\n yet\"; calls \n \u003cpersname\u003eHermann Sudermann\u003c/persname\u003ethe most\n talented of the lot; finds \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMammon of Unrighteousness\u003c/bibref\u003emore\n important than \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSocial Strugglers\u003c/bibref\u003e; wonders about\n Americans' reactions to the latter since they would\n be looking at themselves in a sort of mirror.] (In\n German)\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Says she has translated his book, \n Gunnar , from English, which was\n translated from Swedish, into French; lets him know\n that Scandinavian novels are not very popular since\n Russian novels are being widely read; talks about\n other books (she may be a literary agent); states\n that she has sent things to \n Hachette Publishers , \n Revue des deux mondes ; discusses his\n style; asks for something \"amusing\"; thinks that \n Gunnar may have a better chance at\n acceptance that \n Daughter of the Philistines ; says\n that \n France is drowning in English and\n American novels.] (In French)","[Compliments him on his use of English; says that\n Boyesen's last letter will require at least a day's\n talk; addresses problems of church and state, old\n forms of thought, old apprehensions of truth; says he\n is glad to see him go to \n Urbana University in \n Ohio as a teacher of Greek and\n Latin; speaks highly of Sewall who, though\n intimidating, will help him a lot; speaks of his\n summer at home, his daughter, friends, etc.]","[Apologizes for long silence; inquires after his\n health, family, work, whereabouts; requests a novella\n for \n Westermanns Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte , preferably on a theme from the\n \"new world\" to interrupt the publication's European\n monotony; guarantees a first-rate translation and\n honorarium; lays down the conditions; suggests that\n he contribute steadily twice a year to his\n publication; gives theme of American Literature and\n American Society; says level of the pieces should be\n neither \"scientific\" nor \"light,\" but in the middle;\n says translation of \n Gunnar will soon be published by \n S. Schottlander in \n Breslan ; regrets not being the\n translator; reports on his health, family, friends;\n mentions \n Carl Schurz 's suggestion to\n visit \n America ; says his health\n prevents the trip and that he could not bear the long\n separation from his family.] (In German)","[Approves of his essay; explains honorarium, the\n quality of the translation into German done by \n P. Jungling ; speaks about the\n soon to follow \"novella\"; says the honorarium will\n fall short of expectations as the translator also\n must be paid; discusses his own literary work, his\n poems, his novel \n Quisisana , which he would like\n Boyesen to translate; suggests he contact \n Holt \u0026 Co. to work out an\n arrangement; doubts he will ever travel to \n America ; hope to see the Boyesen\n family in \n Berlin . ] (In German)","[Discusses his ill health as well as the recent\n illnesses of the \n Boyesen family ; gives him specific\n instructions on the length of the \"novella\"; speaks\n about monetary compensation; requests an essay\n regarding the literature of the Southern American\n \"provinces.\"] (In German)","[Encloses 26 pages of commentary on \n Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's \n Faust ; compliments him on his use of\n German; urges him to write poetry in German; inquires\n about Scandinavian names and customs.] (In\n German)","[Reports on his travels to \n Hamburg , \n Dresden , \n Magdeburg , \n St. Petersburg to see his\n recently written drama performed; says he enjoyed\n meeting the large German colony in \n St. Petersburg ; adds that his\n Russian journey was a triumph and that he gave many\n speeches and had many dinners in his honor, and thus\n finding it necessary to take the water in \n Karlsbad afterwards; comments on\n Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, \n Idyls of Norway , \n Daughter of the Philistines ;\n disagrees in regard to \n Gustav Freytag whom, in his\n opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises\n Freytag's \n Soll und Haben , but judges \n Die Verlorene Handschrift harshly;\n speaks about the political situation to support his\n opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see\n enough in \n Berthold Auerbach ; comments on\n Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses\n admiration of \n Carl Schurz ; would still like to\n visit \n America ; says \n Westermann's Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte will cease to be published in\n October as they are no longer profitable to the\n publisher.] (In German)","[Discusses business; says he has sent his latest\n novel \n An der Heilquelle , set in \n Baden-Baden , to the \n New York Staatszeitung hoping the\n paper will publish it in German for an honorarium;\n asks for his collaboration to publish \n An der Heilquelle in an American\n language paper, either in German or in an English\n translation by Boyesen, if other attempt should fail;\n says he will split honorarium with him.]","[Publisher requests permission to issue a German\n translation of \n Daughter of the Philistines in his\n new collection of foreign novels; encloses a banknote\n for the authorization.]","[Speaks about health-related trips to \n Karlsbad and to \n Helgoland in the \n North Sea ; says his play \n \"Die Philosophin\" was neither a\n critical nor popular success and calls it \"caviar for\n the masses\"; blames the failure of his play on Zola\n and Ibsen and the realism phase in \n Germany at the time; gives a\n pessimistic assessment of the present-day German\n literature and the way his own work is going under\n the circumstances; asks for help in finding a\n correspondent or reviewer job with an American\n paper.] (In German)","[Expresses admiration for \n Gunnar . ] (In German)","[Thanks him for the gift of one of his books;\n identifies herself as the unauthorized translator of \n Gunnar ; says she added the\n translation of another of his stories to make a\n \"roundes\" book; says she named the book \n Unter dem Gletsher (Under the\n Glacier); states that she translated at the same time\n that Jungling did the authorized translation; begs\n for forgiveness and a few lines from his hand, which\n would increase the value of the book her gave her.]\n (In old German script)","[Laments the present trend in thinking in \n Berlin and \n Germany , realism and naturalism;\n says he is pleased that Boyesen sees things his way\n and stays true to his beliefs and principles;\n explains the difficulties facing the German novelist\n who somehow must incorporate the political and social\n conditions of his country into his writing and\n thereby confess to his own way of thinking; says he\n is convinced that Boyesen, as an American writer, is\n at an advantage in this respect; mentions family.]\n (In German)","[Says he could not accept the proposition of \n Cosmopolitan , has finished part two\n of \"Erinnerungen\"; feels \"half-dead\" from over-work;\n plans to bring out a new novel in the fall; says a\n new drama of his has been successful on the stage;\n plans to go to \n Karlsbad and then to the \n North Sea for four weeks;\n mentions family matters.] (In German)","[Speaks about the writings of Mrs. [ \n Julie Grinnell Cruger ] which he\n has translated; says he keeps correspondence with\n her; shows renewed interest of becoming a\n correspondent for an American newspaper, provided the\n money is good; discusses family matters; recommends\n his autobiography \n Finder und Ertlinder ; mentions the\n success of his play \n In Eisner Zeit in \n Hamburg and \n Vienna ; encloses a volume of his\n poems, which he hopes will receive public praise;\n speaks about his disillusionment; sends regards to \n Carl Schurz . ] (In German)","[Discusses his recent serious illness, which\n prevented him from reading his book; says he will\n send the \n Harper's Monthly review of it to a\n publisher in \n Dresden who publishes translated\n books, although he is not sure it will be successful;\n says his correspondent work for the \n New York Staatszeitung has come to\n nothing due to his ill health; feels guilty toward\n Ottendorfer from the paper, but that he has a\n deadline for his new novel and has no time for\n correspondent work; appreciates endeavors of Boyesen\n and \n Carl Schurz on his behalf; asks\n him to relate his troubles to Schurz and explain why\n he has not answered the letter from Schurz he\n received two years ago; expresses admiration for\n Schurz.] (In German)","[Discusses his reasons for being upset with \n Cosmopolitan after their request\n through, Boyesen for two letters \"on \n Berlin life-society . . . or\n anything of that sort\"; got a noncommittal reply from\n Charles D. Lanier (includes a\n copy of Lanier's letter); believes the pieces were of\n first rate quality and suited to American taste,\n humorous, but not on too high a plane; counts on\n Boyesen to sort out the confusion; says he will\n submit the pieces to \n New York Staatszeitung ; if they are\n rejected, Boyesen is to keep this quiet.] (In German\n and English)","[Says Boyesen's translation of his \"letters\" will\n appear in \n Cosmopolitan ; feels obliged to him;\n sends a copy of his novel \n Sonntagskind through his publisher;\n enjoys his \n Mammon of Unrighteousness ; passes\n judgement on American women and their love of\n themselves; inquires about his house building, horse\n riding, etc.; writes about his family.] (In\n German)","[States that he needed twelve weeks of rest at the\n Baltic Sea after producing \n Sonnatagskind and another novel as\n well as many literary reviews in the last 1 1/3\n years; mentions the latter novel will appear in a\n German weekly \n Die Romanwelt and in \n New York Staatszeitung ; bemoans his\n constant financial stress, saying he will never own a\n house; says that \n Georg Moritz Ebers and \n Carl von Heyse , being born to\n wealth, are the only contemporary German writers who\n do not have money worries; says Boyesen is in his\n best years, while he himself is already 64; considers\n the \n Cosmopolitan essay topic of German\n literature of the present too wide a field and limits\n the first installment of the essay to the dramatists;\n hopes to mail it to Walkes in 8 days; intends to send\n essay published in \n Preussiche Jahrbucher , which he must\n modify before sending it to \n Cosmopolitan ; judges the present\n crop of German writers as \"students all, no masters\n yet\"; calls \n Hermann Sudermann the most\n talented of the lot; finds \n Mammon of Unrighteousness more\n important than \n Social Strugglers ; wonders about\n Americans' reactions to the latter since they would\n be looking at themselves in a sort of mirror.] (In\n German)"],"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."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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Schottlander in \n Breslan ; regrets not being the\n translator; reports on his health, family, friends;\n mentions \n Carl Schurz 's suggestion to\n visit \n America ; says his health\n prevents the trip and that he could not bear the long\n separation from his family.] (In German)","[Approves of his essay; explains honorarium, the\n quality of the translation into German done by \n P. Jungling ; speaks about the\n soon to follow \"novella\"; says the honorarium will\n fall short of expectations as the translator also\n must be paid; discusses his own literary work, his\n poems, his novel \n Quisisana , which he would like\n Boyesen to translate; suggests he contact \n Holt \u0026 Co. to work out an\n arrangement; doubts he will ever travel to \n America ; hope to see the Boyesen\n family in \n Berlin . ] (In German)","[Discusses his ill health as well as the recent\n illnesses of the \n Boyesen family ; gives him specific\n instructions on the length of the \"novella\"; speaks\n about monetary compensation; requests an essay\n regarding the literature of the Southern American\n \"provinces.\"] (In German)","[Encloses 26 pages of commentary on \n Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's \n Faust ; compliments him on his use of\n German; urges him to write poetry in German; inquires\n about Scandinavian names and customs.] (In\n German)","[Reports on his travels to \n Hamburg , \n Dresden , \n Magdeburg , \n St. Petersburg to see his\n recently written drama performed; says he enjoyed\n meeting the large German colony in \n St. Petersburg ; adds that his\n Russian journey was a triumph and that he gave many\n speeches and had many dinners in his honor, and thus\n finding it necessary to take the water in \n Karlsbad afterwards; comments on\n Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, \n Idyls of Norway , \n Daughter of the Philistines ;\n disagrees in regard to \n Gustav Freytag whom, in his\n opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises\n Freytag's \n Soll und Haben , but judges \n Die Verlorene Handschrift harshly;\n speaks about the political situation to support his\n opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see\n enough in \n Berthold Auerbach ; comments on\n Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses\n admiration of \n Carl Schurz ; would still like to\n visit \n America ; says \n Westermann's Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte will cease to be published in\n October as they are no longer profitable to the\n publisher.] (In German)","[Discusses business; says he has sent his latest\n novel \n An der Heilquelle , set in \n Baden-Baden , to the \n New York Staatszeitung hoping the\n paper will publish it in German for an honorarium;\n asks for his collaboration to publish \n An der Heilquelle in an American\n language paper, either in German or in an English\n translation by Boyesen, if other attempt should fail;\n says he will split honorarium with him.]","[Publisher requests permission to issue a German\n translation of \n Daughter of the Philistines in his\n new collection of foreign novels; encloses a banknote\n for the authorization.]","[Speaks about health-related trips to \n Karlsbad and to \n Helgoland in the \n North Sea ; says his play \n \"Die Philosophin\" was neither a\n critical nor popular success and calls it \"caviar for\n the masses\"; blames the failure of his play on Zola\n and Ibsen and the realism phase in \n Germany at the time; gives a\n pessimistic assessment of the present-day German\n literature and the way his own work is going under\n the circumstances; asks for help in finding a\n correspondent or reviewer job with an American\n paper.] (In German)","[Expresses admiration for \n Gunnar . ] (In German)","[Thanks him for the gift of one of his books;\n identifies herself as the unauthorized translator of \n Gunnar ; says she added the\n translation of another of his stories to make a\n \"roundes\" book; says she named the book \n Unter dem Gletsher (Under the\n Glacier); states that she translated at the same time\n that Jungling did the authorized translation; begs\n for forgiveness and a few lines from his hand, which\n would increase the value of the book her gave her.]\n (In old German script)","[Laments the present trend in thinking in \n Berlin and \n Germany , realism and naturalism;\n says he is pleased that Boyesen sees things his way\n and stays true to his beliefs and principles;\n explains the difficulties facing the German novelist\n who somehow must incorporate the political and social\n conditions of his country into his writing and\n thereby confess to his own way of thinking; says he\n is convinced that Boyesen, as an American writer, is\n at an advantage in this respect; mentions family.]\n (In German)","[Says he could not accept the proposition of \n Cosmopolitan , has finished part two\n of \"Erinnerungen\"; feels \"half-dead\" from over-work;\n plans to bring out a new novel in the fall; says a\n new drama of his has been successful on the stage;\n plans to go to \n Karlsbad and then to the \n North Sea for four weeks;\n mentions family matters.] (In German)","[Speaks about the writings of Mrs. [ \n Julie Grinnell Cruger ] which he\n has translated; says he keeps correspondence with\n her; shows renewed interest of becoming a\n correspondent for an American newspaper, provided the\n money is good; discusses family matters; recommends\n his autobiography \n Finder und Ertlinder ; mentions the\n success of his play \n In Eisner Zeit in \n Hamburg and \n Vienna ; encloses a volume of his\n poems, which he hopes will receive public praise;\n speaks about his disillusionment; sends regards to \n Carl Schurz . ] (In German)","[Discusses his recent serious illness, which\n prevented him from reading his book; says he will\n send the \n Harper's Monthly review of it to a\n publisher in \n Dresden who publishes translated\n books, although he is not sure it will be successful;\n says his correspondent work for the \n New York Staatszeitung has come to\n nothing due to his ill health; feels guilty toward\n Ottendorfer from the paper, but that he has a\n deadline for his new novel and has no time for\n correspondent work; appreciates endeavors of Boyesen\n and \n Carl Schurz on his behalf; asks\n him to relate his troubles to Schurz and explain why\n he has not answered the letter from Schurz he\n received two years ago; expresses admiration for\n Schurz.] (In German)","[Discusses his reasons for being upset with \n Cosmopolitan after their request\n through, Boyesen for two letters \"on \n Berlin life-society . . . or\n anything of that sort\"; got a noncommittal reply from\n Charles D. Lanier (includes a\n copy of Lanier's letter); believes the pieces were of\n first rate quality and suited to American taste,\n humorous, but not on too high a plane; counts on\n Boyesen to sort out the confusion; says he will\n submit the pieces to \n New York Staatszeitung ; if they are\n rejected, Boyesen is to keep this quiet.] (In German\n and English)","[Says Boyesen's translation of his \"letters\" will\n appear in \n Cosmopolitan ; feels obliged to him;\n sends a copy of his novel \n Sonntagskind through his publisher;\n enjoys his \n Mammon of Unrighteousness ; passes\n judgement on American women and their love of\n themselves; inquires about his house building, horse\n riding, etc.; writes about his family.] (In\n German)","[States that he needed twelve weeks of rest at the\n Baltic Sea after producing \n Sonnatagskind and another novel as\n well as many literary reviews in the last 1 1/3\n years; mentions the latter novel will appear in a\n German weekly \n Die Romanwelt and in \n New York Staatszeitung ; bemoans his\n constant financial stress, saying he will never own a\n house; says that \n Georg Moritz Ebers and \n Carl von Heyse , being born to\n wealth, are the only contemporary German writers who\n do not have money worries; says Boyesen is in his\n best years, while he himself is already 64; considers\n the \n Cosmopolitan essay topic of German\n literature of the present too wide a field and limits\n the first installment of the essay to the dramatists;\n hopes to mail it to Walkes in 8 days; intends to send\n essay published in \n Preussiche Jahrbucher , which he must\n modify before sending it to \n Cosmopolitan ; judges the present\n crop of German writers as \"students all, no masters\n yet\"; calls \n Hermann Sudermann the most\n talented of the lot; finds \n Mammon of Unrighteousness more\n important than \n Social Strugglers ; wonders about\n Americans' reactions to the latter since they would\n be looking at themselves in a sort of mirror.] (In\n German)","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Hachette Publishers","Urbana University","S. Schottlander","Holt \u0026 Co.","Columbia","Boyesen family","Louise d'Alq","Hjalamr Hjorth Boyesen","Friedrich Spielhagen","Hjalamr Hjorth\n Boyesen","Carl Schurz","P. Jungling","A. Rudolph","Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","Gustav Freytag","Berthold Auerbach","J. Engelhorn","Malvine Reiter","[Nana] Steinitz","Julie Grinnell Cruger","Charles D. Lanier","Georg Moritz Ebers","Carl von Heyse","Hermann Sudermann","English"],"unitid_tesim":["6903-b"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Hjalmar Hjorth Collection \n 1867-1895"],"collection_title_tesim":["Hjalmar Hjorth Collection \n 1867-1895"],"collection_ssim":["Hjalmar Hjorth Collection \n 1867-1895"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift \n 6 Feb 1963"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["19 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHjalmar Hjorth Boyeson\n Collection, Accession 6903-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeson\n Collection, Accession 6903-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Says she has translated his book, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003e, from English, which was\n translated from Swedish, into French; lets him know\n that Scandinavian novels are not very popular since\n Russian novels are being widely read; talks about\n other books (she may be a literary agent); states\n that she has sent things to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHachette Publishers\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRevue des deux mondes\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses his\n style; asks for something \"amusing\"; thinks that \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003emay have a better chance at\n acceptance that \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaughter of the Philistines\u003c/bibref\u003e; says\n that \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eis drowning in English and\n American novels.] (In French)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Compliments him on his use of English; says that\n Boyesen's last letter will require at least a day's\n talk; addresses problems of church and state, old\n forms of thought, old apprehensions of truth; says he\n is glad to see him go to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUrbana University\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003eas a teacher of Greek and\n Latin; speaks highly of Sewall who, though\n intimidating, will help him a lot; speaks of his\n summer at home, his daughter, friends, etc.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Apologizes for long silence; inquires after his\n health, family, work, whereabouts; requests a novella\n for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWestermanns Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte\u003c/bibref\u003e, preferably on a theme from the\n \"new world\" to interrupt the publication's European\n monotony; guarantees a first-rate translation and\n honorarium; lays down the conditions; suggests that\n he contribute steadily twice a year to his\n publication; gives theme of American Literature and\n American Society; says level of the pieces should be\n neither \"scientific\" nor \"light,\" but in the middle;\n says translation of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003ewill soon be published by \n \u003ccorpname\u003eS. Schottlander\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBreslan\u003c/geogname\u003e; regrets not being the\n translator; reports on his health, family, friends;\n mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e's suggestion to\n visit \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; says his health\n prevents the trip and that he could not bear the long\n separation from his family.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Approves of his essay; explains honorarium, the\n quality of the translation into German done by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP. Jungling\u003c/persname\u003e; speaks about the\n soon to follow \"novella\"; says the honorarium will\n fall short of expectations as the translator also\n must be paid; discusses his own literary work, his\n poems, his novel \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eQuisisana\u003c/bibref\u003e, which he would like\n Boyesen to translate; suggests he contact \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHolt \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eto work out an\n arrangement; doubts he will ever travel to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; hope to see the Boyesen\n family in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003e. ] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his ill health as well as the recent\n illnesses of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBoyesen family\u003c/famname\u003e; gives him specific\n instructions on the length of the \"novella\"; speaks\n about monetary compensation; requests an essay\n regarding the literature of the Southern American\n \"provinces.\"] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encloses 26 pages of commentary on \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohann Wolfgang von Goethe\u003c/persname\u003e's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFaust\u003c/bibref\u003e; compliments him on his use of\n German; urges him to write poetry in German; inquires\n about Scandinavian names and customs.] (In\n German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Reports on his travels to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHamburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDresden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMagdeburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Petersburg\u003c/geogname\u003eto see his\n recently written drama performed; says he enjoyed\n meeting the large German colony in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Petersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e; adds that his\n Russian journey was a triumph and that he gave many\n speeches and had many dinners in his honor, and thus\n finding it necessary to take the water in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKarlsbad\u003c/geogname\u003eafterwards; comments on\n Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIdyls of Norway\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaughter of the Philistines\u003c/bibref\u003e;\n disagrees in regard to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGustav Freytag\u003c/persname\u003ewhom, in his\n opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises\n Freytag's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSoll und Haben\u003c/bibref\u003e, but judges \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDie Verlorene Handschrift\u003c/bibref\u003eharshly;\n speaks about the political situation to support his\n opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see\n enough in \n \u003cpersname\u003eBerthold Auerbach\u003c/persname\u003e; comments on\n Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses\n admiration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e; would still like to\n visit \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; says \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWestermann's Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte\u003c/bibref\u003ewill cease to be published in\n October as they are no longer profitable to the\n publisher.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business; says he has sent his latest\n novel \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAn der Heilquelle\u003c/bibref\u003e, set in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaden-Baden\u003c/geogname\u003e, to the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003ehoping the\n paper will publish it in German for an honorarium;\n asks for his collaboration to publish \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAn der Heilquelle\u003c/bibref\u003ein an American\n language paper, either in German or in an English\n translation by Boyesen, if other attempt should fail;\n says he will split honorarium with him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Publisher requests permission to issue a German\n translation of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaughter of the Philistines\u003c/bibref\u003ein his\n new collection of foreign novels; encloses a banknote\n for the authorization.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about health-related trips to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKarlsbad\u003c/geogname\u003eand to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHelgoland\u003c/geogname\u003ein the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Sea\u003c/geogname\u003e; says his play \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Die Philosophin\"\u003c/bibref\u003ewas neither a\n critical nor popular success and calls it \"caviar for\n the masses\"; blames the failure of his play on Zola\n and Ibsen and the realism phase in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003eat the time; gives a\n pessimistic assessment of the present-day German\n literature and the way his own work is going under\n the circumstances; asks for help in finding a\n correspondent or reviewer job with an American\n paper.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses admiration for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003e. ] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the gift of one of his books;\n identifies herself as the unauthorized translator of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003e; says she added the\n translation of another of his stories to make a\n \"roundes\" book; says she named the book \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUnter dem Gletsher\u003c/bibref\u003e(Under the\n Glacier); states that she translated at the same time\n that Jungling did the authorized translation; begs\n for forgiveness and a few lines from his hand, which\n would increase the value of the book her gave her.]\n (In old German script)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Laments the present trend in thinking in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, realism and naturalism;\n says he is pleased that Boyesen sees things his way\n and stays true to his beliefs and principles;\n explains the difficulties facing the German novelist\n who somehow must incorporate the political and social\n conditions of his country into his writing and\n thereby confess to his own way of thinking; says he\n is convinced that Boyesen, as an American writer, is\n at an advantage in this respect; mentions family.]\n (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he could not accept the proposition of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003e, has finished part two\n of \"Erinnerungen\"; feels \"half-dead\" from over-work;\n plans to bring out a new novel in the fall; says a\n new drama of his has been successful on the stage;\n plans to go to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKarlsbad\u003c/geogname\u003eand then to the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Sea\u003c/geogname\u003efor four weeks;\n mentions family matters.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about the writings of Mrs. [ \n \u003cpersname\u003eJulie Grinnell Cruger\u003c/persname\u003e] which he\n has translated; says he keeps correspondence with\n her; shows renewed interest of becoming a\n correspondent for an American newspaper, provided the\n money is good; discusses family matters; recommends\n his autobiography \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFinder und Ertlinder\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions the\n success of his play \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIn Eisner Zeit\u003c/bibref\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHamburg\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVienna\u003c/geogname\u003e; encloses a volume of his\n poems, which he hopes will receive public praise;\n speaks about his disillusionment; sends regards to \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e. ] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his recent serious illness, which\n prevented him from reading his book; says he will\n send the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Monthly\u003c/bibref\u003ereview of it to a\n publisher in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDresden\u003c/geogname\u003ewho publishes translated\n books, although he is not sure it will be successful;\n says his correspondent work for the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003ehas come to\n nothing due to his ill health; feels guilty toward\n Ottendorfer from the paper, but that he has a\n deadline for his new novel and has no time for\n correspondent work; appreciates endeavors of Boyesen\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003eon his behalf; asks\n him to relate his troubles to Schurz and explain why\n he has not answered the letter from Schurz he\n received two years ago; expresses admiration for\n Schurz.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his reasons for being upset with \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003eafter their request\n through, Boyesen for two letters \"on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003elife-society . . . or\n anything of that sort\"; got a noncommittal reply from\n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles D. Lanier\u003c/persname\u003e(includes a\n copy of Lanier's letter); believes the pieces were of\n first rate quality and suited to American taste,\n humorous, but not on too high a plane; counts on\n Boyesen to sort out the confusion; says he will\n submit the pieces to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003e; if they are\n rejected, Boyesen is to keep this quiet.] (In German\n and English)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says Boyesen's translation of his \"letters\" will\n appear in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003e; feels obliged to him;\n sends a copy of his novel \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSonntagskind\u003c/bibref\u003ethrough his publisher;\n enjoys his \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMammon of Unrighteousness\u003c/bibref\u003e; passes\n judgement on American women and their love of\n themselves; inquires about his house building, horse\n riding, etc.; writes about his family.] (In\n German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[States that he needed twelve weeks of rest at the\n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaltic Sea\u003c/geogname\u003eafter producing \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSonnatagskind\u003c/bibref\u003eand another novel as\n well as many literary reviews in the last 1 1/3\n years; mentions the latter novel will appear in a\n German weekly \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDie Romanwelt\u003c/bibref\u003eand in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003e; bemoans his\n constant financial stress, saying he will never own a\n house; says that \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorg Moritz Ebers\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl von Heyse\u003c/persname\u003e, being born to\n wealth, are the only contemporary German writers who\n do not have money worries; says Boyesen is in his\n best years, while he himself is already 64; considers\n the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003eessay topic of German\n literature of the present too wide a field and limits\n the first installment of the essay to the dramatists;\n hopes to mail it to Walkes in 8 days; intends to send\n essay published in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePreussiche Jahrbucher\u003c/bibref\u003e, which he must\n modify before sending it to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003e; judges the present\n crop of German writers as \"students all, no masters\n yet\"; calls \n \u003cpersname\u003eHermann Sudermann\u003c/persname\u003ethe most\n talented of the lot; finds \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMammon of Unrighteousness\u003c/bibref\u003emore\n important than \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSocial Strugglers\u003c/bibref\u003e; wonders about\n Americans' reactions to the latter since they would\n be looking at themselves in a sort of mirror.] (In\n German)\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Says she has translated his book, \n Gunnar , from English, which was\n translated from Swedish, into French; lets him know\n that Scandinavian novels are not very popular since\n Russian novels are being widely read; talks about\n other books (she may be a literary agent); states\n that she has sent things to \n Hachette Publishers , \n Revue des deux mondes ; discusses his\n style; asks for something \"amusing\"; thinks that \n Gunnar may have a better chance at\n acceptance that \n Daughter of the Philistines ; says\n that \n France is drowning in English and\n American novels.] (In French)","[Compliments him on his use of English; says that\n Boyesen's last letter will require at least a day's\n talk; addresses problems of church and state, old\n forms of thought, old apprehensions of truth; says he\n is glad to see him go to \n Urbana University in \n Ohio as a teacher of Greek and\n Latin; speaks highly of Sewall who, though\n intimidating, will help him a lot; speaks of his\n summer at home, his daughter, friends, etc.]","[Apologizes for long silence; inquires after his\n health, family, work, whereabouts; requests a novella\n for \n Westermanns Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte , preferably on a theme from the\n \"new world\" to interrupt the publication's European\n monotony; guarantees a first-rate translation and\n honorarium; lays down the conditions; suggests that\n he contribute steadily twice a year to his\n publication; gives theme of American Literature and\n American Society; says level of the pieces should be\n neither \"scientific\" nor \"light,\" but in the middle;\n says translation of \n Gunnar will soon be published by \n S. Schottlander in \n Breslan ; regrets not being the\n translator; reports on his health, family, friends;\n mentions \n Carl Schurz 's suggestion to\n visit \n America ; says his health\n prevents the trip and that he could not bear the long\n separation from his family.] (In German)","[Approves of his essay; explains honorarium, the\n quality of the translation into German done by \n P. Jungling ; speaks about the\n soon to follow \"novella\"; says the honorarium will\n fall short of expectations as the translator also\n must be paid; discusses his own literary work, his\n poems, his novel \n Quisisana , which he would like\n Boyesen to translate; suggests he contact \n Holt \u0026 Co. to work out an\n arrangement; doubts he will ever travel to \n America ; hope to see the Boyesen\n family in \n Berlin . ] (In German)","[Discusses his ill health as well as the recent\n illnesses of the \n Boyesen family ; gives him specific\n instructions on the length of the \"novella\"; speaks\n about monetary compensation; requests an essay\n regarding the literature of the Southern American\n \"provinces.\"] (In German)","[Encloses 26 pages of commentary on \n Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's \n Faust ; compliments him on his use of\n German; urges him to write poetry in German; inquires\n about Scandinavian names and customs.] (In\n German)","[Reports on his travels to \n Hamburg , \n Dresden , \n Magdeburg , \n St. Petersburg to see his\n recently written drama performed; says he enjoyed\n meeting the large German colony in \n St. Petersburg ; adds that his\n Russian journey was a triumph and that he gave many\n speeches and had many dinners in his honor, and thus\n finding it necessary to take the water in \n Karlsbad afterwards; comments on\n Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, \n Idyls of Norway , \n Daughter of the Philistines ;\n disagrees in regard to \n Gustav Freytag whom, in his\n opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises\n Freytag's \n Soll und Haben , but judges \n Die Verlorene Handschrift harshly;\n speaks about the political situation to support his\n opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see\n enough in \n Berthold Auerbach ; comments on\n Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses\n admiration of \n Carl Schurz ; would still like to\n visit \n America ; says \n Westermann's Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte will cease to be published in\n October as they are no longer profitable to the\n publisher.] (In German)","[Discusses business; says he has sent his latest\n novel \n An der Heilquelle , set in \n Baden-Baden , to the \n New York Staatszeitung hoping the\n paper will publish it in German for an honorarium;\n asks for his collaboration to publish \n An der Heilquelle in an American\n language paper, either in German or in an English\n translation by Boyesen, if other attempt should fail;\n says he will split honorarium with him.]","[Publisher requests permission to issue a German\n translation of \n Daughter of the Philistines in his\n new collection of foreign novels; encloses a banknote\n for the authorization.]","[Speaks about health-related trips to \n Karlsbad and to \n Helgoland in the \n North Sea ; says his play \n \"Die Philosophin\" was neither a\n critical nor popular success and calls it \"caviar for\n the masses\"; blames the failure of his play on Zola\n and Ibsen and the realism phase in \n Germany at the time; gives a\n pessimistic assessment of the present-day German\n literature and the way his own work is going under\n the circumstances; asks for help in finding a\n correspondent or reviewer job with an American\n paper.] (In German)","[Expresses admiration for \n Gunnar . ] (In German)","[Thanks him for the gift of one of his books;\n identifies herself as the unauthorized translator of \n Gunnar ; says she added the\n translation of another of his stories to make a\n \"roundes\" book; says she named the book \n Unter dem Gletsher (Under the\n Glacier); states that she translated at the same time\n that Jungling did the authorized translation; begs\n for forgiveness and a few lines from his hand, which\n would increase the value of the book her gave her.]\n (In old German script)","[Laments the present trend in thinking in \n Berlin and \n Germany , realism and naturalism;\n says he is pleased that Boyesen sees things his way\n and stays true to his beliefs and principles;\n explains the difficulties facing the German novelist\n who somehow must incorporate the political and social\n conditions of his country into his writing and\n thereby confess to his own way of thinking; says he\n is convinced that Boyesen, as an American writer, is\n at an advantage in this respect; mentions family.]\n (In German)","[Says he could not accept the proposition of \n Cosmopolitan , has finished part two\n of \"Erinnerungen\"; feels \"half-dead\" from over-work;\n plans to bring out a new novel in the fall; says a\n new drama of his has been successful on the stage;\n plans to go to \n Karlsbad and then to the \n North Sea for four weeks;\n mentions family matters.] (In German)","[Speaks about the writings of Mrs. [ \n Julie Grinnell Cruger ] which he\n has translated; says he keeps correspondence with\n her; shows renewed interest of becoming a\n correspondent for an American newspaper, provided the\n money is good; discusses family matters; recommends\n his autobiography \n Finder und Ertlinder ; mentions the\n success of his play \n In Eisner Zeit in \n Hamburg and \n Vienna ; encloses a volume of his\n poems, which he hopes will receive public praise;\n speaks about his disillusionment; sends regards to \n Carl Schurz . ] (In German)","[Discusses his recent serious illness, which\n prevented him from reading his book; says he will\n send the \n Harper's Monthly review of it to a\n publisher in \n Dresden who publishes translated\n books, although he is not sure it will be successful;\n says his correspondent work for the \n New York Staatszeitung has come to\n nothing due to his ill health; feels guilty toward\n Ottendorfer from the paper, but that he has a\n deadline for his new novel and has no time for\n correspondent work; appreciates endeavors of Boyesen\n and \n Carl Schurz on his behalf; asks\n him to relate his troubles to Schurz and explain why\n he has not answered the letter from Schurz he\n received two years ago; expresses admiration for\n Schurz.] (In German)","[Discusses his reasons for being upset with \n Cosmopolitan after their request\n through, Boyesen for two letters \"on \n Berlin life-society . . . or\n anything of that sort\"; got a noncommittal reply from\n Charles D. Lanier (includes a\n copy of Lanier's letter); believes the pieces were of\n first rate quality and suited to American taste,\n humorous, but not on too high a plane; counts on\n Boyesen to sort out the confusion; says he will\n submit the pieces to \n New York Staatszeitung ; if they are\n rejected, Boyesen is to keep this quiet.] (In German\n and English)","[Says Boyesen's translation of his \"letters\" will\n appear in \n Cosmopolitan ; feels obliged to him;\n sends a copy of his novel \n Sonntagskind through his publisher;\n enjoys his \n Mammon of Unrighteousness ; passes\n judgement on American women and their love of\n themselves; inquires about his house building, horse\n riding, etc.; writes about his family.] (In\n German)","[States that he needed twelve weeks of rest at the\n Baltic Sea after producing \n Sonnatagskind and another novel as\n well as many literary reviews in the last 1 1/3\n years; mentions the latter novel will appear in a\n German weekly \n Die Romanwelt and in \n New York Staatszeitung ; bemoans his\n constant financial stress, saying he will never own a\n house; says that \n Georg Moritz Ebers and \n Carl von Heyse , being born to\n wealth, are the only contemporary German writers who\n do not have money worries; says Boyesen is in his\n best years, while he himself is already 64; considers\n the \n Cosmopolitan essay topic of German\n literature of the present too wide a field and limits\n the first installment of the essay to the dramatists;\n hopes to mail it to Walkes in 8 days; intends to send\n essay published in \n Preussiche Jahrbucher , which he must\n modify before sending it to \n Cosmopolitan ; judges the present\n crop of German writers as \"students all, no masters\n yet\"; calls \n Hermann Sudermann the most\n talented of the lot; finds \n Mammon of Unrighteousness more\n important than \n Social Strugglers ; wonders about\n Americans' reactions to the latter since they would\n be looking at themselves in a sort of mirror.] (In\n German)"],"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."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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D. Gilchrist in \n Arlington ; describes her\n itinerary in coming weeks including lectures at \n Rutland and \n Bennington, Vermont and a Western\n lecture tour beginning in February.]","[Describes travels in \n Italy to \n Rome , \n Florence , \n Venice and the lakes.]","[Comments on his Christmas greeting, her trip to \n Europe and the many demands on\n her time since returning; invites him to her annual\n poets' party; expresses hope that \n Lizette Woodworth Reese and\n several others will be present and invites him to an\n Arts Club dinner.]","[Announces the dates for her poets' party and the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner; requests his presence at\n both; state her expectation that \n Alice Brown , \n Elsa Barker , \n Vachel Lindsey , \n Olive Dargan and the \n New York group will attend;\n expresses appreciation for the evening spent\n together; hopes she will have the opportunity to\n discuss with him a book \n Houghton wishes to publish.]","[Invites him to her poets' party and [ \n Poetry Society of America ]\n dinner; expects \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Edgar Lee] Masters to\n speak.]","[Comments on letters received from him during his\n travels; outlines her lecture tour; describes the\n overwhelming hospitality she receives at every stop\n and the difficulty of writing poetry under such\n circumstances; expresses desire to lecture less and\n write more; describes the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner attended by \n Lawrence Housman , \n Siegfried Sassoon , \n [William Butler] Yeats , \n Gilbert [Cannon] , \n Yone Noguchi ; comments on the\n ghostly presence of those no longer there: \n Edith Thomas , \n Joyce Kilmer , and \n [Madison] Cawein . ]","[Thanks him for the inscribed book of Japanese\n poetry; expresses her admiration for it; mentions a\n young cousin, \n Arthur Armstrong , who will be\n attending \n Dartmouth , her living\n accommodations with her mother at \n Carmel , completing \n The Little Book of Modern British\n Verse and plans for beginning \"Pioneering for\n Poetry\"; states plans to marry \n Clinton Scollard and divide the\n year between \n California and the \n Berkshires . ]","[Regrets missing the events of the \n Poetry Society [of America] and \n [Anne Hempstead] Branch 's\n reception due to her mother's poor health; describes\n her literary life in \n Winter Park, [Florida] where she\n is president of the \n Poetry Society of Florida and\n teaches at \n Rollins college ; mentions other\n writers in the area: \n Percy [MacKaye] , \n Robert Herrick , \n Mary Aldis , \n Cale Young Rice , \n Alice Hegan Rice , \n [Irving] Bacheller and his wife, \n Fred Lewis Pattee and \n [Hamilton] Holt . ]","[Comments on \n Poetry Society [of\n America] election of trustees; describes\n her activities as President of the \n Poetry Society [of Florida] ,\n teaching at \n Rollins College ; states her\n intention to attend spring meetings [of the \n Poetry Society of America ];\n mentions other writers living in the [ \n Winter Park ] area: \n Percy MacKaye , \n Cale Young Rice , \n Alice Hegan Rice , \n Irving Bacheller , \n Robert Herrick as well as noted\n people in other fields; sends a program of the \n Animated Magazine . ]","[Requests that he act as a judge in the \n Ponce de Leon Prize contest in\n the \n Poetry Society of Florida , the\n other judges being Lady \n [Leona ?] Speyer and \n Margaret Widdenmer ; describes\n the contest and method of judging; states her\n intention of attending the April meeting of the \n P[oetry] S[ociety of America] and\n her sense of anticipation at being in \n New York . ]","[Describes weather, social and intellectual life\n of \n [Winter Park], Florida ; mentions\n the \n MacKaye s, \n Rice s, \n Robert Herrick , \n Robert Morse Lovett , the \n Bacheller s, \n Albert Shaw , \n Oswald Garrison Villard , \n Lincoln Steffins , \n Raymond Robbins , Dr. \n [Hamilton] Holt , as well as the \n Institute of Statesmanship ,\n which has brought Professor Bruce of \n Dartmouth ; comments on \n [Martha Dickinson] Bianchi 's\n talk on \n Emily Dickinson and the discovery\n of new Dickinson poems.] (Incomplete)","[Expresses pleasure that he will serve as judge\n [of a poetry contest]; explains the balloting\n procedure; states he is to receive poems from \n Arthur Guiterman ; requests he\n select a third judge; mentions \n Leonora [Speyer ?] , \n [Joseph] Auslander , or a member\n of the \n Poetry Society [of America] as\n possibilities; describes the poems a well done in\n general; writes that the best of them are by \n Rollins College students.]","[Discusses affairs of the \n [Poetry] Society [of America] ,\n the selection of chairman and secretary of the awards\n committee; indicates her vote will go to Witter and \n Grace Conkling ; mentions the\n possibility of awarding 2 medals; mentions \n [Edwin Arlington] Robinson , \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Marian Nevins] MacDowell as\n possible recipients; suggests \n Robert Haven Schauffler or \n David Morton as potential\n candidates for president but urges Page to continue\n that office if possible.]","[Comments on her surprise and delight at receiving\n a silver tea service from her friends; expresses her\n intention of writing personal thanks to the hundred\n contributors; states the poor health of her\n mother-in- law will prevent travel abroad this\n season; describes [Mrs. Scollard] as a brilliant\n woman, knowledgeable about politics, unlike herself\n who declares \"the world is full of things more\n beautiful.\"]","[Describes injuries sustained from being thrown\n from a horse drawn trap and her subsequent\n convalescence; expresses hope that he will visit her\n home in \n Kent, Connecticut ; describes\n alternate routes to her cottage; mentions her plans\n to travel to \n Grafton, Massachusetts , through\n the \n White Mountains to \n New York City ; states a new\n collection of her poems, \n The Lifted Cap , will be published in\n autumn, including a group of poems written to\n Page.]","[Scolds him for not sending her a picture of\n himself in uniform as he had to \n Elsa Parker ; inquires about his\n life in the army; describes a recent illness, plans\n to travel and lecture in the West and South; mentions\n talks at \n Brooklyn Institute and her\n longing to go to \n Italy when travel resumes.]","[Describes her summer in the \n Green Mountains near \n Arlington, [Vermont] and her trip\n with another member of the \n Poetry Society [of America] Mr.\n Gilchrist and his wife, to bring \n Robert Frost to give a reading to\n a group of \"summer folk\"; states that on the way they\n stopped in \n Hanover, Connecticut ; describes\n her trip to Page's home and her discovery that it had\n been sold; extolls the beauty of the area and her\n love of the mountains; describes her mother's\n recovery from serious illness, her own renewed vigor\n and upcoming lectures at \n Columbia [University] , \n Indianapolis , the West and\n South.] (Incomplete)","[Discusses her mother's poor health, the upcoming\n poets' party; expects \n [William Butler] Yeats , \n [Siegfried] Sassoon , \n [Yone] Noguchi , \n Gilbert [Cannon ?] , \n Lawrence Housman , the \n [John] Drinkwater s and \n Cecil Roberts to attend in\n addition to the \"usual\" American group; describes her\n participation in a luncheon at the \n Biltmore with \n John Drinkwater and \n Gilbert [Cannon ?] ; comments on \n Cecil Roberts ' endearing\n qualities; mentions that Professor \n [John Livingston] Lowes will\n speak at the annual dinner [of the \n Poetry Society of America ?];\n outlines her lecture tour of the West and South;\n indicates she is sending several poems [\" \n Transformation , \" \" \n The Miracle , \" \" \n Unsung , \" and \" \n The Wall \"] inspired by Page's\n departure and describes the circumstances in which\n she wrote them.]","[Describes summer vacation with her aunt, Mrs.\n Taft, at \n Bear Island on \n Lake Winnipesakee, [New\n Hampshire] and at the MacDowell estate in \n Peterboro, [New Hampshire] with\n its lovely studios and living facilities.]\n (Incomplete)","[Printed card of thanks for Page's expression of\n sympathy; includes handwritten note describing \n Clinton [Scollard] 's apparent\n good health and the shock of his death; describes her\n activities in \n Winter Park , teaching at \n Rollins College , and editing\n Clinton's poems for \n MacMillan Co. ; mentions Page's\n rare book venture.]","[Indicates she is sending a \"brief lyric\" she\n finds charming; praises his poem \" \n Lady from Tripoli \" and encourages\n him to write more; comments on her reading of \n [August] Strindberg ; mentions\n sending for \" \n The Road to [Castaly ?] \".]","[Discusses \"Harriet,\" whose dinner conflicted with\n another one given by the [ \n Poetry Society of America ?];\n mentions plans for the \n [John] Masefield luncheon and her\n hope Page will be present.]","[Expresses pleasure that Page will be present at\n the \"poets' evening\" and dinner; comments on his\n retreat \"among the pines\" and her hopes of having the\n opportunity during his visit of hearing some of his\n work; lists those expected to attend the poets' night\n as \n Richard Burton , \n Clinton Scollard , \n Percy MacKaye , \n Josephine Peabody , \n Sara Teasdale , \n Harriet Monroe , \n Herman Hagedorn , \n Cale Young Rice , \n [Alice Hagen] Rice , \n [Martha Dickinson] Bianchi , \n Mark [Arms ?] , \n Edith Thomas , \n [Frederick Ridgely] Torrence , \n [Charles Hanson] Towne , \n [Edwin Arlington] Robinson , and \n [William Bliss] Carman . ]","[Includes autograph; comments on her mother's\n illness, her lecture tour, an upcoming month of work\n at \n Brooklyn Institute , her hope\n Page will be coming to \n New York ; praises his poem and\n urges him to write more; mentions a lecture in \n Montclair, [New Jersey] in\n postscript.]","[Expresses gratitude for Page's help in judging\n poems competing for prize; mentions \" \n Anaesthesia \" the winner of the\n competition, \" \n Exile , \" \" \n The Flute of Krishna , \" \" \n Protest , \" and \" \n Beauty Secret \"; expresses her\n willingness to speak on the history of the \n Poetry Society [of America] ;\n gives details on its founding; mentions Mrs. Markham,\n Miss Haste, \n Richard Burton , \n Madison Cawein , \n Mildred McNeil Sweeney , \n [Cale Young] Rice and \n [Alice Hagen] Rice and \n Maurice Browne . ]","[Sends Christmas greetings and the hope that work\n is going well; notes good notices on the [Ronsard\n ?].]","[Sends Christmas greetings; comments on plans to\n spend the winter in \n Florida . ]","[Compliments Page on his talk to the \n Poetry Society [of America] upon\n taking office; expresses confidence in his\n leadership; describes working with \n Rollins College students, to\n assist Dr. \n [Hamilton] Holt ; states\n intention of sending \n Florida poets and poems to the \n P[oetry] S[ociety] of A[merica] ;\n expresses hope that Page will like her \n Third Book of Modern Verse which she\n considers her best.]","[Invites him to her poets' party; comments on\n lectures given at \n Columbia and \n Brooklyn Institute ; expresses\n anticipation of seeing Page and hearing of his\n work.]","[Encourages him to come to \n Winter Park ; mentions summer\n spent in \n Europe from which she \"just\n escaped in time.\"]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Poetry Society [of\n America]","Houghton","Poetry Society of America","Poetry Society [of America]","Poetry Society of Florida","Rollins college","Poetry Society [of Florida]","Rollins College","P[oetry] S[ociety of America]","Institute of Statesmanship","Dartmouth","[Poetry] Society [of America]","Brooklyn Institute","Columbia [University]","Biltmore","MacMillan Co.","P[oetry] S[ociety] of A[merica]","Columbia","Poetry Society of America Committee on\n Awards and Fellowships","MacKaye","Rice","Bacheller","Jessie Belle Rittenhouse","Curtis Hidden Page","C. D. 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D. Gilchrist\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eArlington\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes her\n itinerary in coming weeks including lectures at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRutland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBennington, Vermont\u003c/geogname\u003eand a Western\n lecture tour beginning in February.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes travels in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003eand the lakes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on his Christmas greeting, her trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand the many demands on\n her time since returning; invites him to her annual\n poets' party; expresses hope that \n \u003cpersname\u003eLizette Woodworth Reese\u003c/persname\u003eand\n several others will be present and invites him to an\n Arts Club dinner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Announces the dates for her poets' party and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of\n America]\u003c/corpname\u003edinner; requests his presence at\n both; state her expectation that \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Brown\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElsa Barker\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eVachel Lindsey\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eOlive Dargan\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003egroup will attend;\n expresses appreciation for the evening spent\n together; hopes she will have the opportunity to\n discuss with him a book \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHoughton\u003c/corpname\u003ewishes to publish.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Invites him to her poets' party and [ \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e]\n dinner; expects \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Robert] Frost\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Edgar Lee] Masters\u003c/persname\u003eto\n speak.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on letters received from him during his\n travels; outlines her lecture tour; describes the\n overwhelming hospitality she receives at every stop\n and the difficulty of writing poetry under such\n circumstances; expresses desire to lecture less and\n write more; describes the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of\n America]\u003c/corpname\u003edinner attended by \n \u003cpersname\u003eLawrence Housman\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSiegfried Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Butler] Yeats\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert [Cannon]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eYone Noguchi\u003c/persname\u003e; comments on the\n ghostly presence of those no longer there: \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoyce Kilmer\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Madison] Cawein\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the inscribed book of Japanese\n poetry; expresses her admiration for it; mentions a\n young cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Armstrong\u003c/persname\u003e, who will be\n attending \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDartmouth\u003c/geogname\u003e, her living\n accommodations with her mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCarmel\u003c/geogname\u003e, completing \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Little Book of Modern British\n Verse\u003c/bibref\u003eand plans for beginning \"Pioneering for\n Poetry\"; states plans to marry \n \u003cpersname\u003eClinton Scollard\u003c/persname\u003eand divide the\n year between \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCalifornia\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerkshires\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets missing the events of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Anne Hempstead] Branch\u003c/persname\u003e's\n reception due to her mother's poor health; describes\n her literary life in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park, [Florida]\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere she\n is president of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n teaches at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins college\u003c/corpname\u003e; mentions other\n writers in the area: \n \u003cpersname\u003ePercy [MacKaye]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Herrick\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Aldis\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCale Young Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Hegan Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Irving] Bacheller\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFred Lewis Pattee\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Hamilton] Holt\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of\n America]\u003c/corpname\u003eelection of trustees; describes\n her activities as President of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of Florida]\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n teaching at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e; states her\n intention to attend spring meetings [of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e];\n mentions other writers living in the [ \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park\u003c/geogname\u003e] area: \n \u003cpersname\u003ePercy MacKaye\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCale Young Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Hegan Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eIrving Bacheller\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Herrick\u003c/persname\u003eas well as noted\n people in other fields; sends a program of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAnimated Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests that he act as a judge in the \n \u003cpersname\u003ePonce de Leon\u003c/persname\u003ePrize contest in\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e, the\n other judges being Lady \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Leona ?] Speyer\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Widdenmer\u003c/persname\u003e; describes\n the contest and method of judging; states her\n intention of attending the April meeting of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eP[oetry] S[ociety of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n her sense of anticipation at being in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes weather, social and intellectual life\n of \n \u003cgeogname\u003e[Winter Park], Florida\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions\n the \n \u003cfamname\u003eMacKaye\u003c/famname\u003es, \n \u003cfamname\u003eRice\u003c/famname\u003es, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Herrick\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morse Lovett\u003c/persname\u003e, the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBacheller\u003c/famname\u003es, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlbert Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eOswald Garrison Villard\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLincoln Steffins\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRaymond Robbins\u003c/persname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Hamilton] Holt\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eInstitute of Statesmanship\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n which has brought Professor Bruce of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDartmouth\u003c/corpname\u003e; comments on \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Martha Dickinson] Bianchi\u003c/persname\u003e's\n talk on \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmily Dickinson\u003c/persname\u003eand the discovery\n of new Dickinson poems.] (Incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses pleasure that he will serve as judge\n [of a poetry contest]; explains the balloting\n procedure; states he is to receive poems from \n \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Guiterman\u003c/persname\u003e; requests he\n select a third judge; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eLeonora [Speyer ?]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Joseph] Auslander\u003c/persname\u003e, or a member\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eas\n possibilities; describes the poems a well done in\n general; writes that the best of them are by \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003estudents.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses affairs of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003e[Poetry] Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n the selection of chairman and secretary of the awards\n committee; indicates her vote will go to Witter and \n \u003cpersname\u003eGrace Conkling\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions the\n possibility of awarding 2 medals; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Edwin Arlington] Robinson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Robert] Frost\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Marian Nevins] MacDowell\u003c/persname\u003eas\n possible recipients; suggests \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Haven Schauffler\u003c/persname\u003eor \n \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Morton\u003c/persname\u003eas potential\n candidates for president but urges Page to continue\n that office if possible.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on her surprise and delight at receiving\n a silver tea service from her friends; expresses her\n intention of writing personal thanks to the hundred\n contributors; states the poor health of her\n mother-in- law will prevent travel abroad this\n season; describes [Mrs. Scollard] as a brilliant\n woman, knowledgeable about politics, unlike herself\n who declares \"the world is full of things more\n beautiful.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes injuries sustained from being thrown\n from a horse drawn trap and her subsequent\n convalescence; expresses hope that he will visit her\n home in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKent, Connecticut\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes\n alternate routes to her cottage; mentions her plans\n to travel to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGrafton, Massachusetts\u003c/geogname\u003e, through\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWhite Mountains\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York City\u003c/geogname\u003e; states a new\n collection of her poems, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lifted Cap\u003c/bibref\u003e, will be published in\n autumn, including a group of poems written to\n Page.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Scolds him for not sending her a picture of\n himself in uniform as he had to \n \u003cpersname\u003eElsa Parker\u003c/persname\u003e; inquires about his\n life in the army; describes a recent illness, plans\n to travel and lecture in the West and South; mentions\n talks at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrooklyn Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eand her\n longing to go to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003ewhen travel resumes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes her summer in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGreen Mountains\u003c/geogname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eArlington, [Vermont]\u003c/geogname\u003eand her trip\n with another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eMr.\n Gilchrist and his wife, to bring \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Frost\u003c/persname\u003eto give a reading to\n a group of \"summer folk\"; states that on the way they\n stopped in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover, Connecticut\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes\n her trip to Page's home and her discovery that it had\n been sold; extolls the beauty of the area and her\n love of the mountains; describes her mother's\n recovery from serious illness, her own renewed vigor\n and upcoming lectures at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eColumbia [University]\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eIndianapolis\u003c/geogname\u003e, the West and\n South.] (Incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses her mother's poor health, the upcoming\n poets' party; expects \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Butler] Yeats\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Siegfried] Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Yone] Noguchi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert [Cannon ?]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLawrence Housman\u003c/persname\u003e, the \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Drinkwater\u003c/persname\u003es and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCecil Roberts\u003c/persname\u003eto attend in\n addition to the \"usual\" American group; describes her\n participation in a luncheon at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBiltmore\u003c/corpname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Drinkwater\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert [Cannon ?]\u003c/persname\u003e; comments on \n \u003cpersname\u003eCecil Roberts\u003c/persname\u003e' endearing\n qualities; mentions that Professor \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John Livingston] Lowes\u003c/persname\u003ewill\n speak at the annual dinner [of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e?];\n outlines her lecture tour of the West and South;\n indicates she is sending several poems [\" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTransformation\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Miracle\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUnsung\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Wall\u003c/bibref\u003e\"] inspired by Page's\n departure and describes the circumstances in which\n she wrote them.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes summer vacation with her aunt, Mrs.\n Taft, at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBear Island\u003c/geogname\u003eon \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLake Winnipesakee, [New\n Hampshire]\u003c/geogname\u003eand at the MacDowell estate in \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePeterboro, [New Hampshire]\u003c/geogname\u003ewith\n its lovely studios and living facilities.]\n (Incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Printed card of thanks for Page's expression of\n sympathy; includes handwritten note describing \n \u003cpersname\u003eClinton [Scollard]\u003c/persname\u003e's apparent\n good health and the shock of his death; describes her\n activities in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park\u003c/geogname\u003e, teaching at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e, and editing\n Clinton's poems for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMacMillan Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e; mentions Page's\n rare book venture.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Indicates she is sending a \"brief lyric\" she\n finds charming; praises his poem \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLady from Tripoli\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and encourages\n him to write more; comments on her reading of \n \u003cpersname\u003e[August] Strindberg\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n sending for \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Road to [Castaly ?]\u003c/bibref\u003e\".]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \"Harriet,\" whose dinner conflicted with\n another one given by the [ \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e?];\n mentions plans for the \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Masefield\u003c/persname\u003eluncheon and her\n hope Page will be present.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses pleasure that Page will be present at\n the \"poets' evening\" and dinner; comments on his\n retreat \"among the pines\" and her hopes of having the\n opportunity during his visit of hearing some of his\n work; lists those expected to attend the poets' night\n as \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Burton\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eClinton Scollard\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003ePercy MacKaye\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJosephine Peabody\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSara Teasdale\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarriet Monroe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHerman Hagedorn\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCale Young Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Alice Hagen] Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Martha Dickinson] Bianchi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMark [Arms ?]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Frederick Ridgely] Torrence\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Charles Hanson] Towne\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Edwin Arlington] Robinson\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Bliss] Carman\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes autograph; comments on her mother's\n illness, her lecture tour, an upcoming month of work\n at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrooklyn Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, her hope\n Page will be coming to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; praises his poem and\n urges him to write more; mentions a lecture in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMontclair, [New Jersey]\u003c/geogname\u003ein\n postscript.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses gratitude for Page's help in judging\n poems competing for prize; mentions \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAnaesthesia\u003c/bibref\u003e\" the winner of the\n competition, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eExile\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Flute of Krishna\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eProtest\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBeauty Secret\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; expresses her\n willingness to speak on the history of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n gives details on its founding; mentions Mrs. Markham,\n Miss Haste, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Burton\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMadison Cawein\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMildred McNeil Sweeney\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Cale Young] Rice\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Alice Hagen] Rice\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Browne\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends Christmas greetings and the hope that work\n is going well; notes good notices on the [Ronsard\n ?].]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends Christmas greetings; comments on plans to\n spend the winter in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Compliments Page on his talk to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eupon\n taking office; expresses confidence in his\n leadership; describes working with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003estudents, to\n assist Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Hamilton] Holt\u003c/persname\u003e; states\n intention of sending \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003epoets and poems to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eP[oetry] S[ociety] of A[merica]\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n expresses hope that Page will like her \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThird Book of Modern Verse\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich she\n considers her best.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Invites him to her poets' party; comments on\n lectures given at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eColumbia\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrooklyn Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e; expresses\n anticipation of seeing Page and hearing of his\n work.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encourages him to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions summer\n spent in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003efrom which she \"just\n escaped in time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Accompanies preceding poems, indicating they are\n \"passing moods -that will not pass.\"]","[Expresses regret at missing his visit; invites\n him to join her at the home of Mr. and Mrs. \n C. D. Gilchrist in \n Arlington ; describes her\n itinerary in coming weeks including lectures at \n Rutland and \n Bennington, Vermont and a Western\n lecture tour beginning in February.]","[Describes travels in \n Italy to \n Rome , \n Florence , \n Venice and the lakes.]","[Comments on his Christmas greeting, her trip to \n Europe and the many demands on\n her time since returning; invites him to her annual\n poets' party; expresses hope that \n Lizette Woodworth Reese and\n several others will be present and invites him to an\n Arts Club dinner.]","[Announces the dates for her poets' party and the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner; requests his presence at\n both; state her expectation that \n Alice Brown , \n Elsa Barker , \n Vachel Lindsey , \n Olive Dargan and the \n New York group will attend;\n expresses appreciation for the evening spent\n together; hopes she will have the opportunity to\n discuss with him a book \n Houghton wishes to publish.]","[Invites him to her poets' party and [ \n Poetry Society of America ]\n dinner; expects \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Edgar Lee] Masters to\n speak.]","[Comments on letters received from him during his\n travels; outlines her lecture tour; describes the\n overwhelming hospitality she receives at every stop\n and the difficulty of writing poetry under such\n circumstances; expresses desire to lecture less and\n write more; describes the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner attended by \n Lawrence Housman , \n Siegfried Sassoon , \n [William Butler] Yeats , \n Gilbert [Cannon] , \n Yone Noguchi ; comments on the\n ghostly presence of those no longer there: \n Edith Thomas , \n Joyce Kilmer , and \n [Madison] Cawein . ]","[Thanks him for the inscribed book of Japanese\n poetry; expresses her admiration for it; mentions a\n young cousin, \n Arthur Armstrong , who will be\n attending \n Dartmouth , her living\n accommodations with her mother at \n Carmel , completing \n The Little Book of Modern British\n Verse and plans for beginning \"Pioneering for\n Poetry\"; states plans to marry \n Clinton Scollard and divide the\n year between \n California and the \n Berkshires . ]","[Regrets missing the events of the \n Poetry Society [of America] and \n [Anne Hempstead] Branch 's\n reception due to her mother's poor health; describes\n her literary life in \n Winter Park, [Florida] where she\n is president of the \n Poetry Society of Florida and\n teaches at \n Rollins college ; mentions other\n writers in the area: \n Percy [MacKaye] , \n Robert Herrick , \n Mary Aldis , \n Cale Young Rice , \n Alice Hegan Rice , \n [Irving] Bacheller and his wife, \n Fred Lewis Pattee and \n [Hamilton] Holt . ]","[Comments on \n Poetry Society [of\n America] election of trustees; describes\n her activities as President of the \n Poetry Society [of Florida] ,\n teaching at \n Rollins College ; states her\n intention to attend spring meetings [of the \n Poetry Society of America ];\n mentions other writers living in the [ \n Winter Park ] area: \n Percy MacKaye , \n Cale Young Rice , \n Alice Hegan Rice , \n Irving Bacheller , \n Robert Herrick as well as noted\n people in other fields; sends a program of the \n Animated Magazine . ]","[Requests that he act as a judge in the \n Ponce de Leon Prize contest in\n the \n Poetry Society of Florida , the\n other judges being Lady \n [Leona ?] Speyer and \n Margaret Widdenmer ; describes\n the contest and method of judging; states her\n intention of attending the April meeting of the \n P[oetry] S[ociety of America] and\n her sense of anticipation at being in \n New York . ]","[Describes weather, social and intellectual life\n of \n [Winter Park], Florida ; mentions\n the \n MacKaye s, \n Rice s, \n Robert Herrick , \n Robert Morse Lovett , the \n Bacheller s, \n Albert Shaw , \n Oswald Garrison Villard , \n Lincoln Steffins , \n Raymond Robbins , Dr. \n [Hamilton] Holt , as well as the \n Institute of Statesmanship ,\n which has brought Professor Bruce of \n Dartmouth ; comments on \n [Martha Dickinson] Bianchi 's\n talk on \n Emily Dickinson and the discovery\n of new Dickinson poems.] (Incomplete)","[Expresses pleasure that he will serve as judge\n [of a poetry contest]; explains the balloting\n procedure; states he is to receive poems from \n Arthur Guiterman ; requests he\n select a third judge; mentions \n Leonora [Speyer ?] , \n [Joseph] Auslander , or a member\n of the \n Poetry Society [of America] as\n possibilities; describes the poems a well done in\n general; writes that the best of them are by \n Rollins College students.]","[Discusses affairs of the \n [Poetry] Society [of America] ,\n the selection of chairman and secretary of the awards\n committee; indicates her vote will go to Witter and \n Grace Conkling ; mentions the\n possibility of awarding 2 medals; mentions \n [Edwin Arlington] Robinson , \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Marian Nevins] MacDowell as\n possible recipients; suggests \n Robert Haven Schauffler or \n David Morton as potential\n candidates for president but urges Page to continue\n that office if possible.]","[Comments on her surprise and delight at receiving\n a silver tea service from her friends; expresses her\n intention of writing personal thanks to the hundred\n contributors; states the poor health of her\n mother-in- law will prevent travel abroad this\n season; describes [Mrs. Scollard] as a brilliant\n woman, knowledgeable about politics, unlike herself\n who declares \"the world is full of things more\n beautiful.\"]","[Describes injuries sustained from being thrown\n from a horse drawn trap and her subsequent\n convalescence; expresses hope that he will visit her\n home in \n Kent, Connecticut ; describes\n alternate routes to her cottage; mentions her plans\n to travel to \n Grafton, Massachusetts , through\n the \n White Mountains to \n New York City ; states a new\n collection of her poems, \n The Lifted Cap , will be published in\n autumn, including a group of poems written to\n Page.]","[Scolds him for not sending her a picture of\n himself in uniform as he had to \n Elsa Parker ; inquires about his\n life in the army; describes a recent illness, plans\n to travel and lecture in the West and South; mentions\n talks at \n Brooklyn Institute and her\n longing to go to \n Italy when travel resumes.]","[Describes her summer in the \n Green Mountains near \n Arlington, [Vermont] and her trip\n with another member of the \n Poetry Society [of America] Mr.\n Gilchrist and his wife, to bring \n Robert Frost to give a reading to\n a group of \"summer folk\"; states that on the way they\n stopped in \n Hanover, Connecticut ; describes\n her trip to Page's home and her discovery that it had\n been sold; extolls the beauty of the area and her\n love of the mountains; describes her mother's\n recovery from serious illness, her own renewed vigor\n and upcoming lectures at \n Columbia [University] , \n Indianapolis , the West and\n South.] (Incomplete)","[Discusses her mother's poor health, the upcoming\n poets' party; expects \n [William Butler] Yeats , \n [Siegfried] Sassoon , \n [Yone] Noguchi , \n Gilbert [Cannon ?] , \n Lawrence Housman , the \n [John] Drinkwater s and \n Cecil Roberts to attend in\n addition to the \"usual\" American group; describes her\n participation in a luncheon at the \n Biltmore with \n John Drinkwater and \n Gilbert [Cannon ?] ; comments on \n Cecil Roberts ' endearing\n qualities; mentions that Professor \n [John Livingston] Lowes will\n speak at the annual dinner [of the \n Poetry Society of America ?];\n outlines her lecture tour of the West and South;\n indicates she is sending several poems [\" \n Transformation , \" \" \n The Miracle , \" \" \n Unsung , \" and \" \n The Wall \"] inspired by Page's\n departure and describes the circumstances in which\n she wrote them.]","[Describes summer vacation with her aunt, Mrs.\n Taft, at \n Bear Island on \n Lake Winnipesakee, [New\n Hampshire] and at the MacDowell estate in \n Peterboro, [New Hampshire] with\n its lovely studios and living facilities.]\n (Incomplete)","[Printed card of thanks for Page's expression of\n sympathy; includes handwritten note describing \n Clinton [Scollard] 's apparent\n good health and the shock of his death; describes her\n activities in \n Winter Park , teaching at \n Rollins College , and editing\n Clinton's poems for \n MacMillan Co. ; mentions Page's\n rare book venture.]","[Indicates she is sending a \"brief lyric\" she\n finds charming; praises his poem \" \n Lady from Tripoli \" and encourages\n him to write more; comments on her reading of \n [August] Strindberg ; mentions\n sending for \" \n The Road to [Castaly ?] \".]","[Discusses \"Harriet,\" whose dinner conflicted with\n another one given by the [ \n Poetry Society of America ?];\n mentions plans for the \n [John] Masefield luncheon and her\n hope Page will be present.]","[Expresses pleasure that Page will be present at\n the \"poets' evening\" and dinner; comments on his\n retreat \"among the pines\" and her hopes of having the\n opportunity during his visit of hearing some of his\n work; lists those expected to attend the poets' night\n as \n Richard Burton , \n Clinton Scollard , \n Percy MacKaye , \n Josephine Peabody , \n Sara Teasdale , \n Harriet Monroe , \n Herman Hagedorn , \n Cale Young Rice , \n [Alice Hagen] Rice , \n [Martha Dickinson] Bianchi , \n Mark [Arms ?] , \n Edith Thomas , \n [Frederick Ridgely] Torrence , \n [Charles Hanson] Towne , \n [Edwin Arlington] Robinson , and \n [William Bliss] Carman . ]","[Includes autograph; comments on her mother's\n illness, her lecture tour, an upcoming month of work\n at \n Brooklyn Institute , her hope\n Page will be coming to \n New York ; praises his poem and\n urges him to write more; mentions a lecture in \n Montclair, [New Jersey] in\n postscript.]","[Expresses gratitude for Page's help in judging\n poems competing for prize; mentions \" \n Anaesthesia \" the winner of the\n competition, \" \n Exile , \" \" \n The Flute of Krishna , \" \" \n Protest , \" and \" \n Beauty Secret \"; expresses her\n willingness to speak on the history of the \n Poetry Society [of America] ;\n gives details on its founding; mentions Mrs. Markham,\n Miss Haste, \n Richard Burton , \n Madison Cawein , \n Mildred McNeil Sweeney , \n [Cale Young] Rice and \n [Alice Hagen] Rice and \n Maurice Browne . ]","[Sends Christmas greetings and the hope that work\n is going well; notes good notices on the [Ronsard\n ?].]","[Sends Christmas greetings; comments on plans to\n spend the winter in \n Florida . ]","[Compliments Page on his talk to the \n Poetry Society [of America] upon\n taking office; expresses confidence in his\n leadership; describes working with \n Rollins College students, to\n assist Dr. \n [Hamilton] Holt ; states\n intention of sending \n Florida poets and poems to the \n P[oetry] S[ociety] of A[merica] ;\n expresses hope that Page will like her \n Third Book of Modern Verse which she\n considers her best.]","[Invites him to her poets' party; comments on\n lectures given at \n Columbia and \n Brooklyn Institute ; expresses\n anticipation of seeing Page and hearing of his\n work.]","[Encourages him to come to \n Winter Park ; mentions summer\n spent in \n Europe from which she \"just\n escaped in time.\"]"],"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."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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Gilchrist in \n Arlington ; describes her\n itinerary in coming weeks including lectures at \n Rutland and \n Bennington, Vermont and a Western\n lecture tour beginning in February.]","[Describes travels in \n Italy to \n Rome , \n Florence , \n Venice and the lakes.]","[Comments on his Christmas greeting, her trip to \n Europe and the many demands on\n her time since returning; invites him to her annual\n poets' party; expresses hope that \n Lizette Woodworth Reese and\n several others will be present and invites him to an\n Arts Club dinner.]","[Announces the dates for her poets' party and the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner; requests his presence at\n both; state her expectation that \n Alice Brown , \n Elsa Barker , \n Vachel Lindsey , \n Olive Dargan and the \n New York group will attend;\n expresses appreciation for the evening spent\n together; hopes she will have the opportunity to\n discuss with him a book \n Houghton wishes to publish.]","[Invites him to her poets' party and [ \n Poetry Society of America ]\n dinner; expects \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Edgar Lee] Masters to\n speak.]","[Comments on letters received from him during his\n travels; outlines her lecture tour; describes the\n overwhelming hospitality she receives at every stop\n and the difficulty of writing poetry under such\n circumstances; expresses desire to lecture less and\n write more; describes the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner attended by \n Lawrence Housman , \n Siegfried Sassoon , \n [William Butler] Yeats , \n Gilbert [Cannon] , \n Yone Noguchi ; comments on the\n ghostly presence of those no longer there: \n Edith Thomas , \n Joyce Kilmer , and \n [Madison] Cawein . ]","[Thanks him for the inscribed book of Japanese\n poetry; expresses her admiration for it; mentions a\n young cousin, \n Arthur Armstrong , who will be\n attending \n Dartmouth , her living\n accommodations with her mother at \n Carmel , completing \n The Little Book of Modern British\n Verse and plans for beginning \"Pioneering for\n Poetry\"; states plans to marry \n Clinton Scollard and divide the\n year between \n California and the \n Berkshires . ]","[Regrets missing the events of the \n Poetry Society [of America] and \n [Anne Hempstead] Branch 's\n reception due to her mother's poor health; describes\n her literary life in \n Winter Park, [Florida] where she\n is president of the \n Poetry Society of Florida and\n teaches at \n Rollins college ; mentions other\n writers in the area: \n Percy [MacKaye] , \n Robert Herrick , \n Mary Aldis , \n Cale Young Rice , \n Alice Hegan Rice , \n [Irving] Bacheller and his wife, \n Fred Lewis Pattee and \n [Hamilton] Holt . ]","[Comments on \n Poetry Society [of\n America] election of trustees; describes\n her activities as President of the \n Poetry Society [of Florida] ,\n teaching at \n Rollins College ; states her\n intention to attend spring meetings [of the \n Poetry Society of America ];\n mentions other writers living in the [ \n Winter Park ] area: \n Percy MacKaye , \n Cale Young Rice , \n Alice Hegan Rice , \n Irving Bacheller , \n Robert Herrick as well as noted\n people in other fields; sends a program of the \n Animated Magazine . ]","[Requests that he act as a judge in the \n Ponce de Leon Prize contest in\n the \n Poetry Society of Florida , the\n other judges being Lady \n [Leona ?] Speyer and \n Margaret Widdenmer ; describes\n the contest and method of judging; states her\n intention of attending the April meeting of the \n P[oetry] S[ociety of America] and\n her sense of anticipation at being in \n New York . ]","[Describes weather, social and intellectual life\n of \n [Winter Park], Florida ; mentions\n the \n MacKaye s, \n Rice s, \n Robert Herrick , \n Robert Morse Lovett , the \n Bacheller s, \n Albert Shaw , \n Oswald Garrison Villard , \n Lincoln Steffins , \n Raymond Robbins , Dr. \n [Hamilton] Holt , as well as the \n Institute of Statesmanship ,\n which has brought Professor Bruce of \n Dartmouth ; comments on \n [Martha Dickinson] Bianchi 's\n talk on \n Emily Dickinson and the discovery\n of new Dickinson poems.] (Incomplete)","[Expresses pleasure that he will serve as judge\n [of a poetry contest]; explains the balloting\n procedure; states he is to receive poems from \n Arthur Guiterman ; requests he\n select a third judge; mentions \n Leonora [Speyer ?] , \n [Joseph] Auslander , or a member\n of the \n Poetry Society [of America] as\n possibilities; describes the poems a well done in\n general; writes that the best of them are by \n Rollins College students.]","[Discusses affairs of the \n [Poetry] Society [of America] ,\n the selection of chairman and secretary of the awards\n committee; indicates her vote will go to Witter and \n Grace Conkling ; mentions the\n possibility of awarding 2 medals; mentions \n [Edwin Arlington] Robinson , \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Marian Nevins] MacDowell as\n possible recipients; suggests \n Robert Haven Schauffler or \n David Morton as potential\n candidates for president but urges Page to continue\n that office if possible.]","[Comments on her surprise and delight at receiving\n a silver tea service from her friends; expresses her\n intention of writing personal thanks to the hundred\n contributors; states the poor health of her\n mother-in- law will prevent travel abroad this\n season; describes [Mrs. Scollard] as a brilliant\n woman, knowledgeable about politics, unlike herself\n who declares \"the world is full of things more\n beautiful.\"]","[Describes injuries sustained from being thrown\n from a horse drawn trap and her subsequent\n convalescence; expresses hope that he will visit her\n home in \n Kent, Connecticut ; describes\n alternate routes to her cottage; mentions her plans\n to travel to \n Grafton, Massachusetts , through\n the \n White Mountains to \n New York City ; states a new\n collection of her poems, \n The Lifted Cap , will be published in\n autumn, including a group of poems written to\n Page.]","[Scolds him for not sending her a picture of\n himself in uniform as he had to \n Elsa Parker ; inquires about his\n life in the army; describes a recent illness, plans\n to travel and lecture in the West and South; mentions\n talks at \n Brooklyn Institute and her\n longing to go to \n Italy when travel resumes.]","[Describes her summer in the \n Green Mountains near \n Arlington, [Vermont] and her trip\n with another member of the \n Poetry Society [of America] Mr.\n Gilchrist and his wife, to bring \n Robert Frost to give a reading to\n a group of \"summer folk\"; states that on the way they\n stopped in \n Hanover, Connecticut ; describes\n her trip to Page's home and her discovery that it had\n been sold; extolls the beauty of the area and her\n love of the mountains; describes her mother's\n recovery from serious illness, her own renewed vigor\n and upcoming lectures at \n Columbia [University] , \n Indianapolis , the West and\n South.] (Incomplete)","[Discusses her mother's poor health, the upcoming\n poets' party; expects \n [William Butler] Yeats , \n [Siegfried] Sassoon , \n [Yone] Noguchi , \n Gilbert [Cannon ?] , \n Lawrence Housman , the \n [John] Drinkwater s and \n Cecil Roberts to attend in\n addition to the \"usual\" American group; describes her\n participation in a luncheon at the \n Biltmore with \n John Drinkwater and \n Gilbert [Cannon ?] ; comments on \n Cecil Roberts ' endearing\n qualities; mentions that Professor \n [John Livingston] Lowes will\n speak at the annual dinner [of the \n Poetry Society of America ?];\n outlines her lecture tour of the West and South;\n indicates she is sending several poems [\" \n Transformation , \" \" \n The Miracle , \" \" \n Unsung , \" and \" \n The Wall \"] inspired by Page's\n departure and describes the circumstances in which\n she wrote them.]","[Describes summer vacation with her aunt, Mrs.\n Taft, at \n Bear Island on \n Lake Winnipesakee, [New\n Hampshire] and at the MacDowell estate in \n Peterboro, [New Hampshire] with\n its lovely studios and living facilities.]\n (Incomplete)","[Printed card of thanks for Page's expression of\n sympathy; includes handwritten note describing \n Clinton [Scollard] 's apparent\n good health and the shock of his death; describes her\n activities in \n Winter Park , teaching at \n Rollins College , and editing\n Clinton's poems for \n MacMillan Co. ; mentions Page's\n rare book venture.]","[Indicates she is sending a \"brief lyric\" she\n finds charming; praises his poem \" \n Lady from Tripoli \" and encourages\n him to write more; comments on her reading of \n [August] Strindberg ; mentions\n sending for \" \n The Road to [Castaly ?] \".]","[Discusses \"Harriet,\" whose dinner conflicted with\n another one given by the [ \n Poetry Society of America ?];\n mentions plans for the \n [John] Masefield luncheon and her\n hope Page will be present.]","[Expresses pleasure that Page will be present at\n the \"poets' evening\" and dinner; comments on his\n retreat \"among the pines\" and her hopes of having the\n opportunity during his visit of hearing some of his\n work; lists those expected to attend the poets' night\n as \n Richard Burton , \n Clinton Scollard , \n Percy MacKaye , \n Josephine Peabody , \n Sara Teasdale , \n Harriet Monroe , \n Herman Hagedorn , \n Cale Young Rice , \n [Alice Hagen] Rice , \n [Martha Dickinson] Bianchi , \n Mark [Arms ?] , \n Edith Thomas , \n [Frederick Ridgely] Torrence , \n [Charles Hanson] Towne , \n [Edwin Arlington] Robinson , and \n [William Bliss] Carman . ]","[Includes autograph; comments on her mother's\n illness, her lecture tour, an upcoming month of work\n at \n Brooklyn Institute , her hope\n Page will be coming to \n New York ; praises his poem and\n urges him to write more; mentions a lecture in \n Montclair, [New Jersey] in\n postscript.]","[Expresses gratitude for Page's help in judging\n poems competing for prize; mentions \" \n Anaesthesia \" the winner of the\n competition, \" \n Exile , \" \" \n The Flute of Krishna , \" \" \n Protest , \" and \" \n Beauty Secret \"; expresses her\n willingness to speak on the history of the \n Poetry Society [of America] ;\n gives details on its founding; mentions Mrs. Markham,\n Miss Haste, \n Richard Burton , \n Madison Cawein , \n Mildred McNeil Sweeney , \n [Cale Young] Rice and \n [Alice Hagen] Rice and \n Maurice Browne . ]","[Sends Christmas greetings and the hope that work\n is going well; notes good notices on the [Ronsard\n ?].]","[Sends Christmas greetings; comments on plans to\n spend the winter in \n Florida . ]","[Compliments Page on his talk to the \n Poetry Society [of America] upon\n taking office; expresses confidence in his\n leadership; describes working with \n Rollins College students, to\n assist Dr. \n [Hamilton] Holt ; states\n intention of sending \n Florida poets and poems to the \n P[oetry] S[ociety] of A[merica] ;\n expresses hope that Page will like her \n Third Book of Modern Verse which she\n considers her best.]","[Invites him to her poets' party; comments on\n lectures given at \n Columbia and \n Brooklyn Institute ; expresses\n anticipation of seeing Page and hearing of his\n work.]","[Encourages him to come to \n Winter Park ; mentions summer\n spent in \n Europe from which she \"just\n escaped in time.\"]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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describes\n her activities as President of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of Florida]\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n teaching at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e; states her\n intention to attend spring meetings [of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e];\n mentions other writers living in the [ \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park\u003c/geogname\u003e] area: \n \u003cpersname\u003ePercy MacKaye\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCale Young Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Hegan Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eIrving Bacheller\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Herrick\u003c/persname\u003eas well as noted\n people in other fields; sends a program of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAnimated Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests that he act as a judge in the \n \u003cpersname\u003ePonce de Leon\u003c/persname\u003ePrize contest in\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e, the\n other judges being Lady \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Leona ?] Speyer\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Widdenmer\u003c/persname\u003e; describes\n the contest and method of judging; states her\n intention of attending the April meeting of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eP[oetry] S[ociety of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n her sense of anticipation at being in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes weather, social and intellectual life\n of \n \u003cgeogname\u003e[Winter Park], Florida\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions\n the \n \u003cfamname\u003eMacKaye\u003c/famname\u003es, \n \u003cfamname\u003eRice\u003c/famname\u003es, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Herrick\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morse Lovett\u003c/persname\u003e, the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBacheller\u003c/famname\u003es, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlbert Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eOswald Garrison Villard\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLincoln Steffins\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRaymond Robbins\u003c/persname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Hamilton] Holt\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eInstitute of Statesmanship\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n which has brought Professor Bruce of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDartmouth\u003c/corpname\u003e; comments on \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Martha Dickinson] Bianchi\u003c/persname\u003e's\n talk on \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmily Dickinson\u003c/persname\u003eand the discovery\n of new Dickinson poems.] (Incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses pleasure that he will serve as judge\n [of a poetry contest]; explains the balloting\n procedure; states he is to receive poems from \n \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Guiterman\u003c/persname\u003e; requests he\n select a third judge; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eLeonora [Speyer ?]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Joseph] Auslander\u003c/persname\u003e, or a member\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eas\n possibilities; describes the poems a well done in\n general; writes that the best of them are by \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003estudents.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses affairs of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003e[Poetry] Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n the selection of chairman and secretary of the awards\n committee; indicates her vote will go to Witter and \n \u003cpersname\u003eGrace Conkling\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions the\n possibility of awarding 2 medals; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Edwin Arlington] Robinson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Robert] Frost\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Marian Nevins] MacDowell\u003c/persname\u003eas\n possible recipients; suggests \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Haven Schauffler\u003c/persname\u003eor \n \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Morton\u003c/persname\u003eas potential\n candidates for president but urges Page to continue\n that office if possible.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on her surprise and delight at receiving\n a silver tea service from her friends; expresses her\n intention of writing personal thanks to the hundred\n contributors; states the poor health of her\n mother-in- law will prevent travel abroad this\n season; describes [Mrs. Scollard] as a brilliant\n woman, knowledgeable about politics, unlike herself\n who declares \"the world is full of things more\n beautiful.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes injuries sustained from being thrown\n from a horse drawn trap and her subsequent\n convalescence; expresses hope that he will visit her\n home in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKent, Connecticut\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes\n alternate routes to her cottage; mentions her plans\n to travel to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGrafton, Massachusetts\u003c/geogname\u003e, through\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWhite Mountains\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York City\u003c/geogname\u003e; states a new\n collection of her poems, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lifted Cap\u003c/bibref\u003e, will be published in\n autumn, including a group of poems written to\n Page.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Scolds him for not sending her a picture of\n himself in uniform as he had to \n \u003cpersname\u003eElsa Parker\u003c/persname\u003e; inquires about his\n life in the army; describes a recent illness, plans\n to travel and lecture in the West and South; mentions\n talks at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrooklyn Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eand her\n longing to go to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003ewhen travel resumes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes her summer in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGreen Mountains\u003c/geogname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eArlington, [Vermont]\u003c/geogname\u003eand her trip\n with another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eMr.\n Gilchrist and his wife, to bring \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Frost\u003c/persname\u003eto give a reading to\n a group of \"summer folk\"; states that on the way they\n stopped in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover, Connecticut\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes\n her trip to Page's home and her discovery that it had\n been sold; extolls the beauty of the area and her\n love of the mountains; describes her mother's\n recovery from serious illness, her own renewed vigor\n and upcoming lectures at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eColumbia [University]\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eIndianapolis\u003c/geogname\u003e, the West and\n South.] (Incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses her mother's poor health, the upcoming\n poets' party; expects \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Butler] Yeats\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Siegfried] Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Yone] Noguchi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert [Cannon ?]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLawrence Housman\u003c/persname\u003e, the \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Drinkwater\u003c/persname\u003es and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCecil Roberts\u003c/persname\u003eto attend in\n addition to the \"usual\" American group; describes her\n participation in a luncheon at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBiltmore\u003c/corpname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Drinkwater\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert [Cannon ?]\u003c/persname\u003e; comments on \n \u003cpersname\u003eCecil Roberts\u003c/persname\u003e' endearing\n qualities; mentions that Professor \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John Livingston] Lowes\u003c/persname\u003ewill\n speak at the annual dinner [of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e?];\n outlines her lecture tour of the West and South;\n indicates she is sending several poems [\" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTransformation\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Miracle\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUnsung\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Wall\u003c/bibref\u003e\"] inspired by Page's\n departure and describes the circumstances in which\n she wrote them.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes summer vacation with her aunt, Mrs.\n Taft, at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBear Island\u003c/geogname\u003eon \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLake Winnipesakee, [New\n Hampshire]\u003c/geogname\u003eand at the MacDowell estate in \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePeterboro, [New Hampshire]\u003c/geogname\u003ewith\n its lovely studios and living facilities.]\n (Incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Printed card of thanks for Page's expression of\n sympathy; includes handwritten note describing \n \u003cpersname\u003eClinton [Scollard]\u003c/persname\u003e's apparent\n good health and the shock of his death; describes her\n activities in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park\u003c/geogname\u003e, teaching at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e, and editing\n Clinton's poems for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMacMillan Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e; mentions Page's\n rare book venture.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Indicates she is sending a \"brief lyric\" she\n finds charming; praises his poem \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLady from Tripoli\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and encourages\n him to write more; comments on her reading of \n \u003cpersname\u003e[August] Strindberg\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n sending for \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Road to [Castaly ?]\u003c/bibref\u003e\".]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \"Harriet,\" whose dinner conflicted with\n another one given by the [ \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e?];\n mentions plans for the \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Masefield\u003c/persname\u003eluncheon and her\n hope Page will be present.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses pleasure that Page will be present at\n the \"poets' evening\" and dinner; comments on his\n retreat \"among the pines\" and her hopes of having the\n opportunity during his visit of hearing some of his\n work; lists those expected to attend the poets' night\n as \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Burton\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eClinton Scollard\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003ePercy MacKaye\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJosephine Peabody\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSara Teasdale\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarriet Monroe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHerman Hagedorn\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCale Young Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Alice Hagen] Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Martha Dickinson] Bianchi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMark [Arms ?]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Frederick Ridgely] Torrence\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Charles Hanson] Towne\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Edwin Arlington] Robinson\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Bliss] Carman\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes autograph; comments on her mother's\n illness, her lecture tour, an upcoming month of work\n at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrooklyn Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, her hope\n Page will be coming to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; praises his poem and\n urges him to write more; mentions a lecture in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMontclair, [New Jersey]\u003c/geogname\u003ein\n postscript.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses gratitude for Page's help in judging\n poems competing for prize; mentions \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAnaesthesia\u003c/bibref\u003e\" the winner of the\n competition, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eExile\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Flute of Krishna\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eProtest\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBeauty Secret\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; expresses her\n willingness to speak on the history of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n gives details on its founding; mentions Mrs. Markham,\n Miss Haste, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Burton\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMadison Cawein\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMildred McNeil Sweeney\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Cale Young] Rice\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Alice Hagen] Rice\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Browne\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends Christmas greetings and the hope that work\n is going well; notes good notices on the [Ronsard\n ?].]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends Christmas greetings; comments on plans to\n spend the winter in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Compliments Page on his talk to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eupon\n taking office; expresses confidence in his\n leadership; describes working with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003estudents, to\n assist Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Hamilton] Holt\u003c/persname\u003e; states\n intention of sending \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003epoets and poems to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eP[oetry] S[ociety] of A[merica]\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n expresses hope that Page will like her \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThird Book of Modern Verse\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich she\n considers her best.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Invites him to her poets' party; comments on\n lectures given at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eColumbia\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrooklyn Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e; expresses\n anticipation of seeing Page and hearing of his\n work.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encourages him to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions summer\n spent in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003efrom which she \"just\n escaped in time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Accompanies preceding poems, indicating they are\n \"passing moods -that will not pass.\"]","[Expresses regret at missing his visit; invites\n him to join her at the home of Mr. and Mrs. \n C. D. Gilchrist in \n Arlington ; describes her\n itinerary in coming weeks including lectures at \n Rutland and \n Bennington, Vermont and a Western\n lecture tour beginning in February.]","[Describes travels in \n Italy to \n Rome , \n Florence , \n Venice and the lakes.]","[Comments on his Christmas greeting, her trip to \n Europe and the many demands on\n her time since returning; invites him to her annual\n poets' party; expresses hope that \n Lizette Woodworth Reese and\n several others will be present and invites him to an\n Arts Club dinner.]","[Announces the dates for her poets' party and the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner; requests his presence at\n both; state her expectation that \n Alice Brown , \n Elsa Barker , \n Vachel Lindsey , \n Olive Dargan and the \n New York group will attend;\n expresses appreciation for the evening spent\n together; hopes she will have the opportunity to\n discuss with him a book \n Houghton wishes to publish.]","[Invites him to her poets' party and [ \n Poetry Society of America ]\n dinner; expects \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Edgar Lee] Masters to\n speak.]","[Comments on letters received from him during his\n travels; outlines her lecture tour; describes the\n overwhelming hospitality she receives at every stop\n and the difficulty of writing poetry under such\n circumstances; expresses desire to lecture less and\n write more; describes the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner attended by \n Lawrence Housman , \n Siegfried Sassoon , \n [William Butler] Yeats , \n Gilbert [Cannon] , \n Yone Noguchi ; comments on the\n ghostly presence of those no longer there: \n Edith Thomas , \n Joyce Kilmer , and \n [Madison] Cawein . ]","[Thanks him for the inscribed book of Japanese\n poetry; expresses her admiration for it; mentions a\n young cousin, \n Arthur Armstrong , who will be\n attending \n Dartmouth , her living\n accommodations with her mother at \n Carmel , completing \n The Little Book of Modern British\n Verse and plans for beginning \"Pioneering for\n Poetry\"; states plans to marry \n Clinton Scollard and divide the\n year between \n California and the \n Berkshires . ]","[Regrets missing the events of the \n Poetry Society [of America] and \n [Anne Hempstead] Branch 's\n reception due to her mother's poor health; describes\n her literary life in \n Winter Park, [Florida] where she\n is president of the \n Poetry Society of Florida and\n teaches at \n Rollins college ; mentions other\n writers in the area: \n Percy [MacKaye] , \n Robert Herrick , \n Mary Aldis , \n Cale Young Rice , \n Alice Hegan Rice , \n [Irving] Bacheller and his wife, \n Fred Lewis Pattee and \n [Hamilton] Holt . ]","[Comments on \n Poetry Society [of\n America] election of trustees; describes\n her activities as President of the \n Poetry Society [of Florida] ,\n teaching at \n Rollins College ; states her\n intention to attend spring meetings [of the \n Poetry Society of America ];\n mentions other writers living in the [ \n Winter Park ] area: \n Percy MacKaye , \n Cale Young Rice , \n Alice Hegan Rice , \n Irving Bacheller , \n Robert Herrick as well as noted\n people in other fields; sends a program of the \n Animated Magazine . ]","[Requests that he act as a judge in the \n Ponce de Leon Prize contest in\n the \n Poetry Society of Florida , the\n other judges being Lady \n [Leona ?] Speyer and \n Margaret Widdenmer ; describes\n the contest and method of judging; states her\n intention of attending the April meeting of the \n P[oetry] S[ociety of America] and\n her sense of anticipation at being in \n New York . ]","[Describes weather, social and intellectual life\n of \n [Winter Park], Florida ; mentions\n the \n MacKaye s, \n Rice s, \n Robert Herrick , \n Robert Morse Lovett , the \n Bacheller s, \n Albert Shaw , \n Oswald Garrison Villard , \n Lincoln Steffins , \n Raymond Robbins , Dr. \n [Hamilton] Holt , as well as the \n Institute of Statesmanship ,\n which has brought Professor Bruce of \n Dartmouth ; comments on \n [Martha Dickinson] Bianchi 's\n talk on \n Emily Dickinson and the discovery\n of new Dickinson poems.] (Incomplete)","[Expresses pleasure that he will serve as judge\n [of a poetry contest]; explains the balloting\n procedure; states he is to receive poems from \n Arthur Guiterman ; requests he\n select a third judge; mentions \n Leonora [Speyer ?] , \n [Joseph] Auslander , or a member\n of the \n Poetry Society [of America] as\n possibilities; describes the poems a well done in\n general; writes that the best of them are by \n Rollins College students.]","[Discusses affairs of the \n [Poetry] Society [of America] ,\n the selection of chairman and secretary of the awards\n committee; indicates her vote will go to Witter and \n Grace Conkling ; mentions the\n possibility of awarding 2 medals; mentions \n [Edwin Arlington] Robinson , \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Marian Nevins] MacDowell as\n possible recipients; suggests \n Robert Haven Schauffler or \n David Morton as potential\n candidates for president but urges Page to continue\n that office if possible.]","[Comments on her surprise and delight at receiving\n a silver tea service from her friends; expresses her\n intention of writing personal thanks to the hundred\n contributors; states the poor health of her\n mother-in- law will prevent travel abroad this\n season; describes [Mrs. Scollard] as a brilliant\n woman, knowledgeable about politics, unlike herself\n who declares \"the world is full of things more\n beautiful.\"]","[Describes injuries sustained from being thrown\n from a horse drawn trap and her subsequent\n convalescence; expresses hope that he will visit her\n home in \n Kent, Connecticut ; describes\n alternate routes to her cottage; mentions her plans\n to travel to \n Grafton, Massachusetts , through\n the \n White Mountains to \n New York City ; states a new\n collection of her poems, \n The Lifted Cap , will be published in\n autumn, including a group of poems written to\n Page.]","[Scolds him for not sending her a picture of\n himself in uniform as he had to \n Elsa Parker ; inquires about his\n life in the army; describes a recent illness, plans\n to travel and lecture in the West and South; mentions\n talks at \n Brooklyn Institute and her\n longing to go to \n Italy when travel resumes.]","[Describes her summer in the \n Green Mountains near \n Arlington, [Vermont] and her trip\n with another member of the \n Poetry Society [of America] Mr.\n Gilchrist and his wife, to bring \n Robert Frost to give a reading to\n a group of \"summer folk\"; states that on the way they\n stopped in \n Hanover, Connecticut ; describes\n her trip to Page's home and her discovery that it had\n been sold; extolls the beauty of the area and her\n love of the mountains; describes her mother's\n recovery from serious illness, her own renewed vigor\n and upcoming lectures at \n Columbia [University] , \n Indianapolis , the West and\n South.] (Incomplete)","[Discusses her mother's poor health, the upcoming\n poets' party; expects \n [William Butler] Yeats , \n [Siegfried] Sassoon , \n [Yone] Noguchi , \n Gilbert [Cannon ?] , \n Lawrence Housman , the \n [John] Drinkwater s and \n Cecil Roberts to attend in\n addition to the \"usual\" American group; describes her\n participation in a luncheon at the \n Biltmore with \n John Drinkwater and \n Gilbert [Cannon ?] ; comments on \n Cecil Roberts ' endearing\n qualities; mentions that Professor \n [John Livingston] Lowes will\n speak at the annual dinner [of the \n Poetry Society of America ?];\n outlines her lecture tour of the West and South;\n indicates she is sending several poems [\" \n Transformation , \" \" \n The Miracle , \" \" \n Unsung , \" and \" \n The Wall \"] inspired by Page's\n departure and describes the circumstances in which\n she wrote them.]","[Describes summer vacation with her aunt, Mrs.\n Taft, at \n Bear Island on \n Lake Winnipesakee, [New\n Hampshire] and at the MacDowell estate in \n Peterboro, [New Hampshire] with\n its lovely studios and living facilities.]\n (Incomplete)","[Printed card of thanks for Page's expression of\n sympathy; 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Gilchrist in \n Arlington ; describes her\n itinerary in coming weeks including lectures at \n Rutland and \n Bennington, Vermont and a Western\n lecture tour beginning in February.]","[Describes travels in \n Italy to \n Rome , \n Florence , \n Venice and the lakes.]","[Comments on his Christmas greeting, her trip to \n Europe and the many demands on\n her time since returning; invites him to her annual\n poets' party; expresses hope that \n Lizette Woodworth Reese and\n several others will be present and invites him to an\n Arts Club dinner.]","[Announces the dates for her poets' party and the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner; requests his presence at\n both; state her expectation that \n Alice Brown , \n Elsa Barker , \n Vachel Lindsey , \n Olive Dargan and the \n New York group will attend;\n expresses appreciation for the evening spent\n together; hopes she will have the opportunity to\n discuss with him a book \n Houghton wishes to publish.]","[Invites him to her poets' party and [ \n Poetry Society of America ]\n dinner; expects \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Edgar Lee] Masters to\n speak.]","[Comments on letters received from him during his\n travels; outlines her lecture tour; describes the\n overwhelming hospitality she receives at every stop\n and the difficulty of writing poetry under such\n circumstances; expresses desire to lecture less and\n write more; describes the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner attended by \n Lawrence Housman , \n Siegfried Sassoon , \n [William Butler] Yeats , \n Gilbert [Cannon] , \n Yone Noguchi ; comments on the\n ghostly presence of those no longer there: \n Edith Thomas , \n Joyce Kilmer , and \n [Madison] Cawein . ]","[Thanks him for the inscribed book of Japanese\n poetry; expresses her admiration for it; mentions a\n young cousin, \n Arthur Armstrong , who will be\n attending \n Dartmouth , her living\n accommodations with her mother at \n Carmel , completing \n The Little Book of Modern British\n Verse and plans for beginning \"Pioneering for\n Poetry\"; states plans to marry \n Clinton Scollard and divide the\n year between \n California and the \n Berkshires . ]","[Regrets missing the events of the \n Poetry Society [of America] and \n [Anne Hempstead] Branch 's\n reception due to her mother's poor health; 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describes\n the contest and method of judging; states her\n intention of attending the April meeting of the \n P[oetry] S[ociety of America] and\n her sense of anticipation at being in \n New York . ]","[Describes weather, social and intellectual life\n of \n [Winter Park], Florida ; mentions\n the \n MacKaye s, \n Rice s, \n Robert Herrick , \n Robert Morse Lovett , the \n Bacheller s, \n Albert Shaw , \n Oswald Garrison Villard , \n Lincoln Steffins , \n Raymond Robbins , Dr. \n [Hamilton] Holt , as well as the \n Institute of Statesmanship ,\n which has brought Professor Bruce of \n Dartmouth ; comments on \n [Martha Dickinson] Bianchi 's\n talk on \n Emily Dickinson and the discovery\n of new Dickinson poems.] (Incomplete)","[Expresses pleasure that he will serve as judge\n [of a poetry contest]; explains the balloting\n procedure; states he is to receive poems from \n Arthur Guiterman ; requests he\n select a third judge; mentions \n Leonora [Speyer ?] , \n [Joseph] Auslander , or a member\n of the \n Poetry Society [of America] as\n possibilities; describes the poems a well done in\n general; writes that the best of them are by \n Rollins College students.]","[Discusses affairs of the \n [Poetry] Society [of America] ,\n the selection of chairman and secretary of the awards\n committee; indicates her vote will go to Witter and \n Grace Conkling ; mentions the\n possibility of awarding 2 medals; mentions \n [Edwin Arlington] Robinson , \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Marian Nevins] MacDowell as\n possible recipients; suggests \n Robert Haven Schauffler or \n David Morton as potential\n candidates for president but urges Page to continue\n that office if possible.]","[Comments on her surprise and delight at receiving\n a silver tea service from her friends; expresses her\n intention of writing personal thanks to the hundred\n contributors; states the poor health of her\n mother-in- law will prevent travel abroad this\n season; describes [Mrs. Scollard] as a brilliant\n woman, knowledgeable about politics, unlike herself\n who declares \"the world is full of things more\n beautiful.\"]","[Describes injuries sustained from being thrown\n from a horse drawn trap and her subsequent\n convalescence; expresses hope that he will visit her\n home in \n Kent, Connecticut ; describes\n alternate routes to her cottage; mentions her plans\n to travel to \n Grafton, Massachusetts , through\n the \n White Mountains to \n New York City ; states a new\n collection of her poems, \n The Lifted Cap , will be published in\n autumn, including a group of poems written to\n Page.]","[Scolds him for not sending her a picture of\n himself in uniform as he had to \n Elsa Parker ; inquires about his\n life in the army; describes a recent illness, plans\n to travel and lecture in the West and South; mentions\n talks at \n Brooklyn Institute and her\n longing to go to \n Italy when travel resumes.]","[Describes her summer in the \n Green Mountains near \n Arlington, [Vermont] and her trip\n with another member of the \n Poetry Society [of America] Mr.\n Gilchrist and his wife, to bring \n Robert Frost to give a reading to\n a group of \"summer folk\"; states that on the way they\n stopped in \n Hanover, Connecticut ; 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expresses confidence in his\n leadership; describes working with \n Rollins College students, to\n assist Dr. \n [Hamilton] Holt ; states\n intention of sending \n Florida poets and poems to the \n P[oetry] S[ociety] of A[merica] ;\n expresses hope that Page will like her \n Third Book of Modern Verse which she\n considers her best.]","[Invites him to her poets' party; comments on\n lectures given at \n Columbia and \n Brooklyn Institute ; expresses\n anticipation of seeing Page and hearing of his\n work.]","[Encourages him to come to \n Winter Park ; mentions summer\n spent in \n Europe from which she \"just\n escaped in time.\"]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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D. Gilchrist\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eArlington\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes her\n itinerary in coming weeks including lectures at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRutland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBennington, Vermont\u003c/geogname\u003eand a Western\n lecture tour beginning in February.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes travels in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003eand the lakes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on his Christmas greeting, her trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand the many demands on\n her time since returning; invites him to her annual\n poets' party; expresses hope that \n \u003cpersname\u003eLizette Woodworth Reese\u003c/persname\u003eand\n several others will be present and invites him to an\n Arts Club dinner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Announces the dates for her poets' party and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of\n America]\u003c/corpname\u003edinner; requests his presence at\n both; state her expectation that \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Brown\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElsa Barker\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eVachel Lindsey\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eOlive Dargan\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003egroup will attend;\n expresses appreciation for the evening spent\n together; hopes she will have the opportunity to\n discuss with him a book \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHoughton\u003c/corpname\u003ewishes to publish.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Invites him to her poets' party and [ \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e]\n dinner; expects \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Robert] Frost\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Edgar Lee] Masters\u003c/persname\u003eto\n speak.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on letters received from him during his\n travels; outlines her lecture tour; describes the\n overwhelming hospitality she receives at every stop\n and the difficulty of writing poetry under such\n circumstances; expresses desire to lecture less and\n write more; describes the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of\n America]\u003c/corpname\u003edinner attended by \n \u003cpersname\u003eLawrence Housman\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSiegfried Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Butler] Yeats\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert [Cannon]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eYone Noguchi\u003c/persname\u003e; comments on the\n ghostly presence of those no longer there: \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoyce Kilmer\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Madison] Cawein\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the inscribed book of Japanese\n poetry; expresses her admiration for it; mentions a\n young cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Armstrong\u003c/persname\u003e, who will be\n attending \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDartmouth\u003c/geogname\u003e, her living\n accommodations with her mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCarmel\u003c/geogname\u003e, completing \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Little Book of Modern British\n Verse\u003c/bibref\u003eand plans for beginning \"Pioneering for\n Poetry\"; states plans to marry \n \u003cpersname\u003eClinton Scollard\u003c/persname\u003eand divide the\n year between \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCalifornia\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerkshires\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets missing the events of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Anne Hempstead] Branch\u003c/persname\u003e's\n reception due to her mother's poor health; describes\n her literary life in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park, [Florida]\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere she\n is president of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n teaches at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins college\u003c/corpname\u003e; mentions other\n writers in the area: \n \u003cpersname\u003ePercy [MacKaye]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Herrick\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Aldis\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCale Young Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Hegan Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Irving] Bacheller\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFred Lewis Pattee\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Hamilton] Holt\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of\n America]\u003c/corpname\u003eelection of trustees; describes\n her activities as President of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of Florida]\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n teaching at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e; states her\n intention to attend spring meetings [of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e];\n mentions other writers living in the [ \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park\u003c/geogname\u003e] area: \n \u003cpersname\u003ePercy MacKaye\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCale Young Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Hegan Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eIrving Bacheller\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Herrick\u003c/persname\u003eas well as noted\n people in other fields; sends a program of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAnimated Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests that he act as a judge in the \n \u003cpersname\u003ePonce de Leon\u003c/persname\u003ePrize contest in\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e, the\n other judges being Lady \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Leona ?] Speyer\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Widdenmer\u003c/persname\u003e; describes\n the contest and method of judging; states her\n intention of attending the April meeting of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eP[oetry] S[ociety of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n her sense of anticipation at being in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes weather, social and intellectual life\n of \n \u003cgeogname\u003e[Winter Park], Florida\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions\n the \n \u003cfamname\u003eMacKaye\u003c/famname\u003es, \n \u003cfamname\u003eRice\u003c/famname\u003es, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Herrick\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morse Lovett\u003c/persname\u003e, the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBacheller\u003c/famname\u003es, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlbert Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eOswald Garrison Villard\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLincoln Steffins\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRaymond Robbins\u003c/persname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Hamilton] Holt\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eInstitute of Statesmanship\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n which has brought Professor Bruce of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDartmouth\u003c/corpname\u003e; comments on \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Martha Dickinson] Bianchi\u003c/persname\u003e's\n talk on \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmily Dickinson\u003c/persname\u003eand the discovery\n of new Dickinson poems.] (Incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses pleasure that he will serve as judge\n [of a poetry contest]; explains the balloting\n procedure; states he is to receive poems from \n \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Guiterman\u003c/persname\u003e; requests he\n select a third judge; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eLeonora [Speyer ?]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Joseph] Auslander\u003c/persname\u003e, or a member\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eas\n possibilities; describes the poems a well done in\n general; writes that the best of them are by \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003estudents.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses affairs of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003e[Poetry] Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n the selection of chairman and secretary of the awards\n committee; indicates her vote will go to Witter and \n \u003cpersname\u003eGrace Conkling\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions the\n possibility of awarding 2 medals; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Edwin Arlington] Robinson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Robert] Frost\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Marian Nevins] MacDowell\u003c/persname\u003eas\n possible recipients; suggests \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Haven Schauffler\u003c/persname\u003eor \n \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Morton\u003c/persname\u003eas potential\n candidates for president but urges Page to continue\n that office if possible.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on her surprise and delight at receiving\n a silver tea service from her friends; expresses her\n intention of writing personal thanks to the hundred\n contributors; states the poor health of her\n mother-in- law will prevent travel abroad this\n season; describes [Mrs. Scollard] as a brilliant\n woman, knowledgeable about politics, unlike herself\n who declares \"the world is full of things more\n beautiful.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes injuries sustained from being thrown\n from a horse drawn trap and her subsequent\n convalescence; expresses hope that he will visit her\n home in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKent, Connecticut\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes\n alternate routes to her cottage; mentions her plans\n to travel to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGrafton, Massachusetts\u003c/geogname\u003e, through\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWhite Mountains\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York City\u003c/geogname\u003e; states a new\n collection of her poems, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lifted Cap\u003c/bibref\u003e, will be published in\n autumn, including a group of poems written to\n Page.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Scolds him for not sending her a picture of\n himself in uniform as he had to \n \u003cpersname\u003eElsa Parker\u003c/persname\u003e; inquires about his\n life in the army; describes a recent illness, plans\n to travel and lecture in the West and South; mentions\n talks at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrooklyn Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eand her\n longing to go to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003ewhen travel resumes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes her summer in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGreen Mountains\u003c/geogname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eArlington, [Vermont]\u003c/geogname\u003eand her trip\n with another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eMr.\n Gilchrist and his wife, to bring \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Frost\u003c/persname\u003eto give a reading to\n a group of \"summer folk\"; states that on the way they\n stopped in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover, Connecticut\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes\n her trip to Page's home and her discovery that it had\n been sold; extolls the beauty of the area and her\n love of the mountains; describes her mother's\n recovery from serious illness, her own renewed vigor\n and upcoming lectures at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eColumbia [University]\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eIndianapolis\u003c/geogname\u003e, the West and\n South.] (Incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses her mother's poor health, the upcoming\n poets' party; expects \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Butler] Yeats\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Siegfried] Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Yone] Noguchi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert [Cannon ?]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLawrence Housman\u003c/persname\u003e, the \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Drinkwater\u003c/persname\u003es and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCecil Roberts\u003c/persname\u003eto attend in\n addition to the \"usual\" American group; describes her\n participation in a luncheon at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBiltmore\u003c/corpname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Drinkwater\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert [Cannon ?]\u003c/persname\u003e; comments on \n \u003cpersname\u003eCecil Roberts\u003c/persname\u003e' endearing\n qualities; mentions that Professor \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John Livingston] Lowes\u003c/persname\u003ewill\n speak at the annual dinner [of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e?];\n outlines her lecture tour of the West and South;\n indicates she is sending several poems [\" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTransformation\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Miracle\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUnsung\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Wall\u003c/bibref\u003e\"] inspired by Page's\n departure and describes the circumstances in which\n she wrote them.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes summer vacation with her aunt, Mrs.\n Taft, at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBear Island\u003c/geogname\u003eon \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLake Winnipesakee, [New\n Hampshire]\u003c/geogname\u003eand at the MacDowell estate in \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePeterboro, [New Hampshire]\u003c/geogname\u003ewith\n its lovely studios and living facilities.]\n (Incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Printed card of thanks for Page's expression of\n sympathy; includes handwritten note describing \n \u003cpersname\u003eClinton [Scollard]\u003c/persname\u003e's apparent\n good health and the shock of his death; describes her\n activities in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park\u003c/geogname\u003e, teaching at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e, and editing\n Clinton's poems for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMacMillan Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e; mentions Page's\n rare book venture.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Indicates she is sending a \"brief lyric\" she\n finds charming; praises his poem \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLady from Tripoli\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and encourages\n him to write more; comments on her reading of \n \u003cpersname\u003e[August] Strindberg\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n sending for \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Road to [Castaly ?]\u003c/bibref\u003e\".]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \"Harriet,\" whose dinner conflicted with\n another one given by the [ \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e?];\n mentions plans for the \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Masefield\u003c/persname\u003eluncheon and her\n hope Page will be present.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses pleasure that Page will be present at\n the \"poets' evening\" and dinner; comments on his\n retreat \"among the pines\" and her hopes of having the\n opportunity during his visit of hearing some of his\n work; lists those expected to attend the poets' night\n as \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Burton\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eClinton Scollard\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003ePercy MacKaye\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJosephine Peabody\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSara Teasdale\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarriet Monroe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHerman Hagedorn\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCale Young Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Alice Hagen] Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Martha Dickinson] Bianchi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMark [Arms ?]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Frederick Ridgely] Torrence\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Charles Hanson] Towne\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Edwin Arlington] Robinson\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Bliss] Carman\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes autograph; comments on her mother's\n illness, her lecture tour, an upcoming month of work\n at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrooklyn Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, her hope\n Page will be coming to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; praises his poem and\n urges him to write more; mentions a lecture in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMontclair, [New Jersey]\u003c/geogname\u003ein\n postscript.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses gratitude for Page's help in judging\n poems competing for prize; mentions \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAnaesthesia\u003c/bibref\u003e\" the winner of the\n competition, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eExile\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Flute of Krishna\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eProtest\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBeauty Secret\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; expresses her\n willingness to speak on the history of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n gives details on its founding; 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invites\n him to join her at the home of Mr. and Mrs. \n C. 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expects \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Edgar Lee] Masters to\n speak.]","[Comments on letters received from him during his\n travels; outlines her lecture tour; describes the\n overwhelming hospitality she receives at every stop\n and the difficulty of writing poetry under such\n circumstances; expresses desire to lecture less and\n write more; describes the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner attended by \n Lawrence Housman , \n Siegfried Sassoon , \n [William Butler] Yeats , \n Gilbert [Cannon] , \n Yone Noguchi ; comments on the\n ghostly presence of those no longer there: \n Edith Thomas , \n Joyce Kilmer , and \n [Madison] Cawein . ]","[Thanks him for the inscribed book of Japanese\n poetry; expresses her admiration for it; mentions a\n young cousin, \n Arthur Armstrong , who will be\n attending \n Dartmouth , her living\n accommodations with her mother at \n Carmel , completing \n The Little Book of Modern British\n Verse and plans for beginning \"Pioneering for\n Poetry\"; states plans to marry \n Clinton Scollard and divide the\n year between \n California and the \n Berkshires . ]","[Regrets missing the events of the \n Poetry Society [of America] and \n [Anne Hempstead] Branch 's\n reception due to her mother's poor health; describes\n her literary life in \n Winter Park, [Florida] where she\n is president of the \n Poetry Society of Florida and\n teaches at \n Rollins college ; mentions other\n writers in the area: \n Percy [MacKaye] , \n Robert Herrick , \n Mary Aldis , \n Cale Young Rice , \n Alice Hegan Rice , \n [Irving] Bacheller and his wife, \n Fred Lewis Pattee and \n [Hamilton] Holt . ]","[Comments on \n Poetry Society [of\n America] election of trustees; describes\n her activities as President of the \n Poetry Society [of Florida] ,\n teaching at \n Rollins College ; states her\n intention to attend spring meetings [of the \n Poetry Society of America ];\n mentions other writers living in the [ \n Winter Park ] area: \n Percy MacKaye , \n Cale Young Rice , \n Alice Hegan Rice , \n Irving Bacheller , \n Robert Herrick as well as noted\n people in other fields; sends a program of the \n Animated Magazine . ]","[Requests that he act as a judge in the \n Ponce de Leon Prize contest in\n the \n Poetry Society of Florida , the\n other judges being Lady \n [Leona ?] Speyer and \n Margaret Widdenmer ; describes\n the contest and method of judging; states her\n intention of attending the April meeting of the \n P[oetry] S[ociety of America] and\n her sense of anticipation at being in \n New York . ]","[Describes weather, social and intellectual life\n of \n [Winter Park], Florida ; mentions\n the \n MacKaye s, \n Rice s, \n Robert Herrick , \n Robert Morse Lovett , the \n Bacheller s, \n Albert Shaw , \n Oswald Garrison Villard , \n Lincoln Steffins , \n Raymond Robbins , Dr. \n [Hamilton] Holt , as well as the \n Institute of Statesmanship ,\n which has brought Professor Bruce of \n Dartmouth ; comments on \n [Martha Dickinson] Bianchi 's\n talk on \n Emily Dickinson and the discovery\n of new Dickinson poems.] (Incomplete)","[Expresses pleasure that he will serve as judge\n [of a poetry contest]; explains the balloting\n procedure; states he is to receive poems from \n Arthur Guiterman ; requests he\n select a third judge; mentions \n Leonora [Speyer ?] , \n [Joseph] Auslander , or a member\n of the \n Poetry Society [of America] as\n possibilities; describes the poems a well done in\n general; writes that the best of them are by \n Rollins College students.]","[Discusses affairs of the \n [Poetry] Society [of America] ,\n the selection of chairman and secretary of the awards\n committee; indicates her vote will go to Witter and \n Grace Conkling ; mentions the\n possibility of awarding 2 medals; mentions \n [Edwin Arlington] Robinson , \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Marian Nevins] MacDowell as\n possible recipients; suggests \n Robert Haven Schauffler or \n David Morton as potential\n candidates for president but urges Page to continue\n that office if possible.]","[Comments on her surprise and delight at receiving\n a silver tea service from her friends; expresses her\n intention of writing personal thanks to the hundred\n contributors; states the poor health of her\n mother-in- law will prevent travel abroad this\n season; describes [Mrs. Scollard] as a brilliant\n woman, knowledgeable about politics, unlike herself\n who declares \"the world is full of things more\n beautiful.\"]","[Describes injuries sustained from being thrown\n from a horse drawn trap and her subsequent\n convalescence; expresses hope that he will visit her\n home in \n Kent, Connecticut ; describes\n alternate routes to her cottage; mentions her plans\n to travel to \n Grafton, Massachusetts , through\n the \n White Mountains to \n New York City ; states a new\n collection of her poems, \n The Lifted Cap , will be published in\n autumn, including a group of poems written to\n Page.]","[Scolds him for not sending her a picture of\n himself in uniform as he had to \n Elsa Parker ; inquires about his\n life in the army; describes a recent illness, plans\n to travel and lecture in the West and South; mentions\n talks at \n Brooklyn Institute and her\n longing to go to \n Italy when travel resumes.]","[Describes her summer in the \n Green Mountains near \n Arlington, [Vermont] and her trip\n with another member of the \n Poetry Society [of America] Mr.\n Gilchrist and his wife, to bring \n Robert Frost to give a reading to\n a group of \"summer folk\"; states that on the way they\n stopped in \n Hanover, Connecticut ; 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includes handwritten note describing \n Clinton [Scollard] 's apparent\n good health and the shock of his death; describes her\n activities in \n Winter Park , teaching at \n Rollins College , and editing\n Clinton's poems for \n MacMillan Co. ; mentions Page's\n rare book venture.]","[Indicates she is sending a \"brief lyric\" she\n finds charming; praises his poem \" \n Lady from Tripoli \" and encourages\n him to write more; comments on her reading of \n [August] Strindberg ; mentions\n sending for \" \n The Road to [Castaly ?] \".]","[Discusses \"Harriet,\" whose dinner conflicted with\n another one given by the [ \n Poetry Society of America ?];\n mentions plans for the \n [John] Masefield luncheon and her\n hope Page will be present.]","[Expresses pleasure that Page will be present at\n the \"poets' evening\" and dinner; comments on his\n retreat \"among the pines\" and her hopes of having the\n opportunity during his visit of hearing some of his\n work; lists those expected to attend the poets' night\n as \n Richard Burton , \n Clinton Scollard , \n Percy MacKaye , \n Josephine Peabody , \n Sara Teasdale , \n Harriet Monroe , \n Herman Hagedorn , \n Cale Young Rice , \n [Alice Hagen] Rice , \n [Martha Dickinson] Bianchi , \n Mark [Arms ?] , \n Edith Thomas , \n [Frederick Ridgely] Torrence , \n [Charles Hanson] Towne , \n [Edwin Arlington] Robinson , and \n [William Bliss] Carman . ]","[Includes autograph; comments on her mother's\n illness, her lecture tour, an upcoming month of work\n at \n Brooklyn Institute , her hope\n Page will be coming to \n New York ; praises his poem and\n urges him to write more; mentions a lecture in \n Montclair, [New Jersey] in\n postscript.]","[Expresses gratitude for Page's help in judging\n poems competing for prize; mentions \" \n Anaesthesia \" the winner of the\n competition, \" \n Exile , \" \" \n The Flute of Krishna , \" \" \n Protest , \" and \" \n Beauty Secret \"; expresses her\n willingness to speak on the history of the \n Poetry Society [of America] ;\n gives details on its founding; mentions Mrs. Markham,\n Miss Haste, \n Richard Burton , \n Madison Cawein , \n Mildred McNeil Sweeney , \n [Cale Young] Rice and \n [Alice Hagen] Rice and \n Maurice Browne . ]","[Sends Christmas greetings and the hope that work\n is going well; notes good notices on the [Ronsard\n ?].]","[Sends Christmas greetings; comments on plans to\n spend the winter in \n Florida . ]","[Compliments Page on his talk to the \n Poetry Society [of America] upon\n taking office; 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Gilchrist\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eArlington\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes her\n itinerary in coming weeks including lectures at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRutland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBennington, Vermont\u003c/geogname\u003eand a Western\n lecture tour beginning in February.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes travels in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003eand the lakes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on his Christmas greeting, her trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand the many demands on\n her time since returning; invites him to her annual\n poets' party; expresses hope that \n \u003cpersname\u003eLizette Woodworth Reese\u003c/persname\u003eand\n several others will be present and invites him to an\n Arts Club dinner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Announces the dates for her poets' party and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of\n America]\u003c/corpname\u003edinner; requests his presence at\n both; state her expectation that \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Brown\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eElsa Barker\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eVachel Lindsey\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eOlive Dargan\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003egroup will attend;\n expresses appreciation for the evening spent\n together; hopes she will have the opportunity to\n discuss with him a book \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHoughton\u003c/corpname\u003ewishes to publish.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Invites him to her poets' party and [ \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e]\n dinner; expects \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Robert] Frost\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Edgar Lee] Masters\u003c/persname\u003eto\n speak.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on letters received from him during his\n travels; outlines her lecture tour; describes the\n overwhelming hospitality she receives at every stop\n and the difficulty of writing poetry under such\n circumstances; expresses desire to lecture less and\n write more; describes the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of\n America]\u003c/corpname\u003edinner attended by \n \u003cpersname\u003eLawrence Housman\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSiegfried Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Butler] Yeats\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert [Cannon]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eYone Noguchi\u003c/persname\u003e; comments on the\n ghostly presence of those no longer there: \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoyce Kilmer\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Madison] Cawein\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the inscribed book of Japanese\n poetry; expresses her admiration for it; mentions a\n young cousin, \n \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Armstrong\u003c/persname\u003e, who will be\n attending \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDartmouth\u003c/geogname\u003e, her living\n accommodations with her mother at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCarmel\u003c/geogname\u003e, completing \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Little Book of Modern British\n Verse\u003c/bibref\u003eand plans for beginning \"Pioneering for\n Poetry\"; states plans to marry \n \u003cpersname\u003eClinton Scollard\u003c/persname\u003eand divide the\n year between \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCalifornia\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerkshires\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets missing the events of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Anne Hempstead] Branch\u003c/persname\u003e's\n reception due to her mother's poor health; describes\n her literary life in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park, [Florida]\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere she\n is president of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n teaches at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins college\u003c/corpname\u003e; mentions other\n writers in the area: \n \u003cpersname\u003ePercy [MacKaye]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Herrick\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Aldis\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCale Young Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Hegan Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Irving] Bacheller\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFred Lewis Pattee\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Hamilton] Holt\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of\n America]\u003c/corpname\u003eelection of trustees; describes\n her activities as President of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of Florida]\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n teaching at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e; states her\n intention to attend spring meetings [of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e];\n mentions other writers living in the [ \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park\u003c/geogname\u003e] area: \n \u003cpersname\u003ePercy MacKaye\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCale Young Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Hegan Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eIrving Bacheller\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Herrick\u003c/persname\u003eas well as noted\n people in other fields; sends a program of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAnimated Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests that he act as a judge in the \n \u003cpersname\u003ePonce de Leon\u003c/persname\u003ePrize contest in\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e, the\n other judges being Lady \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Leona ?] Speyer\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Widdenmer\u003c/persname\u003e; describes\n the contest and method of judging; states her\n intention of attending the April meeting of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eP[oetry] S[ociety of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n her sense of anticipation at being in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes weather, social and intellectual life\n of \n \u003cgeogname\u003e[Winter Park], Florida\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions\n the \n \u003cfamname\u003eMacKaye\u003c/famname\u003es, \n \u003cfamname\u003eRice\u003c/famname\u003es, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Herrick\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morse Lovett\u003c/persname\u003e, the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBacheller\u003c/famname\u003es, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlbert Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eOswald Garrison Villard\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLincoln Steffins\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRaymond Robbins\u003c/persname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Hamilton] Holt\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eInstitute of Statesmanship\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n which has brought Professor Bruce of \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDartmouth\u003c/corpname\u003e; comments on \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Martha Dickinson] Bianchi\u003c/persname\u003e's\n talk on \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmily Dickinson\u003c/persname\u003eand the discovery\n of new Dickinson poems.] (Incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses pleasure that he will serve as judge\n [of a poetry contest]; explains the balloting\n procedure; states he is to receive poems from \n \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Guiterman\u003c/persname\u003e; requests he\n select a third judge; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eLeonora [Speyer ?]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Joseph] Auslander\u003c/persname\u003e, or a member\n of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eas\n possibilities; describes the poems a well done in\n general; writes that the best of them are by \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003estudents.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses affairs of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003e[Poetry] Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n the selection of chairman and secretary of the awards\n committee; indicates her vote will go to Witter and \n \u003cpersname\u003eGrace Conkling\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions the\n possibility of awarding 2 medals; mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Edwin Arlington] Robinson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Robert] Frost\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Marian Nevins] MacDowell\u003c/persname\u003eas\n possible recipients; suggests \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Haven Schauffler\u003c/persname\u003eor \n \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Morton\u003c/persname\u003eas potential\n candidates for president but urges Page to continue\n that office if possible.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on her surprise and delight at receiving\n a silver tea service from her friends; expresses her\n intention of writing personal thanks to the hundred\n contributors; states the poor health of her\n mother-in- law will prevent travel abroad this\n season; describes [Mrs. Scollard] as a brilliant\n woman, knowledgeable about politics, unlike herself\n who declares \"the world is full of things more\n beautiful.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes injuries sustained from being thrown\n from a horse drawn trap and her subsequent\n convalescence; expresses hope that he will visit her\n home in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKent, Connecticut\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes\n alternate routes to her cottage; mentions her plans\n to travel to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGrafton, Massachusetts\u003c/geogname\u003e, through\n the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWhite Mountains\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York City\u003c/geogname\u003e; states a new\n collection of her poems, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lifted Cap\u003c/bibref\u003e, will be published in\n autumn, including a group of poems written to\n Page.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Scolds him for not sending her a picture of\n himself in uniform as he had to \n \u003cpersname\u003eElsa Parker\u003c/persname\u003e; inquires about his\n life in the army; describes a recent illness, plans\n to travel and lecture in the West and South; mentions\n talks at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrooklyn Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eand her\n longing to go to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003ewhen travel resumes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes her summer in the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGreen Mountains\u003c/geogname\u003enear \n \u003cgeogname\u003eArlington, [Vermont]\u003c/geogname\u003eand her trip\n with another member of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eMr.\n Gilchrist and his wife, to bring \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Frost\u003c/persname\u003eto give a reading to\n a group of \"summer folk\"; states that on the way they\n stopped in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHanover, Connecticut\u003c/geogname\u003e; describes\n her trip to Page's home and her discovery that it had\n been sold; extolls the beauty of the area and her\n love of the mountains; describes her mother's\n recovery from serious illness, her own renewed vigor\n and upcoming lectures at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eColumbia [University]\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eIndianapolis\u003c/geogname\u003e, the West and\n South.] (Incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses her mother's poor health, the upcoming\n poets' party; expects \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Butler] Yeats\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Siegfried] Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Yone] Noguchi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert [Cannon ?]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eLawrence Housman\u003c/persname\u003e, the \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Drinkwater\u003c/persname\u003es and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCecil Roberts\u003c/persname\u003eto attend in\n addition to the \"usual\" American group; describes her\n participation in a luncheon at the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBiltmore\u003c/corpname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Drinkwater\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGilbert [Cannon ?]\u003c/persname\u003e; comments on \n \u003cpersname\u003eCecil Roberts\u003c/persname\u003e' endearing\n qualities; mentions that Professor \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John Livingston] Lowes\u003c/persname\u003ewill\n speak at the annual dinner [of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e?];\n outlines her lecture tour of the West and South;\n indicates she is sending several poems [\" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTransformation\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Miracle\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUnsung\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Wall\u003c/bibref\u003e\"] inspired by Page's\n departure and describes the circumstances in which\n she wrote them.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes summer vacation with her aunt, Mrs.\n Taft, at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBear Island\u003c/geogname\u003eon \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLake Winnipesakee, [New\n Hampshire]\u003c/geogname\u003eand at the MacDowell estate in \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePeterboro, [New Hampshire]\u003c/geogname\u003ewith\n its lovely studios and living facilities.]\n (Incomplete)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Printed card of thanks for Page's expression of\n sympathy; includes handwritten note describing \n \u003cpersname\u003eClinton [Scollard]\u003c/persname\u003e's apparent\n good health and the shock of his death; describes her\n activities in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park\u003c/geogname\u003e, teaching at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e, and editing\n Clinton's poems for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMacMillan Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e; mentions Page's\n rare book venture.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Indicates she is sending a \"brief lyric\" she\n finds charming; praises his poem \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLady from Tripoli\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and encourages\n him to write more; comments on her reading of \n \u003cpersname\u003e[August] Strindberg\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n sending for \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Road to [Castaly ?]\u003c/bibref\u003e\".]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \"Harriet,\" whose dinner conflicted with\n another one given by the [ \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society of America\u003c/corpname\u003e?];\n mentions plans for the \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Masefield\u003c/persname\u003eluncheon and her\n hope Page will be present.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses pleasure that Page will be present at\n the \"poets' evening\" and dinner; comments on his\n retreat \"among the pines\" and her hopes of having the\n opportunity during his visit of hearing some of his\n work; lists those expected to attend the poets' night\n as \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Burton\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eClinton Scollard\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003ePercy MacKaye\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJosephine Peabody\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSara Teasdale\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHarriet Monroe\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHerman Hagedorn\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eCale Young Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Alice Hagen] Rice\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Martha Dickinson] Bianchi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMark [Arms ?]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdith Thomas\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Frederick Ridgely] Torrence\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Charles Hanson] Towne\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Edwin Arlington] Robinson\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[William Bliss] Carman\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes autograph; comments on her mother's\n illness, her lecture tour, an upcoming month of work\n at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrooklyn Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e, her hope\n Page will be coming to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; praises his poem and\n urges him to write more; mentions a lecture in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMontclair, [New Jersey]\u003c/geogname\u003ein\n postscript.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses gratitude for Page's help in judging\n poems competing for prize; mentions \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAnaesthesia\u003c/bibref\u003e\" the winner of the\n competition, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eExile\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Flute of Krishna\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eProtest\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" and \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBeauty Secret\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; expresses her\n willingness to speak on the history of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n gives details on its founding; mentions Mrs. Markham,\n Miss Haste, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Burton\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMadison Cawein\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eMildred McNeil Sweeney\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Cale Young] Rice\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Alice Hagen] Rice\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Browne\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends Christmas greetings and the hope that work\n is going well; notes good notices on the [Ronsard\n ?].]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends Christmas greetings; comments on plans to\n spend the winter in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Compliments Page on his talk to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePoetry Society [of America]\u003c/corpname\u003eupon\n taking office; expresses confidence in his\n leadership; describes working with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRollins College\u003c/corpname\u003estudents, to\n assist Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Hamilton] Holt\u003c/persname\u003e; states\n intention of sending \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003epoets and poems to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eP[oetry] S[ociety] of A[merica]\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n expresses hope that Page will like her \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThird Book of Modern Verse\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich she\n considers her best.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Invites him to her poets' party; comments on\n lectures given at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eColumbia\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBrooklyn Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e; expresses\n anticipation of seeing Page and hearing of his\n work.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encourages him to come to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWinter Park\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions summer\n spent in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003efrom which she \"just\n escaped in time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Accompanies preceding poems, indicating they are\n \"passing moods -that will not pass.\"]","[Expresses regret at missing his visit; invites\n him to join her at the home of Mr. and Mrs. \n C. D. Gilchrist in \n Arlington ; describes her\n itinerary in coming weeks including lectures at \n Rutland and \n Bennington, Vermont and a Western\n lecture tour beginning in February.]","[Describes travels in \n Italy to \n Rome , \n Florence , \n Venice and the lakes.]","[Comments on his Christmas greeting, her trip to \n Europe and the many demands on\n her time since returning; invites him to her annual\n poets' party; expresses hope that \n Lizette Woodworth Reese and\n several others will be present and invites him to an\n Arts Club dinner.]","[Announces the dates for her poets' party and the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner; requests his presence at\n both; state her expectation that \n Alice Brown , \n Elsa Barker , \n Vachel Lindsey , \n Olive Dargan and the \n New York group will attend;\n expresses appreciation for the evening spent\n together; hopes she will have the opportunity to\n discuss with him a book \n Houghton wishes to publish.]","[Invites him to her poets' party and [ \n Poetry Society of America ]\n dinner; expects \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Edgar Lee] Masters to\n speak.]","[Comments on letters received from him during his\n travels; outlines her lecture tour; describes the\n overwhelming hospitality she receives at every stop\n and the difficulty of writing poetry under such\n circumstances; expresses desire to lecture less and\n write more; describes the \n Poetry Society [of\n America] dinner attended by \n Lawrence Housman , \n Siegfried Sassoon , \n [William Butler] Yeats , \n Gilbert [Cannon] , \n Yone Noguchi ; comments on the\n ghostly presence of those no longer there: \n Edith Thomas , \n Joyce Kilmer , and \n [Madison] Cawein . ]","[Thanks him for the inscribed book of Japanese\n poetry; expresses her admiration for it; mentions a\n young cousin, \n Arthur Armstrong , who will be\n attending \n Dartmouth , her living\n accommodations with her mother at \n Carmel , completing \n The Little Book of Modern British\n Verse and plans for beginning \"Pioneering for\n Poetry\"; states plans to marry \n Clinton Scollard and divide the\n year between \n California and the \n Berkshires . ]","[Regrets missing the events of the \n Poetry Society [of America] and \n [Anne Hempstead] Branch 's\n reception due to her mother's poor health; describes\n her literary life in \n Winter Park, [Florida] where she\n is president of the \n Poetry Society of Florida and\n teaches at \n Rollins college ; mentions other\n writers in the area: \n Percy [MacKaye] , \n Robert Herrick , \n Mary Aldis , \n Cale Young Rice , \n Alice Hegan Rice , \n [Irving] Bacheller and his wife, \n Fred Lewis Pattee and \n [Hamilton] Holt . ]","[Comments on \n Poetry Society [of\n America] election of trustees; describes\n her activities as President of the \n Poetry Society [of Florida] ,\n teaching at \n Rollins College ; states her\n intention to attend spring meetings [of the \n Poetry Society of America ];\n mentions other writers living in the [ \n Winter Park ] area: \n Percy MacKaye , \n Cale Young Rice , \n Alice Hegan Rice , \n Irving Bacheller , \n Robert Herrick as well as noted\n people in other fields; sends a program of the \n Animated Magazine . ]","[Requests that he act as a judge in the \n Ponce de Leon Prize contest in\n the \n Poetry Society of Florida , the\n other judges being Lady \n [Leona ?] Speyer and \n Margaret Widdenmer ; describes\n the contest and method of judging; states her\n intention of attending the April meeting of the \n P[oetry] S[ociety of America] and\n her sense of anticipation at being in \n New York . ]","[Describes weather, social and intellectual life\n of \n [Winter Park], Florida ; mentions\n the \n MacKaye s, \n Rice s, \n Robert Herrick , \n Robert Morse Lovett , the \n Bacheller s, \n Albert Shaw , \n Oswald Garrison Villard , \n Lincoln Steffins , \n Raymond Robbins , Dr. \n [Hamilton] Holt , as well as the \n Institute of Statesmanship ,\n which has brought Professor Bruce of \n Dartmouth ; comments on \n [Martha Dickinson] Bianchi 's\n talk on \n Emily Dickinson and the discovery\n of new Dickinson poems.] (Incomplete)","[Expresses pleasure that he will serve as judge\n [of a poetry contest]; explains the balloting\n procedure; states he is to receive poems from \n Arthur Guiterman ; requests he\n select a third judge; mentions \n Leonora [Speyer ?] , \n [Joseph] Auslander , or a member\n of the \n Poetry Society [of America] as\n possibilities; describes the poems a well done in\n general; writes that the best of them are by \n Rollins College students.]","[Discusses affairs of the \n [Poetry] Society [of America] ,\n the selection of chairman and secretary of the awards\n committee; indicates her vote will go to Witter and \n Grace Conkling ; mentions the\n possibility of awarding 2 medals; mentions \n [Edwin Arlington] Robinson , \n [Robert] Frost and \n [Marian Nevins] MacDowell as\n possible recipients; suggests \n Robert Haven Schauffler or \n David Morton as potential\n candidates for president but urges Page to continue\n that office if possible.]","[Comments on her surprise and delight at receiving\n a silver tea service from her friends; expresses her\n intention of writing personal thanks to the hundred\n contributors; states the poor health of her\n mother-in- law will prevent travel abroad this\n season; describes [Mrs. Scollard] as a brilliant\n woman, knowledgeable about politics, unlike herself\n who declares \"the world is full of things more\n beautiful.\"]","[Describes injuries sustained from being thrown\n from a horse drawn trap and her subsequent\n convalescence; expresses hope that he will visit her\n home in \n Kent, Connecticut ; describes\n alternate routes to her cottage; mentions her plans\n to travel to \n Grafton, Massachusetts , through\n the \n White Mountains to \n New York City ; states a new\n collection of her poems, \n The Lifted Cap , will be published in\n autumn, including a group of poems written to\n Page.]","[Scolds him for not sending her a picture of\n himself in uniform as he had to \n Elsa Parker ; inquires about his\n life in the army; describes a recent illness, plans\n to travel and lecture in the West and South; mentions\n talks at \n Brooklyn Institute and her\n longing to go to \n Italy when travel resumes.]","[Describes her summer in the \n Green Mountains near \n Arlington, [Vermont] and her trip\n with another member of the \n Poetry Society [of America] Mr.\n Gilchrist and his wife, to bring \n Robert Frost to give a reading to\n a group of \"summer folk\"; states that on the way they\n stopped in \n Hanover, Connecticut ; describes\n her trip to Page's home and her discovery that it had\n been sold; extolls the beauty of the area and her\n love of the mountains; describes her mother's\n recovery from serious illness, her own renewed vigor\n and upcoming lectures at \n Columbia [University] , \n Indianapolis , the West and\n South.] (Incomplete)","[Discusses her mother's poor health, the upcoming\n poets' party; expects \n [William Butler] Yeats , \n [Siegfried] Sassoon , \n [Yone] Noguchi , \n Gilbert [Cannon ?] , \n Lawrence Housman , the \n [John] Drinkwater s and \n Cecil Roberts to attend in\n addition to the \"usual\" American group; describes her\n participation in a luncheon at the \n Biltmore with \n John Drinkwater and \n Gilbert [Cannon ?] ; comments on \n Cecil Roberts ' endearing\n qualities; mentions that Professor \n [John Livingston] Lowes will\n speak at the annual dinner [of the \n Poetry Society of America ?];\n outlines her lecture tour of the West and South;\n indicates she is sending several poems [\" \n Transformation , \" \" \n The Miracle , \" \" \n Unsung , \" and \" \n The Wall \"] inspired by Page's\n departure and describes the circumstances in which\n she wrote them.]","[Describes summer vacation with her aunt, Mrs.\n Taft, at \n Bear Island on \n Lake Winnipesakee, [New\n Hampshire] and at the MacDowell estate in \n Peterboro, [New Hampshire] with\n its lovely studios and living facilities.]\n (Incomplete)","[Printed card of thanks for Page's expression of\n sympathy; includes handwritten note describing \n Clinton [Scollard] 's apparent\n good health and the shock of his death; describes her\n activities in \n Winter Park , teaching at \n Rollins College , and editing\n Clinton's poems for \n MacMillan Co. ; mentions Page's\n rare book venture.]","[Indicates she is sending a \"brief lyric\" she\n finds charming; praises his poem \" \n Lady from Tripoli \" and encourages\n him to write more; comments on her reading of \n [August] Strindberg ; mentions\n sending for \" \n The Road to [Castaly ?] \".]","[Discusses \"Harriet,\" whose dinner conflicted with\n another one given by the [ \n Poetry Society of America ?];\n mentions plans for the \n [John] Masefield luncheon and her\n hope Page will be present.]","[Expresses pleasure that Page will be present at\n the \"poets' evening\" and dinner; comments on his\n retreat \"among the pines\" and her hopes of having the\n opportunity during his visit of hearing some of his\n work; lists those expected to attend the poets' night\n as \n Richard Burton , \n Clinton Scollard , \n Percy MacKaye , \n Josephine Peabody , \n Sara Teasdale , \n Harriet Monroe , \n Herman Hagedorn , \n Cale Young Rice , \n [Alice Hagen] Rice , \n [Martha Dickinson] Bianchi , \n Mark [Arms ?] , \n Edith Thomas , \n [Frederick Ridgely] Torrence , \n [Charles Hanson] Towne , \n [Edwin Arlington] Robinson , and \n [William Bliss] Carman . ]","[Includes autograph; comments on her mother's\n illness, her lecture tour, an upcoming month of work\n at \n Brooklyn Institute , her hope\n Page will be coming to \n New York ; praises his poem and\n urges him to write more; mentions a lecture in \n Montclair, [New Jersey] in\n postscript.]","[Expresses gratitude for Page's help in judging\n poems competing for prize; mentions \" \n Anaesthesia \" the winner of the\n competition, \" \n Exile , \" \" \n The Flute of Krishna , \" \" \n Protest , \" and \" \n Beauty Secret \"; expresses her\n willingness to speak on the history of the \n Poetry Society [of America] ;\n gives details on its founding; mentions Mrs. Markham,\n Miss Haste, \n Richard Burton , \n Madison Cawein , \n Mildred McNeil Sweeney , \n [Cale Young] Rice and \n [Alice Hagen] Rice and \n Maurice Browne . ]","[Sends Christmas greetings and the hope that work\n is going well; notes good notices on the [Ronsard\n ?].]","[Sends Christmas greetings; comments on plans to\n spend the winter in \n Florida . ]","[Compliments Page on his talk to the \n Poetry Society [of America] upon\n taking office; 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promises to ask Tourguenett to write a few\n lines for her which he will forward to her.]","[Acknowledges her 2 letters; says he is\n overburdened with literary and professional work and\n apologizes for not answering sooner; mentions his\n failure to meet her in \n New York City ; expects to go to \n Europe for a year's stay; talks\n at length about evolution, a subject which haunts\n him; looks at evolution theory in its \n Goethe aspect; says he has\n written a series of \"scientific sonnets!\" soon to be\n published, to clear his mind of the subject of\n evolution; looks forward to a long literary talk with\n her; notes she is working on a story or a book.]","[Discusses Norwegian painter Hammerstead who plans\n to settle in [ \n New York ]; asks for Drake's help\n in bringing Hammerstead's paintings before the\n public.]","[Encloses short poem which he feels good about;\n discusses a story he is working on.]","[Responds to Bunt's request for him to recall an\n important incident in his life by saying he has\n nothing to offer other than his birth, which was to\n long ago for him to remember it.]","[Agrees to publish a volume of juvenile stories, \n Boyhood in Norway , 1892, for Boyesen\n in the autumn of the following year; discusses term\n of publication.]","[Sends the requested ballad intended for\n recitation, \"The [ ] of A Song\"; hopes it will suit\n him but promises not to be offended if it does\n not.]","[Says he will gladly publish Boyesen's \n Essays on German Literature , 1892;\n says there will be a market for the book; offers a 10\n percent; royalty; mentions juvenile stories.]","[Sends postage stamps for the return of the\n manuscript of his ballad; says he will have no\n further communication with McClure; marvels at his\n \"cheek.\"]","[Encloses a report on \n Essays on German Literature and a\n royalty cheque; says Scribner's is willing to publish\n a companion volume, \n Essays on Scandinavian Literature ,\n 1895, provided that certain conditions are met.]","[Asks for a November 1884 copy of \n The Dial , in which a story of his on\n Hans Christian Anderson appears;\n intends include the story in \n Essays on Scandinavian Literature ;\n congratulates Browne on the appearance and literary\n excellence of \n The Dial . ]","[States that he has written an article, not in the\n form of a book review, on \n Henrik Ibsen 's play \n \"Love's Comedy,\" which has not yet\n been translated into English; offers his article to \n The Dial for $20, though he could get\n twice that amount, because he values \n The Dial ; mentions \n Hans Christian Anderson story,\n his busy lecture schedule.]","[Decides to interpret his novel to write article\n on \n William Dean Howells at once;\n requests prompt payment; asks to see proof before\n article goes to print; says he could easily sell the\n article to \n Cosmopolitan , should McClure not be\n pleased with it.]","[Sends for approval if article on \n Henrik Ibsen , \"The Wild Duck,\"\n which will be included in \n Essays On Scandinavian Literature ;\n expects $20 for it.]","[Assures him that there is no particular hurry to\n publish \"The Wild Duck\" as \n Scribner's will not put out \n Essays On Scandinavian\n Literature before 1895.]","[Asks him to watch out for an article of his\n literary criticism which will appear in \n The Forum . ]","[Acknowledges $20; speaks highly of and recommends\n writers \n [James] Brander Matthews , \n George Edward Woodberry , and \n William Hamilton Gibson whom he\n likens to \n John Burroughs ; says that \n George Parsons Lathrop is\n interesting only to the select since he became\n Catholic.]","[Says Browne's letter reached him at \n Columbia via \n Geneva and \n Chicago ; gives his impression of\n \"The Fair,\" \n Columbia Exposition 1893 in \n Chicago ; sums it up as the most\n magnificent the world has to offer; is especially\n taken with the wonder of electrical\n illumination.]","[Asks for the proof of \"The Wild Duck\" to be sent\n to \n Long Island , if Browne decides\n to publish it.]","[Requests a copy of article on \n Hans Christian Anderson ,\n published in \n The Dial November 1884; intends to\n include it in \n Essays on Scandinavian Literature ,\n to be published by \n Scribner 's ; names other essays\n he will include in the volume.]","[Says he has found his own copy of the story on \n Hans Christian Anderson . ]","[Says he has not published the lectures Rhoads\n refers to and that he does not intend to do so for a\n few years; says the substance of the lectures, with\n the exception of the lecture on \n Algernon Charles Swinburne , is\n in \n Literary and Social\n Silhouettes 1894.]","[Discusses the quality of Sunday school for\n children at \n St. George's ; 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Schottlander in \n Breslan ; regrets not being the\n translator; reports on his health, family, friends;\n mentions \n Carl Schurz 's suggestion to\n visit \n America ; says his health\n prevents the trip and that he could not bear the long\n separation from his family.] (In German)","[Approves of his essay; explains honorarium, the\n quality of the translation into German done by \n P. Jungling ; speaks about the\n soon to follow \"novella\"; says the honorarium will\n fall short of expectations as the translator also\n must be paid; discusses his own literary work, his\n poems, his novel \n Quisisana , which he would like\n Boyesen to translate; suggests he contact \n Holt \u0026 Co. to work out an\n arrangement; doubts he will ever travel to \n America ; hope to see the Boyesen\n family in \n Berlin . ] (In German)","[Discusses his ill health as well as the recent\n illnesses of the \n Boyesen family ; gives him specific\n instructions on the length of the \"novella\"; speaks\n about monetary compensation; requests an essay\n regarding the literature of the Southern American\n \"provinces.\"] (In German)","[Encloses 26 pages of commentary on \n Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's \n Faust ; compliments him on his use of\n German; urges him to write poetry in German; inquires\n about Scandinavian names and customs.] (In\n German)","[Reports on his travels to \n Hamburg , \n Dresden , \n Magdeburg , \n St. Petersburg to see his\n recently written drama performed; says he enjoyed\n meeting the large German colony in \n St. Petersburg ; adds that his\n Russian journey was a triumph and that he gave many\n speeches and had many dinners in his honor, and thus\n finding it necessary to take the water in \n Karlsbad afterwards; comments on\n Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, \n Idyls of Norway , \n Daughter of the Philistines ;\n disagrees in regard to \n Gustav Freytag whom, in his\n opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises\n Freytag's \n Soll und Haben , but judges \n Die Verlorene Handschrift harshly;\n speaks about the political situation to support his\n opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see\n enough in \n Berthold Auerbach ; comments on\n Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses\n admiration of \n Carl Schurz ; would still like to\n visit \n America ; says \n Westermann's Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte will cease to be published in\n October as they are no longer profitable to the\n publisher.] (In German)","[Discusses business; says he has sent his latest\n novel \n An der Heilquelle , set in \n Baden-Baden , to the \n New York Staatszeitung hoping the\n paper will publish it in German for an honorarium;\n asks for his collaboration to publish \n An der Heilquelle in an American\n language paper, either in German or in an English\n translation by Boyesen, if other attempt should fail;\n says he will split honorarium with him.]","[Publisher requests permission to issue a German\n translation of \n Daughter of the Philistines in his\n new collection of foreign novels; encloses a banknote\n for the authorization.]","[Speaks about health-related trips to \n Karlsbad and to \n Helgoland in the \n North Sea ; says his play \n \"Die Philosophin\" was neither a\n critical nor popular success and calls it \"caviar for\n the masses\"; blames the failure of his play on Zola\n and Ibsen and the realism phase in \n Germany at the time; gives a\n pessimistic assessment of the present-day German\n literature and the way his own work is going under\n the circumstances; asks for help in finding a\n correspondent or reviewer job with an American\n paper.] (In German)","[Expresses admiration for \n Gunnar . ] (In German)","[Thanks him for the gift of one of his books;\n identifies herself as the unauthorized translator of \n Gunnar ; says she added the\n translation of another of his stories to make a\n \"roundes\" book; says she named the book \n Unter dem Gletsher (Under the\n Glacier); states that she translated at the same time\n that Jungling did the authorized translation; begs\n for forgiveness and a few lines from his hand, which\n would increase the value of the book her gave her.]\n (In old German script)","[Laments the present trend in thinking in \n Berlin and \n Germany , realism and naturalism;\n says he is pleased that Boyesen sees things his way\n and stays true to his beliefs and principles;\n explains the difficulties facing the German novelist\n who somehow must incorporate the political and social\n conditions of his country into his writing and\n thereby confess to his own way of thinking; says he\n is convinced that Boyesen, as an American writer, is\n at an advantage in this respect; mentions family.]\n (In German)","[Says he could not accept the proposition of \n Cosmopolitan , has finished part two\n of \"Erinnerungen\"; feels \"half-dead\" from over-work;\n plans to bring out a new novel in the fall; says a\n new drama of his has been successful on the stage;\n plans to go to \n Karlsbad and then to the \n North Sea for four weeks;\n mentions family matters.] (In German)","[Speaks about the writings of Mrs. [ \n Julie Grinnell Cruger ] which he\n has translated; says he keeps correspondence with\n her; shows renewed interest of becoming a\n correspondent for an American newspaper, provided the\n money is good; discusses family matters; recommends\n his autobiography \n Finder und Ertlinder ; mentions the\n success of his play \n In Eisner Zeit in \n Hamburg and \n Vienna ; encloses a volume of his\n poems, which he hopes will receive public praise;\n speaks about his disillusionment; sends regards to \n Carl Schurz . ] (In German)","[Discusses his recent serious illness, which\n prevented him from reading his book; says he will\n send the \n Harper's Monthly review of it to a\n publisher in \n Dresden who publishes translated\n books, although he is not sure it will be successful;\n says his correspondent work for the \n New York Staatszeitung has come to\n nothing due to his ill health; feels guilty toward\n Ottendorfer from the paper, but that he has a\n deadline for his new novel and has no time for\n correspondent work; appreciates endeavors of Boyesen\n and \n Carl Schurz on his behalf; asks\n him to relate his troubles to Schurz and explain why\n he has not answered the letter from Schurz he\n received two years ago; expresses admiration for\n Schurz.] (In German)","[Discusses his reasons for being upset with \n Cosmopolitan after their request\n through, Boyesen for two letters \"on \n Berlin life-society . . . or\n anything of that sort\"; got a noncommittal reply from\n Charles D. Lanier (includes a\n copy of Lanier's letter); believes the pieces were of\n first rate quality and suited to American taste,\n humorous, but not on too high a plane; counts on\n Boyesen to sort out the confusion; says he will\n submit the pieces to \n New York Staatszeitung ; if they are\n rejected, Boyesen is to keep this quiet.] (In German\n and English)","[Says Boyesen's translation of his \"letters\" will\n appear in \n Cosmopolitan ; feels obliged to him;\n sends a copy of his novel \n Sonntagskind through his publisher;\n enjoys his \n Mammon of Unrighteousness ; passes\n judgement on American women and their love of\n themselves; inquires about his house building, horse\n riding, etc.; writes about his family.] (In\n German)","[States that he needed twelve weeks of rest at the\n Baltic Sea after producing \n Sonnatagskind and another novel as\n well as many literary reviews in the last 1 1/3\n years; mentions the latter novel will appear in a\n German weekly \n Die Romanwelt and in \n New York Staatszeitung ; bemoans his\n constant financial stress, saying he will never own a\n house; says that \n Georg Moritz Ebers and \n Carl von Heyse , being born to\n wealth, are the only contemporary German writers who\n do not have money worries; says Boyesen is in his\n best years, while he himself is already 64; considers\n the \n Cosmopolitan essay topic of German\n literature of the present too wide a field and limits\n the first installment of the essay to the dramatists;\n hopes to mail it to Walkes in 8 days; intends to send\n essay published in \n Preussiche Jahrbucher , which he must\n modify before sending it to \n Cosmopolitan ; judges the present\n crop of German writers as \"students all, no masters\n yet\"; calls \n Hermann Sudermann the most\n talented of the lot; finds \n Mammon of Unrighteousness more\n important than \n Social Strugglers ; wonders about\n Americans' reactions to the latter since they would\n be looking at themselves in a sort of mirror.] (In\n German)","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Hachette Publishers","Urbana University","S. Schottlander","Holt \u0026 Co.","Columbia","Boyesen family","Louise d'Alq","Hjalamr Hjorth Boyesen","Friedrich Spielhagen","Hjalamr Hjorth\n Boyesen","Carl Schurz","P. Jungling","A. Rudolph","Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","Gustav Freytag","Berthold Auerbach","J. Engelhorn","Malvine Reiter","[Nana] Steinitz","Julie Grinnell Cruger","Charles D. Lanier","Georg Moritz Ebers","Carl von Heyse","Hermann Sudermann","English"],"unitid_tesim":["6903-b"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Hjalmar Hjorth Collection \n 1867-1895"],"collection_title_tesim":["Hjalmar Hjorth Collection \n 1867-1895"],"collection_ssim":["Hjalmar Hjorth Collection \n 1867-1895"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift \n 6 Feb 1963"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["19 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHjalmar Hjorth Boyeson\n Collection, Accession 6903-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeson\n Collection, Accession 6903-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Says she has translated his book, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003e, from English, which was\n translated from Swedish, into French; lets him know\n that Scandinavian novels are not very popular since\n Russian novels are being widely read; talks about\n other books (she may be a literary agent); states\n that she has sent things to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHachette Publishers\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRevue des deux mondes\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses his\n style; asks for something \"amusing\"; thinks that \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003emay have a better chance at\n acceptance that \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaughter of the Philistines\u003c/bibref\u003e; says\n that \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eis drowning in English and\n American novels.] (In French)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Compliments him on his use of English; says that\n Boyesen's last letter will require at least a day's\n talk; addresses problems of church and state, old\n forms of thought, old apprehensions of truth; says he\n is glad to see him go to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eUrbana University\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eOhio\u003c/geogname\u003eas a teacher of Greek and\n Latin; speaks highly of Sewall who, though\n intimidating, will help him a lot; speaks of his\n summer at home, his daughter, friends, etc.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Apologizes for long silence; inquires after his\n health, family, work, whereabouts; requests a novella\n for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWestermanns Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte\u003c/bibref\u003e, preferably on a theme from the\n \"new world\" to interrupt the publication's European\n monotony; guarantees a first-rate translation and\n honorarium; lays down the conditions; suggests that\n he contribute steadily twice a year to his\n publication; gives theme of American Literature and\n American Society; says level of the pieces should be\n neither \"scientific\" nor \"light,\" but in the middle;\n says translation of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003ewill soon be published by \n \u003ccorpname\u003eS. Schottlander\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBreslan\u003c/geogname\u003e; regrets not being the\n translator; reports on his health, family, friends;\n mentions \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e's suggestion to\n visit \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; says his health\n prevents the trip and that he could not bear the long\n separation from his family.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Approves of his essay; explains honorarium, the\n quality of the translation into German done by \n \u003cpersname\u003eP. Jungling\u003c/persname\u003e; speaks about the\n soon to follow \"novella\"; says the honorarium will\n fall short of expectations as the translator also\n must be paid; discusses his own literary work, his\n poems, his novel \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eQuisisana\u003c/bibref\u003e, which he would like\n Boyesen to translate; suggests he contact \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHolt \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eto work out an\n arrangement; doubts he will ever travel to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; hope to see the Boyesen\n family in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003e. ] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his ill health as well as the recent\n illnesses of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eBoyesen family\u003c/famname\u003e; gives him specific\n instructions on the length of the \"novella\"; speaks\n about monetary compensation; requests an essay\n regarding the literature of the Southern American\n \"provinces.\"] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encloses 26 pages of commentary on \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohann Wolfgang von Goethe\u003c/persname\u003e's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFaust\u003c/bibref\u003e; compliments him on his use of\n German; urges him to write poetry in German; inquires\n about Scandinavian names and customs.] (In\n German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Reports on his travels to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHamburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDresden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMagdeburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Petersburg\u003c/geogname\u003eto see his\n recently written drama performed; says he enjoyed\n meeting the large German colony in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSt. Petersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e; adds that his\n Russian journey was a triumph and that he gave many\n speeches and had many dinners in his honor, and thus\n finding it necessary to take the water in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKarlsbad\u003c/geogname\u003eafterwards; comments on\n Boyesen's recent work on the modern German novel, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIdyls of Norway\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaughter of the Philistines\u003c/bibref\u003e;\n disagrees in regard to \n \u003cpersname\u003eGustav Freytag\u003c/persname\u003ewhom, in his\n opinion, Boyesen thinks too lightly of; praises\n Freytag's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSoll und Haben\u003c/bibref\u003e, but judges \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDie Verlorene Handschrift\u003c/bibref\u003eharshly;\n speaks about the political situation to support his\n opinion of Freytag; thinks that Boyesen does not see\n enough in \n \u003cpersname\u003eBerthold Auerbach\u003c/persname\u003e; comments on\n Boyesen's work and his own poetry; expresses\n admiration of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e; would still like to\n visit \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; says \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWestermann's Illustrierte Deutsche\n Monatshefte\u003c/bibref\u003ewill cease to be published in\n October as they are no longer profitable to the\n publisher.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business; says he has sent his latest\n novel \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAn der Heilquelle\u003c/bibref\u003e, set in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBaden-Baden\u003c/geogname\u003e, to the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003ehoping the\n paper will publish it in German for an honorarium;\n asks for his collaboration to publish \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAn der Heilquelle\u003c/bibref\u003ein an American\n language paper, either in German or in an English\n translation by Boyesen, if other attempt should fail;\n says he will split honorarium with him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Publisher requests permission to issue a German\n translation of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaughter of the Philistines\u003c/bibref\u003ein his\n new collection of foreign novels; encloses a banknote\n for the authorization.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about health-related trips to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKarlsbad\u003c/geogname\u003eand to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHelgoland\u003c/geogname\u003ein the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Sea\u003c/geogname\u003e; says his play \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Die Philosophin\"\u003c/bibref\u003ewas neither a\n critical nor popular success and calls it \"caviar for\n the masses\"; blames the failure of his play on Zola\n and Ibsen and the realism phase in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003eat the time; gives a\n pessimistic assessment of the present-day German\n literature and the way his own work is going under\n the circumstances; asks for help in finding a\n correspondent or reviewer job with an American\n paper.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses admiration for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003e. ] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the gift of one of his books;\n identifies herself as the unauthorized translator of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003e; says she added the\n translation of another of his stories to make a\n \"roundes\" book; says she named the book \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUnter dem Gletsher\u003c/bibref\u003e(Under the\n Glacier); states that she translated at the same time\n that Jungling did the authorized translation; begs\n for forgiveness and a few lines from his hand, which\n would increase the value of the book her gave her.]\n (In old German script)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Laments the present trend in thinking in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, realism and naturalism;\n says he is pleased that Boyesen sees things his way\n and stays true to his beliefs and principles;\n explains the difficulties facing the German novelist\n who somehow must incorporate the political and social\n conditions of his country into his writing and\n thereby confess to his own way of thinking; says he\n is convinced that Boyesen, as an American writer, is\n at an advantage in this respect; mentions family.]\n (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he could not accept the proposition of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003e, has finished part two\n of \"Erinnerungen\"; feels \"half-dead\" from over-work;\n plans to bring out a new novel in the fall; says a\n new drama of his has been successful on the stage;\n plans to go to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKarlsbad\u003c/geogname\u003eand then to the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Sea\u003c/geogname\u003efor four weeks;\n mentions family matters.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about the writings of Mrs. [ \n \u003cpersname\u003eJulie Grinnell Cruger\u003c/persname\u003e] which he\n has translated; says he keeps correspondence with\n her; shows renewed interest of becoming a\n correspondent for an American newspaper, provided the\n money is good; discusses family matters; recommends\n his autobiography \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFinder und Ertlinder\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions the\n success of his play \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIn Eisner Zeit\u003c/bibref\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHamburg\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVienna\u003c/geogname\u003e; encloses a volume of his\n poems, which he hopes will receive public praise;\n speaks about his disillusionment; sends regards to \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e. ] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his recent serious illness, which\n prevented him from reading his book; says he will\n send the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Monthly\u003c/bibref\u003ereview of it to a\n publisher in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDresden\u003c/geogname\u003ewho publishes translated\n books, although he is not sure it will be successful;\n says his correspondent work for the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Staatszeitung\u003c/bibref\u003ehas come to\n nothing due to his ill health; feels guilty toward\n Ottendorfer from the paper, but that he has a\n deadline for his new novel and has no time for\n correspondent work; appreciates endeavors of Boyesen\n and \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarl Schurz\u003c/persname\u003eon his behalf; asks\n him to relate his troubles to Schurz and explain why\n he has not answered the letter from Schurz he\n received two years ago; expresses admiration for\n Schurz.] (In German)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his reasons for being upset with \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c/bibref\u003eafter their request\n through, Boyesen for two letters \"on \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003elife-society . . . or\n anything of that sort\"; got a noncommittal reply from\n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles D. 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