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Gilder\n agrees with \n Lewis Frank Tooker, of the \n Centurystaff; criticizes content and\n style of the poem and suggests changes for both; says\n poem reminds him of Swinburne and Whitman.]","[Speaks of an enclosed letter that will interest\n him; says he has information that \n Scribner'swill send an\n expedition to \n Russia; wonders if their own\n friend in \n Moscowhas definite information\n on it, but has mixed them up; reports on progress\n repairing the Century Building on 17th Street; says\n the mantel in Gilder's office with Dr. Howard's\n relief was destroyed and wonders if he has taken\n measures to replace the original carving with a\n replica; comments in postscript on a book by \n Peter Cooperon Jefferson which\n the \n Century Co.is not going to\n publish; says he is afraid the family will not make\n money from the book because of small sales.]","[Says he would like to see Hurst's paper on the\n \"Salzburg Exiles\"; says he is convinced the bishop\n will make a good thing of it.]","[Sends him some material he requested.]","[Says he is pleased that Ward likes the\n illustrations by [A.] Castaigne; states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England. ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine. ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvardand \n Yale[to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard\"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesarand the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touchand \n Colonial Fights and Fighters, \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]","[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n The Confessions of a Wife\"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]","[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]","[Refuses to publish his piece in \n Century Magazine; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]","[Discusses the December issue of \n Century Magazine; informs him that\n there is room for \n [John] Burroughs, \n [Henry Cabot] Lodge, and \n [George Henry] Sargentas well as\n [\" \n The Bigoudines\"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. Includes\n initialed AN by Gilder and autograph note, initialed\n by Gilder, remarking on the contents and looks of the\n December issue of \n Century Magazine; ]","[Says he is at home on the mend; tells him it\n might be necessary to see Mr. [ \n Robert Underwood] Johnsonwho is\n running things at \n Century Magazine; expresses New\n Year's wishes.]","[Discusses poetic work by Gilder which Johnson has\n looked at and made suggestions about; compliments him\n for devoting so much attention to details of\n composition, etc., even though he is busy as an\n editor.]","[Discusses a book she wrote expressing her\n anti-vivisection views; discusses her following of\n homeopathic medicine and vegetarianism; speaks of his\n own revulsion to hunting, fishing, even eating\n mutton; leans toward a vegetarian diet; speaks\n accusingly of landlords near his farm in \n Massachusetts, \n Trinity Church, the director of\n the \n Metropolitan Museum of Art, and\n of \n Abraham Lincoln; says that\n \"Gentle Lincoln\" assisted in the vivisection and\n maiming of myriads, without anesthesia, and destroyed\n millions of human lives to free the slaves.]","[Tries to meet with him to speak about a print in\n the current chapter of his history.]","[Talks about a woman writer whose \"charming\" novel\n Four Ways to Paradisewas published\n by the \n Century Co., but who does not\n write much any more these days; hopes the rainy\n weather will stop for Aldrich's visit; says they had\n a reading the night before of favorite pieces by\n Aldrich, of which a verse was appreciated by their\n old friend, the Marquis di Rosalis, though he is not\n familiar with it; gives directions for coming by\n trolley from Pittsfield to Lee, should he miss the\n connection.]","[Discusses a trip to \n California, a meeting with \n Mary Austinin \n San Francisco, the possibility\n of serializing one of her books [ \n Isidro]; mentions her other books\n and poetry, published by \n Houghton, Mifflin, and Co.;\n mentions writing of \n Bret Hartand \n George Washington Cable; says he\n dissuaded Austin from moving to the east coast;\n discusses other \n Century Co.business; includes\n autograph note.]","[Talks about a fine copy of the praying hands by \n [Albrecht] Durerand a book about\n Durer that he owns; mentions Christmas; says he is\n very happy with a houseful of children; says he has\n had a setback in his health and is still at home\n because of it; says she is the kindest person he\n knows.]","[Discusses an old mantelpiece in his house, 13\n East 8th Street, which he considers poor\n architecture, not a good Colonial example; says she\n is welcome to look at; includes autograph\n sentence.]","[Discusses her short story, \" \n Little Anna and the Gentleman\n Adventurer\" which she sent to \n Century Magazine; says it has not\n been acknowledged; written after Gilder's death in\n November 1909.]","[Includes autograph notes, initialed.]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. 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says it\n seems more foreign than \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003ealthough it depicts life in an\n American Western Norwegian settlement; adds that the\n novel needs work, but that he considers it worth\n publishing in the magazine.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is sorry about her ill health; mentions a\n short story she has in the works; says he has been to\n see \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Hodgson Burnett\u003c/persname\u003eand that\n she is writing a new serial for him; praises\n Burnett's play, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEsmeralda\u003c/bibref\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Praises his piece \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lost Hellos\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says that the\n \"Dr.\" agrees that the piece is in \"excellent form\n --heathenish but heavenly\"; discusses business.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Asks for help in selecting pieces for the\n \"encyclopedia\"; suggests several titles, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles deKay\u003c/persname\u003e's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHespherus and Other\n Poems\u003c/bibref\u003e(1880).]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Press copy in secretarial handwriting and\n signature; discusses a piece that may appear in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses her piece \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGoranne de Savare\u003c/bibref\u003e\" which he has sent\n to her to correct.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poem, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Innovation\u003c/bibref\u003e\" by Ward; Gilder\n agrees with \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Frank Tooker\u003c/persname\u003e, of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/bibref\u003estaff; criticizes content and\n style of the poem and suggests changes for both; says\n poem reminds him of Swinburne and Whitman.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks of an enclosed letter that will interest\n him; says he has information that \n \u003ccorpname\u003eScribner's\u003c/corpname\u003ewill send an\n expedition to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e; wonders if their own\n friend in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ehas definite information\n on it, but has mixed them up; reports on progress\n repairing the Century Building on 17th Street; says\n the mantel in Gilder's office with Dr. Howard's\n relief was destroyed and wonders if he has taken\n measures to replace the original carving with a\n replica; comments in postscript on a book by \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Cooper\u003c/persname\u003eon Jefferson which\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eis not going to\n publish; says he is afraid the family will not make\n money from the book because of small sales.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Says he would like to see Hurst's paper on the\n \"Salzburg Exiles\"; says he is convinced the bishop\n will make a good thing of it.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him some material he requested.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased that Ward likes the\n illustrations by [A.] Castaigne; states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Welcomes him and his wife to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCanada\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Admires the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNorth American Review\u003c/bibref\u003e; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOur Gardens\u003c/bibref\u003e]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Looks forward to the \n \u003cfamname\u003eAldrich family\u003c/famname\u003e's visit to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Brooks Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHarvard\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003ccorpname\u003eYale\u003c/corpname\u003e[to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Returns galleys to \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUnder the Ban of the Redbeard\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaesar\u003c/persname\u003eand the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe [Guiberon] Touch\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eColonial Fights and Fighters\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Confessions of a Wife\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Refuses to publish his piece in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses the December issue of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; informs him that\n there is room for \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Burroughs\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Henry Cabot] Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[George Henry] Sargent\u003c/persname\u003eas well as\n [\" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bigoudines\u003c/bibref\u003e\"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. Includes\n initialed AN by Gilder and autograph note, initialed\n by Gilder, remarking on the contents and looks of the\n December issue of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; ]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is at home on the mend; tells him it\n might be necessary to see Mr. [ \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Underwood] Johnson\u003c/persname\u003ewho is\n running things at \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; expresses New\n Year's wishes.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poetic work by Gilder which Johnson has\n looked at and made suggestions about; compliments him\n for devoting so much attention to details of\n composition, etc., even though he is busy as an\n editor.]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a book she wrote expressing her\n anti-vivisection views; discusses her following of\n homeopathic medicine and vegetarianism; speaks of his\n own revulsion to hunting, fishing, even eating\n mutton; 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states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England. ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine. ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvardand \n Yale[to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard\"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesarand the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touchand \n Colonial Fights and Fighters, \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; 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Defiantly yours.\"]","[Sends a piece that appeared in the \n Journalistand asks him to paste it\n in his scrapbook.]","[Informs him that from now on he intends to\n publish his own books, starting with an Almanac for\n 1891.]","[Includes original pen and ink self-portrait\n caricature waving goodbye to ships; humorously\n commiserates with a friend who has shattered a foot;\n relates at length his own experience with a broken\n leg; says his after-dinner speeches at club have\n become much better since he took to drinking goat's\n milk and Vichy; says the speeches aren't as witty as\n before, but they read better in the papers.]","[Includes pen and ink self-portrait at top of\n page; informs him that he will come to the \n Author's Club; gladly accepts\n offer to spend the night at his home.]","[Looks forward to meeting him at the Emporium of\n Major \n James B. 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