{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Shakespeare\u0026view=list","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Shakespeare\u0026page=1\u0026view=list"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":9,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viu_viu00814","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Frank Harris Collection \n         1894-1924","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00814#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00814#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for review of stories; asks if he would like to review any books at present.]\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00814#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viu_viu00814","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00814","_root_":"viu_viu00814","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00814","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00814.xml","title_ssm":["Frank Harris Collection \n         1894-1924"],"title_tesim":["Frank Harris Collection \n         1894-1924"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["7453-b"],"text":["7453-b","Frank Harris Collection \n         1894-1924","40 items","Collection is open to research.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","[Thanks him for review of stories; asks if he\n                  would like to review any books at present.]","[Relishes her sympathetic letter; discusses his\n                  articles on \n                   Shakespeare ; warns that future\n                  articles will show the unpleasant, \"dark shadows\" of \n                   Shakespeare 's life; wishes for\n                  more frequent correspondence.]","[Will now accept previously rejected terms offered\n                  by \n                   [Charles] Frohman for a\n                  production of \"Mr. and Mrs. Daventry\"; suggests\n                  concluding the arrangement through \n                   Addison Bright . ] [w/ec]","[Offers for publication his first long novel, \"an\n                  implicit defence of the rebels against society.\"]","[Responds to request for his portrait by enclosing\n                  a photograph; believes reviewers misread \n                   The Bomb ; mentions several books and plays that lack\n                  an audience; hopes a daring publisher will produce\n                  them someday.]","[Two books \n                   The Veils of Isis and a novel to be titled either \n                   Morning or \n                   Love in Youth will be published in the U.S. soon; wishes\n                  to sell the English rights; copies are available from\n                   Normaford Burnett ; outlines\n                  possible improvements. Solicits opinion of \n                   Great Days ; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                   Paris in siege time.\"]","[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                   The Veils of Isis or \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                   Memorial Edition of \n                   Shakespeare to be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                   Berlin might end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]","[Claims articles in the \n                   Daily Sketch misrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; describes \n                   The Memorial Edition of Shakespeare which he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                   Shakespeare ; mentions work on \n                   Great Days ; hopes to leave \n                   France for \n                   New York ; says \n                   Normaford Burnett has a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]","[Sold rights to publish \n                   The Yellow Ticket in \n                   Great Britain , the colonies, and\n                   India ; hopes to leave \n                   Paris for the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                   Paris is in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                   The Yellow Room is best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                   Contemporary Portraits . ]","[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                   Memorial Edition of Shakespeare in 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                   Germany ; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]","[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                   The Veils of Isis ; hopes to do so on ship to \n                   New York ; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]","[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                   New York ; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)","[Sends corrected \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                   New York , and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                   Arts Club ; believes the \n                   Ponds Agency will offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]","[Regrets early publication of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; will visit \n                   Douglas Doty , but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                   The Yellow Ticket be sent in care of \n                   Temple Scott and one to \n                   John F. Harris , head of \n                   Cambridge Review ; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)","[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]","[Sends \n                   England or Germany , hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                   Arnold Benett 's criticism of his\n                   Sun articles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                   Contemporary Portraits by Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                   Ulysses will get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]","[Sends enclosure at \n                   Frank Harris 's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                   Shakespeare . ]","[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                   Lloyd George and \n                   Rufus Isaacs ; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                   The National Review on the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                   Theodore Dreiser in \n                   The Academy ; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                   Love in Youth ; will then begin work on \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions . ]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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Solicits opinion of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003ein siege time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eor \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eof \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003eto be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003emight end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Claims articles in the \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily Sketch\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003emisrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; describes \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Memorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; says \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eNormaford Burnett\u003c/persname\u003ehas a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sold rights to publish \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the colonies, and\n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eIndia\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003efor the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003eis in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Room\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eis best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to do so on ship to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eArts Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; believes the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003ePonds Agency\u003c/corpname\u003ewill offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets early publication of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will visit \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Doty\u003c/persname\u003e, but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ebe sent in care of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTemple Scott\u003c/persname\u003eand one to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e, head of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCambridge Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEngland or Germany\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eArnold Benett\u003c/persname\u003e's criticism of his\n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSun\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003earticles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTruth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Globe\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ethat he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Hopes letter reaches \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Man Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eShakespeare and His Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Morris\u003c/persname\u003e' book on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJesus\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions sales of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand forthcoming works \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ewhen they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests books which he has seen in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Nation\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Outlook\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wishes he were in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBernkastel, Germany\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends six\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests a long\n                  letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eamong his comrades.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on the state of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSaar valley\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz\u003c/geogname\u003e, political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Introduces \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Claude] McKay\u003c/persname\u003ewhose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eas he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[George Bernard] Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eSiegfried Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003eor the Sitwells\n                  or \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Nichols\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes his own reaction to \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life and Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eU.S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUndreamed of Shores\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003epublished by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGrant Richards\u003c/persname\u003e; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ehe had sent and whether they contained \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBernard Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life [and Loves]\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBen Jonson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Inquires if the copy of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBernard Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life and Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewill get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends enclosure at \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Harris\u003c/persname\u003e's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eLloyd George\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRufus Isaacs\u003c/persname\u003e; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eon the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Dreiser\u003c/persname\u003ein \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Academy\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will then begin work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Thanks him for review of stories; asks if he\n                  would like to review any books at present.]","[Relishes her sympathetic letter; discusses his\n                  articles on \n                   Shakespeare ; warns that future\n                  articles will show the unpleasant, \"dark shadows\" of \n                   Shakespeare 's life; wishes for\n                  more frequent correspondence.]","[Will now accept previously rejected terms offered\n                  by \n                   [Charles] Frohman for a\n                  production of \"Mr. and Mrs. Daventry\"; suggests\n                  concluding the arrangement through \n                   Addison Bright . ] [w/ec]","[Offers for publication his first long novel, \"an\n                  implicit defence of the rebels against society.\"]","[Responds to request for his portrait by enclosing\n                  a photograph; believes reviewers misread \n                   The Bomb ; mentions several books and plays that lack\n                  an audience; hopes a daring publisher will produce\n                  them someday.]","[Two books \n                   The Veils of Isis and a novel to be titled either \n                   Morning or \n                   Love in Youth will be published in the U.S. soon; wishes\n                  to sell the English rights; copies are available from\n                   Normaford Burnett ; outlines\n                  possible improvements. Solicits opinion of \n                   Great Days ; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                   Paris in siege time.\"]","[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                   The Veils of Isis or \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                   Memorial Edition of \n                   Shakespeare to be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                   Berlin might end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]","[Claims articles in the \n                   Daily Sketch misrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; describes \n                   The Memorial Edition of Shakespeare which he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                   Shakespeare ; mentions work on \n                   Great Days ; hopes to leave \n                   France for \n                   New York ; says \n                   Normaford Burnett has a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]","[Sold rights to publish \n                   The Yellow Ticket in \n                   Great Britain , the colonies, and\n                   India ; hopes to leave \n                   Paris for the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                   Paris is in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                   The Yellow Room is best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                   Contemporary Portraits . ]","[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                   Memorial Edition of Shakespeare in 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                   Germany ; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]","[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                   The Veils of Isis ; hopes to do so on ship to \n                   New York ; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]","[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                   New York ; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)","[Sends corrected \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                   New York , and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                   Arts Club ; believes the \n                   Ponds Agency will offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]","[Regrets early publication of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; will visit \n                   Douglas Doty , but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                   The Yellow Ticket be sent in care of \n                   Temple Scott and one to \n                   John F. Harris , head of \n                   Cambridge Review ; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)","[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]","[Sends \n                   England or Germany , hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                   Arnold Benett 's criticism of his\n                   Sun articles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                   Contemporary Portraits by Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                   Ulysses will get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]","[Sends enclosure at \n                   Frank Harris 's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                   Shakespeare . ]","[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                   Lloyd George and \n                   Rufus Isaacs ; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                   The National Review on the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                   Theodore Dreiser in \n                   The Academy ; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                   Love in Youth ; 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Solicits opinion of \n                   Great Days ; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                   Paris in siege time.\"]","[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                   The Veils of Isis or \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                   Memorial Edition of \n                   Shakespeare to be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                   Berlin might end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]","[Claims articles in the \n                   Daily Sketch misrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; describes \n                   The Memorial Edition of Shakespeare which he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                   Shakespeare ; mentions work on \n                   Great Days ; hopes to leave \n                   France for \n                   New York ; says \n                   Normaford Burnett has a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]","[Sold rights to publish \n                   The Yellow Ticket in \n                   Great Britain , the colonies, and\n                   India ; hopes to leave \n                   Paris for the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                   Paris is in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                   The Yellow Room is best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                   Contemporary Portraits . ]","[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                   Memorial Edition of Shakespeare in 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                   Germany ; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]","[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                   The Veils of Isis ; hopes to do so on ship to \n                   New York ; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]","[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                   New York ; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)","[Sends corrected \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                   New York , and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                   Arts Club ; believes the \n                   Ponds Agency will offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]","[Regrets early publication of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; will visit \n                   Douglas Doty , but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                   The Yellow Ticket be sent in care of \n                   Temple Scott and one to \n                   John F. Harris , head of \n                   Cambridge Review ; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)","[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]","[Sends \n                   England or Germany , hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                   Arnold Benett 's criticism of his\n                   Sun articles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                   Contemporary Portraits by Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                   Ulysses will get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]","[Sends enclosure at \n                   Frank Harris 's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                   Shakespeare . ]","[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                   Lloyd George and \n                   Rufus Isaacs ; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                   The National Review on the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                   Theodore Dreiser in \n                   The Academy ; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                   Love in Youth ; will then begin work on \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions . ]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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Solicits opinion of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003ein siege time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eor \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eof \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003eto be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003emight end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Claims articles in the \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily Sketch\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003emisrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; describes \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Memorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; says \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eNormaford Burnett\u003c/persname\u003ehas a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sold rights to publish \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the colonies, and\n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eIndia\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003efor the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003eis in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Room\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eis best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to do so on ship to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eArts Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; believes the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003ePonds Agency\u003c/corpname\u003ewill offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets early publication of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will visit \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Doty\u003c/persname\u003e, but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ebe sent in care of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTemple Scott\u003c/persname\u003eand one to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e, head of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCambridge Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEngland or Germany\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eArnold Benett\u003c/persname\u003e's criticism of his\n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSun\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003earticles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTruth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Globe\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ethat he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Hopes letter reaches \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Man Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eShakespeare and His Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Morris\u003c/persname\u003e' book on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJesus\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions sales of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand forthcoming works \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ewhen they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests books which he has seen in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Nation\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Outlook\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wishes he were in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBernkastel, Germany\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends six\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests a long\n                  letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eamong his comrades.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on the state of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSaar valley\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz\u003c/geogname\u003e, political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Introduces \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Claude] McKay\u003c/persname\u003ewhose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eas he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[George Bernard] Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eSiegfried Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003eor the Sitwells\n                  or \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Nichols\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes his own reaction to \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life and Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eU.S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUndreamed of Shores\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003epublished by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGrant Richards\u003c/persname\u003e; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ehe had sent and whether they contained \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBernard Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life [and Loves]\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBen Jonson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Inquires if the copy of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBernard Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life and Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewill get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends enclosure at \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Harris\u003c/persname\u003e's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eLloyd George\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRufus Isaacs\u003c/persname\u003e; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eon the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Dreiser\u003c/persname\u003ein \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Academy\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will then begin work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Thanks him for review of stories; asks if he\n                  would like to review any books at present.]","[Relishes her sympathetic letter; discusses his\n                  articles on \n                   Shakespeare ; warns that future\n                  articles will show the unpleasant, \"dark shadows\" of \n                   Shakespeare 's life; wishes for\n                  more frequent correspondence.]","[Will now accept previously rejected terms offered\n                  by \n                   [Charles] Frohman for a\n                  production of \"Mr. and Mrs. Daventry\"; suggests\n                  concluding the arrangement through \n                   Addison Bright . ] [w/ec]","[Offers for publication his first long novel, \"an\n                  implicit defence of the rebels against society.\"]","[Responds to request for his portrait by enclosing\n                  a photograph; believes reviewers misread \n                   The Bomb ; mentions several books and plays that lack\n                  an audience; hopes a daring publisher will produce\n                  them someday.]","[Two books \n                   The Veils of Isis and a novel to be titled either \n                   Morning or \n                   Love in Youth will be published in the U.S. soon; wishes\n                  to sell the English rights; copies are available from\n                   Normaford Burnett ; outlines\n                  possible improvements. Solicits opinion of \n                   Great Days ; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                   Paris in siege time.\"]","[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                   The Veils of Isis or \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                   Memorial Edition of \n                   Shakespeare to be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                   Berlin might end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]","[Claims articles in the \n                   Daily Sketch misrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; describes \n                   The Memorial Edition of Shakespeare which he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                   Shakespeare ; mentions work on \n                   Great Days ; hopes to leave \n                   France for \n                   New York ; says \n                   Normaford Burnett has a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]","[Sold rights to publish \n                   The Yellow Ticket in \n                   Great Britain , the colonies, and\n                   India ; hopes to leave \n                   Paris for the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                   Paris is in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                   The Yellow Room is best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                   Contemporary Portraits . ]","[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                   Memorial Edition of Shakespeare in 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                   Germany ; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]","[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                   The Veils of Isis ; hopes to do so on ship to \n                   New York ; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]","[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                   New York ; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)","[Sends corrected \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                   New York , and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                   Arts Club ; believes the \n                   Ponds Agency will offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]","[Regrets early publication of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; will visit \n                   Douglas Doty , but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                   The Yellow Ticket be sent in care of \n                   Temple Scott and one to \n                   John F. Harris , head of \n                   Cambridge Review ; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)","[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]","[Sends \n                   England or Germany , hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                   Arnold Benett 's criticism of his\n                   Sun articles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                   Contemporary Portraits by Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                   Ulysses will get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]","[Sends enclosure at \n                   Frank Harris 's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                   Shakespeare . ]","[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                   Lloyd George and \n                   Rufus Isaacs ; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                   The National Review on the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                   Theodore Dreiser in \n                   The Academy ; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                   Love in Youth ; 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asks if he\n                  would like to review any books at present.]","[Relishes her sympathetic letter; discusses his\n                  articles on \n                   Shakespeare ; warns that future\n                  articles will show the unpleasant, \"dark shadows\" of \n                   Shakespeare 's life; wishes for\n                  more frequent correspondence.]","[Will now accept previously rejected terms offered\n                  by \n                   [Charles] Frohman for a\n                  production of \"Mr. and Mrs. Daventry\"; suggests\n                  concluding the arrangement through \n                   Addison Bright . ] [w/ec]","[Offers for publication his first long novel, \"an\n                  implicit defence of the rebels against society.\"]","[Responds to request for his portrait by enclosing\n                  a photograph; believes reviewers misread \n                   The Bomb ; mentions several books and plays that lack\n                  an audience; hopes a daring publisher will produce\n                  them someday.]","[Two books \n                   The Veils of Isis and a novel to be titled either \n                   Morning or \n                   Love in Youth will be published in the U.S. soon; wishes\n                  to sell the English rights; copies are available from\n                   Normaford Burnett ; outlines\n                  possible improvements. Solicits opinion of \n                   Great Days ; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                   Paris in siege time.\"]","[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                   The Veils of Isis or \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                   Memorial Edition of \n                   Shakespeare to be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                   Berlin might end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]","[Claims articles in the \n                   Daily Sketch misrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; describes \n                   The Memorial Edition of Shakespeare which he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                   Shakespeare ; mentions work on \n                   Great Days ; hopes to leave \n                   France for \n                   New York ; says \n                   Normaford Burnett has a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]","[Sold rights to publish \n                   The Yellow Ticket in \n                   Great Britain , the colonies, and\n                   India ; hopes to leave \n                   Paris for the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                   Paris is in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                   The Yellow Room is best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                   Contemporary Portraits . ]","[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                   Memorial Edition of Shakespeare in 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                   Germany ; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]","[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                   The Veils of Isis ; hopes to do so on ship to \n                   New York ; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]","[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                   New York ; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)","[Sends corrected \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                   New York , and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                   Arts Club ; believes the \n                   Ponds Agency will offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]","[Regrets early publication of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; will visit \n                   Douglas Doty , but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                   The Yellow Ticket be sent in care of \n                   Temple Scott and one to \n                   John F. Harris , head of \n                   Cambridge Review ; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)","[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]","[Sends \n                   England or Germany , hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                   Arnold Benett 's criticism of his\n                   Sun articles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                   Contemporary Portraits by Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                   Ulysses will get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]","[Sends enclosure at \n                   Frank Harris 's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                   Shakespeare . ]","[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                   Lloyd George and \n                   Rufus Isaacs ; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                   The National Review on the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                   Theodore Dreiser in \n                   The Academy ; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                   Love in Youth ; will then begin work on \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions . ]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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Solicits opinion of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003ein siege time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eor \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eof \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003eto be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003emight end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Claims articles in the \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily Sketch\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003emisrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; describes \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Memorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; says \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eNormaford Burnett\u003c/persname\u003ehas a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sold rights to publish \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the colonies, and\n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eIndia\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003efor the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003eis in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Room\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eis best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to do so on ship to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eArts Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; believes the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003ePonds Agency\u003c/corpname\u003ewill offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets early publication of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will visit \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Doty\u003c/persname\u003e, but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ebe sent in care of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTemple Scott\u003c/persname\u003eand one to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e, head of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCambridge Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEngland or Germany\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eArnold Benett\u003c/persname\u003e's criticism of his\n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSun\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003earticles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTruth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Globe\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ethat he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Hopes letter reaches \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Man Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eShakespeare and His Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Morris\u003c/persname\u003e' book on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJesus\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions sales of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand forthcoming works \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ewhen they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests books which he has seen in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Nation\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Outlook\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wishes he were in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBernkastel, Germany\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends six\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests a long\n                  letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eamong his comrades.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on the state of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSaar valley\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz\u003c/geogname\u003e, political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Introduces \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Claude] McKay\u003c/persname\u003ewhose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eas he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[George Bernard] Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eSiegfried Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003eor the Sitwells\n                  or \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Nichols\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes his own reaction to \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life and Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eU.S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUndreamed of Shores\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003epublished by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGrant Richards\u003c/persname\u003e; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ehe had sent and whether they contained \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBernard Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; 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describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewill get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends enclosure at \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Harris\u003c/persname\u003e's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eLloyd George\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRufus Isaacs\u003c/persname\u003e; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eon the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Dreiser\u003c/persname\u003ein \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Academy\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will then begin work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Thanks him for review of stories; asks if he\n                  would like to review any books at present.]","[Relishes her sympathetic letter; discusses his\n                  articles on \n                   Shakespeare ; warns that future\n                  articles will show the unpleasant, \"dark shadows\" of \n                   Shakespeare 's life; wishes for\n                  more frequent correspondence.]","[Will now accept previously rejected terms offered\n                  by \n                   [Charles] Frohman for a\n                  production of \"Mr. and Mrs. Daventry\"; suggests\n                  concluding the arrangement through \n                   Addison Bright . ] [w/ec]","[Offers for publication his first long novel, \"an\n                  implicit defence of the rebels against society.\"]","[Responds to request for his portrait by enclosing\n                  a photograph; believes reviewers misread \n                   The Bomb ; mentions several books and plays that lack\n                  an audience; hopes a daring publisher will produce\n                  them someday.]","[Two books \n                   The Veils of Isis and a novel to be titled either \n                   Morning or \n                   Love in Youth will be published in the U.S. soon; wishes\n                  to sell the English rights; copies are available from\n                   Normaford Burnett ; outlines\n                  possible improvements. Solicits opinion of \n                   Great Days ; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                   Paris in siege time.\"]","[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                   The Veils of Isis or \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                   Memorial Edition of \n                   Shakespeare to be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                   Berlin might end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]","[Claims articles in the \n                   Daily Sketch misrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; describes \n                   The Memorial Edition of Shakespeare which he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                   Shakespeare ; mentions work on \n                   Great Days ; hopes to leave \n                   France for \n                   New York ; says \n                   Normaford Burnett has a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]","[Sold rights to publish \n                   The Yellow Ticket in \n                   Great Britain , the colonies, and\n                   India ; hopes to leave \n                   Paris for the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                   Paris is in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                   The Yellow Room is best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                   Contemporary Portraits . ]","[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                   Memorial Edition of Shakespeare in 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                   Germany ; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]","[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                   The Veils of Isis ; hopes to do so on ship to \n                   New York ; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]","[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                   New York ; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)","[Sends corrected \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                   New York , and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                   Arts Club ; believes the \n                   Ponds Agency will offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]","[Regrets early publication of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; will visit \n                   Douglas Doty , but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                   The Yellow Ticket be sent in care of \n                   Temple Scott and one to \n                   John F. Harris , head of \n                   Cambridge Review ; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)","[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]","[Sends \n                   England or Germany , hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                   Arnold Benett 's criticism of his\n                   Sun articles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                   Contemporary Portraits by Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                   Ulysses will get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]","[Sends enclosure at \n                   Frank Harris 's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                   Shakespeare . ]","[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                   Lloyd George and \n                   Rufus Isaacs ; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                   The National Review on the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                   Theodore Dreiser in \n                   The Academy ; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                   Love in Youth ; 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asks if he\n                  would like to review any books at present.]","[Relishes her sympathetic letter; discusses his\n                  articles on \n                   Shakespeare ; warns that future\n                  articles will show the unpleasant, \"dark shadows\" of \n                   Shakespeare 's life; wishes for\n                  more frequent correspondence.]","[Will now accept previously rejected terms offered\n                  by \n                   [Charles] Frohman for a\n                  production of \"Mr. and Mrs. Daventry\"; suggests\n                  concluding the arrangement through \n                   Addison Bright . ] [w/ec]","[Offers for publication his first long novel, \"an\n                  implicit defence of the rebels against society.\"]","[Responds to request for his portrait by enclosing\n                  a photograph; believes reviewers misread \n                   The Bomb ; mentions several books and plays that lack\n                  an audience; 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Solicits opinion of \n                   Great Days ; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                   Paris in siege time.\"]","[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                   The Veils of Isis or \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                   Memorial Edition of \n                   Shakespeare to be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                   Berlin might end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]","[Claims articles in the \n                   Daily Sketch misrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; describes \n                   The Memorial Edition of Shakespeare which he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                   Shakespeare ; mentions work on \n                   Great Days ; hopes to leave \n                   France for \n                   New York ; says \n                   Normaford Burnett has a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]","[Sold rights to publish \n                   The Yellow Ticket in \n                   Great Britain , the colonies, and\n                   India ; hopes to leave \n                   Paris for the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                   Paris is in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                   The Yellow Room is best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                   Contemporary Portraits . ]","[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                   Memorial Edition of Shakespeare in 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                   Germany ; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]","[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                   The Veils of Isis ; hopes to do so on ship to \n                   New York ; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]","[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                   New York ; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)","[Sends corrected \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                   New York , and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                   Arts Club ; believes the \n                   Ponds Agency will offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]","[Regrets early publication of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; will visit \n                   Douglas Doty , but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                   The Yellow Ticket be sent in care of \n                   Temple Scott and one to \n                   John F. Harris , head of \n                   Cambridge Review ; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)","[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]","[Sends \n                   England or Germany , hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                   Arnold Benett 's criticism of his\n                   Sun articles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                   Contemporary Portraits by Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                   Ulysses will get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]","[Sends enclosure at \n                   Frank Harris 's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                   Shakespeare . ]","[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                   Lloyd George and \n                   Rufus Isaacs ; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                   The National Review on the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                   Theodore Dreiser in \n                   The Academy ; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                   Love in Youth ; will then begin work on \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions . ]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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Solicits opinion of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003ein siege time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eor \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eof \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003eto be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003emight end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Claims articles in the \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily Sketch\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003emisrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; describes \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Memorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; says \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eNormaford Burnett\u003c/persname\u003ehas a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sold rights to publish \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the colonies, and\n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eIndia\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003efor the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003eis in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Room\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eis best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to do so on ship to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eArts Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; believes the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003ePonds Agency\u003c/corpname\u003ewill offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets early publication of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will visit \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Doty\u003c/persname\u003e, but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ebe sent in care of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTemple Scott\u003c/persname\u003eand one to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e, head of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCambridge Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEngland or Germany\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eArnold Benett\u003c/persname\u003e's criticism of his\n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSun\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003earticles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTruth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Globe\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ethat he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Hopes letter reaches \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Man Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eShakespeare and His Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Morris\u003c/persname\u003e' book on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJesus\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions sales of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand forthcoming works \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ewhen they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests books which he has seen in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Nation\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Outlook\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wishes he were in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBernkastel, Germany\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends six\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests a long\n                  letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eamong his comrades.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on the state of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSaar valley\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz\u003c/geogname\u003e, political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Introduces \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Claude] McKay\u003c/persname\u003ewhose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eas he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[George Bernard] Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eSiegfried Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003eor the Sitwells\n                  or \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Nichols\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes his own reaction to \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life and Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eU.S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUndreamed of Shores\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003epublished by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGrant Richards\u003c/persname\u003e; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ehe had sent and whether they contained \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBernard Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life [and Loves]\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBen Jonson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Inquires if the copy of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBernard Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life and Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewill get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends enclosure at \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Harris\u003c/persname\u003e's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eLloyd George\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRufus Isaacs\u003c/persname\u003e; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eon the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Dreiser\u003c/persname\u003ein \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Academy\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will then begin work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Thanks him for review of stories; asks if he\n                  would like to review any books at present.]","[Relishes her sympathetic letter; discusses his\n                  articles on \n                   Shakespeare ; warns that future\n                  articles will show the unpleasant, \"dark shadows\" of \n                   Shakespeare 's life; wishes for\n                  more frequent correspondence.]","[Will now accept previously rejected terms offered\n                  by \n                   [Charles] Frohman for a\n                  production of \"Mr. and Mrs. Daventry\"; suggests\n                  concluding the arrangement through \n                   Addison Bright . ] [w/ec]","[Offers for publication his first long novel, \"an\n                  implicit defence of the rebels against society.\"]","[Responds to request for his portrait by enclosing\n                  a photograph; believes reviewers misread \n                   The Bomb ; mentions several books and plays that lack\n                  an audience; hopes a daring publisher will produce\n                  them someday.]","[Two books \n                   The Veils of Isis and a novel to be titled either \n                   Morning or \n                   Love in Youth will be published in the U.S. soon; wishes\n                  to sell the English rights; copies are available from\n                   Normaford Burnett ; outlines\n                  possible improvements. Solicits opinion of \n                   Great Days ; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                   Paris in siege time.\"]","[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                   The Veils of Isis or \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                   Memorial Edition of \n                   Shakespeare to be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                   Berlin might end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]","[Claims articles in the \n                   Daily Sketch misrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; describes \n                   The Memorial Edition of Shakespeare which he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                   Shakespeare ; mentions work on \n                   Great Days ; hopes to leave \n                   France for \n                   New York ; says \n                   Normaford Burnett has a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]","[Sold rights to publish \n                   The Yellow Ticket in \n                   Great Britain , the colonies, and\n                   India ; hopes to leave \n                   Paris for the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                   Paris is in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                   The Yellow Room is best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                   Contemporary Portraits . ]","[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                   Memorial Edition of Shakespeare in 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                   Germany ; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]","[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                   The Veils of Isis ; hopes to do so on ship to \n                   New York ; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]","[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                   New York ; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)","[Sends corrected \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                   New York , and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                   Arts Club ; believes the \n                   Ponds Agency will offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]","[Regrets early publication of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; will visit \n                   Douglas Doty , but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                   The Yellow Ticket be sent in care of \n                   Temple Scott and one to \n                   John F. Harris , head of \n                   Cambridge Review ; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)","[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]","[Sends \n                   England or Germany , hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                   Arnold Benett 's criticism of his\n                   Sun articles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                   Contemporary Portraits by Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                   Ulysses will get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]","[Sends enclosure at \n                   Frank Harris 's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                   Shakespeare . ]","[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                   Lloyd George and \n                   Rufus Isaacs ; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                   The National Review on the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                   Theodore Dreiser in \n                   The Academy ; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                   Love in Youth ; 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asks if he\n                  would like to review any books at present.]","[Relishes her sympathetic letter; discusses his\n                  articles on \n                   Shakespeare ; warns that future\n                  articles will show the unpleasant, \"dark shadows\" of \n                   Shakespeare 's life; wishes for\n                  more frequent correspondence.]","[Will now accept previously rejected terms offered\n                  by \n                   [Charles] Frohman for a\n                  production of \"Mr. and Mrs. Daventry\"; suggests\n                  concluding the arrangement through \n                   Addison Bright . ] [w/ec]","[Offers for publication his first long novel, \"an\n                  implicit defence of the rebels against society.\"]","[Responds to request for his portrait by enclosing\n                  a photograph; believes reviewers misread \n                   The Bomb ; mentions several books and plays that lack\n                  an audience; hopes a daring publisher will produce\n                  them someday.]","[Two books \n                   The Veils of Isis and a novel to be titled either \n                   Morning or \n                   Love in Youth will be published in the U.S. soon; wishes\n                  to sell the English rights; copies are available from\n                   Normaford Burnett ; outlines\n                  possible improvements. Solicits opinion of \n                   Great Days ; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                   Paris in siege time.\"]","[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                   The Veils of Isis or \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                   Memorial Edition of \n                   Shakespeare to be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                   Berlin might end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]","[Claims articles in the \n                   Daily Sketch misrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; describes \n                   The Memorial Edition of Shakespeare which he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                   Shakespeare ; mentions work on \n                   Great Days ; hopes to leave \n                   France for \n                   New York ; says \n                   Normaford Burnett has a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]","[Sold rights to publish \n                   The Yellow Ticket in \n                   Great Britain , the colonies, and\n                   India ; hopes to leave \n                   Paris for the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                   Paris is in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                   The Yellow Room is best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                   Contemporary Portraits . ]","[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                   Memorial Edition of Shakespeare in 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                   Germany ; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]","[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                   The Veils of Isis ; hopes to do so on ship to \n                   New York ; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]","[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                   New York ; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)","[Sends corrected \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                   New York , and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                   Arts Club ; believes the \n                   Ponds Agency will offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]","[Regrets early publication of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; will visit \n                   Douglas Doty , but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                   The Yellow Ticket be sent in care of \n                   Temple Scott and one to \n                   John F. Harris , head of \n                   Cambridge Review ; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)","[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]","[Sends \n                   England or Germany , hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                   Arnold Benett 's criticism of his\n                   Sun articles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                   Contemporary Portraits by Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                   Ulysses will get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]","[Sends enclosure at \n                   Frank Harris 's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                   Shakespeare . ]","[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                   Lloyd George and \n                   Rufus Isaacs ; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                   The National Review on the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                   Theodore Dreiser in \n                   The Academy ; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                   Love in Youth ; will then begin work on \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions . ]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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Solicits opinion of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003ein siege time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eor \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eof \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003eto be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003emight end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Claims articles in the \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily Sketch\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003emisrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; describes \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Memorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; says \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eNormaford Burnett\u003c/persname\u003ehas a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sold rights to publish \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the colonies, and\n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eIndia\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003efor the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003eis in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Room\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eis best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to do so on ship to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eArts Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; believes the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003ePonds Agency\u003c/corpname\u003ewill offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets early publication of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will visit \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Doty\u003c/persname\u003e, but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ebe sent in care of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTemple Scott\u003c/persname\u003eand one to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e, head of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCambridge Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEngland or Germany\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eArnold Benett\u003c/persname\u003e's criticism of his\n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSun\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003earticles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTruth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Globe\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ethat he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Hopes letter reaches \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Man Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eShakespeare and His Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Morris\u003c/persname\u003e' book on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJesus\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions sales of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand forthcoming works \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ewhen they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests books which he has seen in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Nation\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Outlook\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wishes he were in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBernkastel, Germany\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends six\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests a long\n                  letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eamong his comrades.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on the state of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSaar valley\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz\u003c/geogname\u003e, political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Introduces \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Claude] McKay\u003c/persname\u003ewhose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eas he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[George Bernard] Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eSiegfried Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003eor the Sitwells\n                  or \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Nichols\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes his own reaction to \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life and Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eU.S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUndreamed of Shores\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003epublished by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGrant Richards\u003c/persname\u003e; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ehe had sent and whether they contained \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBernard Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; 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describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewill get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends enclosure at \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Harris\u003c/persname\u003e's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eLloyd George\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRufus Isaacs\u003c/persname\u003e; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eon the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Dreiser\u003c/persname\u003ein \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Academy\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will then begin work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Thanks him for review of stories; asks if he\n                  would like to review any books at present.]","[Relishes her sympathetic letter; discusses his\n                  articles on \n                   Shakespeare ; warns that future\n                  articles will show the unpleasant, \"dark shadows\" of \n                   Shakespeare 's life; wishes for\n                  more frequent correspondence.]","[Will now accept previously rejected terms offered\n                  by \n                   [Charles] Frohman for a\n                  production of \"Mr. and Mrs. Daventry\"; suggests\n                  concluding the arrangement through \n                   Addison Bright . ] [w/ec]","[Offers for publication his first long novel, \"an\n                  implicit defence of the rebels against society.\"]","[Responds to request for his portrait by enclosing\n                  a photograph; believes reviewers misread \n                   The Bomb ; mentions several books and plays that lack\n                  an audience; hopes a daring publisher will produce\n                  them someday.]","[Two books \n                   The Veils of Isis and a novel to be titled either \n                   Morning or \n                   Love in Youth will be published in the U.S. soon; wishes\n                  to sell the English rights; copies are available from\n                   Normaford Burnett ; outlines\n                  possible improvements. Solicits opinion of \n                   Great Days ; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                   Paris in siege time.\"]","[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                   The Veils of Isis or \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                   Memorial Edition of \n                   Shakespeare to be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                   Berlin might end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]","[Claims articles in the \n                   Daily Sketch misrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; describes \n                   The Memorial Edition of Shakespeare which he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                   Shakespeare ; mentions work on \n                   Great Days ; hopes to leave \n                   France for \n                   New York ; says \n                   Normaford Burnett has a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]","[Sold rights to publish \n                   The Yellow Ticket in \n                   Great Britain , the colonies, and\n                   India ; hopes to leave \n                   Paris for the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                   Paris is in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                   The Yellow Room is best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                   Contemporary Portraits . ]","[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                   Memorial Edition of Shakespeare in 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                   Germany ; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]","[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                   The Veils of Isis ; hopes to do so on ship to \n                   New York ; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]","[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                   New York ; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)","[Sends corrected \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                   New York , and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                   Arts Club ; believes the \n                   Ponds Agency will offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]","[Regrets early publication of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; will visit \n                   Douglas Doty , but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                   The Yellow Ticket be sent in care of \n                   Temple Scott and one to \n                   John F. Harris , head of \n                   Cambridge Review ; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)","[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]","[Sends \n                   England or Germany , hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                   Arnold Benett 's criticism of his\n                   Sun articles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                   Contemporary Portraits by Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                   Ulysses will get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]","[Sends enclosure at \n                   Frank Harris 's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                   Shakespeare . ]","[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                   Lloyd George and \n                   Rufus Isaacs ; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                   The National Review on the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                   Theodore Dreiser in \n                   The Academy ; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                   Love in Youth ; 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Solicits opinion of \n                   Great Days ; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                   Paris in siege time.\"]","[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                   The Veils of Isis or \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                   Memorial Edition of \n                   Shakespeare to be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                   Berlin might end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]","[Claims articles in the \n                   Daily Sketch misrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; describes \n                   The Memorial Edition of Shakespeare which he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                   Shakespeare ; mentions work on \n                   Great Days ; hopes to leave \n                   France for \n                   New York ; says \n                   Normaford Burnett has a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]","[Sold rights to publish \n                   The Yellow Ticket in \n                   Great Britain , the colonies, and\n                   India ; hopes to leave \n                   Paris for the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                   Paris is in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                   The Yellow Room is best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                   Contemporary Portraits . ]","[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                   Memorial Edition of Shakespeare in 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                   Germany ; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]","[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                   The Veils of Isis ; hopes to do so on ship to \n                   New York ; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]","[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                   New York ; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)","[Sends corrected \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                   New York , and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                   Arts Club ; believes the \n                   Ponds Agency will offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]","[Regrets early publication of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; will visit \n                   Douglas Doty , but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                   The Yellow Ticket be sent in care of \n                   Temple Scott and one to \n                   John F. Harris , head of \n                   Cambridge Review ; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)","[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]","[Sends \n                   England or Germany , hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                   Arnold Benett 's criticism of his\n                   Sun articles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                   Contemporary Portraits by Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                   Ulysses will get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]","[Sends enclosure at \n                   Frank Harris 's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                   Shakespeare . ]","[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                   Lloyd George and \n                   Rufus Isaacs ; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                   The National Review on the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                   Theodore Dreiser in \n                   The Academy ; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                   Love in Youth ; will then begin work on \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions . ]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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Solicits opinion of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003ein siege time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eor \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eof \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003eto be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003emight end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Claims articles in the \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily Sketch\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003emisrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; describes \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Memorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; says \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eNormaford Burnett\u003c/persname\u003ehas a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sold rights to publish \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the colonies, and\n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eIndia\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003efor the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003eis in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Room\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eis best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to do so on ship to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eArts Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; believes the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003ePonds Agency\u003c/corpname\u003ewill offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets early publication of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will visit \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Doty\u003c/persname\u003e, but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ebe sent in care of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTemple Scott\u003c/persname\u003eand one to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e, head of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCambridge Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEngland or Germany\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eArnold Benett\u003c/persname\u003e's criticism of his\n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSun\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003earticles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTruth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Globe\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ethat he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Hopes letter reaches \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Man Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eShakespeare and His Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Morris\u003c/persname\u003e' book on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJesus\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions sales of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand forthcoming works \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ewhen they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests books which he has seen in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Nation\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Outlook\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wishes he were in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBernkastel, Germany\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends six\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; 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suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eas he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[George Bernard] Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eSiegfried Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003eor the Sitwells\n                  or \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Nichols\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes his own reaction to \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life and Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eU.S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUndreamed of Shores\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003epublished by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGrant Richards\u003c/persname\u003e; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ehe had sent and whether they contained \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBernard Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; 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describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewill get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends enclosure at \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Harris\u003c/persname\u003e's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eLloyd George\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRufus Isaacs\u003c/persname\u003e; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eon the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Dreiser\u003c/persname\u003ein \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Academy\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will then begin work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Thanks him for review of stories; asks if he\n                  would like to review any books at present.]","[Relishes her sympathetic letter; discusses his\n                  articles on \n                   Shakespeare ; warns that future\n                  articles will show the unpleasant, \"dark shadows\" of \n                   Shakespeare 's life; wishes for\n                  more frequent correspondence.]","[Will now accept previously rejected terms offered\n                  by \n                   [Charles] Frohman for a\n                  production of \"Mr. and Mrs. Daventry\"; suggests\n                  concluding the arrangement through \n                   Addison Bright . ] [w/ec]","[Offers for publication his first long novel, \"an\n                  implicit defence of the rebels against society.\"]","[Responds to request for his portrait by enclosing\n                  a photograph; believes reviewers misread \n                   The Bomb ; mentions several books and plays that lack\n                  an audience; hopes a daring publisher will produce\n                  them someday.]","[Two books \n                   The Veils of Isis and a novel to be titled either \n                   Morning or \n                   Love in Youth will be published in the U.S. soon; wishes\n                  to sell the English rights; copies are available from\n                   Normaford Burnett ; outlines\n                  possible improvements. Solicits opinion of \n                   Great Days ; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                   Paris in siege time.\"]","[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                   The Veils of Isis or \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                   Memorial Edition of \n                   Shakespeare to be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                   Berlin might end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]","[Claims articles in the \n                   Daily Sketch misrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; describes \n                   The Memorial Edition of Shakespeare which he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                   Shakespeare ; mentions work on \n                   Great Days ; hopes to leave \n                   France for \n                   New York ; says \n                   Normaford Burnett has a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]","[Sold rights to publish \n                   The Yellow Ticket in \n                   Great Britain , the colonies, and\n                   India ; hopes to leave \n                   Paris for the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                   Paris is in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                   The Yellow Room is best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                   Contemporary Portraits . ]","[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                   Memorial Edition of Shakespeare in 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                   Germany ; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]","[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                   The Veils of Isis ; hopes to do so on ship to \n                   New York ; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]","[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                   New York ; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)","[Sends corrected \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                   New York , and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                   Arts Club ; believes the \n                   Ponds Agency will offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]","[Regrets early publication of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; will visit \n                   Douglas Doty , but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                   The Yellow Ticket be sent in care of \n                   Temple Scott and one to \n                   John F. Harris , head of \n                   Cambridge Review ; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)","[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                   The Yellow Ticket ; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]","[Sends \n                   England or Germany , hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                   Arnold Benett 's criticism of his\n                   Sun articles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                   Contemporary Portraits by Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; 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Van Schaick . ]","[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n                  be published in \n                   England ; asks for his help in\n                  getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n                  whole book should not be subject to duty.]","[Says he has dedicated \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" to her without\n                  her permission; says that this play and \" \n                   Bianca Visconti Or The Heart\n                  Overtasked \" have been so successful in \n                   America that he could buy a\n                  beautiful farm on the \n                   Susquehanna ; sends book by Miss\n                  Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n                  encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n                  of play writing where she is so very successful;\n                  talks about a planned trip to the south of \n                   Europe ; urges her to join him\n                  and his wife.]","[Says he has been to the theater in \n                   Dublin twice to see Hackett\n                  perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n                  the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n                  Mayor of \n                   Dublin and others.]","[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n                  to give a free concert in \n                   New York in honor of General\n                  Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n                  to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n                   Alban Goldsmith and \n                   George Endicott . ]","[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n                  themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n                  and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n                  are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n                  review.]","[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n                  for \n                   North American Review , sooner or\n                  later; mentions the high regard \n                   The North American Review enjoys in \n                   England . ]","[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n                   Cambridge take up all his time;\n                  mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n                  Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]","[States that the \n                   Home Journal is always at her\n                  service.]","[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n                  birth of a daughter or son.]","[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n                  publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n                  painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n                  will look in Heaven.\"]","[Discusses \" \n                   Lysteria , \" a dramatic poem; asks\n                  him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n                  of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n                  the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n                  etc.]","[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n                  says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n                  with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n                  him; sympathizes with her; says that \n                   The Home Journal will do its best to\n                  ensure the book's success once it is published.]","[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n                  was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n                   Harry Otis ; talks about his\n                  Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n                   London , regarding it; hopes that\n                  Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n                  morning.] (tipped in book, \n                   The Bryant Festival at the\n                  Century )","[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n                  which is worth collecting; talks about his\n                  \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n                  physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n                  sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n                  endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n                   The Home Journal ; says that all\n                  entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n                  Peabody family to visit his house.]","[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n                  of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n                  the frozen \n                   Susquehanna river . ] (A portion\n                  of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n                  obscene sentence.)","[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n                  likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n                   [Mathew] Brady , to take his\n                  picture.]","[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n                  book \n                   Suffolk Surnames ; states that\n                  excerpts from it have already appeared in \n                   The Home Journal , but he will speak\n                  of it again.]","[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n                  \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n                  year; hopes they might be of help.]","[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n                   New York lawyer \n                   James [B.] Thayer , who is to\n                  sail to \n                   Europe ; states that Thayer would\n                  like to introduce \n                   George Green to Fay.]","[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n                  \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n                   Boston . ]","[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n                   Shakespeare ; regrets not being\n                  able to use it in \n                   The Home Journal . ]","[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n                   The Eagle's Feather \"] which Willis\n                  will probably publish.]","[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n                  Palmer speaks of.]","[Sends autograph of poem \" \n                   Saturday afternoon \"; acknowledges\n                  receipt of two books.]","[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n                  will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]","[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n                  Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n                  of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n                   Richard Jenkins , formerly\n                  president of the \n                   East India Company . ]","[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n                  company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n                  in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n                  write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n                  he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n                  discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n                  great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n                  suggests approaching \n                   Henry Tuckerman with the\n                  matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n                  way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n                  letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n                  Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n                  that she does not know what his face looks like\n                  anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n                  home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n                  for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n                  vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n                  \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n                  letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]","[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n                   The Home Journal , increase in\n                  advertising; mentions \n                   Epes Sargent . ]","[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n                  writing her; sends early copies from [ \n                   Home Journal ]; encourages her to\n                  write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n                  Mrs. \n                   Henry Hills , Mrs. \n                   Henry Grinnell , and \n                   Anne Lynch Botta . ]","[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n                   Frederick Marryat and an avoided\n                  duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n                  tentative plans to return to \n                   America , depending on the\n                  recovery of his wife; mentions \n                   Jane Porter 's presence and his\n                  indebtedness to Sir Charles.]","[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n                  fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n                   Idlewild . ]","[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n                  wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n                  acknowledging condolence letter.]","[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n                  is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]","[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n                  him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n                  note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]","[Sends requested letter having to do with\n                  publishing business.]","[Sends fifth portion of \" \n                   Ireland \"; says it should reach \n                   England by boat December 1;\n                  mentions \n                   [James] Grant . ]","[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n                  compliments him on his last two papers which were\n                  \"exemplary good.\"]","[Discusses \n                   Home Journal copies for Madame \n                   Calderon de la Barca , wife of\n                  Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n                  address on \n                   Long Island ; reports on his\n                  improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n                  by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n                  publish it; declines trip to \n                   Nantucket as he has too many\n                  houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n                  in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n                  have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n                  enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n                  agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n                  give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n                  poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n                  encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n                  artist will do any number of such drawings,\n                  cheap.]","[Discusses printing of \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" and\n                  \"Bianca.\"]","[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n                  by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n                  the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n                  spirits, as well as best critics.\"]","[Responds to request for autograph.]","[Promises to visit him to renew their\n                  acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n                  years.]","[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n                  compliments her on last night's dancing.]","[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n                  beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n                  says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n                  at a better moment.]","[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n                  tonight between seven and eight.]","[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n                  sons.]","[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n                  like rain-drops . . .\"]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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hopes that\n                  Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n                  morning.] (tipped in book, \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bryant Festival at the\n                  Century\u003c/bibref\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n                  which is worth collecting; talks about his\n                  \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n                  physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n                  sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n                  endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e; says that all\n                  entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n                  Peabody family to visit his house.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n                  of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n                  the frozen \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSusquehanna river\u003c/geogname\u003e. ] (A portion\n                  of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n                  obscene sentence.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n                  likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Mathew] Brady\u003c/persname\u003e, to take his\n                  picture.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n                  book \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSuffolk Surnames\u003c/bibref\u003e; states that\n                  excerpts from it have already appeared in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, but he will speak\n                  of it again.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n                  \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n                  year; hopes they might be of help.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJames [B.] Thayer\u003c/persname\u003e, who is to\n                  sail to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; states that Thayer would\n                  like to introduce \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Green\u003c/persname\u003eto Fay.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n                  \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e; regrets not being\n                  able to use it in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Eagle's Feather\u003c/bibref\u003e\"] which Willis\n                  will probably publish.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n                  Palmer speaks of.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends autograph of poem \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSaturday afternoon\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; acknowledges\n                  receipt of two books.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n                  will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n                  Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n                  of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Jenkins\u003c/persname\u003e, formerly\n                  president of the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eEast India Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n                  company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n                  in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n                  write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n                  he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n                  discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n                  great affection for Botta.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n                  suggests approaching \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Tuckerman\u003c/persname\u003ewith the\n                  matter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n                  way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n                  letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n                  Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n                  that she does not know what his face looks like\n                  anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n                  home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n                  for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n                  vain.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n                  \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n                  letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, increase in\n                  advertising; mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eEpes Sargent\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n                  writing her; sends early copies from [ \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e]; encourages her to\n                  write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n                  Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Hills\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Grinnell\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Lynch Botta\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Marryat\u003c/persname\u003eand an avoided\n                  duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n                  tentative plans to return to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e, depending on the\n                  recovery of his wife; mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJane Porter\u003c/persname\u003e's presence and his\n                  indebtedness to Sir Charles.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n                  fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eIdlewild\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n                  wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n                  acknowledging condolence letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n                  is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n                  him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n                  note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends requested letter having to do with\n                  publishing business.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends fifth portion of \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIreland\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says it should reach \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eby boat December 1;\n                  mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[James] Grant\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n                  compliments him on his last two papers which were\n                  \"exemplary good.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003ecopies for Madame \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eCalderon de la Barca\u003c/persname\u003e, wife of\n                  Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n                  address on \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eLong Island\u003c/geogname\u003e; reports on his\n                  improving health.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n                  by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n                  publish it; declines trip to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNantucket\u003c/geogname\u003eas he has too many\n                  houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n                  in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n                  have a \"time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n                  enclosed document.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n                  agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n                  give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n                  poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n                  encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n                  artist will do any number of such drawings,\n                  cheap.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses printing of \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTortesa the Usurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and\n                  \"Bianca.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n                  by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n                  the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n                  spirits, as well as best critics.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to request for autograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Promises to visit him to renew their\n                  acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n                  years.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n                  compliments her on last night's dancing.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n                  beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n                  says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n                  at a better moment.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n                  tonight between seven and eight.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n                  sons.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n                  like rain-drops . . .\"]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Tipped to paper with engraving of Ashland; marked\n                  Page 5.]","[Includes ANS on verso to \"Dear Sir\" stating that\n                  the three verses he sent him are from his poem \" \n                   The Lady Jane . \"]","[Includes attached autograph; page is marked\n                  3.]","[From \" \n                   Lady Jane . \"]","[Includes attached magazine drawing.]","[Says he is pleased and flattered that she will\n                  present him at Lady Arundel's hall; recalls meeting\n                  her and her celebrated friend \n                   [Jane] Porter , a writer.]","[Gives the \n                   Harper Co. instructions for the\n                  republishing of Pencillings; says the volumes will be\n                  dedicated to \n                   John B. Van Schaick . ]","[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n                  be published in \n                   England ; asks for his help in\n                  getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n                  whole book should not be subject to duty.]","[Says he has dedicated \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" to her without\n                  her permission; says that this play and \" \n                   Bianca Visconti Or The Heart\n                  Overtasked \" have been so successful in \n                   America that he could buy a\n                  beautiful farm on the \n                   Susquehanna ; sends book by Miss\n                  Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n                  encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n                  of play writing where she is so very successful;\n                  talks about a planned trip to the south of \n                   Europe ; urges her to join him\n                  and his wife.]","[Says he has been to the theater in \n                   Dublin twice to see Hackett\n                  perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n                  the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n                  Mayor of \n                   Dublin and others.]","[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n                  to give a free concert in \n                   New York in honor of General\n                  Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n                  to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n                   Alban Goldsmith and \n                   George Endicott . ]","[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n                  themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n                  and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n                  are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n                  review.]","[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n                  for \n                   North American Review , sooner or\n                  later; mentions the high regard \n                   The North American Review enjoys in \n                   England . ]","[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n                   Cambridge take up all his time;\n                  mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n                  Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]","[States that the \n                   Home Journal is always at her\n                  service.]","[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n                  birth of a daughter or son.]","[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n                  publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n                  painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n                  will look in Heaven.\"]","[Discusses \" \n                   Lysteria , \" a dramatic poem; asks\n                  him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n                  of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n                  the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n                  etc.]","[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n                  says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n                  with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n                  him; sympathizes with her; says that \n                   The Home Journal will do its best to\n                  ensure the book's success once it is published.]","[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n                  was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n                   Harry Otis ; talks about his\n                  Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n                   London , regarding it; hopes that\n                  Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n                  morning.] (tipped in book, \n                   The Bryant Festival at the\n                  Century )","[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n                  which is worth collecting; talks about his\n                  \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n                  physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n                  sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n                  endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n                   The Home Journal ; says that all\n                  entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n                  Peabody family to visit his house.]","[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n                  of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n                  the frozen \n                   Susquehanna river . ] (A portion\n                  of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n                  obscene sentence.)","[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n                  likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n                   [Mathew] Brady , to take his\n                  picture.]","[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n                  book \n                   Suffolk Surnames ; states that\n                  excerpts from it have already appeared in \n                   The Home Journal , but he will speak\n                  of it again.]","[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n                  \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n                  year; hopes they might be of help.]","[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n                   New York lawyer \n                   James [B.] Thayer , who is to\n                  sail to \n                   Europe ; states that Thayer would\n                  like to introduce \n                   George Green to Fay.]","[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n                  \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n                   Boston . ]","[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n                   Shakespeare ; regrets not being\n                  able to use it in \n                   The Home Journal . ]","[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n                   The Eagle's Feather \"] which Willis\n                  will probably publish.]","[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n                  Palmer speaks of.]","[Sends autograph of poem \" \n                   Saturday afternoon \"; acknowledges\n                  receipt of two books.]","[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n                  will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]","[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n                  Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n                  of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n                   Richard Jenkins , formerly\n                  president of the \n                   East India Company . ]","[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n                  company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n                  in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n                  write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n                  he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n                  discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n                  great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n                  suggests approaching \n                   Henry Tuckerman with the\n                  matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n                  way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n                  letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n                  Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n                  that she does not know what his face looks like\n                  anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n                  home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n                  for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n                  vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n                  \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n                  letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]","[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n                   The Home Journal , increase in\n                  advertising; mentions \n                   Epes Sargent . ]","[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n                  writing her; sends early copies from [ \n                   Home Journal ]; encourages her to\n                  write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n                  Mrs. \n                   Henry Hills , Mrs. \n                   Henry Grinnell , and \n                   Anne Lynch Botta . ]","[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n                   Frederick Marryat and an avoided\n                  duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n                  tentative plans to return to \n                   America , depending on the\n                  recovery of his wife; mentions \n                   Jane Porter 's presence and his\n                  indebtedness to Sir Charles.]","[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n                  fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n                   Idlewild . ]","[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n                  wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n                  acknowledging condolence letter.]","[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n                  is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]","[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n                  him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n                  note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]","[Sends requested letter having to do with\n                  publishing business.]","[Sends fifth portion of \" \n                   Ireland \"; says it should reach \n                   England by boat December 1;\n                  mentions \n                   [James] Grant . ]","[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n                  compliments him on his last two papers which were\n                  \"exemplary good.\"]","[Discusses \n                   Home Journal copies for Madame \n                   Calderon de la Barca , wife of\n                  Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n                  address on \n                   Long Island ; reports on his\n                  improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n                  by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n                  publish it; declines trip to \n                   Nantucket as he has too many\n                  houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n                  in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n                  have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n                  enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n                  agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n                  give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n                  poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n                  encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n                  artist will do any number of such drawings,\n                  cheap.]","[Discusses printing of \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" and\n                  \"Bianca.\"]","[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n                  by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n                  the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n                  spirits, as well as best critics.\"]","[Responds to request for autograph.]","[Promises to visit him to renew their\n                  acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n                  years.]","[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n                  compliments her on last night's dancing.]","[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n                  beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n                  says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n                  at a better moment.]","[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n                  tonight between seven and eight.]","[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n                  sons.]","[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n                  like rain-drops . . .\"]"],"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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Van Schaick . ]","[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n                  be published in \n                   England ; asks for his help in\n                  getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n                  whole book should not be subject to duty.]","[Says he has dedicated \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" to her without\n                  her permission; says that this play and \" \n                   Bianca Visconti Or The Heart\n                  Overtasked \" have been so successful in \n                   America that he could buy a\n                  beautiful farm on the \n                   Susquehanna ; sends book by Miss\n                  Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n                  encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n                  of play writing where she is so very successful;\n                  talks about a planned trip to the south of \n                   Europe ; urges her to join him\n                  and his wife.]","[Says he has been to the theater in \n                   Dublin twice to see Hackett\n                  perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n                  the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n                  Mayor of \n                   Dublin and others.]","[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n                  to give a free concert in \n                   New York in honor of General\n                  Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n                  to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n                   Alban Goldsmith and \n                   George Endicott . ]","[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n                  themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n                  and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n                  are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n                  review.]","[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n                  for \n                   North American Review , sooner or\n                  later; mentions the high regard \n                   The North American Review enjoys in \n                   England . ]","[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n                   Cambridge take up all his time;\n                  mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n                  Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]","[States that the \n                   Home Journal is always at her\n                  service.]","[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n                  birth of a daughter or son.]","[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n                  publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n                  painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n                  will look in Heaven.\"]","[Discusses \" \n                   Lysteria , \" a dramatic poem; asks\n                  him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n                  of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n                  the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n                  etc.]","[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n                  says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n                  with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n                  him; sympathizes with her; says that \n                   The Home Journal will do its best to\n                  ensure the book's success once it is published.]","[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n                  was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n                   Harry Otis ; talks about his\n                  Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n                   London , regarding it; hopes that\n                  Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n                  morning.] (tipped in book, \n                   The Bryant Festival at the\n                  Century )","[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n                  which is worth collecting; talks about his\n                  \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n                  physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n                  sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n                  endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n                   The Home Journal ; says that all\n                  entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n                  Peabody family to visit his house.]","[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n                  of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n                  the frozen \n                   Susquehanna river . ] (A portion\n                  of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n                  obscene sentence.)","[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n                  likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n                   [Mathew] Brady , to take his\n                  picture.]","[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n                  book \n                   Suffolk Surnames ; states that\n                  excerpts from it have already appeared in \n                   The Home Journal , but he will speak\n                  of it again.]","[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n                  \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n                  year; hopes they might be of help.]","[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n                   New York lawyer \n                   James [B.] Thayer , who is to\n                  sail to \n                   Europe ; states that Thayer would\n                  like to introduce \n                   George Green to Fay.]","[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n                  \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n                   Boston . ]","[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n                   Shakespeare ; regrets not being\n                  able to use it in \n                   The Home Journal . ]","[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n                   The Eagle's Feather \"] which Willis\n                  will probably publish.]","[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n                  Palmer speaks of.]","[Sends autograph of poem \" \n                   Saturday afternoon \"; acknowledges\n                  receipt of two books.]","[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n                  will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]","[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n                  Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n                  of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n                   Richard Jenkins , formerly\n                  president of the \n                   East India Company . ]","[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n                  company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n                  in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n                  write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n                  he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n                  discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n                  great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n                  suggests approaching \n                   Henry Tuckerman with the\n                  matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n                  way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n                  letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n                  Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n                  that she does not know what his face looks like\n                  anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n                  home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n                  for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n                  vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n                  \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n                  letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]","[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n                   The Home Journal , increase in\n                  advertising; mentions \n                   Epes Sargent . ]","[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n                  writing her; sends early copies from [ \n                   Home Journal ]; encourages her to\n                  write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n                  Mrs. \n                   Henry Hills , Mrs. \n                   Henry Grinnell , and \n                   Anne Lynch Botta . ]","[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n                   Frederick Marryat and an avoided\n                  duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n                  tentative plans to return to \n                   America , depending on the\n                  recovery of his wife; mentions \n                   Jane Porter 's presence and his\n                  indebtedness to Sir Charles.]","[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n                  fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n                   Idlewild . ]","[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n                  wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n                  acknowledging condolence letter.]","[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n                  is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]","[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n                  him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n                  note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]","[Sends requested letter having to do with\n                  publishing business.]","[Sends fifth portion of \" \n                   Ireland \"; says it should reach \n                   England by boat December 1;\n                  mentions \n                   [James] Grant . ]","[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n                  compliments him on his last two papers which were\n                  \"exemplary good.\"]","[Discusses \n                   Home Journal copies for Madame \n                   Calderon de la Barca , wife of\n                  Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n                  address on \n                   Long Island ; reports on his\n                  improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n                  by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n                  publish it; declines trip to \n                   Nantucket as he has too many\n                  houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n                  in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n                  have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n                  enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n                  agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n                  give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n                  poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n                  encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n                  artist will do any number of such drawings,\n                  cheap.]","[Discusses printing of \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" and\n                  \"Bianca.\"]","[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n                  by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n                  the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n                  spirits, as well as best critics.\"]","[Responds to request for autograph.]","[Promises to visit him to renew their\n                  acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n                  years.]","[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n                  compliments her on last night's dancing.]","[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n                  beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n                  says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n                  at a better moment.]","[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n                  tonight between seven and eight.]","[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n                  sons.]","[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n                  like rain-drops . . .\"]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Harper","Harper Co.","Carey \u0026 Hart","Idlewild","Yale University","East India Company","Nathaniel Parker Willis","[Jane] Porter","John B. Van Schaick","[Benjamin Franklin] Butler","Mary Russell Mitford","James Henry Hackett,\n                  Dublin","Asa Hutchinson","Alban Goldsmith","George Endicott","John Gorham Palfrey","N. Willis","Elizabeth Oakes\n                  Smith","Benson John Lossing","George Pope Morris","Epes Sargent","[Catherine Ann Ware] Warfield","James T. Fields","Harry Otis","E. Peabody","[Mathew] Brady","Nathaniel Ingersoll\n                  Bowditch","Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury","[Theodore Sedgwick] Fay","James [B.] Thayer","George Green","H. Prescott","[John Williamson] Palmer","Shakespeare","Almont Barnes","Osmond Tiffany","Richard Jenkins","Anne Lynch Botta","John Williamson Palmer","Henry Tuckerman","Frank W. 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Van Schaick\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n                  be published in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e; asks for his help in\n                  getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n                  whole book should not be subject to duty.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he has dedicated \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTortesa the Usurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" to her without\n                  her permission; says that this play and \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBianca Visconti Or The Heart\n                  Overtasked\u003c/bibref\u003e\" have been so successful in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003ethat he could buy a\n                  beautiful farm on the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSusquehanna\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends book by Miss\n                  Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n                  encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n                  of play writing where she is so very successful;\n                  talks about a planned trip to the south of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; urges her to join him\n                  and his wife.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he has been to the theater in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eDublin\u003c/geogname\u003etwice to see Hackett\n                  perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n                  the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n                  Mayor of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eDublin\u003c/geogname\u003eand others.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n                  to give a free concert in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein honor of General\n                  Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n                  to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eAlban Goldsmith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Endicott\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n                  themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n                  and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n                  are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n                  review.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n                  for \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNorth American Review\u003c/bibref\u003e, sooner or\n                  later; mentions the high regard \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe North American Review\u003c/bibref\u003eenjoys in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eCambridge\u003c/geogname\u003etake up all his time;\n                  mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n                  Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[States that the \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003eis always at her\n                  service.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n                  birth of a daughter or son.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n                  publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n                  painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n                  will look in Heaven.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLysteria\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" a dramatic poem; asks\n                  him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n                  of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n                  the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n                  etc.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n                  says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n                  with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n                  him; sympathizes with her; says that \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003ewill do its best to\n                  ensure the book's success once it is published.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n                  was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHarry Otis\u003c/persname\u003e; talks about his\n                  Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003e, regarding it; hopes that\n                  Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n                  morning.] (tipped in book, \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bryant Festival at the\n                  Century\u003c/bibref\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n                  which is worth collecting; talks about his\n                  \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n                  physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n                  sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n                  endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e; says that all\n                  entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n                  Peabody family to visit his house.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n                  of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n                  the frozen \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSusquehanna river\u003c/geogname\u003e. ] (A portion\n                  of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n                  obscene sentence.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n                  likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Mathew] Brady\u003c/persname\u003e, to take his\n                  picture.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n                  book \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSuffolk Surnames\u003c/bibref\u003e; states that\n                  excerpts from it have already appeared in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, but he will speak\n                  of it again.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n                  \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n                  year; hopes they might be of help.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJames [B.] Thayer\u003c/persname\u003e, who is to\n                  sail to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; states that Thayer would\n                  like to introduce \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Green\u003c/persname\u003eto Fay.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n                  \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e; regrets not being\n                  able to use it in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Eagle's Feather\u003c/bibref\u003e\"] which Willis\n                  will probably publish.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n                  Palmer speaks of.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends autograph of poem \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSaturday afternoon\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; acknowledges\n                  receipt of two books.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n                  will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n                  Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n                  of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Jenkins\u003c/persname\u003e, formerly\n                  president of the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eEast India Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n                  company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n                  in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n                  write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n                  he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n                  discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n                  great affection for Botta.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n                  suggests approaching \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Tuckerman\u003c/persname\u003ewith the\n                  matter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n                  way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n                  letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n                  Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n                  that she does not know what his face looks like\n                  anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n                  home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n                  for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n                  vain.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n                  \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n                  letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, increase in\n                  advertising; mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eEpes Sargent\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n                  writing her; sends early copies from [ \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e]; encourages her to\n                  write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n                  Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Hills\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Grinnell\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Lynch Botta\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Marryat\u003c/persname\u003eand an avoided\n                  duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n                  tentative plans to return to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e, depending on the\n                  recovery of his wife; mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJane Porter\u003c/persname\u003e's presence and his\n                  indebtedness to Sir Charles.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n                  fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eIdlewild\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n                  wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n                  acknowledging condolence letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n                  is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n                  him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n                  note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends requested letter having to do with\n                  publishing business.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends fifth portion of \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIreland\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says it should reach \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eby boat December 1;\n                  mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[James] Grant\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n                  compliments him on his last two papers which were\n                  \"exemplary good.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003ecopies for Madame \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eCalderon de la Barca\u003c/persname\u003e, wife of\n                  Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n                  address on \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eLong Island\u003c/geogname\u003e; reports on his\n                  improving health.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n                  by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n                  publish it; declines trip to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNantucket\u003c/geogname\u003eas he has too many\n                  houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n                  in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n                  have a \"time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n                  enclosed document.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n                  agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n                  give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n                  poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n                  encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n                  artist will do any number of such drawings,\n                  cheap.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses printing of \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTortesa the Usurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and\n                  \"Bianca.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n                  by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n                  the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n                  spirits, as well as best critics.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to request for autograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Promises to visit him to renew their\n                  acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n                  years.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n                  compliments her on last night's dancing.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n                  beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n                  says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n                  at a better moment.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n                  tonight between seven and eight.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n                  sons.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n                  like rain-drops . . .\"]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Tipped to paper with engraving of Ashland; marked\n                  Page 5.]","[Includes ANS on verso to \"Dear Sir\" stating that\n                  the three verses he sent him are from his poem \" \n                   The Lady Jane . \"]","[Includes attached autograph; page is marked\n                  3.]","[From \" \n                   Lady Jane . \"]","[Includes attached magazine drawing.]","[Says he is pleased and flattered that she will\n                  present him at Lady Arundel's hall; recalls meeting\n                  her and her celebrated friend \n                   [Jane] Porter , a writer.]","[Gives the \n                   Harper Co. instructions for the\n                  republishing of Pencillings; says the volumes will be\n                  dedicated to \n                   John B. Van Schaick . ]","[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n                  be published in \n                   England ; asks for his help in\n                  getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n                  whole book should not be subject to duty.]","[Says he has dedicated \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" to her without\n                  her permission; says that this play and \" \n                   Bianca Visconti Or The Heart\n                  Overtasked \" have been so successful in \n                   America that he could buy a\n                  beautiful farm on the \n                   Susquehanna ; sends book by Miss\n                  Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n                  encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n                  of play writing where she is so very successful;\n                  talks about a planned trip to the south of \n                   Europe ; urges her to join him\n                  and his wife.]","[Says he has been to the theater in \n                   Dublin twice to see Hackett\n                  perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n                  the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n                  Mayor of \n                   Dublin and others.]","[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n                  to give a free concert in \n                   New York in honor of General\n                  Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n                  to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n                   Alban Goldsmith and \n                   George Endicott . ]","[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n                  themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n                  and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n                  are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n                  review.]","[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n                  for \n                   North American Review , sooner or\n                  later; mentions the high regard \n                   The North American Review enjoys in \n                   England . ]","[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n                   Cambridge take up all his time;\n                  mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n                  Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]","[States that the \n                   Home Journal is always at her\n                  service.]","[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n                  birth of a daughter or son.]","[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n                  publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n                  painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n                  will look in Heaven.\"]","[Discusses \" \n                   Lysteria , \" a dramatic poem; asks\n                  him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n                  of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n                  the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n                  etc.]","[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n                  says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n                  with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n                  him; sympathizes with her; says that \n                   The Home Journal will do its best to\n                  ensure the book's success once it is published.]","[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n                  was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n                   Harry Otis ; talks about his\n                  Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n                   London , regarding it; hopes that\n                  Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n                  morning.] (tipped in book, \n                   The Bryant Festival at the\n                  Century )","[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n                  which is worth collecting; talks about his\n                  \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n                  physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n                  sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n                  endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n                   The Home Journal ; says that all\n                  entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n                  Peabody family to visit his house.]","[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n                  of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n                  the frozen \n                   Susquehanna river . ] (A portion\n                  of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n                  obscene sentence.)","[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n                  likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n                   [Mathew] Brady , to take his\n                  picture.]","[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n                  book \n                   Suffolk Surnames ; states that\n                  excerpts from it have already appeared in \n                   The Home Journal , but he will speak\n                  of it again.]","[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n                  \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n                  year; hopes they might be of help.]","[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n                   New York lawyer \n                   James [B.] Thayer , who is to\n                  sail to \n                   Europe ; states that Thayer would\n                  like to introduce \n                   George Green to Fay.]","[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n                  \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n                   Boston . ]","[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n                   Shakespeare ; regrets not being\n                  able to use it in \n                   The Home Journal . ]","[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n                   The Eagle's Feather \"] which Willis\n                  will probably publish.]","[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n                  Palmer speaks of.]","[Sends autograph of poem \" \n                   Saturday afternoon \"; acknowledges\n                  receipt of two books.]","[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n                  will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]","[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n                  Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n                  of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n                   Richard Jenkins , formerly\n                  president of the \n                   East India Company . ]","[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n                  company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n                  in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n                  write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n                  he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n                  discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n                  great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n                  suggests approaching \n                   Henry Tuckerman with the\n                  matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n                  way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n                  letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n                  Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n                  that she does not know what his face looks like\n                  anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n                  home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n                  for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n                  vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n                  \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n                  letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]","[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n                   The Home Journal , increase in\n                  advertising; mentions \n                   Epes Sargent . ]","[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n                  writing her; sends early copies from [ \n                   Home Journal ]; encourages her to\n                  write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n                  Mrs. \n                   Henry Hills , Mrs. \n                   Henry Grinnell , and \n                   Anne Lynch Botta . ]","[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n                   Frederick Marryat and an avoided\n                  duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n                  tentative plans to return to \n                   America , depending on the\n                  recovery of his wife; mentions \n                   Jane Porter 's presence and his\n                  indebtedness to Sir Charles.]","[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n                  fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n                   Idlewild . ]","[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n                  wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n                  acknowledging condolence letter.]","[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n                  is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]","[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n                  him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n                  note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]","[Sends requested letter having to do with\n                  publishing business.]","[Sends fifth portion of \" \n                   Ireland \"; says it should reach \n                   England by boat December 1;\n                  mentions \n                   [James] Grant . ]","[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n                  compliments him on his last two papers which were\n                  \"exemplary good.\"]","[Discusses \n                   Home Journal copies for Madame \n                   Calderon de la Barca , wife of\n                  Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n                  address on \n                   Long Island ; reports on his\n                  improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n                  by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n                  publish it; declines trip to \n                   Nantucket as he has too many\n                  houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n                  in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n                  have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n                  enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n                  agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n                  give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n                  poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n                  encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n                  artist will do any number of such drawings,\n                  cheap.]","[Discusses printing of \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" and\n                  \"Bianca.\"]","[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n                  by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n                  the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n                  spirits, as well as best critics.\"]","[Responds to request for autograph.]","[Promises to visit him to renew their\n                  acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n                  years.]","[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n                  compliments her on last night's dancing.]","[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n                  beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n                  says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n                  at a better moment.]","[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n                  tonight between seven and eight.]","[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n                  sons.]","[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n                  like rain-drops . . .\"]"],"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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Van Schaick . ]","[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n                  be published in \n                   England ; asks for his help in\n                  getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n                  whole book should not be subject to duty.]","[Says he has dedicated \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" to her without\n                  her permission; says that this play and \" \n                   Bianca Visconti Or The Heart\n                  Overtasked \" have been so successful in \n                   America that he could buy a\n                  beautiful farm on the \n                   Susquehanna ; sends book by Miss\n                  Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n                  encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n                  of play writing where she is so very successful;\n                  talks about a planned trip to the south of \n                   Europe ; urges her to join him\n                  and his wife.]","[Says he has been to the theater in \n                   Dublin twice to see Hackett\n                  perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n                  the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n                  Mayor of \n                   Dublin and others.]","[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n                  to give a free concert in \n                   New York in honor of General\n                  Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n                  to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n                   Alban Goldsmith and \n                   George Endicott . ]","[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n                  themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n                  and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n                  are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n                  review.]","[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n                  for \n                   North American Review , sooner or\n                  later; mentions the high regard \n                   The North American Review enjoys in \n                   England . ]","[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n                   Cambridge take up all his time;\n                  mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n                  Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]","[States that the \n                   Home Journal is always at her\n                  service.]","[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n                  birth of a daughter or son.]","[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n                  publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n                  painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n                  will look in Heaven.\"]","[Discusses \" \n                   Lysteria , \" a dramatic poem; asks\n                  him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n                  of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n                  the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n                  etc.]","[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n                  says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n                  with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n                  him; sympathizes with her; says that \n                   The Home Journal will do its best to\n                  ensure the book's success once it is published.]","[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n                  was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n                   Harry Otis ; talks about his\n                  Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n                   London , regarding it; hopes that\n                  Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n                  morning.] (tipped in book, \n                   The Bryant Festival at the\n                  Century )","[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n                  which is worth collecting; talks about his\n                  \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n                  physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n                  sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n                  endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n                   The Home Journal ; says that all\n                  entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n                  Peabody family to visit his house.]","[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n                  of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n                  the frozen \n                   Susquehanna river . ] (A portion\n                  of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n                  obscene sentence.)","[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n                  likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n                   [Mathew] Brady , to take his\n                  picture.]","[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n                  book \n                   Suffolk Surnames ; states that\n                  excerpts from it have already appeared in \n                   The Home Journal , but he will speak\n                  of it again.]","[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n                  \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n                  year; hopes they might be of help.]","[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n                   New York lawyer \n                   James [B.] Thayer , who is to\n                  sail to \n                   Europe ; states that Thayer would\n                  like to introduce \n                   George Green to Fay.]","[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n                  \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n                   Boston . ]","[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n                   Shakespeare ; regrets not being\n                  able to use it in \n                   The Home Journal . ]","[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n                   The Eagle's Feather \"] which Willis\n                  will probably publish.]","[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n                  Palmer speaks of.]","[Sends autograph of poem \" \n                   Saturday afternoon \"; acknowledges\n                  receipt of two books.]","[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n                  will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]","[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n                  Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n                  of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n                   Richard Jenkins , formerly\n                  president of the \n                   East India Company . ]","[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n                  company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n                  in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n                  write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n                  he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n                  discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n                  great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n                  suggests approaching \n                   Henry Tuckerman with the\n                  matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n                  way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n                  letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n                  Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n                  that she does not know what his face looks like\n                  anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n                  home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n                  for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n                  vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n                  \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n                  letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]","[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n                   The Home Journal , increase in\n                  advertising; mentions \n                   Epes Sargent . ]","[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n                  writing her; sends early copies from [ \n                   Home Journal ]; encourages her to\n                  write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n                  Mrs. \n                   Henry Hills , Mrs. \n                   Henry Grinnell , and \n                   Anne Lynch Botta . ]","[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n                   Frederick Marryat and an avoided\n                  duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n                  tentative plans to return to \n                   America , depending on the\n                  recovery of his wife; mentions \n                   Jane Porter 's presence and his\n                  indebtedness to Sir Charles.]","[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n                  fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n                   Idlewild . ]","[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n                  wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n                  acknowledging condolence letter.]","[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n                  is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]","[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n                  him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n                  note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]","[Sends requested letter having to do with\n                  publishing business.]","[Sends fifth portion of \" \n                   Ireland \"; says it should reach \n                   England by boat December 1;\n                  mentions \n                   [James] Grant . ]","[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n                  compliments him on his last two papers which were\n                  \"exemplary good.\"]","[Discusses \n                   Home Journal copies for Madame \n                   Calderon de la Barca , wife of\n                  Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n                  address on \n                   Long Island ; reports on his\n                  improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n                  by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n                  publish it; declines trip to \n                   Nantucket as he has too many\n                  houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n                  in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n                  have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n                  enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n                  agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n                  give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n                  poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n                  encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n                  artist will do any number of such drawings,\n                  cheap.]","[Discusses printing of \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" and\n                  \"Bianca.\"]","[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n                  by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n                  the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n                  spirits, as well as best critics.\"]","[Responds to request for autograph.]","[Promises to visit him to renew their\n                  acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n                  years.]","[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n                  compliments her on last night's dancing.]","[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n                  beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n                  says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n                  at a better moment.]","[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n                  tonight between seven and eight.]","[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n                  sons.]","[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n                  like rain-drops . . .\"]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Harper","Harper Co.","Carey \u0026 Hart","Idlewild","Yale University","East India Company","Nathaniel Parker Willis","[Jane] Porter","John B. Van Schaick","[Benjamin Franklin] Butler","Mary Russell Mitford","James Henry Hackett,\n                  Dublin","Asa Hutchinson","Alban Goldsmith","George Endicott","John Gorham Palfrey","N. Willis","Elizabeth Oakes\n                  Smith","Benson John Lossing","George Pope Morris","Epes Sargent","[Catherine Ann Ware] Warfield","James T. Fields","Harry Otis","E. Peabody","[Mathew] Brady","Nathaniel Ingersoll\n                  Bowditch","Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury","[Theodore Sedgwick] Fay","James [B.] Thayer","George Green","H. Prescott","[John Williamson] Palmer","Shakespeare","Almont Barnes","Osmond Tiffany","Richard Jenkins","Anne Lynch Botta","John Williamson Palmer","Henry Tuckerman","Frank W. 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Gilmor","English"],"unitid_tesim":["6991-f"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Nathaniel Parker Willis Collection \n         1835-1863"],"collection_title_tesim":["Nathaniel Parker Willis Collection \n         1835-1863"],"collection_ssim":["Nathaniel Parker Willis Collection \n         1835-1863"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Deposit [ \n             1963 Dec 17 ] \n             1966 Sep 12"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["71 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\u003eNathaniel Parker Willis\n            Collection, Accession 6991-f, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Nathaniel Parker Willis\n            Collection, Accession 6991-f, 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[Tipped to paper with engraving of Ashland; marked\n                  Page 5.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes ANS on verso to \"Dear Sir\" stating that\n                  the three verses he sent him are from his poem \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lady Jane\u003c/bibref\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes attached autograph; page is marked\n                  3.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[From \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLady Jane\u003c/bibref\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes attached magazine drawing.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased and flattered that she will\n                  present him at Lady Arundel's hall; recalls meeting\n                  her and her celebrated friend \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Jane] Porter\u003c/persname\u003e, a writer.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Gives the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eHarper Co.\u003c/corpname\u003einstructions for the\n                  republishing of Pencillings; says the volumes will be\n                  dedicated to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJohn B. Van Schaick\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n                  be published in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e; asks for his help in\n                  getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n                  whole book should not be subject to duty.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he has dedicated \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTortesa the Usurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" to her without\n                  her permission; says that this play and \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBianca Visconti Or The Heart\n                  Overtasked\u003c/bibref\u003e\" have been so successful in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003ethat he could buy a\n                  beautiful farm on the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSusquehanna\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends book by Miss\n                  Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n                  encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n                  of play writing where she is so very successful;\n                  talks about a planned trip to the south of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; urges her to join him\n                  and his wife.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he has been to the theater in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eDublin\u003c/geogname\u003etwice to see Hackett\n                  perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n                  the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n                  Mayor of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eDublin\u003c/geogname\u003eand others.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n                  to give a free concert in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein honor of General\n                  Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n                  to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eAlban Goldsmith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Endicott\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n                  themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n                  and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n                  are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n                  review.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n                  for \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNorth American Review\u003c/bibref\u003e, sooner or\n                  later; mentions the high regard \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe North American Review\u003c/bibref\u003eenjoys in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eCambridge\u003c/geogname\u003etake up all his time;\n                  mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n                  Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[States that the \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003eis always at her\n                  service.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n                  birth of a daughter or son.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n                  publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n                  painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n                  will look in Heaven.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLysteria\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" a dramatic poem; asks\n                  him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n                  of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n                  the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n                  etc.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n                  says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n                  with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n                  him; sympathizes with her; says that \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003ewill do its best to\n                  ensure the book's success once it is published.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n                  was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHarry Otis\u003c/persname\u003e; talks about his\n                  Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003e, regarding it; hopes that\n                  Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n                  morning.] (tipped in book, \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bryant Festival at the\n                  Century\u003c/bibref\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n                  which is worth collecting; talks about his\n                  \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n                  physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n                  sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n                  endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e; says that all\n                  entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n                  Peabody family to visit his house.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n                  of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n                  the frozen \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSusquehanna river\u003c/geogname\u003e. ] (A portion\n                  of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n                  obscene sentence.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n                  likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Mathew] Brady\u003c/persname\u003e, to take his\n                  picture.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n                  book \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSuffolk Surnames\u003c/bibref\u003e; states that\n                  excerpts from it have already appeared in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, but he will speak\n                  of it again.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n                  \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n                  year; hopes they might be of help.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJames [B.] Thayer\u003c/persname\u003e, who is to\n                  sail to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; states that Thayer would\n                  like to introduce \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Green\u003c/persname\u003eto Fay.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n                  \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e; regrets not being\n                  able to use it in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Eagle's Feather\u003c/bibref\u003e\"] which Willis\n                  will probably publish.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n                  Palmer speaks of.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends autograph of poem \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSaturday afternoon\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; acknowledges\n                  receipt of two books.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n                  will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n                  Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n                  of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Jenkins\u003c/persname\u003e, formerly\n                  president of the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eEast India Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n                  company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n                  in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n                  write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n                  he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n                  discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n                  great affection for Botta.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n                  suggests approaching \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Tuckerman\u003c/persname\u003ewith the\n                  matter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n                  way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n                  letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n                  Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n                  that she does not know what his face looks like\n                  anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n                  home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n                  for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n                  vain.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n                  \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n                  letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, increase in\n                  advertising; mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eEpes Sargent\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n                  writing her; sends early copies from [ \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e]; encourages her to\n                  write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n                  Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Hills\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Grinnell\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Lynch Botta\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Marryat\u003c/persname\u003eand an avoided\n                  duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n                  tentative plans to return to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e, depending on the\n                  recovery of his wife; mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJane Porter\u003c/persname\u003e's presence and his\n                  indebtedness to Sir Charles.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n                  fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eIdlewild\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n                  wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n                  acknowledging condolence letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n                  is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n                  him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n                  note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends requested letter having to do with\n                  publishing business.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends fifth portion of \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIreland\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says it should reach \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eby boat December 1;\n                  mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[James] Grant\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n                  compliments him on his last two papers which were\n                  \"exemplary good.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003ecopies for Madame \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eCalderon de la Barca\u003c/persname\u003e, wife of\n                  Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n                  address on \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eLong Island\u003c/geogname\u003e; reports on his\n                  improving health.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n                  by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n                  publish it; declines trip to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNantucket\u003c/geogname\u003eas he has too many\n                  houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n                  in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n                  have a \"time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n                  enclosed document.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n                  agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n                  give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n                  poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n                  encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n                  artist will do any number of such drawings,\n                  cheap.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses printing of \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTortesa the Usurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and\n                  \"Bianca.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n                  by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n                  the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n                  spirits, as well as best critics.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to request for autograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Promises to visit him to renew their\n                  acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n                  years.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n                  compliments her on last night's dancing.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n                  beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n                  says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n                  at a better moment.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n                  tonight between seven and eight.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n                  sons.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n                  like rain-drops . . .\"]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Tipped to paper with engraving of Ashland; marked\n                  Page 5.]","[Includes ANS on verso to \"Dear Sir\" stating that\n                  the three verses he sent him are from his poem \" \n                   The Lady Jane . \"]","[Includes attached autograph; page is marked\n                  3.]","[From \" \n                   Lady Jane . \"]","[Includes attached magazine drawing.]","[Says he is pleased and flattered that she will\n                  present him at Lady Arundel's hall; recalls meeting\n                  her and her celebrated friend \n                   [Jane] Porter , a writer.]","[Gives the \n                   Harper Co. instructions for the\n                  republishing of Pencillings; says the volumes will be\n                  dedicated to \n                   John B. 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asks\n                  him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n                  of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n                  the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n                  etc.]","[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n                  says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n                  with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n                  him; sympathizes with her; says that \n                   The Home Journal will do its best to\n                  ensure the book's success once it is published.]","[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n                  was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n                   Harry Otis ; talks about his\n                  Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n                   London , regarding it; hopes that\n                  Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n                  morning.] (tipped in book, \n                   The Bryant Festival at the\n                  Century )","[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n                  which is worth collecting; talks about his\n                  \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n                  physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n                  sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n                  endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n                   The Home Journal ; says that all\n                  entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n                  Peabody family to visit his house.]","[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n                  of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n                  the frozen \n                   Susquehanna river . ] (A portion\n                  of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n                  obscene sentence.)","[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n                  likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n                   [Mathew] Brady , to take his\n                  picture.]","[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n                  book \n                   Suffolk Surnames ; states that\n                  excerpts from it have already appeared in \n                   The Home Journal , but he will speak\n                  of it again.]","[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n                  \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n                  year; hopes they might be of help.]","[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n                   New York lawyer \n                   James [B.] Thayer , who is to\n                  sail to \n                   Europe ; states that Thayer would\n                  like to introduce \n                   George Green to Fay.]","[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n                  \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n                   Boston . ]","[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n                   Shakespeare ; regrets not being\n                  able to use it in \n                   The Home Journal . ]","[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n                   The Eagle's Feather \"] which Willis\n                  will probably publish.]","[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n                  Palmer speaks of.]","[Sends autograph of poem \" \n                   Saturday afternoon \"; acknowledges\n                  receipt of two books.]","[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n                  will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]","[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n                  Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n                  of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n                   Richard Jenkins , formerly\n                  president of the \n                   East India Company . ]","[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n                  company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n                  in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n                  write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n                  he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n                  discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n                  great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n                  suggests approaching \n                   Henry Tuckerman with the\n                  matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n                  way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n                  letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n                  Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n                  that she does not know what his face looks like\n                  anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n                  home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n                  for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n                  vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n                  \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n                  letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]","[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n                   The Home Journal , increase in\n                  advertising; mentions \n                   Epes Sargent . ]","[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n                  writing her; sends early copies from [ \n                   Home Journal ]; encourages her to\n                  write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n                  Mrs. \n                   Henry Hills , Mrs. \n                   Henry Grinnell , and \n                   Anne Lynch Botta . ]","[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n                   Frederick Marryat and an avoided\n                  duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n                  tentative plans to return to \n                   America , depending on the\n                  recovery of his wife; mentions \n                   Jane Porter 's presence and his\n                  indebtedness to Sir Charles.]","[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n                  fall; 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says copies are to be sent to an\n                  address on \n                   Long Island ; reports on his\n                  improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n                  by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n                  publish it; declines trip to \n                   Nantucket as he has too many\n                  houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n                  in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n                  have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n                  enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n                  agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n                  give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n                  poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n                  encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n                  artist will do any number of such drawings,\n                  cheap.]","[Discusses printing of \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" and\n                  \"Bianca.\"]","[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n                  by hand, to Fields; 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asks\n                  him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n                  of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n                  the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n                  etc.]","[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n                  says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n                  with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n                  him; sympathizes with her; says that \n                   The Home Journal will do its best to\n                  ensure the book's success once it is published.]","[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n                  was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n                   Harry Otis ; talks about his\n                  Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n                   London , regarding it; hopes that\n                  Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n                  morning.] (tipped in book, \n                   The Bryant Festival at the\n                  Century )","[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n                  which is worth collecting; talks about his\n                  \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n                  physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n                  sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n                  endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n                   The Home Journal ; says that all\n                  entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n                  Peabody family to visit his house.]","[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n                  of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n                  the frozen \n                   Susquehanna river . ] (A portion\n                  of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n                  obscene sentence.)","[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n                  likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n                   [Mathew] Brady , to take his\n                  picture.]","[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n                  book \n                   Suffolk Surnames ; states that\n                  excerpts from it have already appeared in \n                   The Home Journal , but he will speak\n                  of it again.]","[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n                  \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n                  year; hopes they might be of help.]","[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n                   New York lawyer \n                   James [B.] Thayer , who is to\n                  sail to \n                   Europe ; states that Thayer would\n                  like to introduce \n                   George Green to Fay.]","[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n                  \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n                   Boston . ]","[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n                   Shakespeare ; regrets not being\n                  able to use it in \n                   The Home Journal . ]","[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n                   The Eagle's Feather \"] which Willis\n                  will probably publish.]","[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n                  Palmer speaks of.]","[Sends autograph of poem \" \n                   Saturday afternoon \"; acknowledges\n                  receipt of two books.]","[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n                  will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]","[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n                  Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n                  of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n                   Richard Jenkins , formerly\n                  president of the \n                   East India Company . ]","[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n                  company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n                  in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n                  write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n                  he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n                  discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n                  great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n                  suggests approaching \n                   Henry Tuckerman with the\n                  matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n                  way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n                  letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n                  Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n                  that she does not know what his face looks like\n                  anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n                  home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n                  for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n                  vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n                  \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n                  letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]","[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n                   The Home Journal , increase in\n                  advertising; mentions \n                   Epes Sargent . ]","[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n                  writing her; sends early copies from [ \n                   Home Journal ]; encourages her to\n                  write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n                  Mrs. \n                   Henry Hills , Mrs. \n                   Henry Grinnell , and \n                   Anne Lynch Botta . ]","[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n                   Frederick Marryat and an avoided\n                  duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n                  tentative plans to return to \n                   America , depending on the\n                  recovery of his wife; mentions \n                   Jane Porter 's presence and his\n                  indebtedness to Sir Charles.]","[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n                  fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n                   Idlewild . ]","[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n                  wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n                  acknowledging condolence letter.]","[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n                  is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]","[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n                  him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n                  note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]","[Sends requested letter having to do with\n                  publishing business.]","[Sends fifth portion of \" \n                   Ireland \"; says it should reach \n                   England by boat December 1;\n                  mentions \n                   [James] Grant . ]","[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n                  compliments him on his last two papers which were\n                  \"exemplary good.\"]","[Discusses \n                   Home Journal copies for Madame \n                   Calderon de la Barca , wife of\n                  Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n                  address on \n                   Long Island ; reports on his\n                  improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n                  by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n                  publish it; declines trip to \n                   Nantucket as he has too many\n                  houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n                  in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n                  have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n                  enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n                  agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n                  give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n                  poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n                  encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n                  artist will do any number of such drawings,\n                  cheap.]","[Discusses printing of \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" and\n                  \"Bianca.\"]","[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n                  by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n                  the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n                  spirits, as well as best critics.\"]","[Responds to request for autograph.]","[Promises to visit him to renew their\n                  acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n                  years.]","[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n                  compliments her on last night's dancing.]","[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n                  beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n                  says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n                  at a better moment.]","[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n                  tonight between seven and eight.]","[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n                  sons.]","[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n                  like rain-drops . . .\"]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Harper","Harper Co.","Carey \u0026 Hart","Idlewild","Yale University","East India Company","Nathaniel Parker Willis","[Jane] Porter","John B. Van Schaick","[Benjamin Franklin] Butler","Mary Russell Mitford","James Henry Hackett,\n                  Dublin","Asa Hutchinson","Alban Goldsmith","George Endicott","John Gorham Palfrey","N. Willis","Elizabeth Oakes\n                  Smith","Benson John Lossing","George Pope Morris","Epes Sargent","[Catherine Ann Ware] Warfield","James T. Fields","Harry Otis","E. Peabody","[Mathew] Brady","Nathaniel Ingersoll\n                  Bowditch","Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury","[Theodore Sedgwick] Fay","James [B.] Thayer","George Green","H. Prescott","[John Williamson] Palmer","Shakespeare","Almont Barnes","Osmond Tiffany","Richard Jenkins","Anne Lynch Botta","John Williamson Palmer","Henry Tuckerman","Frank W. 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Gilmor","English"],"unitid_tesim":["6991-f"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Nathaniel Parker Willis Collection \n         1835-1863"],"collection_title_tesim":["Nathaniel Parker Willis Collection \n         1835-1863"],"collection_ssim":["Nathaniel Parker Willis Collection \n         1835-1863"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Deposit [ \n             1963 Dec 17 ] \n             1966 Sep 12"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["71 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\u003eNathaniel Parker Willis\n            Collection, Accession 6991-f, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Nathaniel Parker Willis\n            Collection, Accession 6991-f, 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[Tipped to paper with engraving of Ashland; marked\n                  Page 5.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes ANS on verso to \"Dear Sir\" stating that\n                  the three verses he sent him are from his poem \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lady Jane\u003c/bibref\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes attached autograph; page is marked\n                  3.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[From \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLady Jane\u003c/bibref\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes attached magazine drawing.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased and flattered that she will\n                  present him at Lady Arundel's hall; recalls meeting\n                  her and her celebrated friend \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Jane] Porter\u003c/persname\u003e, a writer.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Gives the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eHarper Co.\u003c/corpname\u003einstructions for the\n                  republishing of Pencillings; says the volumes will be\n                  dedicated to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJohn B. Van Schaick\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n                  be published in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e; asks for his help in\n                  getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n                  whole book should not be subject to duty.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he has dedicated \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTortesa the Usurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" to her without\n                  her permission; says that this play and \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBianca Visconti Or The Heart\n                  Overtasked\u003c/bibref\u003e\" have been so successful in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003ethat he could buy a\n                  beautiful farm on the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSusquehanna\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends book by Miss\n                  Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n                  encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n                  of play writing where she is so very successful;\n                  talks about a planned trip to the south of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; urges her to join him\n                  and his wife.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he has been to the theater in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eDublin\u003c/geogname\u003etwice to see Hackett\n                  perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n                  the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n                  Mayor of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eDublin\u003c/geogname\u003eand others.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n                  to give a free concert in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ein honor of General\n                  Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n                  to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eAlban Goldsmith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Endicott\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n                  themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n                  and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n                  are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n                  review.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n                  for \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNorth American Review\u003c/bibref\u003e, sooner or\n                  later; mentions the high regard \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe North American Review\u003c/bibref\u003eenjoys in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eCambridge\u003c/geogname\u003etake up all his time;\n                  mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n                  Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[States that the \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003eis always at her\n                  service.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n                  birth of a daughter or son.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n                  publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n                  painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n                  will look in Heaven.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLysteria\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" a dramatic poem; asks\n                  him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n                  of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n                  the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n                  etc.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n                  says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n                  with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n                  him; sympathizes with her; says that \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003ewill do its best to\n                  ensure the book's success once it is published.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n                  was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHarry Otis\u003c/persname\u003e; talks about his\n                  Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon\u003c/geogname\u003e, regarding it; hopes that\n                  Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n                  morning.] (tipped in book, \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bryant Festival at the\n                  Century\u003c/bibref\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n                  which is worth collecting; talks about his\n                  \"brain-troubles\"; says he has been advised by his\n                  physician to stop writing for several years or risk\n                  sudden death; chooses to take the risk rather than\n                  endure intellectual idleness; speaks about \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e; says that all\n                  entries do not meet his high standards; invites the\n                  Peabody family to visit his house.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for gossiping letter and asks for more\n                  of the same; reports on a novel in progress; mentions\n                  the frozen \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSusquehanna river\u003c/geogname\u003e. ] (A portion\n                  of the letter has been cut out because it obtained an\n                  obscene sentence.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Pleads with him to \"give the world your\n                  likeness,\" namely, allow bearer of letter, \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Mathew] Brady\u003c/persname\u003e, to take his\n                  picture.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased to have received Bowditch's\n                  book \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSuffolk Surnames\u003c/bibref\u003e; states that\n                  excerpts from it have already appeared in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, but he will speak\n                  of it again.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he cannot help him with inquiries; offers\n                  \"boyish\" compositions he wrote in 1825, his Sophmore\n                  year; hopes they might be of help.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that letter will be presented to Fay by \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003elawyer \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJames [B.] Thayer\u003c/persname\u003e, who is to\n                  sail to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; states that Thayer would\n                  like to introduce \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Green\u003c/persname\u003eto Fay.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets not to have met Prescott, a person of\n                  \"sovereign genius,\" during his stay in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses piece by Mrs. Palmer on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e; regrets not being\n                  able to use it in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Barnes' poem [\" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Eagle's Feather\u003c/bibref\u003e\"] which Willis\n                  will probably publish.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests autograph; sends one of the stanzas\n                  Palmer speaks of.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends autograph of poem \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSaturday afternoon\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; acknowledges\n                  receipt of two books.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n                  will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n                  Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n                  of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Jenkins\u003c/persname\u003e, formerly\n                  president of the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eEast India Company\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n                  company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n                  in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n                  write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n                  he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n                  discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n                  great affection for Botta.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n                  suggests approaching \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Tuckerman\u003c/persname\u003ewith the\n                  matter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n                  way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n                  letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n                  Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n                  that she does not know what his face looks like\n                  anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n                  home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n                  for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n                  vain.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n                  \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; signs\n                  letter, \"your affectionate papa.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Morris' health, Willis' family matters,\n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, increase in\n                  advertising; mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eEpes Sargent\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says that an attack of vertigo kept him from\n                  writing her; sends early copies from [ \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e]; encourages her to\n                  write more; mentions visitors to his home, including\n                  Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Hills\u003c/persname\u003e, Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Grinnell\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Lynch Botta\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses difficulties with Captain \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Marryat\u003c/persname\u003eand an avoided\n                  duel, the serious illness of his wife, and his\n                  tentative plans to return to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e, depending on the\n                  recovery of his wife; mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJane Porter\u003c/persname\u003e's presence and his\n                  indebtedness to Sir Charles.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Writes for her husband who injured his hand in a\n                  fall; says they look forward to Halleck's visit to \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eIdlewild\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses condolences after the death of Londen's\n                  wife; includes ALS, Londen to Willis, on verso,\n                  acknowledging condolence letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a misplaced letter, and how hard Willis\n                  is working; comments on mutual acquaintances.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is overburdened by work; decides to send\n                  him this preprinted letter; tells him in a autograph\n                  note that he does not have Poe's autograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends requested letter having to do with\n                  publishing business.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends fifth portion of \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIreland\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says it should reach \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eby boat December 1;\n                  mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[James] Grant\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Declines invitation due to overload of work;\n                  compliments him on his last two papers which were\n                  \"exemplary good.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHome Journal\u003c/bibref\u003ecopies for Madame \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eCalderon de la Barca\u003c/persname\u003e, wife of\n                  Spanish minister; says copies are to be sent to an\n                  address on \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eLong Island\u003c/geogname\u003e; reports on his\n                  improving health.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n                  by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n                  publish it; declines trip to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNantucket\u003c/geogname\u003eas he has too many\n                  houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n                  in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n                  have a \"time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n                  enclosed document.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n                  agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n                  give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n                  poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n                  encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n                  artist will do any number of such drawings,\n                  cheap.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses printing of \" \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTortesa the Usurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" and\n                  \"Bianca.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n                  by hand, to Fields; says Patterson is the editor of\n                  the [Anglo-American] and \"one of our choicest\n                  spirits, as well as best critics.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to request for autograph.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Promises to visit him to renew their\n                  acquaintance; remembers his kindness in former\n                  years.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends check for 3 tickets she sent him;\n                  compliments her on last night's dancing.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends her promised verses, possibly AMs poem\n                  beginning, \"My Mother! in thy prayer tonight . . .\";\n                  says he will send lines on the President's grandchild\n                  at a better moment.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that he is ready to receive him\n                  tonight between seven and eight.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Include AN on verso, Willis to one of his\n                  sons.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes attached AMsS poem beginning, \"We met\n                  like rain-drops . . .\"]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Tipped to paper with engraving of Ashland; marked\n                  Page 5.]","[Includes ANS on verso to \"Dear Sir\" stating that\n                  the three verses he sent him are from his poem \" \n                   The Lady Jane . \"]","[Includes attached autograph; page is marked\n                  3.]","[From \" \n                   Lady Jane . \"]","[Includes attached magazine drawing.]","[Says he is pleased and flattered that she will\n                  present him at Lady Arundel's hall; recalls meeting\n                  her and her celebrated friend \n                   [Jane] Porter , a writer.]","[Gives the \n                   Harper Co. instructions for the\n                  republishing of Pencillings; says the volumes will be\n                  dedicated to \n                   John B. Van Schaick . ]","[Says he is writing a book on American scenery to\n                  be published in \n                   England ; asks for his help in\n                  getting the duty reduced; makes an argument why the\n                  whole book should not be subject to duty.]","[Says he has dedicated \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" to her without\n                  her permission; says that this play and \" \n                   Bianca Visconti Or The Heart\n                  Overtasked \" have been so successful in \n                   America that he could buy a\n                  beautiful farm on the \n                   Susquehanna ; sends book by Miss\n                  Sedgwick; talks about a book on travel in the making;\n                  encourages her to give up all other writing in favor\n                  of play writing where she is so very successful;\n                  talks about a planned trip to the south of \n                   Europe ; urges her to join him\n                  and his wife.]","[Says he has been to the theater in \n                   Dublin twice to see Hackett\n                  perform his Yankee characters; invites him to dine at\n                  the Rev. Dr. Wall's , where he will meet the Lord\n                  Mayor of \n                   Dublin and others.]","[Writes on behalf of a committee; mentions plans\n                  to give a free concert in \n                   New York in honor of General\n                  Morris who has done so much for the country; asks him\n                  to participate; includes signatures of Dr. \n                   Alban Goldsmith and \n                   George Endicott . ]","[Explains why certain poems of his do not lend\n                  themselves to drawings; says they express feelings\n                  and are not of a descriptive nature, but that others\n                  are suitable for Mr. Lentze's pencil; mentions a book\n                  review.]","[Discusses poetry that Willis promises to write\n                  for \n                   North American Review , sooner or\n                  later; mentions the high regard \n                   The North American Review enjoys in \n                   England . ]","[Complains that his lectures and meetings at \n                   Cambridge take up all his time;\n                  mentions correspondent's work on a collection of\n                  Egyptian and Moorish plates belonging to Willis.]","[States that the \n                   Home Journal is always at her\n                  service.]","[Discusses some of his verses and the imminent\n                  birth of a daughter or son.]","[Discusses his recovery from illness, the\n                  publication of a piece in Morris' periodical, and\n                  painter [Lawrence] who \"makes everybody look as they\n                  will look in Heaven.\"]","[Discusses \" \n                   Lysteria , \" a dramatic poem; asks\n                  him who the author is; finds fault with an engraving\n                  of himself; wants Mr. Smith, the engraver, to change\n                  the eye area, the under lip, thicken the hair,\n                  etc.]","[Discusses a book she wants to sell to publisher;\n                  says he is so disgusted with negotiating bargains\n                  with publishers that he has somebody else do it for\n                  him; sympathizes with her; says that \n                   The Home Journal will do its best to\n                  ensure the book's success once it is published.]","[Thanks him for a chronicle of his visit, which\n                  was glowingly written about by Mrs. \n                   Harry Otis ; talks about his\n                  Dedication Hymn and a letter from Dr. [Beattie], \n                   London , regarding it; hopes that\n                  Fields will \"insert\" it somewhere; describes a June\n                  morning.] (tipped in book, \n                   The Bryant Festival at the\n                  Century )","[Praises [Ephraim?] Peabody's wonderful writing,\n                  which is worth collecting; 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sends one of the stanzas\n                  Palmer speaks of.]","[Sends autograph of poem \" \n                   Saturday afternoon \"; acknowledges\n                  receipt of two books.]","[Acknowledges the receipt of a [book]; says he\n                  will look for Tiffany's name in review articles.]","[Says he would like Fields to go to the English\n                  Embassy and ask for the address of Lady Jenkins, one\n                  of the world's most charming women, widow of Sir \n                   Richard Jenkins , formerly\n                  president of the \n                   East India Company . ]","[Says that his household has been overwhelmed with\n                  company, \"all up-hillers,\" and his wife is now sick\n                  in bed; says he cannot comply with Botta's request to\n                  write his own obituary; sends her some scraps which\n                  he has gathered over the years, which seem to him\n                  discriminating or noteworthy; speaks of his wife's\n                  great affection for Botta.]","[Says he is not able to help him with his inquiry;\n                  suggests approaching \n                   Henry Tuckerman with the\n                  matter.]","[Printed form-letter; tells her in a very polite\n                  way that he does not feel like writing her a personal\n                  letter.]","[Thanks him for a flattering letter.]","[Sends him what he believes is his best \"Scripture\n                  Poem\" ever; asks him to take it to Bonner.]","[Responds to her claim that he lives in a halo and\n                  that she does not know what his face looks like\n                  anymore by sending his \"likeness\"; walks past her\n                  home 6 times a day on his way to and from Willard's\n                  for his meals; looks up to her window for a smile, in\n                  vain.]","[Says he is not feeling well and waits for\n                  \"Mamma\"; sends a letter from young Stace; 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says copies are to be sent to an\n                  address on \n                   Long Island ; reports on his\n                  improving health.]","[Urges him to send forgotten other half of a poem\n                  by [Regis De Trobriand]; says he would love to\n                  publish it; declines trip to \n                   Nantucket as he has too many\n                  houseguests at the moment; urges him to visit again\n                  in the fall, to join Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Otis and\n                  have a \"time.\"]","[Discusses business; asks them to date and sign an\n                  enclosed document.]","[Discusses business, a new edition of his poems;\n                  agrees to their terms, which are the same ones they\n                  give Longfellow, but wants to revise and refine his\n                  poems before publication; asks for $300 advance;\n                  encloses drawing of one of his poems; says same young\n                  artist will do any number of such drawings,\n                  cheap.]","[Discusses printing of \" \n                   Tortesa the Usurer \" and\n                  \"Bianca.\"]","[Introduces Patterson, who will deliver the letter\n                  by hand, to Fields; 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Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                   England ; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                   Truth and \n                   The Globe that he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]","[Hopes letter reaches \n                   Frank Palmer ; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                   The Man Shakespeare , \n                   Shakespeare and His Loves , and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                   George Morris ' book on \n                   Jesus ; mentions sales of \n                   The Yellow Ticket and \n                   Contemporary Portraits and forthcoming works \n                   Oscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions and \n                   Love in Youth ; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]","[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                   New York when they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]","[Requests books which he has seen in \n                   The Nation and \n                   The Outlook . ]","[Wishes he were in \n                   Bernkastel, Germany ; sends six\n                  copies of \n                   Pearson's and his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                   France and \n                   Germany ; requests a long\n                  letter.]","[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                   Pearson's among his comrades.]","[Comments on the state of \n                   Europe , the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                   Saar valley and \n                   Metz , political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                   Germany . ]","[Introduces \n                   [Claude] McKay whose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                   England as he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                   [George Bernard] Shaw ; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                   Siegfried Sassoon or the Sitwells\n                  or \n                   Robert Nichols . ]","[Describes his own reaction to \n                   My Life and Loves ; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                   U.S.A. ; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]","[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                   Contemporary Portraits and \n                   Undreamed of Shores published by \n                   Grant Richards ; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde he had sent and whether they contained \n                   Bernard Shaw 's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                   My Life [and Loves] and the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                   Ben Jonson and \n                   William Shakespeare . ]","[Inquires if the copy of \n                   The Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde ordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                   Bernard Shaw 's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]","[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                   My Life and Loves ; 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Solicits opinion of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions economic hardships and comments\n                  on the surprising quiet of \" \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003ein siege time.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends galley proofs of improved short stories\n                  included in a collection entitled either \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eor \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses financial concerns resulting\n                  from the war; mentions \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eof \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003eto be published by\n                  Hearst; predicts that a short war with social\n                  revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003emight end the Hohenzollern\n                  dynasty.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Claims articles in the \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily Sketch\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003emisrepresented him; discusses stories to be\n                  included in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; describes \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Memorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewhich he hopes Hearst will publish in 1916;\n                  this edition will include proof that two plays were\n                  written by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGreat Days\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; says \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eNormaford Burnett\u003c/persname\u003ehas a corrected\n                  copy of \"The Ugly Duckling.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sold rights to publish \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the colonies, and\n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eIndia\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes to leave \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003efor the front; notes that\n                  life in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003eis in \"suspended\n                  animation\"; agrees \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Room\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eis best title; will amend story and terms of\n                  agreement if necessary; inquires about publication\n                  date and possibility of book on the war; mentions\n                  Davidson piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for payment; agrees to contract\n                  changes; suggests possibility of doing \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemorial Edition of Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein 1916; believes that \"small men\" such as\n                  Deschanel, Clemenceau, Millerand, Joffre, Pall,\n                  Kitchener, and Churchill are without a touch of\n                  greatness; will observe Joffre \"at work\"; mentions\n                  new story for \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; expects that war will be a long one,\n                  barring a revolution in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests help getting\n                  position as correspondent for English or American\n                  newspaper.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected proofs and changed order of\n                  stories; needs to work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Veils of Isis\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; hopes to do so on ship to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentions lack of\n                  communication about money.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Will send proofs; cannot write story on ship\n                  because of seasickness; will try in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; will send power of\n                  attorney someday.] (RMS Olympic stationery)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends corrected \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; discusses unsuccessful attempts to publish\n                  war articles in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e, and a successful\n                  lecture at the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eArts Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; believes the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003ePonds Agency\u003c/corpname\u003ewill offer him\n                  further opportunities to lecture; mentions financial\n                  situation, article on \"American Opinion,\" and British\n                  failures of statesmanship.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets early publication of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will visit \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Doty\u003c/persname\u003e, but feels American\n                  editors prefer bad work over good; requests twelve\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ebe sent in care of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTemple Scott\u003c/persname\u003eand one to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Harris\u003c/persname\u003e, head of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCambridge Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; writing book on the war with an\n                  anti-British theme.] (initialed by WGD)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains of errors in the [British] edition of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; doubts Richards has \"pluck\" to publish his\n                  controversial, pro-German book on the war; admits\n                  that moderating comments on Justice Horridge in the\n                  book might be reasonable.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEngland or Germany\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, hoping he will publish it with the usual\n                  commission; asks his opinion of the book; declares\n                  book is not libelous, but Judge Horridge's name may\n                  be omitted; complains about \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eArnold Benett\u003c/persname\u003e's criticism of his\n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSun\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003earticles; mentions lecture tour, publication\n                  of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby Methuen. Declares success of lecture tour\n                  in the West; says wife will travel to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes his American\n                  nationality will be publicized by Richards in order\n                  to deflect criticism in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eTruth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Globe\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ethat he is a traitor; predicts German\n                  victory.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Hopes letter reaches \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Palmer\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions\n                  copyrights on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Man Shakespeare\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eShakespeare and His Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and his plan to publish a complete edition\n                  of his own works; requests copy of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Morris\u003c/persname\u003e' book on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJesus\u003c/persname\u003e; mentions sales of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Yellow Ticket\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand forthcoming works \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; rejoices that he is feeling creative\n                  again; hopes their friendship will not be affected by\n                  differences of opinion.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses Wilde book and shares views on his\n                  life; welcomes a visit when he is in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003ewhen they can talk about\n                  his Mirbeau translation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests books which he has seen in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Nation\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Outlook\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wishes he were in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBernkastel, Germany\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends six\n                  copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand his first book of short stories;\n                  questions states of destitution in Northern \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; requests a long\n                  letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Indicates he may publish part of Weber's letter;\n                  requests an account of his experiences which might be\n                  used as an article; hopes to meet him on his return;\n                  urges him to promote \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePearson's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eamong his comrades.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Comments on the state of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, the transfer of\n                  territories including the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eSaar valley\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eMetz\u003c/geogname\u003e, political greed, and his\n                  despair for the future; in AN at bottom, requests a\n                  detailed account of the correspondent's experiences,\n                  specifically about conditions in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Introduces \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Claude] McKay\u003c/persname\u003ewhose poems he\n                  admires; suggests they are more likely to be\n                  published in book form in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003eas he is Jamaican; has\n                  sent a letter to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[George Bernard] Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e; would\n                  like McKay to meet either \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eSiegfried Sassoon\u003c/persname\u003eor the Sitwells\n                  or \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Nichols\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes his own reaction to \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life and Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; extols its honesty; outlines second volume\n                  of autobiography to be published soon which includes\n                  \"sex stories\" of his contemporaries; expects it will\n                  be confiscated; discusses price of first volume; will\n                  have one sent by friends; mentions financial\n                  difficulties because of resentment of his pacifism in\n                  the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eU.S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e; expects to \"triumph\"\n                  eventually.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Describes the year's literary production, the\n                  fourth volume of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eContemporary Portraits\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUndreamed of Shores\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003epublished by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGrant Richards\u003c/persname\u003e; solicits her\n                  opinion of them; inquires about the copies of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ehe had sent and whether they contained \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBernard Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e's \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\"; describes the second volume of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life [and Loves]\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eand the people portrayed in it; believes its\n                  honesty is a return to \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBen Jonson\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Inquires if the copy of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Confessions of Oscar\n                     Wilde\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eordered before the war was received because\n                  he discovered a subscriber who had not received his;\n                  mentions \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eBernard Shaw\u003c/persname\u003e's praise for the\n                  book and the inclusion of his \"Memoirs of Oscar\n                  Wilde\" in later editions.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Gives wholesale and retail prices of volumes one\n                  and two of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMy Life and Loves\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; describes volume two as his best book;\n                  hopes to avoid \"US smut-hounds\" by binding it in\n                  plain paper; uncertain that \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewill get through customs, but gives the name\n                  and address of its publisher.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends enclosure at \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Harris\u003c/persname\u003e's request; forwards\n                  packet to him in U.S.; will deliver agreement made\n                  with Palmer for the \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eShakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises her love of truth but disagrees with her\n                  opinion about the \"Marconi speculations\"; describes\n                  the corruption of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eLloyd George\u003c/persname\u003eand \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRufus Isaacs\u003c/persname\u003e; refers her to\n                  piece in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Review\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eon the matter; criticizes his own writing\n                  style used in an article on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eTheodore Dreiser\u003c/persname\u003ein \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Academy\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; feels he should have rewritten it;\n                  requests visit to read corrected version of \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLove in Youth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; will then begin work on \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOscar Wilde: His Life and\n                     Confessions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Thanks him for review of stories; asks if he\n                  would like to review any books at present.]","[Relishes her sympathetic letter; discusses his\n                  articles on \n                   Shakespeare ; warns that future\n                  articles will show the unpleasant, \"dark shadows\" of \n                   Shakespeare 's life; wishes for\n                  more frequent correspondence.]","[Will now accept previously rejected terms offered\n                  by \n                   [Charles] Frohman for a\n                  production of \"Mr. and Mrs. Daventry\"; suggests\n                  concluding the arrangement through \n                   Addison Bright . ] [w/ec]","[Offers for publication his first long novel, \"an\n                  implicit defence of the rebels against society.\"]","[Responds to request for his portrait by enclosing\n                  a photograph; believes reviewers misread \n                   The Bomb ; mentions several books and plays that lack\n                  an audience; 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