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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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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; 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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; 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Gilder\n agrees with \n Lewis Frank Tooker , of the \n Century staff; criticizes content and\n style of the poem and suggests changes for both; says\n poem reminds him of Swinburne and Whitman.]","[Speaks of an enclosed letter that will interest\n him; says he has information that \n Scribner's will send an\n expedition to \n Russia ; wonders if their own\n friend in \n Moscow has definite information\n on it, but has mixed them up; reports on progress\n repairing the Century Building on 17th Street; says\n the mantel in Gilder's office with Dr. Howard's\n relief was destroyed and wonders if he has taken\n measures to replace the original carving with a\n replica; comments in postscript on a book by \n Peter Cooper on Jefferson which\n the \n Century Co. is not going to\n publish; says he is afraid the family will not make\n money from the book because of small sales.]","[Says he would like to see Hurst's paper on the\n \"Salzburg Exiles\"; says he is convinced the bishop\n will make a good thing of it.]","[Sends him some material he requested.]","[Says he is pleased that Ward likes the\n illustrations by [A.] Castaigne; states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada ; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review ; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens ]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England . ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine . ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]","[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n The Confessions of a Wife \"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]","[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]","[Refuses to publish his piece in \n Century Magazine ; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]","[Discusses the December issue of \n Century Magazine ; informs him that\n there is room for \n [John] Burroughs , \n [Henry Cabot] Lodge , and \n [George Henry] Sargent as well as\n [\" \n The Bigoudines \"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. Includes\n initialed AN by Gilder and autograph note, initialed\n by Gilder, remarking on the contents and looks of the\n December issue of \n Century Magazine ; ]","[Says he is at home on the mend; tells him it\n might be necessary to see Mr. [ \n Robert Underwood] Johnson who is\n running things at \n Century Magazine ; expresses New\n Year's wishes.]","[Discusses poetic work by Gilder which Johnson has\n looked at and made suggestions about; compliments him\n for devoting so much attention to details of\n composition, etc., even though he is busy as an\n editor.]","[Discusses a book she wrote expressing her\n anti-vivisection views; discusses her following of\n homeopathic medicine and vegetarianism; speaks of his\n own revulsion to hunting, fishing, even eating\n mutton; leans toward a vegetarian diet; speaks\n accusingly of landlords near his farm in \n Massachusetts , \n Trinity Church , the director of\n the \n Metropolitan Museum of Art , and\n of \n Abraham Lincoln ; says that\n \"Gentle Lincoln\" assisted in the vivisection and\n maiming of myriads, without anesthesia, and destroyed\n millions of human lives to free the slaves.]","[Tries to meet with him to speak about a print in\n the current chapter of his history.]","[Talks about a woman writer whose \"charming\" novel\n Four Ways to Paradise was published\n by the \n Century Co. , but who does not\n write much any more these days; hopes the rainy\n weather will stop for Aldrich's visit; says they had\n a reading the night before of favorite pieces by\n Aldrich, of which a verse was appreciated by their\n old friend, the Marquis di Rosalis, though he is not\n familiar with it; gives directions for coming by\n trolley from Pittsfield to Lee, should he miss the\n connection.]","[Discusses a trip to \n California , a meeting with \n Mary Austin in \n San Francisco , the possibility\n of serializing one of her books [ \n Isidro ]; mentions her other books\n and poetry, published by \n Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. ;\n mentions writing of \n Bret Hart and \n George Washington Cable ; says he\n dissuaded Austin from moving to the east coast;\n discusses other \n Century Co. business; includes\n autograph note.]","[Talks about a fine copy of the praying hands by \n [Albrecht] Durer and a book about\n Durer that he owns; mentions Christmas; says he is\n very happy with a houseful of children; says he has\n had a setback in his health and is still at home\n because of it; says she is the kindest person he\n knows.]","[Discusses an old mantelpiece in his house, 13\n East 8th Street, which he considers poor\n architecture, not a good Colonial example; says she\n is welcome to look at; includes autograph\n sentence.]","[Discusses her short story, \" \n Little Anna and the Gentleman\n Adventurer \" which she sent to \n Century Magazine ; says it has not\n been acknowledged; written after Gilder's death in\n November 1909.]","[Includes autograph notes, initialed.]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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says it\n seems more foreign than \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003ealthough it depicts life in an\n American Western Norwegian settlement; adds that the\n novel needs work, but that he considers it worth\n publishing in the magazine.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is sorry about her ill health; mentions a\n short story she has in the works; says he has been to\n see \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Hodgson Burnett\u003c/persname\u003eand that\n she is writing a new serial for him; praises\n Burnett's play, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEsmeralda\u003c/bibref\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises his piece \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lost Hellos\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says that the\n \"Dr.\" agrees that the piece is in \"excellent form\n --heathenish but heavenly\"; discusses business.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks for help in selecting pieces for the\n \"encyclopedia\"; suggests several titles, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles deKay\u003c/persname\u003e's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHespherus and Other\n Poems\u003c/bibref\u003e(1880).]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Press copy in secretarial handwriting and\n signature; 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reports on progress\n repairing the Century Building on 17th Street; says\n the mantel in Gilder's office with Dr. Howard's\n relief was destroyed and wonders if he has taken\n measures to replace the original carving with a\n replica; comments in postscript on a book by \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Cooper\u003c/persname\u003eon Jefferson which\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eis not going to\n publish; says he is afraid the family will not make\n money from the book because of small sales.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he would like to see Hurst's paper on the\n \"Salzburg Exiles\"; says he is convinced the bishop\n will make a good thing of it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him some material he requested.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased that Ward likes the\n illustrations by [A.] Castaigne; states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Welcomes him and his wife to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCanada\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Admires the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNorth American Review\u003c/bibref\u003e; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOur Gardens\u003c/bibref\u003e]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; 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defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaesar\u003c/persname\u003eand the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe [Guiberon] Touch\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eColonial Fights and Fighters\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Confessions of a Wife\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Refuses to publish his piece in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses the December issue of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; informs him that\n there is room for \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Burroughs\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Henry Cabot] Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[George Henry] Sargent\u003c/persname\u003eas well as\n [\" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bigoudines\u003c/bibref\u003e\"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. Includes\n initialed AN by Gilder and autograph note, initialed\n by Gilder, remarking on the contents and looks of the\n December issue of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is at home on the mend; tells him it\n might be necessary to see Mr. [ \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Underwood] Johnson\u003c/persname\u003ewho is\n running things at \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; expresses New\n Year's wishes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poetic work by Gilder which Johnson has\n looked at and made suggestions about; compliments him\n for devoting so much attention to details of\n composition, etc., even though he is busy as an\n editor.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a book she wrote expressing her\n anti-vivisection views; discusses her following of\n homeopathic medicine and vegetarianism; speaks of his\n own revulsion to hunting, fishing, even eating\n mutton; 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says it\n seems more foreign than \n Gunnar although it depicts life in an\n American Western Norwegian settlement; adds that the\n novel needs work, but that he considers it worth\n publishing in the magazine.]","[Says he is sorry about her ill health; mentions a\n short story she has in the works; says he has been to\n see \n Frances Hodgson Burnett and that\n she is writing a new serial for him; praises\n Burnett's play, \" \n Esmeralda . \"]","[Praises his piece \" \n The Lost Hellos \"; says that the\n \"Dr.\" agrees that the piece is in \"excellent form\n --heathenish but heavenly\"; discusses business.]","[Asks for help in selecting pieces for the\n \"encyclopedia\"; suggests several titles, including \n Charles deKay 's \n Hespherus and Other\n Poems (1880).]","[Press copy in secretarial handwriting and\n signature; discusses a piece that may appear in \n Century Magazine . ]","[Discusses her piece \" \n Goranne de Savare \" which he has sent\n to her to correct.]","[Discusses poem, \" \n The Innovation \" by Ward; Gilder\n agrees with \n Lewis Frank Tooker , of the \n Century staff; criticizes content and\n style of the poem and suggests changes for both; says\n poem reminds him of Swinburne and Whitman.]","[Speaks of an enclosed letter that will interest\n him; says he has information that \n Scribner's will send an\n expedition to \n Russia ; wonders if their own\n friend in \n Moscow has definite information\n on it, but has mixed them up; reports on progress\n repairing the Century Building on 17th Street; says\n the mantel in Gilder's office with Dr. Howard's\n relief was destroyed and wonders if he has taken\n measures to replace the original carving with a\n replica; comments in postscript on a book by \n Peter Cooper on Jefferson which\n the \n Century Co. is not going to\n publish; says he is afraid the family will not make\n money from the book because of small sales.]","[Says he would like to see Hurst's paper on the\n \"Salzburg Exiles\"; says he is convinced the bishop\n will make a good thing of it.]","[Sends him some material he requested.]","[Says he is pleased that Ward likes the\n illustrations by [A.] Castaigne; states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada ; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review ; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens ]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England . ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine . ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]","[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n The Confessions of a Wife \"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]","[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]","[Refuses to publish his piece in \n Century Magazine ; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]","[Discusses the December issue of \n Century Magazine ; informs him that\n there is room for \n [John] Burroughs , \n [Henry Cabot] Lodge , and \n [George Henry] Sargent as well as\n [\" \n The Bigoudines \"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. 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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. 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; 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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; 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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; 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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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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; 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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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Fuller\u003c/persname\u003e's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Cliff Dwellers\u003c/bibref\u003e. ] (Includes 2\n typed carbon copies)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wonders about the rooms that were engaged for\n them in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChicago\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends a list of people\n he wants to see, especially Dr. Billings and\n [Patriott]; hopes a lot of doctors will attend his\n lecture; promises it will be brilliant and original;\n asks for travel expenses only because he never takes\n a fee for lectures.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends her one of his books, which was very\n successful in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; speaks about a young\n man he felt sorry for but was unable to help.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he will send out invitations later than the\n correspondent will send his announcements; believes\n Professor Barker will be more helpful than Wood.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests 2 copies of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHephzibah Guiness\u003c/bibref\u003efor minor\n corrections; says no corrections are needed for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWear and Tear\u003c/bibref\u003e; asks that he find the\n number of editors and the publisher of the first\n edition of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWear and Tear\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains that he finds the commercial side of\n his life distasteful; insists that his own doctor\n take fees; sends him his consultant account.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[States that Aldrich has recovered from illness\n and has returned to making verse about Longfellow;\n says he is working on the third copy of his new novel\n which will appear next November in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Century\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions that \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Richard Watson] Gilder\u003c/persname\u003eis\n excited about the novel; believes it to be a good\n sign in an editor; refers to his son's new play.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses interest and comments on book Cholim\n sent to him on Cholim's \"race.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Remarks that a book presented to \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Jefferson\u003c/persname\u003ewould be worth\n more if it has Jefferson's signature.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Advises her to go without Bismuth for some time;\n recommends four books to be read to her father;\n mentions a nice note he received from Mrs.\n Forbes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about telepathic sympathies between them;\n admires Gibbs' handwriting which belies his age;\n describes his visits to his patients; notes that he\n works as a doctor only in the winter and spends\n summers fishing for salmon and writing fiction in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMaine\u003c/geogname\u003e; believes some essential\n difference exists between scientific work and\n creative fiction.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends regrets because he is unable to undertake\n \"this pleasant and interesting matter.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Turns down trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuffalo\u003c/geogname\u003eto see a mental patient;\n discusses the problems of diagnosing and treating\n mental patients; asks for contribution to enlarge his\n nervous hospital; reports that Mr. Robb is very well,\n but unaware of the peril he was in.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Feels that members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eW. Island Club\u003c/corpname\u003ethat are not\n present should be able to vote on new members; thinks\n it should use the same procedure as in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRound Table Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; suggests that\n Strong make some change in the laws.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says number 5-c has been ready for her for\n awhile; fears that it will be part of a collection\n nobody will buy.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Signed by \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge William Jacobs \u0026amp;\n Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eand witnessed by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCosntance J. Greer\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003ePariau S. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes biographical sketch listing Mitchell's\n accomplishments as a physician and writer\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[For medical attendance.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes 2 copies of a poem.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Poem, signed by \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Volume bound in dark blue leather with gilt\n ornamentation; includes following items.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Reflects on six weeks spent in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the book which he is looking\n forward to reading.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Recommends his brother for the position of\n physician at Lazarette.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets that he cannot help with the\n binding.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Declines invitation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Inscribed to \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased by comment about poem;\n includes AN on verso, initialed W. M., 1892,\n describes when Holmes gave Mitchell the poem and\n letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his publishing projects.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Declines invitation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes signed autograph dedication to \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks her to send copy of \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBattle Hymn of the Republic\u003c/bibref\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encloses autograph copy of \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBattle Hymn of the Republic\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; claims\n share of credit for writing it since her mother wrote\n while staying with her; compliments his book.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Inscribed to \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Signed by author.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Laid in back of volume.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes 17 autographs, 10 identifiable as \n \u003cpersname\u003eMoncure Daniel Conway\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. 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Davies\u003c/persname\u003e], \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames MacAlister\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Sechel Pepper\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Pepper\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Early draft of the beginning of \n Westways , 1913.]","[Gives thanks for satisfactory closure on sale of\n land; asks for account of sale of 160 acres.]","[Encloses account for consultations.]","[Says he has letter from Cadwalader's grandfather\n and will keep it for him or send it to him; offers\n him and his wife money if they need it; offers\n hospitality in \n Philadelphia . ]","[Responds to request for an autograph; says he is\n unable to write a selection.]","[Gives dates on which he could meet \n Howard Pyle in \n New York ; discusses a poem and\n illustration which will appear in a magazine.]","[Informs company that \n Silas Weir Mitchell approved the\n page proof; wants manuscript of his preface returned\n so he may make corrections; encloses a copy of page\n proof, 3 pages of \n Francis Drake: A Tragedy of the Sea ;\n includes AN by \n Silas Weir Mitchell approving the\n page and requesting the manuscript of the preface for\n corrections.]","[Says he read the book sent to him when he was\n ill; discusses the merits of poetry and Johnson's, \n Richard Watson Gilder 's , and\n his own work; promises to send his new book \"for\n revenge.\"]","[Says he is willing to read for 20 minutes later\n on in the program when the audience has quieted down;\n thinks that too many readers are on the program for\n the time available; suggests that program be altered\n because, in its present form, it appears to be a\n commercial affair.]","[Replies to his letter to \n Beatrice Tollemache ; discusses\n his own writings, especially the character sketches,\n \"talks with Mr. Gladstone,\" and a small volume sent\n to Mitchell containing reminiscences of \n Lewis Carroll ; talks at length\n about poetry, Mitchell's \" \n When all the Woods are Green \";\n believes Mitchell's verses are reminiscent of \n Rudyard Kipling 's \" \n Recessional Hymn \"; mentions his\n schoolfellow, \n George Trevelyan ; refers to a\n friendly review of \n Characteristics in \n The Spectator of August 12.]","[Thanks him for books; mentions \n Characteristics , \" \n When all the Woods are Green , \" and\n her own attempt to write character sketches;\n discusses an old saying from Cheshire; relates\n stories about her nephew's exploits in the Rockies\n and in \n Africa ; tells a story about a\n Benedictine monk who was sent from \n England to \n America . ]","[Discusses details of speaking engagement at \n Smith College . ]","[Responds to inquiry.]","[Speaks with affection about Gibbs' deceased\n sister and her hospitality to him; sends him some\n theses that give evidence of the activity in Smith's\n department.]","[Responds to request for and autograph.]","[Regrets that he is unable to attend the funeral\n of his old friend; promises to write again in a few\n days; sends regards to \n Emily Tuckerman . ]","[Expresses feelings on the death of her uncle;\n fears the slow decay of old age; talks affectionately\n about [ \n Oliver Wolcott Gibbs ], his old\n friend.]","[Praises \n Arthur Hale as a proper member of\n the Players; says he cannot promise to autograph book\n because he may not be in \n New York for months.]","[Expresses thanks.]","[Remarks on the sonnets of the \"Wingless Hours\" by\n an unnamed author he sent to him; believes the author\n to be an invalid lacking in self-criticism; comments\n that he himself does not know how to use the\n \"terrible\" sonnet form.]","[Gives him the times he can see him in \n Chicago ; asks to see some people\n while there as well as Payne's museum in the Park;\n requests hotel arrangements for himself and his\n valet; declines a fee; AN accepts cost of travel and\n hotel only.]","[Thanks him for an encouraging letter concerning\n \"his best work\"; believes that although the book did\n not sell as well as others, there were rewards of\n another nature; mentions the many letters from people\n with similar histories who came to him; singles out\n letter of woman who told about the influence of drink\n on her husband.]","[Says he is glad to receive \n The Dial ; wishes that magazine luck,\n larger space, and competent length of reviews;\n believes that reviews ought to be signed by the\n reviewers; speculates that \n George E. B. Saintsbury wrote an\n article on \"Chicago Fair\"; calls S[aintsbury] \"really\n a pestilent fellow\"; recommends that Browne reprint\n Saintsbury's article on Lowell and the Civil War\n which Saintsbury called \"a parochial disturbance\";\n praises \n H. B. Fuller 's \n The Cliff Dwellers . ] (Includes 2\n typed carbon copies)","[Wonders about the rooms that were engaged for\n them in \n Chicago ; sends a list of people\n he wants to see, especially Dr. Billings and\n [Patriott]; hopes a lot of doctors will attend his\n lecture; promises it will be brilliant and original;\n asks for travel expenses only because he never takes\n a fee for lectures.]","[Sends her one of his books, which was very\n successful in \n America ; speaks about a young\n man he felt sorry for but was unable to help.]","[Says he will send out invitations later than the\n correspondent will send his announcements; believes\n Professor Barker will be more helpful than Wood.]","[Requests 2 copies of \n Hephzibah Guiness for minor\n corrections; says no corrections are needed for \n Wear and Tear ; asks that he find the\n number of editors and the publisher of the first\n edition of \n Wear and Tear . ]","[Complains that he finds the commercial side of\n his life distasteful; insists that his own doctor\n take fees; sends him his consultant account.]","[States that Aldrich has recovered from illness\n and has returned to making verse about Longfellow;\n says he is working on the third copy of his new novel\n which will appear next November in \n The Century ; mentions that \n [Richard Watson] Gilder is\n excited about the novel; believes it to be a good\n sign in an editor; refers to his son's new play.]","[Expresses interest and comments on book Cholim\n sent to him on Cholim's \"race.\"]","[Remarks that a book presented to \n Thomas Jefferson would be worth\n more if it has Jefferson's signature.]","[Advises her to go without Bismuth for some time;\n recommends four books to be read to her father;\n mentions a nice note he received from Mrs.\n Forbes.]","[Speaks about telepathic sympathies between them;\n admires Gibbs' handwriting which belies his age;\n describes his visits to his patients; notes that he\n works as a doctor only in the winter and spends\n summers fishing for salmon and writing fiction in \n Maine ; believes some essential\n difference exists between scientific work and\n creative fiction.]","[Sends regrets because he is unable to undertake\n \"this pleasant and interesting matter.\"]","[Turns down trip to \n Buffalo to see a mental patient;\n discusses the problems of diagnosing and treating\n mental patients; asks for contribution to enlarge his\n nervous hospital; reports that Mr. Robb is very well,\n but unaware of the peril he was in.]","[Feels that members of the \n W. Island Club that are not\n present should be able to vote on new members; thinks\n it should use the same procedure as in the \n Round Table Club ; suggests that\n Strong make some change in the laws.]","[Says number 5-c has been ready for her for\n awhile; fears that it will be part of a collection\n nobody will buy.]","[Signed by \n Silas Weir Mitchell and \n George William Jacobs \u0026\n Co. and witnessed by \n Cosntance J. Greer and \n Pariau S. Parsons . ]","[Includes biographical sketch listing Mitchell's\n accomplishments as a physician and writer","[For medical attendance.]","[Includes 2 copies of a poem.]","[Poem, signed by \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Volume bound in dark blue leather with gilt\n ornamentation; includes following items.]","[Reflects on six weeks spent in \n Venice . ]","[Thanks him for the book which he is looking\n forward to reading.]","[Recommends his brother for the position of\n physician at Lazarette.]","[Regrets that he cannot help with the\n binding.]","[Declines invitation.]","[Inscribed to \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Says he is pleased by comment about poem;\n includes AN on verso, initialed W. M., 1892,\n describes when Holmes gave Mitchell the poem and\n letter.]","[Discusses his publishing projects.]","[Declines invitation.]","[Includes signed autograph dedication to \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Asks her to send copy of \" \n Battle Hymn of the Republic . \"]","[Encloses autograph copy of \" \n Battle Hymn of the Republic \"; claims\n share of credit for writing it since her mother wrote\n while staying with her; compliments his book.]","[Inscribed to \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Signed by author.]","[Laid in back of volume.]","[Includes 17 autographs, 10 identifiable as \n Moncure Daniel Conway , \n John W. [Karlson] , \n Stanley Matthews , \n Andrew D. White , \n Weir Mitchell , \n E. R. Robinson , [ \n J. F. 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says it\n seems more foreign than \n Gunnar although it depicts life in an\n American Western Norwegian settlement; adds that the\n novel needs work, but that he considers it worth\n publishing in the magazine.]","[Says he is sorry about her ill health; mentions a\n short story she has in the works; says he has been to\n see \n Frances Hodgson Burnett and that\n she is writing a new serial for him; praises\n Burnett's play, \" \n Esmeralda . \"]","[Praises his piece \" \n The Lost Hellos \"; says that the\n \"Dr.\" agrees that the piece is in \"excellent form\n --heathenish but heavenly\"; discusses business.]","[Asks for help in selecting pieces for the\n \"encyclopedia\"; suggests several titles, including \n Charles deKay 's \n Hespherus and Other\n Poems (1880).]","[Press copy in secretarial handwriting and\n signature; discusses a piece that may appear in \n Century Magazine . ]","[Discusses her piece \" \n Goranne de Savare \" which he has sent\n to her to correct.]","[Discusses poem, \" \n The Innovation \" by Ward; Gilder\n agrees with \n Lewis Frank Tooker , of the \n Century staff; criticizes content and\n style of the poem and suggests changes for both; says\n poem reminds him of Swinburne and Whitman.]","[Speaks of an enclosed letter that will interest\n him; says he has information that \n Scribner's will send an\n expedition to \n Russia ; wonders if their own\n friend in \n Moscow has definite information\n on it, but has mixed them up; reports on progress\n repairing the Century Building on 17th Street; says\n the mantel in Gilder's office with Dr. Howard's\n relief was destroyed and wonders if he has taken\n measures to replace the original carving with a\n replica; comments in postscript on a book by \n Peter Cooper on Jefferson which\n the \n Century Co. is not going to\n publish; says he is afraid the family will not make\n money from the book because of small sales.]","[Says he would like to see Hurst's paper on the\n \"Salzburg Exiles\"; says he is convinced the bishop\n will make a good thing of it.]","[Sends him some material he requested.]","[Says he is pleased that Ward likes the\n illustrations by [A.] Castaigne; states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada ; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review ; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens ]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England . ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine . ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]","[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n The Confessions of a Wife \"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]","[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]","[Refuses to publish his piece in \n Century Magazine ; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]","[Discusses the December issue of \n Century Magazine ; informs him that\n there is room for \n [John] Burroughs , \n [Henry Cabot] Lodge , and \n [George Henry] Sargent as well as\n [\" \n The Bigoudines \"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. Includes\n initialed AN by Gilder and autograph note, initialed\n by Gilder, remarking on the contents and looks of the\n December issue of \n Century Magazine ; ]","[Says he is at home on the mend; tells him it\n might be necessary to see Mr. [ \n Robert Underwood] Johnson who is\n running things at \n Century Magazine ; expresses New\n Year's wishes.]","[Discusses poetic work by Gilder which Johnson has\n looked at and made suggestions about; compliments him\n for devoting so much attention to details of\n composition, etc., even though he is busy as an\n editor.]","[Discusses a book she wrote expressing her\n anti-vivisection views; discusses her following of\n homeopathic medicine and vegetarianism; speaks of his\n own revulsion to hunting, fishing, even eating\n mutton; leans toward a vegetarian diet; speaks\n accusingly of landlords near his farm in \n Massachusetts , \n Trinity Church , the director of\n the \n Metropolitan Museum of Art , and\n of \n Abraham Lincoln ; says that\n \"Gentle Lincoln\" assisted in the vivisection and\n maiming of myriads, without anesthesia, and destroyed\n millions of human lives to free the slaves.]","[Tries to meet with him to speak about a print in\n the current chapter of his history.]","[Talks about a woman writer whose \"charming\" novel\n Four Ways to Paradise was published\n by the \n Century Co. , but who does not\n write much any more these days; hopes the rainy\n weather will stop for Aldrich's visit; says they had\n a reading the night before of favorite pieces by\n Aldrich, of which a verse was appreciated by their\n old friend, the Marquis di Rosalis, though he is not\n familiar with it; gives directions for coming by\n trolley from Pittsfield to Lee, should he miss the\n connection.]","[Discusses a trip to \n California , a meeting with \n Mary Austin in \n San Francisco , the possibility\n of serializing one of her books [ \n Isidro ]; mentions her other books\n and poetry, published by \n Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. ;\n mentions writing of \n Bret Hart and \n George Washington Cable ; says he\n dissuaded Austin from moving to the east coast;\n discusses other \n Century Co. business; includes\n autograph note.]","[Talks about a fine copy of the praying hands by \n [Albrecht] Durer and a book about\n Durer that he owns; mentions Christmas; says he is\n very happy with a houseful of children; says he has\n had a setback in his health and is still at home\n because of it; says she is the kindest person he\n knows.]","[Discusses an old mantelpiece in his house, 13\n East 8th Street, which he considers poor\n architecture, not a good Colonial example; says she\n is welcome to look at; includes autograph\n sentence.]","[Discusses her short story, \" \n Little Anna and the Gentleman\n Adventurer \" which she sent to \n Century Magazine ; says it has not\n been acknowledged; written after Gilder's death in\n November 1909.]","[Includes autograph notes, initialed.]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Scribner's","Century Co.","Four Brooks Farm","Harvard","Yale","Trinity Church","Metropolitan Museum of Art","Houghton, Mifflin, and Co.","Aldrich family","Richard Watson Gilder","Robert Bridges","Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen","Frances Hodgson Burnett","Hjalmar Hjorth\n Boyesen","Epes Sargent","Charles deKay","William Hayes Ward","Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy","Lewis Frank Tooker","Charles F. Chichester","Richard Watson\n Gilder","Peter Cooper","John Fletcher Hurst","Herbert Dickinson\n Ward","Charles George Douglas Roberts","Samuel Reynolds Hole","Bronson [Crocker] Howard","Laurence Alma-Tadema","George Madden Martin","Atwood R. 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says it\n seems more foreign than \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003ealthough it depicts life in an\n American Western Norwegian settlement; adds that the\n novel needs work, but that he considers it worth\n publishing in the magazine.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is sorry about her ill health; mentions a\n short story she has in the works; says he has been to\n see \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Hodgson Burnett\u003c/persname\u003eand that\n she is writing a new serial for him; praises\n Burnett's play, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEsmeralda\u003c/bibref\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises his piece \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lost Hellos\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says that the\n \"Dr.\" agrees that the piece is in \"excellent form\n --heathenish but heavenly\"; discusses business.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks for help in selecting pieces for the\n \"encyclopedia\"; suggests several titles, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles deKay\u003c/persname\u003e's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHespherus and Other\n Poems\u003c/bibref\u003e(1880).]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Press copy in secretarial handwriting and\n signature; discusses a piece that may appear in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses her piece \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGoranne de Savare\u003c/bibref\u003e\" which he has sent\n to her to correct.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poem, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Innovation\u003c/bibref\u003e\" by Ward; Gilder\n agrees with \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Frank Tooker\u003c/persname\u003e, of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/bibref\u003estaff; criticizes content and\n style of the poem and suggests changes for both; says\n poem reminds him of Swinburne and Whitman.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks of an enclosed letter that will interest\n him; says he has information that \n \u003ccorpname\u003eScribner's\u003c/corpname\u003ewill send an\n expedition to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e; wonders if their own\n friend in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ehas definite information\n on it, but has mixed them up; reports on progress\n repairing the Century Building on 17th Street; says\n the mantel in Gilder's office with Dr. Howard's\n relief was destroyed and wonders if he has taken\n measures to replace the original carving with a\n replica; comments in postscript on a book by \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Cooper\u003c/persname\u003eon Jefferson which\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eis not going to\n publish; says he is afraid the family will not make\n money from the book because of small sales.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he would like to see Hurst's paper on the\n \"Salzburg Exiles\"; says he is convinced the bishop\n will make a good thing of it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him some material he requested.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased that Ward likes the\n illustrations by [A.] Castaigne; states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Welcomes him and his wife to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCanada\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Admires the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNorth American Review\u003c/bibref\u003e; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOur Gardens\u003c/bibref\u003e]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Looks forward to the \n \u003cfamname\u003eAldrich family\u003c/famname\u003e's visit to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Brooks Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHarvard\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003ccorpname\u003eYale\u003c/corpname\u003e[to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Returns galleys to \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUnder the Ban of the Redbeard\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaesar\u003c/persname\u003eand the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe [Guiberon] Touch\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eColonial Fights and Fighters\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Confessions of a Wife\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Refuses to publish his piece in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses the December issue of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; informs him that\n there is room for \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Burroughs\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Henry Cabot] Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[George Henry] Sargent\u003c/persname\u003eas well as\n [\" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bigoudines\u003c/bibref\u003e\"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. Includes\n initialed AN by Gilder and autograph note, initialed\n by Gilder, remarking on the contents and looks of the\n December issue of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is at home on the mend; tells him it\n might be necessary to see Mr. [ \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Underwood] Johnson\u003c/persname\u003ewho is\n running things at \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; expresses New\n Year's wishes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poetic work by Gilder which Johnson has\n looked at and made suggestions about; compliments him\n for devoting so much attention to details of\n composition, etc., even though he is busy as an\n editor.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a book she wrote expressing her\n anti-vivisection views; discusses her following of\n homeopathic medicine and vegetarianism; speaks of his\n own revulsion to hunting, fishing, even eating\n mutton; leans toward a vegetarian diet; speaks\n accusingly of landlords near his farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMassachusetts\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eTrinity Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, the director of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMetropolitan Museum of Art\u003c/corpname\u003e, and\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003e; says that\n \"Gentle Lincoln\" assisted in the vivisection and\n maiming of myriads, without anesthesia, and destroyed\n millions of human lives to free the slaves.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Tries to meet with him to speak about a print in\n the current chapter of his history.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about a woman writer whose \"charming\" novel\n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFour Ways to Paradise\u003c/bibref\u003ewas published\n by the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e, but who does not\n write much any more these days; hopes the rainy\n weather will stop for Aldrich's visit; says they had\n a reading the night before of favorite pieces by\n Aldrich, of which a verse was appreciated by their\n old friend, the Marquis di Rosalis, though he is not\n familiar with it; gives directions for coming by\n trolley from Pittsfield to Lee, should he miss the\n connection.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCalifornia\u003c/geogname\u003e, a meeting with \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Austin\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSan Francisco\u003c/geogname\u003e, the possibility\n of serializing one of her books [ \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIsidro\u003c/bibref\u003e]; mentions her other books\n and poetry, published by \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHoughton, Mifflin, and Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n mentions writing of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBret Hart\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Washington Cable\u003c/persname\u003e; says he\n dissuaded Austin from moving to the east coast;\n discusses other \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Co.\u003c/corpname\u003ebusiness; includes\n autograph note.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about a fine copy of the praying hands by \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Albrecht] Durer\u003c/persname\u003eand a book about\n Durer that he owns; mentions Christmas; says he is\n very happy with a houseful of children; says he has\n had a setback in his health and is still at home\n because of it; says she is the kindest person he\n knows.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses an old mantelpiece in his house, 13\n East 8th Street, which he considers poor\n architecture, not a good Colonial example; says she\n is welcome to look at; includes autograph\n sentence.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses her short story, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLittle Anna and the Gentleman\n Adventurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" which she sent to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; says it has not\n been acknowledged; written after Gilder's death in\n November 1909.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes autograph notes, initialed.]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Initialed]","[Includes an initialed note by Gilder stating that\n the poem was later called \" \n The Building of the Chimney \";\n begins, \"My chimney is builded . . .\"]","[Includes note on top of page, \"This is the\n original for Mrs. [Aldrich].\"]","[Initialed]","[Missing pages 2-6.]","[Initialed]","[Includes autograph corrections.]","[Wonders if he wants any of \n Scribner's Japan pictures for his series\n Travel and Adventure.]","[Talks about a novel by \n Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen ; says it\n seems more foreign than \n Gunnar although it depicts life in an\n American Western Norwegian settlement; adds that the\n novel needs work, but that he considers it worth\n publishing in the magazine.]","[Says he is sorry about her ill health; mentions a\n short story she has in the works; says he has been to\n see \n Frances Hodgson Burnett and that\n she is writing a new serial for him; praises\n Burnett's play, \" \n Esmeralda . \"]","[Praises his piece \" \n The Lost Hellos \"; says that the\n \"Dr.\" agrees that the piece is in \"excellent form\n --heathenish but heavenly\"; discusses business.]","[Asks for help in selecting pieces for the\n \"encyclopedia\"; suggests several titles, including \n Charles deKay 's \n Hespherus and Other\n Poems (1880).]","[Press copy in secretarial handwriting and\n signature; discusses a piece that may appear in \n Century Magazine . ]","[Discusses her piece \" \n Goranne de Savare \" which he has sent\n to her to correct.]","[Discusses poem, \" \n The Innovation \" by Ward; Gilder\n agrees with \n Lewis Frank Tooker , of the \n Century staff; criticizes content and\n style of the poem and suggests changes for both; says\n poem reminds him of Swinburne and Whitman.]","[Speaks of an enclosed letter that will interest\n him; says he has information that \n Scribner's will send an\n expedition to \n Russia ; wonders if their own\n friend in \n Moscow has definite information\n on it, but has mixed them up; reports on progress\n repairing the Century Building on 17th Street; says\n the mantel in Gilder's office with Dr. Howard's\n relief was destroyed and wonders if he has taken\n measures to replace the original carving with a\n replica; comments in postscript on a book by \n Peter Cooper on Jefferson which\n the \n Century Co. is not going to\n publish; says he is afraid the family will not make\n money from the book because of small sales.]","[Says he would like to see Hurst's paper on the\n \"Salzburg Exiles\"; says he is convinced the bishop\n will make a good thing of it.]","[Sends him some material he requested.]","[Says he is pleased that Ward likes the\n illustrations by [A.] Castaigne; states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada ; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review ; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens ]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England . ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine . ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]","[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n The Confessions of a Wife \"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]","[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]","[Refuses to publish his piece in \n Century Magazine ; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]","[Discusses the December issue of \n Century Magazine ; informs him that\n there is room for \n [John] Burroughs , \n [Henry Cabot] Lodge , and \n [George Henry] Sargent as well as\n [\" \n The Bigoudines \"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. 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says it\n seems more foreign than \n Gunnar although it depicts life in an\n American Western Norwegian settlement; adds that the\n novel needs work, but that he considers it worth\n publishing in the magazine.]","[Says he is sorry about her ill health; mentions a\n short story she has in the works; says he has been to\n see \n Frances Hodgson Burnett and that\n she is writing a new serial for him; praises\n Burnett's play, \" \n Esmeralda . \"]","[Praises his piece \" \n The Lost Hellos \"; says that the\n \"Dr.\" agrees that the piece is in \"excellent form\n --heathenish but heavenly\"; discusses business.]","[Asks for help in selecting pieces for the\n \"encyclopedia\"; suggests several titles, including \n Charles deKay 's \n Hespherus and Other\n Poems (1880).]","[Press copy in secretarial handwriting and\n signature; discusses a piece that may appear in \n Century Magazine . ]","[Discusses her piece \" \n Goranne de Savare \" which he has sent\n to her to correct.]","[Discusses poem, \" \n The Innovation \" by Ward; 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states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada ; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review ; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens ]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England . ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine . ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]","[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n The Confessions of a Wife \"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]","[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]","[Refuses to publish his piece in \n Century Magazine ; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]","[Discusses the December issue of \n Century Magazine ; informs him that\n there is room for \n [John] Burroughs , \n [Henry Cabot] Lodge , and \n [George Henry] Sargent as well as\n [\" \n The Bigoudines \"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. 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states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada ; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review ; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens ]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England . ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine . ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; 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says it\n seems more foreign than \n Gunnar although it depicts life in an\n American Western Norwegian settlement; adds that the\n novel needs work, but that he considers it worth\n publishing in the magazine.]","[Says he is sorry about her ill health; mentions a\n short story she has in the works; says he has been to\n see \n Frances Hodgson Burnett and that\n she is writing a new serial for him; praises\n Burnett's play, \" \n Esmeralda . \"]","[Praises his piece \" \n The Lost Hellos \"; says that the\n \"Dr.\" agrees that the piece is in \"excellent form\n --heathenish but heavenly\"; discusses business.]","[Asks for help in selecting pieces for the\n \"encyclopedia\"; suggests several titles, including \n Charles deKay 's \n Hespherus and Other\n Poems (1880).]","[Press copy in secretarial handwriting and\n signature; discusses a piece that may appear in \n Century Magazine . ]","[Discusses her piece \" \n Goranne de Savare \" which he has sent\n to her to correct.]","[Discusses poem, \" \n The Innovation \" by Ward; 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states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada ; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review ; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens ]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England . ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine . ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]","[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n The Confessions of a Wife \"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]","[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]","[Refuses to publish his piece in \n Century Magazine ; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]","[Discusses the December issue of \n Century Magazine ; informs him that\n there is room for \n [John] Burroughs , \n [Henry Cabot] Lodge , and \n [George Henry] Sargent as well as\n [\" \n The Bigoudines \"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. 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states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada ; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review ; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens ]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England . ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine . ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]","[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n The Confessions of a Wife \"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]","[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]","[Refuses to publish his piece in \n Century Magazine ; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]","[Discusses the December issue of \n Century Magazine ; informs him that\n there is room for \n [John] Burroughs , \n [Henry Cabot] Lodge , and \n [George Henry] Sargent as well as\n [\" \n The Bigoudines \"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. 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says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]","[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n The Confessions of a Wife \"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]","[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]","[Refuses to publish his piece in \n Century Magazine ; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]","[Discusses the December issue of \n Century Magazine ; informs him that\n there is room for \n [John] Burroughs , \n [Henry Cabot] Lodge , and \n [George Henry] Sargent as well as\n [\" \n The Bigoudines \"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. Includes\n initialed AN by Gilder and autograph note, initialed\n by Gilder, remarking on the contents and looks of the\n December issue of \n Century Magazine ; ]","[Says he is at home on the mend; tells him it\n might be necessary to see Mr. [ \n Robert Underwood] Johnson who is\n running things at \n Century Magazine ; expresses New\n Year's wishes.]","[Discusses poetic work by Gilder which Johnson has\n looked at and made suggestions about; compliments him\n for devoting so much attention to details of\n composition, etc., even though he is busy as an\n editor.]","[Discusses a book she wrote expressing her\n anti-vivisection views; discusses her following of\n homeopathic medicine and vegetarianism; speaks of his\n own revulsion to hunting, fishing, even eating\n mutton; leans toward a vegetarian diet; speaks\n accusingly of landlords near his farm in \n Massachusetts , \n Trinity Church , the director of\n the \n Metropolitan Museum of Art , and\n of \n Abraham Lincoln ; says that\n \"Gentle Lincoln\" assisted in the vivisection and\n maiming of myriads, without anesthesia, and destroyed\n millions of human lives to free the slaves.]","[Tries to meet with him to speak about a print in\n the current chapter of his history.]","[Talks about a woman writer whose \"charming\" novel\n Four Ways to Paradise was published\n by the \n Century Co. , but who does not\n write much any more these days; hopes the rainy\n weather will stop for Aldrich's visit; says they had\n a reading the night before of favorite pieces by\n Aldrich, of which a verse was appreciated by their\n old friend, the Marquis di Rosalis, though he is not\n familiar with it; gives directions for coming by\n trolley from Pittsfield to Lee, should he miss the\n connection.]","[Discusses a trip to \n California , a meeting with \n Mary Austin in \n San Francisco , the possibility\n of serializing one of her books [ \n Isidro ]; mentions her other books\n and poetry, published by \n Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. ;\n mentions writing of \n Bret Hart and \n George Washington Cable ; says he\n dissuaded Austin from moving to the east coast;\n discusses other \n Century Co. business; includes\n autograph note.]","[Talks about a fine copy of the praying hands by \n [Albrecht] Durer and a book about\n Durer that he owns; mentions Christmas; says he is\n very happy with a houseful of children; says he has\n had a setback in his health and is still at home\n because of it; says she is the kindest person he\n knows.]","[Discusses an old mantelpiece in his house, 13\n East 8th Street, which he considers poor\n architecture, not a good Colonial example; says she\n is welcome to look at; includes autograph\n sentence.]","[Discusses her short story, \" \n Little Anna and the Gentleman\n Adventurer \" which she sent to \n Century Magazine ; says it has not\n been acknowledged; written after Gilder's death in\n November 1909.]","[Includes autograph notes, initialed.]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Scribner's","Century Co.","Four Brooks Farm","Harvard","Yale","Trinity Church","Metropolitan Museum of Art","Houghton, Mifflin, and Co.","Aldrich family","Richard Watson Gilder","Robert Bridges","Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen","Frances Hodgson Burnett","Hjalmar Hjorth\n Boyesen","Epes Sargent","Charles deKay","William Hayes Ward","Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy","Lewis Frank Tooker","Charles F. Chichester","Richard Watson\n Gilder","Peter Cooper","John Fletcher Hurst","Herbert Dickinson\n Ward","Charles George Douglas Roberts","Samuel Reynolds Hole","Bronson [Crocker] Howard","Laurence Alma-Tadema","George Madden Martin","Atwood R. 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says it\n seems more foreign than \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGunnar\u003c/bibref\u003ealthough it depicts life in an\n American Western Norwegian settlement; adds that the\n novel needs work, but that he considers it worth\n publishing in the magazine.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is sorry about her ill health; mentions a\n short story she has in the works; says he has been to\n see \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Hodgson Burnett\u003c/persname\u003eand that\n she is writing a new serial for him; praises\n Burnett's play, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEsmeralda\u003c/bibref\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises his piece \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Lost Hellos\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says that the\n \"Dr.\" agrees that the piece is in \"excellent form\n --heathenish but heavenly\"; discusses business.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks for help in selecting pieces for the\n \"encyclopedia\"; suggests several titles, including \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles deKay\u003c/persname\u003e's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHespherus and Other\n Poems\u003c/bibref\u003e(1880).]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Press copy in secretarial handwriting and\n signature; discusses a piece that may appear in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses her piece \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGoranne de Savare\u003c/bibref\u003e\" which he has sent\n to her to correct.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poem, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Innovation\u003c/bibref\u003e\" by Ward; Gilder\n agrees with \n \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Frank Tooker\u003c/persname\u003e, of the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury\u003c/bibref\u003estaff; criticizes content and\n style of the poem and suggests changes for both; says\n poem reminds him of Swinburne and Whitman.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks of an enclosed letter that will interest\n him; says he has information that \n \u003ccorpname\u003eScribner's\u003c/corpname\u003ewill send an\n expedition to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e; wonders if their own\n friend in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ehas definite information\n on it, but has mixed them up; reports on progress\n repairing the Century Building on 17th Street; says\n the mantel in Gilder's office with Dr. Howard's\n relief was destroyed and wonders if he has taken\n measures to replace the original carving with a\n replica; comments in postscript on a book by \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Cooper\u003c/persname\u003eon Jefferson which\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eis not going to\n publish; says he is afraid the family will not make\n money from the book because of small sales.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he would like to see Hurst's paper on the\n \"Salzburg Exiles\"; says he is convinced the bishop\n will make a good thing of it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him some material he requested.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased that Ward likes the\n illustrations by [A.] Castaigne; states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Welcomes him and his wife to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCanada\u003c/geogname\u003e; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Admires the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNorth American Review\u003c/bibref\u003e; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eOur Gardens\u003c/bibref\u003e]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Looks forward to the \n \u003cfamname\u003eAldrich family\u003c/famname\u003e's visit to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFour Brooks Farm\u003c/corpname\u003e; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHarvard\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003ccorpname\u003eYale\u003c/corpname\u003e[to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Returns galleys to \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eUnder the Ban of the Redbeard\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaesar\u003c/persname\u003eand the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe [Guiberon] Touch\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eColonial Fights and Fighters\u003c/bibref\u003e, \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Confessions of a Wife\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Refuses to publish his piece in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses the December issue of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; informs him that\n there is room for \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Burroughs\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Henry Cabot] Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003e[George Henry] Sargent\u003c/persname\u003eas well as\n [\" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Bigoudines\u003c/bibref\u003e\"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. Includes\n initialed AN by Gilder and autograph note, initialed\n by Gilder, remarking on the contents and looks of the\n December issue of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is at home on the mend; tells him it\n might be necessary to see Mr. [ \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Underwood] Johnson\u003c/persname\u003ewho is\n running things at \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; expresses New\n Year's wishes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses poetic work by Gilder which Johnson has\n looked at and made suggestions about; compliments him\n for devoting so much attention to details of\n composition, etc., even though he is busy as an\n editor.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a book she wrote expressing her\n anti-vivisection views; discusses her following of\n homeopathic medicine and vegetarianism; speaks of his\n own revulsion to hunting, fishing, even eating\n mutton; leans toward a vegetarian diet; speaks\n accusingly of landlords near his farm in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMassachusetts\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eTrinity Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, the director of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMetropolitan Museum of Art\u003c/corpname\u003e, and\n of \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003e; says that\n \"Gentle Lincoln\" assisted in the vivisection and\n maiming of myriads, without anesthesia, and destroyed\n millions of human lives to free the slaves.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Tries to meet with him to speak about a print in\n the current chapter of his history.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about a woman writer whose \"charming\" novel\n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFour Ways to Paradise\u003c/bibref\u003ewas published\n by the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e, but who does not\n write much any more these days; hopes the rainy\n weather will stop for Aldrich's visit; says they had\n a reading the night before of favorite pieces by\n Aldrich, of which a verse was appreciated by their\n old friend, the Marquis di Rosalis, though he is not\n familiar with it; gives directions for coming by\n trolley from Pittsfield to Lee, should he miss the\n connection.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses a trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCalifornia\u003c/geogname\u003e, a meeting with \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Austin\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eSan Francisco\u003c/geogname\u003e, the possibility\n of serializing one of her books [ \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eIsidro\u003c/bibref\u003e]; mentions her other books\n and poetry, published by \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHoughton, Mifflin, and Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n mentions writing of \n \u003cpersname\u003eBret Hart\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Washington Cable\u003c/persname\u003e; says he\n dissuaded Austin from moving to the east coast;\n discusses other \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCentury Co.\u003c/corpname\u003ebusiness; includes\n autograph note.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Talks about a fine copy of the praying hands by \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Albrecht] Durer\u003c/persname\u003eand a book about\n Durer that he owns; mentions Christmas; says he is\n very happy with a houseful of children; says he has\n had a setback in his health and is still at home\n because of it; says she is the kindest person he\n knows.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses an old mantelpiece in his house, 13\n East 8th Street, which he considers poor\n architecture, not a good Colonial example; says she\n is welcome to look at; includes autograph\n sentence.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses her short story, \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLittle Anna and the Gentleman\n Adventurer\u003c/bibref\u003e\" which she sent to \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c/bibref\u003e; says it has not\n been acknowledged; written after Gilder's death in\n November 1909.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes autograph notes, initialed.]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Initialed]","[Includes an initialed note by Gilder stating that\n the poem was later called \" \n The Building of the Chimney \";\n begins, \"My chimney is builded . . .\"]","[Includes note on top of page, \"This is the\n original for Mrs. [Aldrich].\"]","[Initialed]","[Missing pages 2-6.]","[Initialed]","[Includes autograph corrections.]","[Wonders if he wants any of \n Scribner's Japan pictures for his series\n Travel and Adventure.]","[Talks about a novel by \n Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen ; says it\n seems more foreign than \n Gunnar although it depicts life in an\n American Western Norwegian settlement; adds that the\n novel needs work, but that he considers it worth\n publishing in the magazine.]","[Says he is sorry about her ill health; mentions a\n short story she has in the works; says he has been to\n see \n Frances Hodgson Burnett and that\n she is writing a new serial for him; praises\n Burnett's play, \" \n Esmeralda . \"]","[Praises his piece \" \n The Lost Hellos \"; says that the\n \"Dr.\" agrees that the piece is in \"excellent form\n --heathenish but heavenly\"; discusses business.]","[Asks for help in selecting pieces for the\n \"encyclopedia\"; suggests several titles, including \n Charles deKay 's \n Hespherus and Other\n Poems (1880).]","[Press copy in secretarial handwriting and\n signature; discusses a piece that may appear in \n Century Magazine . ]","[Discusses her piece \" \n Goranne de Savare \" which he has sent\n to her to correct.]","[Discusses poem, \" \n The Innovation \" by Ward; Gilder\n agrees with \n Lewis Frank Tooker , of the \n Century staff; criticizes content and\n style of the poem and suggests changes for both; says\n poem reminds him of Swinburne and Whitman.]","[Speaks of an enclosed letter that will interest\n him; says he has information that \n Scribner's will send an\n expedition to \n Russia ; wonders if their own\n friend in \n Moscow has definite information\n on it, but has mixed them up; reports on progress\n repairing the Century Building on 17th Street; says\n the mantel in Gilder's office with Dr. Howard's\n relief was destroyed and wonders if he has taken\n measures to replace the original carving with a\n replica; comments in postscript on a book by \n Peter Cooper on Jefferson which\n the \n Century Co. is not going to\n publish; says he is afraid the family will not make\n money from the book because of small sales.]","[Says he would like to see Hurst's paper on the\n \"Salzburg Exiles\"; says he is convinced the bishop\n will make a good thing of it.]","[Sends him some material he requested.]","[Says he is pleased that Ward likes the\n illustrations by [A.] Castaigne; states that the\n story will appear in the February number.]","[Welcomes him and his wife to \n Canada ; hopes Mrs. Gilder's\n health is improved; quotes a line of \"native Canadian\n verse.\"]","[Says he is not sure that Ward will like his\n frankness; asks for a prompt return of the\n manuscript.]","[Admires the \n North American Review ; appreciates\n the invitation for literary contribution; says his\n time is, however, limited because he is writing a\n book [ \n Our Gardens ]; wishes him a\n successful visit to \n England . ]","[Sends him part of a proposed article; says he is\n very unsure of the piece as he is used to writing\n dramatic dialogue only; asks for perfect frankness\n from him; talks about illustrations for the\n article.]","[Offers a short novel for possible publication in\n 3 parts to \n Century Magazine . ]","[Thanks him for the verdict on her manuscript;\n confesses that she had doubts about it herself after\n sending it off; apologizes for sending it.]","[Notifies her that the business proposition\n relating to the American Art Annual has been\n rejected; says it would be too expensive for the\n club; with autograph sentence.]","[Looks forward to the \n Aldrich family 's visit to \n Four Brooks Farm ; gives\n directions to farm and description of it; says they\n will discuss proper attire for Aldrich to appear in\n at \n Harvard and \n Yale [to receive honorary degrees\n ?] there and then; tells him that Professor Wein's\n tailor is the one to engage; speaks at length about\n the academic gowns for both occasions.]","[Returns galleys to \" \n Under the Ban of the Redbeard \"; says\n the story should be called \"Barbarossa,\" a more\n captivating name for a book as well as a play, which\n he intends to do; defends his usage of the words\n \"King\" and \"Kaiser,\" citing \n Caesar and the Roman Empire;\n explains his attitude toward the use of capital and\n lower case letters for titles; wishes to put under\n his name in galley 1, \"author of \n The [Guiberon] Touch and \n Colonial Fights and Fighters , \" the\n titles of his last books to be published in the fall;\n asks for a set of proofs of the illustrations.]","[Says he is locked up at home with a \"blooming\"\n cold; speaks about a letter he has sent her; gives\n her permission to use the letter as she pleases; says\n he will sign what she sends him; pleads with her not\n to overexert herself for the cause.]","[Says Ward has been mentioned as one author who\n may have written \" \n The Confessions of a Wife \"; asks him\n to assist in the concealment of authorship by\n returning to affirm or deny the rumor; says he heard\n of Ward's possible authorship from the\n \"traveler.\"]","[Sends him the manuscript of a story she has not\n quite finished; reminds him that he asked to see it\n some time ago.]","[Refuses to publish his piece in \n Century Magazine ; says the story\n regards suicide and is controversial.]","[Discusses the December issue of \n Century Magazine ; informs him that\n there is room for \n [John] Burroughs , \n [Henry Cabot] Lodge , and \n [George Henry] Sargent as well as\n [\" \n The Bigoudines \"], an illustrated\n article; asks for his wishes and ideas; mentions the\n pleasant news of Gilder's progress. 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asks for account of sale of 160 acres.]","[Encloses account for consultations.]","[Says he has letter from Cadwalader's grandfather\n and will keep it for him or send it to him; offers\n him and his wife money if they need it; offers\n hospitality in \n Philadelphia . ]","[Responds to request for an autograph; says he is\n unable to write a selection.]","[Gives dates on which he could meet \n Howard Pyle in \n New York ; discusses a poem and\n illustration which will appear in a magazine.]","[Informs company that \n Silas Weir Mitchell approved the\n page proof; wants manuscript of his preface returned\n so he may make corrections; encloses a copy of page\n proof, 3 pages of \n Francis Drake: A Tragedy of the Sea ;\n includes AN by \n Silas Weir Mitchell approving the\n page and requesting the manuscript of the preface for\n corrections.]","[Says he read the book sent to him when he was\n ill; discusses the merits of poetry and Johnson's, \n Richard Watson Gilder 's , and\n his own work; promises to send his new book \"for\n revenge.\"]","[Says he is willing to read for 20 minutes later\n on in the program when the audience has quieted down;\n thinks that too many readers are on the program for\n the time available; suggests that program be altered\n because, in its present form, it appears to be a\n commercial affair.]","[Replies to his letter to \n Beatrice Tollemache ; discusses\n his own writings, especially the character sketches,\n \"talks with Mr. Gladstone,\" and a small volume sent\n to Mitchell containing reminiscences of \n Lewis Carroll ; talks at length\n about poetry, Mitchell's \" \n When all the Woods are Green \";\n believes Mitchell's verses are reminiscent of \n Rudyard Kipling 's \" \n Recessional Hymn \"; mentions his\n schoolfellow, \n George Trevelyan ; refers to a\n friendly review of \n Characteristics in \n The Spectator of August 12.]","[Thanks him for books; mentions \n Characteristics , \" \n When all the Woods are Green , \" and\n her own attempt to write character sketches;\n discusses an old saying from Cheshire; relates\n stories about her nephew's exploits in the Rockies\n and in \n Africa ; tells a story about a\n Benedictine monk who was sent from \n England to \n America . ]","[Discusses details of speaking engagement at \n Smith College . ]","[Responds to inquiry.]","[Speaks with affection about Gibbs' deceased\n sister and her hospitality to him; sends him some\n theses that give evidence of the activity in Smith's\n department.]","[Responds to request for and autograph.]","[Regrets that he is unable to attend the funeral\n of his old friend; promises to write again in a few\n days; sends regards to \n Emily Tuckerman . ]","[Expresses feelings on the death of her uncle;\n fears the slow decay of old age; talks affectionately\n about [ \n Oliver Wolcott Gibbs ], his old\n friend.]","[Praises \n Arthur Hale as a proper member of\n the Players; says he cannot promise to autograph book\n because he may not be in \n New York for months.]","[Expresses thanks.]","[Remarks on the sonnets of the \"Wingless Hours\" by\n an unnamed author he sent to him; believes the author\n to be an invalid lacking in self-criticism; comments\n that he himself does not know how to use the\n \"terrible\" sonnet form.]","[Gives him the times he can see him in \n Chicago ; asks to see some people\n while there as well as Payne's museum in the Park;\n requests hotel arrangements for himself and his\n valet; declines a fee; AN accepts cost of travel and\n hotel only.]","[Thanks him for an encouraging letter concerning\n \"his best work\"; believes that although the book did\n not sell as well as others, there were rewards of\n another nature; mentions the many letters from people\n with similar histories who came to him; singles out\n letter of woman who told about the influence of drink\n on her husband.]","[Says he is glad to receive \n The Dial ; wishes that magazine luck,\n larger space, and competent length of reviews;\n believes that reviews ought to be signed by the\n reviewers; speculates that \n George E. B. Saintsbury wrote an\n article on \"Chicago Fair\"; calls S[aintsbury] \"really\n a pestilent fellow\"; recommends that Browne reprint\n Saintsbury's article on Lowell and the Civil War\n which Saintsbury called \"a parochial disturbance\";\n praises \n H. B. Fuller 's \n The Cliff Dwellers . ] (Includes 2\n typed carbon copies)","[Wonders about the rooms that were engaged for\n them in \n Chicago ; sends a list of people\n he wants to see, especially Dr. Billings and\n [Patriott]; hopes a lot of doctors will attend his\n lecture; promises it will be brilliant and original;\n asks for travel expenses only because he never takes\n a fee for lectures.]","[Sends her one of his books, which was very\n successful in \n America ; speaks about a young\n man he felt sorry for but was unable to help.]","[Says he will send out invitations later than the\n correspondent will send his announcements; believes\n Professor Barker will be more helpful than Wood.]","[Requests 2 copies of \n Hephzibah Guiness for minor\n corrections; says no corrections are needed for \n Wear and Tear ; asks that he find the\n number of editors and the publisher of the first\n edition of \n Wear and Tear . ]","[Complains that he finds the commercial side of\n his life distasteful; insists that his own doctor\n take fees; sends him his consultant account.]","[States that Aldrich has recovered from illness\n and has returned to making verse about Longfellow;\n says he is working on the third copy of his new novel\n which will appear next November in \n The Century ; mentions that \n [Richard Watson] Gilder is\n excited about the novel; believes it to be a good\n sign in an editor; refers to his son's new play.]","[Expresses interest and comments on book Cholim\n sent to him on Cholim's \"race.\"]","[Remarks that a book presented to \n Thomas Jefferson would be worth\n more if it has Jefferson's signature.]","[Advises her to go without Bismuth for some time;\n recommends four books to be read to her father;\n mentions a nice note he received from Mrs.\n Forbes.]","[Speaks about telepathic sympathies between them;\n admires Gibbs' handwriting which belies his age;\n describes his visits to his patients; notes that he\n works as a doctor only in the winter and spends\n summers fishing for salmon and writing fiction in \n Maine ; believes some essential\n difference exists between scientific work and\n creative fiction.]","[Sends regrets because he is unable to undertake\n \"this pleasant and interesting matter.\"]","[Turns down trip to \n Buffalo to see a mental patient;\n discusses the problems of diagnosing and treating\n mental patients; asks for contribution to enlarge his\n nervous hospital; reports that Mr. Robb is very well,\n but unaware of the peril he was in.]","[Feels that members of the \n W. Island Club that are not\n present should be able to vote on new members; thinks\n it should use the same procedure as in the \n Round Table Club ; suggests that\n Strong make some change in the laws.]","[Says number 5-c has been ready for her for\n awhile; fears that it will be part of a collection\n nobody will buy.]","[Signed by \n Silas Weir Mitchell and \n George William Jacobs \u0026\n Co. and witnessed by \n Cosntance J. Greer and \n Pariau S. Parsons . ]","[Includes biographical sketch listing Mitchell's\n accomplishments as a physician and writer","[For medical attendance.]","[Includes 2 copies of a poem.]","[Poem, signed by \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Volume bound in dark blue leather with gilt\n ornamentation; includes following items.]","[Reflects on six weeks spent in \n Venice . ]","[Thanks him for the book which he is looking\n forward to reading.]","[Recommends his brother for the position of\n physician at Lazarette.]","[Regrets that he cannot help with the\n binding.]","[Declines invitation.]","[Inscribed to \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Says he is pleased by comment about poem;\n includes AN on verso, initialed W. M., 1892,\n describes when Holmes gave Mitchell the poem and\n letter.]","[Discusses his publishing projects.]","[Declines invitation.]","[Includes signed autograph dedication to \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Asks her to send copy of \" \n Battle Hymn of the Republic . \"]","[Encloses autograph copy of \" \n Battle Hymn of the Republic \"; claims\n share of credit for writing it since her mother wrote\n while staying with her; compliments his book.]","[Inscribed to \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Signed by author.]","[Laid in back of volume.]","[Includes 17 autographs, 10 identifiable as \n Moncure Daniel Conway , \n John W. [Karlson] , \n Stanley Matthews , \n Andrew D. White , \n Weir Mitchell , \n E. R. Robinson , [ \n J. F. Davies ], \n James MacAlister , \n George Sechel Pepper , \n William Pepper . ]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Houghton, Mifflin Co.","H. O. 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speculates that \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge E. B. Saintsbury\u003c/persname\u003ewrote an\n article on \"Chicago Fair\"; calls S[aintsbury] \"really\n a pestilent fellow\"; recommends that Browne reprint\n Saintsbury's article on Lowell and the Civil War\n which Saintsbury called \"a parochial disturbance\";\n praises \n \u003cpersname\u003eH. B. Fuller\u003c/persname\u003e's \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Cliff Dwellers\u003c/bibref\u003e. ] (Includes 2\n typed carbon copies)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wonders about the rooms that were engaged for\n them in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChicago\u003c/geogname\u003e; sends a list of people\n he wants to see, especially Dr. Billings and\n [Patriott]; hopes a lot of doctors will attend his\n lecture; promises it will be brilliant and original;\n asks for travel expenses only because he never takes\n a fee for lectures.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends her one of his books, which was very\n successful in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e; speaks about a young\n man he felt sorry for but was unable to help.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he will send out invitations later than the\n correspondent will send his announcements; believes\n Professor Barker will be more helpful than Wood.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Requests 2 copies of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHephzibah Guiness\u003c/bibref\u003efor minor\n corrections; says no corrections are needed for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWear and Tear\u003c/bibref\u003e; asks that he find the\n number of editors and the publisher of the first\n edition of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWear and Tear\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Complains that he finds the commercial side of\n his life distasteful; insists that his own doctor\n take fees; sends him his consultant account.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[States that Aldrich has recovered from illness\n and has returned to making verse about Longfellow;\n says he is working on the third copy of his new novel\n which will appear next November in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Century\u003c/bibref\u003e; mentions that \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Richard Watson] Gilder\u003c/persname\u003eis\n excited about the novel; believes it to be a good\n sign in an editor; refers to his son's new play.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Expresses interest and comments on book Cholim\n sent to him on Cholim's \"race.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Remarks that a book presented to \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Jefferson\u003c/persname\u003ewould be worth\n more if it has Jefferson's signature.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Advises her to go without Bismuth for some time;\n recommends four books to be read to her father;\n mentions a nice note he received from Mrs.\n Forbes.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Speaks about telepathic sympathies between them;\n admires Gibbs' handwriting which belies his age;\n describes his visits to his patients; notes that he\n works as a doctor only in the winter and spends\n summers fishing for salmon and writing fiction in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMaine\u003c/geogname\u003e; believes some essential\n difference exists between scientific work and\n creative fiction.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends regrets because he is unable to undertake\n \"this pleasant and interesting matter.\"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Turns down trip to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuffalo\u003c/geogname\u003eto see a mental patient;\n discusses the problems of diagnosing and treating\n mental patients; asks for contribution to enlarge his\n nervous hospital; reports that Mr. Robb is very well,\n but unaware of the peril he was in.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Feels that members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eW. Island Club\u003c/corpname\u003ethat are not\n present should be able to vote on new members; thinks\n it should use the same procedure as in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRound Table Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; suggests that\n Strong make some change in the laws.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says number 5-c has been ready for her for\n awhile; fears that it will be part of a collection\n nobody will buy.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Signed by \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge William Jacobs \u0026amp;\n Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eand witnessed by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCosntance J. Greer\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003ePariau S. Parsons\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes biographical sketch listing Mitchell's\n accomplishments as a physician and writer\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[For medical attendance.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes 2 copies of a poem.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Poem, signed by \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Volume bound in dark blue leather with gilt\n ornamentation; includes following items.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Reflects on six weeks spent in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVenice\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for the book which he is looking\n forward to reading.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Recommends his brother for the position of\n physician at Lazarette.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Regrets that he cannot help with the\n binding.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Declines invitation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Inscribed to \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is pleased by comment about poem;\n includes AN on verso, initialed W. M., 1892,\n describes when Holmes gave Mitchell the poem and\n letter.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discusses his publishing projects.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Declines invitation.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes signed autograph dedication to \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Asks her to send copy of \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBattle Hymn of the Republic\u003c/bibref\u003e. \"]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encloses autograph copy of \" \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBattle Hymn of the Republic\u003c/bibref\u003e\"; claims\n share of credit for writing it since her mother wrote\n while staying with her; compliments his book.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Inscribed to \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Signed by author.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Laid in back of volume.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Includes 17 autographs, 10 identifiable as \n \u003cpersname\u003eMoncure Daniel Conway\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. [Karlson]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eStanley Matthews\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew D. White\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWeir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eE. R. Robinson\u003c/persname\u003e, [ \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. F. Davies\u003c/persname\u003e], \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames MacAlister\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Sechel Pepper\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Pepper\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Early draft of the beginning of \n Westways , 1913.]","[Gives thanks for satisfactory closure on sale of\n land; asks for account of sale of 160 acres.]","[Encloses account for consultations.]","[Says he has letter from Cadwalader's grandfather\n and will keep it for him or send it to him; offers\n him and his wife money if they need it; offers\n hospitality in \n Philadelphia . ]","[Responds to request for an autograph; says he is\n unable to write a selection.]","[Gives dates on which he could meet \n Howard Pyle in \n New York ; discusses a poem and\n illustration which will appear in a magazine.]","[Informs company that \n Silas Weir Mitchell approved the\n page proof; wants manuscript of his preface returned\n so he may make corrections; encloses a copy of page\n proof, 3 pages of \n Francis Drake: A Tragedy of the Sea ;\n includes AN by \n Silas Weir Mitchell approving the\n page and requesting the manuscript of the preface for\n corrections.]","[Says he read the book sent to him when he was\n ill; discusses the merits of poetry and Johnson's, \n Richard Watson Gilder 's , and\n his own work; promises to send his new book \"for\n revenge.\"]","[Says he is willing to read for 20 minutes later\n on in the program when the audience has quieted down;\n thinks that too many readers are on the program for\n the time available; suggests that program be altered\n because, in its present form, it appears to be a\n commercial affair.]","[Replies to his letter to \n Beatrice Tollemache ; discusses\n his own writings, especially the character sketches,\n \"talks with Mr. Gladstone,\" and a small volume sent\n to Mitchell containing reminiscences of \n Lewis Carroll ; talks at length\n about poetry, Mitchell's \" \n When all the Woods are Green \";\n believes Mitchell's verses are reminiscent of \n Rudyard Kipling 's \" \n Recessional Hymn \"; mentions his\n schoolfellow, \n George Trevelyan ; refers to a\n friendly review of \n Characteristics in \n The Spectator of August 12.]","[Thanks him for books; mentions \n Characteristics , \" \n When all the Woods are Green , \" and\n her own attempt to write character sketches;\n discusses an old saying from Cheshire; relates\n stories about her nephew's exploits in the Rockies\n and in \n Africa ; tells a story about a\n Benedictine monk who was sent from \n England to \n America . ]","[Discusses details of speaking engagement at \n Smith College . ]","[Responds to inquiry.]","[Speaks with affection about Gibbs' deceased\n sister and her hospitality to him; sends him some\n theses that give evidence of the activity in Smith's\n department.]","[Responds to request for and autograph.]","[Regrets that he is unable to attend the funeral\n of his old friend; promises to write again in a few\n days; sends regards to \n Emily Tuckerman . ]","[Expresses feelings on the death of her uncle;\n fears the slow decay of old age; talks affectionately\n about [ \n Oliver Wolcott Gibbs ], his old\n friend.]","[Praises \n Arthur Hale as a proper member of\n the Players; says he cannot promise to autograph book\n because he may not be in \n New York for months.]","[Expresses thanks.]","[Remarks on the sonnets of the \"Wingless Hours\" by\n an unnamed author he sent to him; believes the author\n to be an invalid lacking in self-criticism; comments\n that he himself does not know how to use the\n \"terrible\" sonnet form.]","[Gives him the times he can see him in \n Chicago ; asks to see some people\n while there as well as Payne's museum in the Park;\n requests hotel arrangements for himself and his\n valet; declines a fee; AN accepts cost of travel and\n hotel only.]","[Thanks him for an encouraging letter concerning\n \"his best work\"; believes that although the book did\n not sell as well as others, there were rewards of\n another nature; mentions the many letters from people\n with similar histories who came to him; singles out\n letter of woman who told about the influence of drink\n on her husband.]","[Says he is glad to receive \n The Dial ; wishes that magazine luck,\n larger space, and competent length of reviews;\n believes that reviews ought to be signed by the\n reviewers; speculates that \n George E. B. Saintsbury wrote an\n article on \"Chicago Fair\"; calls S[aintsbury] \"really\n a pestilent fellow\"; recommends that Browne reprint\n Saintsbury's article on Lowell and the Civil War\n which Saintsbury called \"a parochial disturbance\";\n praises \n H. B. Fuller 's \n The Cliff Dwellers . ] (Includes 2\n typed carbon copies)","[Wonders about the rooms that were engaged for\n them in \n Chicago ; sends a list of people\n he wants to see, especially Dr. Billings and\n [Patriott]; hopes a lot of doctors will attend his\n lecture; promises it will be brilliant and original;\n asks for travel expenses only because he never takes\n a fee for lectures.]","[Sends her one of his books, which was very\n successful in \n America ; speaks about a young\n man he felt sorry for but was unable to help.]","[Says he will send out invitations later than the\n correspondent will send his announcements; believes\n Professor Barker will be more helpful than Wood.]","[Requests 2 copies of \n Hephzibah Guiness for minor\n corrections; says no corrections are needed for \n Wear and Tear ; asks that he find the\n number of editors and the publisher of the first\n edition of \n Wear and Tear . ]","[Complains that he finds the commercial side of\n his life distasteful; insists that his own doctor\n take fees; sends him his consultant account.]","[States that Aldrich has recovered from illness\n and has returned to making verse about Longfellow;\n says he is working on the third copy of his new novel\n which will appear next November in \n The Century ; mentions that \n [Richard Watson] Gilder is\n excited about the novel; believes it to be a good\n sign in an editor; refers to his son's new play.]","[Expresses interest and comments on book Cholim\n sent to him on Cholim's \"race.\"]","[Remarks that a book presented to \n Thomas Jefferson would be worth\n more if it has Jefferson's signature.]","[Advises her to go without Bismuth for some time;\n recommends four books to be read to her father;\n mentions a nice note he received from Mrs.\n Forbes.]","[Speaks about telepathic sympathies between them;\n admires Gibbs' handwriting which belies his age;\n describes his visits to his patients; notes that he\n works as a doctor only in the winter and spends\n summers fishing for salmon and writing fiction in \n Maine ; believes some essential\n difference exists between scientific work and\n creative fiction.]","[Sends regrets because he is unable to undertake\n \"this pleasant and interesting matter.\"]","[Turns down trip to \n Buffalo to see a mental patient;\n discusses the problems of diagnosing and treating\n mental patients; asks for contribution to enlarge his\n nervous hospital; reports that Mr. Robb is very well,\n but unaware of the peril he was in.]","[Feels that members of the \n W. Island Club that are not\n present should be able to vote on new members; thinks\n it should use the same procedure as in the \n Round Table Club ; suggests that\n Strong make some change in the laws.]","[Says number 5-c has been ready for her for\n awhile; fears that it will be part of a collection\n nobody will buy.]","[Signed by \n Silas Weir Mitchell and \n George William Jacobs \u0026\n Co. and witnessed by \n Cosntance J. Greer and \n Pariau S. Parsons . ]","[Includes biographical sketch listing Mitchell's\n accomplishments as a physician and writer","[For medical attendance.]","[Includes 2 copies of a poem.]","[Poem, signed by \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Volume bound in dark blue leather with gilt\n ornamentation; includes following items.]","[Reflects on six weeks spent in \n Venice . ]","[Thanks him for the book which he is looking\n forward to reading.]","[Recommends his brother for the position of\n physician at Lazarette.]","[Regrets that he cannot help with the\n binding.]","[Declines invitation.]","[Inscribed to \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Says he is pleased by comment about poem;\n includes AN on verso, initialed W. M., 1892,\n describes when Holmes gave Mitchell the poem and\n letter.]","[Discusses his publishing projects.]","[Declines invitation.]","[Includes signed autograph dedication to \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Asks her to send copy of \" \n Battle Hymn of the Republic . \"]","[Encloses autograph copy of \" \n Battle Hymn of the Republic \"; claims\n share of credit for writing it since her mother wrote\n while staying with her; compliments his book.]","[Inscribed to \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Signed by author.]","[Laid in back of volume.]","[Includes 17 autographs, 10 identifiable as \n Moncure Daniel Conway , \n John W. [Karlson] , \n Stanley Matthews , \n Andrew D. White , \n Weir Mitchell , \n E. R. Robinson , [ \n J. F. 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offers\n him and his wife money if they need it; offers\n hospitality in \n Philadelphia . ]","[Responds to request for an autograph; says he is\n unable to write a selection.]","[Gives dates on which he could meet \n Howard Pyle in \n New York ; discusses a poem and\n illustration which will appear in a magazine.]","[Informs company that \n Silas Weir Mitchell approved the\n page proof; wants manuscript of his preface returned\n so he may make corrections; encloses a copy of page\n proof, 3 pages of \n Francis Drake: A Tragedy of the Sea ;\n includes AN by \n Silas Weir Mitchell approving the\n page and requesting the manuscript of the preface for\n corrections.]","[Says he read the book sent to him when he was\n ill; discusses the merits of poetry and Johnson's, \n Richard Watson Gilder 's , and\n his own work; promises to send his new book \"for\n revenge.\"]","[Says he is willing to read for 20 minutes later\n on in the program when the audience has quieted down;\n thinks that too many readers are on the program for\n the time available; suggests that program be altered\n because, in its present form, it appears to be a\n commercial affair.]","[Replies to his letter to \n Beatrice Tollemache ; discusses\n his own writings, especially the character sketches,\n \"talks with Mr. Gladstone,\" and a small volume sent\n to Mitchell containing reminiscences of \n Lewis Carroll ; talks at length\n about poetry, Mitchell's \" \n When all the Woods are Green \";\n believes Mitchell's verses are reminiscent of \n Rudyard Kipling 's \" \n Recessional Hymn \"; mentions his\n schoolfellow, \n George Trevelyan ; refers to a\n friendly review of \n Characteristics in \n The Spectator of August 12.]","[Thanks him for books; mentions \n Characteristics , \" \n When all the Woods are Green , \" and\n her own attempt to write character sketches;\n discusses an old saying from Cheshire; relates\n stories about her nephew's exploits in the Rockies\n and in \n Africa ; tells a story about a\n Benedictine monk who was sent from \n England to \n America . ]","[Discusses details of speaking engagement at \n Smith College . ]","[Responds to inquiry.]","[Speaks with affection about Gibbs' deceased\n sister and her hospitality to him; sends him some\n theses that give evidence of the activity in Smith's\n department.]","[Responds to request for and autograph.]","[Regrets that he is unable to attend the funeral\n of his old friend; promises to write again in a few\n days; sends regards to \n Emily Tuckerman . ]","[Expresses feelings on the death of her uncle;\n fears the slow decay of old age; talks affectionately\n about [ \n Oliver Wolcott Gibbs ], his old\n friend.]","[Praises \n Arthur Hale as a proper member of\n the Players; says he cannot promise to autograph book\n because he may not be in \n New York for months.]","[Expresses thanks.]","[Remarks on the sonnets of the \"Wingless Hours\" by\n an unnamed author he sent to him; believes the author\n to be an invalid lacking in self-criticism; comments\n that he himself does not know how to use the\n \"terrible\" sonnet form.]","[Gives him the times he can see him in \n Chicago ; asks to see some people\n while there as well as Payne's museum in the Park;\n requests hotel arrangements for himself and his\n valet; declines a fee; AN accepts cost of travel and\n hotel only.]","[Thanks him for an encouraging letter concerning\n \"his best work\"; believes that although the book did\n not sell as well as others, there were rewards of\n another nature; mentions the many letters from people\n with similar histories who came to him; singles out\n letter of woman who told about the influence of drink\n on her husband.]","[Says he is glad to receive \n The Dial ; wishes that magazine luck,\n larger space, and competent length of reviews;\n believes that reviews ought to be signed by the\n reviewers; speculates that \n George E. B. Saintsbury wrote an\n article on \"Chicago Fair\"; calls S[aintsbury] \"really\n a pestilent fellow\"; recommends that Browne reprint\n Saintsbury's article on Lowell and the Civil War\n which Saintsbury called \"a parochial disturbance\";\n praises \n H. B. Fuller 's \n The Cliff Dwellers . ] (Includes 2\n typed carbon copies)","[Wonders about the rooms that were engaged for\n them in \n Chicago ; sends a list of people\n he wants to see, especially Dr. Billings and\n [Patriott]; hopes a lot of doctors will attend his\n lecture; promises it will be brilliant and original;\n asks for travel expenses only because he never takes\n a fee for lectures.]","[Sends her one of his books, which was very\n successful in \n America ; speaks about a young\n man he felt sorry for but was unable to help.]","[Says he will send out invitations later than the\n correspondent will send his announcements; believes\n Professor Barker will be more helpful than Wood.]","[Requests 2 copies of \n Hephzibah Guiness for minor\n corrections; says no corrections are needed for \n Wear and Tear ; asks that he find the\n number of editors and the publisher of the first\n edition of \n Wear and Tear . ]","[Complains that he finds the commercial side of\n his life distasteful; insists that his own doctor\n take fees; sends him his consultant account.]","[States that Aldrich has recovered from illness\n and has returned to making verse about Longfellow;\n says he is working on the third copy of his new novel\n which will appear next November in \n The Century ; mentions that \n [Richard Watson] Gilder is\n excited about the novel; believes it to be a good\n sign in an editor; refers to his son's new play.]","[Expresses interest and comments on book Cholim\n sent to him on Cholim's \"race.\"]","[Remarks that a book presented to \n Thomas Jefferson would be worth\n more if it has Jefferson's signature.]","[Advises her to go without Bismuth for some time;\n recommends four books to be read to her father;\n mentions a nice note he received from Mrs.\n Forbes.]","[Speaks about telepathic sympathies between them;\n admires Gibbs' handwriting which belies his age;\n describes his visits to his patients; notes that he\n works as a doctor only in the winter and spends\n summers fishing for salmon and writing fiction in \n Maine ; believes some essential\n difference exists between scientific work and\n creative fiction.]","[Sends regrets because he is unable to undertake\n \"this pleasant and interesting matter.\"]","[Turns down trip to \n Buffalo to see a mental patient;\n discusses the problems of diagnosing and treating\n mental patients; asks for contribution to enlarge his\n nervous hospital; reports that Mr. Robb is very well,\n but unaware of the peril he was in.]","[Feels that members of the \n W. Island Club that are not\n present should be able to vote on new members; thinks\n it should use the same procedure as in the \n Round Table Club ; suggests that\n Strong make some change in the laws.]","[Says number 5-c has been ready for her for\n awhile; fears that it will be part of a collection\n nobody will buy.]","[Signed by \n Silas Weir Mitchell and \n George William Jacobs \u0026\n Co. and witnessed by \n Cosntance J. Greer and \n Pariau S. Parsons . ]","[Includes biographical sketch listing Mitchell's\n accomplishments as a physician and writer","[For medical attendance.]","[Includes 2 copies of a poem.]","[Poem, signed by \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Volume bound in dark blue leather with gilt\n ornamentation; includes following items.]","[Reflects on six weeks spent in \n Venice . ]","[Thanks him for the book which he is looking\n forward to reading.]","[Recommends his brother for the position of\n physician at Lazarette.]","[Regrets that he cannot help with the\n binding.]","[Declines invitation.]","[Inscribed to \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Says he is pleased by comment about poem;\n includes AN on verso, initialed W. M., 1892,\n describes when Holmes gave Mitchell the poem and\n letter.]","[Discusses his publishing projects.]","[Declines invitation.]","[Includes signed autograph dedication to \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Asks her to send copy of \" \n Battle Hymn of the Republic . \"]","[Encloses autograph copy of \" \n Battle Hymn of the Republic \"; claims\n share of credit for writing it since her mother wrote\n while staying with her; compliments his book.]","[Inscribed to \n Silas Weir Mitchell . ]","[Signed by author.]","[Laid in back of volume.]","[Includes 17 autographs, 10 identifiable as \n Moncure Daniel Conway , \n John W. [Karlson] , \n Stanley Matthews , \n Andrew D. White , \n Weir Mitchell , \n E. R. Robinson , [ \n J. F. Davies ], \n James MacAlister , \n George Sechel Pepper , \n William Pepper . ]","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Houghton, Mifflin Co.","H. O. H. and Co.","Smith College","W. Island Club","Round Table Club","George William Jacobs \u0026\n Co.","Social Art\n Club","Silas Weir Mitchell","William B. Dayton","John Cadwalader","Howard Pyle","Robert Underwood\n Johnson","Richard Watson Gilder","Lionel A. Tollemache","Beatrice Tollemache","Lewis Carroll","Rudyard Kipling","George Trevelyan","Beatrix Tollemache","Virginia Moore","Wolcott Gibbs","[Walter George]\n Smith","Emily Tuckerman","Oliver Wolcott Gibbs","Joseph A. Stetson","Arthur Hale","Walter George Smith","William Morton Payne","Frank B. Reazer","Francis F. Browne","George E. B. Saintsbury","H. B. Fuller","[Thomas Bailey?]\n Aldrich","[Richard Watson] Gilder","Rofe Cholim","Thomas Jefferson","Charles Strong","Cosntance J. Greer","Pariau S. 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asks for account of sale of 160 acres.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encloses account for consultations.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he has letter from Cadwalader's grandfather\n and will keep it for him or send it to him; offers\n him and his wife money if they need it; offers\n hospitality in \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Responds to request for an autograph; says he is\n unable to write a selection.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Gives dates on which he could meet \n \u003cpersname\u003eHoward Pyle\u003c/persname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; discusses a poem and\n illustration which will appear in a magazine.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs company that \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003eapproved the\n page proof; wants manuscript of his preface returned\n so he may make corrections; encloses a copy of page\n proof, 3 pages of \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eFrancis Drake: A Tragedy of the Sea\u003c/bibref\u003e;\n includes AN by \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003eapproving the\n page and requesting the manuscript of the preface for\n corrections.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he read the book sent to him when he was\n ill; 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believes the author\n to be an invalid lacking in self-criticism; comments\n that he himself does not know how to use the\n \"terrible\" sonnet form.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Gives him the times he can see him in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChicago\u003c/geogname\u003e; asks to see some people\n while there as well as Payne's museum in the Park;\n requests hotel arrangements for himself and his\n valet; declines a fee; AN accepts cost of travel and\n hotel only.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for an encouraging letter concerning\n \"his best work\"; believes that although the book did\n not sell as well as others, there were rewards of\n another nature; mentions the many letters from people\n with similar histories who came to him; singles out\n letter of woman who told about the influence of drink\n on her husband.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says he is glad to receive \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Dial\u003c/bibref\u003e; wishes that magazine luck,\n larger space, and competent length of reviews;\n believes that reviews ought to be signed by the\n reviewers; speculates that \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge E. B. Saintsbury\u003c/persname\u003ewrote an\n article on \"Chicago Fair\"; calls S[aintsbury] \"really\n a pestilent fellow\"; recommends that Browne reprint\n Saintsbury's article on Lowell and the Civil War\n which Saintsbury called \"a parochial disturbance\";\n praises \n \u003cpersname\u003eH. B. 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Island Club\u003c/corpname\u003ethat are not\n present should be able to vote on new members; thinks\n it should use the same procedure as in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRound Table Club\u003c/corpname\u003e; suggests that\n Strong make some change in the laws.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Says number 5-c has been ready for her for\n awhile; fears that it will be part of a collection\n nobody will buy.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Signed by \n \u003cpersname\u003eSilas Weir Mitchell\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge William Jacobs \u0026amp;\n Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eand witnessed by \n \u003cpersname\u003eCosntance J. Greer\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003ePariau S. 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