Autograph letters signed (7) : Palazzo Altemps, Palazzo Santcroce, New York, Santaguello di Sorrento, Palace Hotel [New York], to [Stephen C.] Massett (item 1); to Frederick Macmillan (item 2); to Mrs. Peabody (item 3); to [Robert U.] Johnson (item 4); to Gilder (item 5); to Phelan (item 6); to Miss Dunham (item 7), 1884 Apr. 11, 1892 Feb. 28, 1893 Feb. 24, 1896 Feb. 7, 1896 Aug. 15, 1898 Mar. 30 and 1904 Mar. 1.

Concerning his writings and many acquaintances. The letter to Massett (1820-1898) concerns To Leeward, commenting, "Apropos of that book, I have seen a report that the heroine (Leonora) is drawn `from a lady prominent in American society now travelling in the far East.' I do not pretend to fathom the wisdom of the gossips, but this I can assure you, that Leonora is drawn very accurately from a lady in Rome who has never crossed the ocean... "; the letter to Mrs. Peabody discusses criticism of the work. The letter to Macmillan concerns proof corrections: "One very amusing misprint--`George unconsciously clasped Constance's head [the word "head" underlined] in his'!!--head for hand [the word "hand" underlined], of course."