BIB_ID
296074
Accession number
MA 2533.4
Creator
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
Display Date
[ca. 1888] Sept. 30.
Credit line
Gift of Ralph Walker, 1967.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 21.2 cm
Notes
Hearn gives his return address as "c/o Dr. Geo. M. Gould, 119 So. 17th St., Phila., Pa."
Part of a collection of letters written by or to Lafcadio Hearn. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 2533.1-22).
The year of the letter is based on the works discussed (Chita and Uncle Tom's Tenement); both were first published in 1888.
Part of a collection of letters written by or to Lafcadio Hearn. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 2533.1-22).
The year of the letter is based on the works discussed (Chita and Uncle Tom's Tenement); both were first published in 1888.
Provenance
Ralph Walker.
Summary
Mentioning his "Chita"; critiquing Rollins' "Uncle Tom's Tenement" and calling it "a noble strong brave book"; advising her to publish with Houghton, Mifflin rather than Harper's; discussing the "subject of tropical influences."
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