BIB_ID
432985
Accession number
MA 9847.1
Creator
Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948.
Display Date
London, England, 1904? January 28.
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Twentieth-Century Literature Fund, 2018.
Description
1 item (6 pages) ; 20.1 x 12.4 cm
Notes
Atherton lists the day and month of writing. Possible year of writing based on internal evidence.
On stationery with the letterhead: "64, St. James' Court, / Buckingham Gate."
James MacArthur, former joint editor of the Bookman (1894-1900), joined Harper and Brothers as a reader and literary advisor in 1901.
On stationery with the letterhead: "64, St. James' Court, / Buckingham Gate."
James MacArthur, former joint editor of the Bookman (1894-1900), joined Harper and Brothers as a reader and literary advisor in 1901.
Provenance
Purchased from James Cummins Bookseller, October 2018.
Summary
Requesting specific terms (advance and royalties) from Harper for her new novel; discussing the UK printing schedule, with Macmillan as her English publisher; writing that the title of the book will be Rulers of Kings and that it concerns "the conflict between the two greatest forces in the world -- money in America & royalty in Europe"; giving a detailed summary of the plot; mentioning that other publishers have expressed interest in the book, but "I offer it first to Harpers because I like the advertising they [give?] in their magazine"; asking for a response.
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