Letter from Anna Katharine Green, Buffalo, to Mr. Goldstein, 1914 February 3 : manuscript signed.

Explaining that she is recovering from the strain of preparing her novel Dark Hollow for the printer, thus the dictated letter; saying that she is glad to hear that his circle has included her work for consideration; writing at length about detective fiction, including its moral purpose; adding "I could wish that your circle might see fit to consider my work from the American standpoint. Compare the close and restricted methods an author is compelled to pursue when handling an american complication. In France and England wide latitude is possible owing to their police regulations. This gives their authors a freedom we may not use here and avoid, first, adverse criticism"; saying that she particularly appreciates the way her work is understood in Germany: "They do not call my work 'Detective Stories' but 'Criminal Romance'"; mentioning two of her stories; explaining the process by which she constructs her stories and novels.