Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter from Vincent Starrett, Chicago, Illinois, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1953 April 15 : typescript signed, with corrections in ink.

BIB_ID
450439
Accession number
MA 4824.19
Creator
Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974, sender.
Display Date
Chicago, Illinois, 1953 April 15
Credit line
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.7 x 21.5 cm
Notes
One of a collection of 30 letters and postcards (MA 4824).
Written from "222 West Adams Street / CHICAGO 6"
Provenance
Gift of Edward Wagenknecht, 1994.
Summary
Offering to ask around about a Longfellow book, but pessimistic he will find it. Lamenting that "people are no longer fastidious about books". Expressing gladness that Wagenknecht is working on a Longfellow book. Noting some other books concerning Longfellow. Inquiring if he can "trace to its source" the phrase "The Great American Novel" for a dictionary of Americanisms.