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Creator
Date
6 April 1916
Location
Chicago,
Illinois
United States
United States
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
1 item
Language
English
Size
28 x 22 cm
Genre
Communications
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 352393
Folger call number: Y.c.7359
Folger holdings ID: 501013
Accession Number: 269851
Folger call number: Y.c.7359
Folger holdings ID: 501013
Accession Number: 269851
Summary
Writes "I am enclosing according to promise some lines on Shakespeare for your [ter]centenary edition, and hope they will in a measure meet your needs. Some day I intend to try my hand at a Shakesperian tribute with better results I trust than this. Much luck to your venture," with postscript "I sent Reedy[?] your review & he wrote: that man has critical ability."
Notes
General notes
Typed letter, signed E.L. Masters, with autograph postscript and insertion. Pencil note at top "Spoon River Anthology.'
Item information about Folger Y.c.7359
Acquired from Stuart Lutz, 2017-08-03
Also known as
Extended title: Letter from Edgar Lee Masters, Chicago, to William Stanley Braithwaite, Cambridge, Mass.: 6 April 1916. signed typescript
Related names
correspondent: Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950
subject: Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
correspondent: Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962
subject: Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
correspondent: Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962