Description
Concerning a letter to the author's mother about his relief at having a book in good hands and his happiness that Mr. Douglas has written to her.

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Details

Title
  • Letter From William Dean Howells to Mary Dean Howells
Contributors
Agent
Date Created
1894-11-11
Subjects
Identifier
  • Identifier Type
    Locally defined identifier
    Identifier Value
    MSS_363_HOW_1894_1
Note
  • Curator's Note: The book mentioned in Howell's letter could possibly be one of three of his works published around this time: The Coast of Bohemia (1893), My Year In a Log Cabin (1893), or A Traveler from Altruria (1894). Provenance: Original manuscript is tipped in to a copy of the book "William Dean Howells: A Critical Study" by Delmar Gross Cooke Local Call Number SPEC- E-192. Bookplate inside the book reads "The Edward Bliss Hill and Clara Hood Hill Memorial Collection of Literature given to the Matthews Library Arizona State College at Tempe by their Daughter Gertrude Francis Hill.

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