- 288
Conrad, Joseph
Estimate
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Description
- Conrad, Joseph
- Autograph letter signed, to H.L. Mencken (?),
- ink on paper
expressing his gratitude at thoughtful and well-written reviews of his work in The Smart Set, encouraging the possible publication of his play One Day More in that journal and advising him that rights rest with the publisher Doubleday Page ("...If on consideration you are still of the same mind as to the suitability of the little play for the Smart Set, perhaps you will drop them a line..."), 2 pages, 4to, headed stationery of Capel House, Orlestone, near Ashford, 19 October 1913
Although this letter is addressed only to "Dear Sir", the recipient was almost certainly the "sage of Baltimore", the great prose stylist H.L. Mencken. From 1914 to 1924 Mencken was co-editor and literary critic of the journal The Smart Set.
Although this letter is addressed only to "Dear Sir", the recipient was almost certainly the "sage of Baltimore", the great prose stylist H.L. Mencken. From 1914 to 1924 Mencken was co-editor and literary critic of the journal The Smart Set.
Literature
Collected Letters, V, pp.292-293