Letters of Thomas J. Wise to John Henry Wrenn: A Further Inquiry Into the Guilt of Certain Nineteenth-century ForgersA. A. Knopf, 1944 - 591 pages |
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Page 153
... America for $ 300 — roughly £ 60.0.0 . It was sold by a book- seller named Denham to a Mr. Morgan , " of New York . This price ( for a leaflet of two leaves ) seems to me to be outrageous . One third of the money would about represent ...
... America for $ 300 — roughly £ 60.0.0 . It was sold by a book- seller named Denham to a Mr. Morgan , " of New York . This price ( for a leaflet of two leaves ) seems to me to be outrageous . One third of the money would about represent ...
Page 158
... America at the success of the U.S. S. navy at Manila is fully equalled by the satisfaction we Englishmen feel here at your success . The excitement in England is intense , and men older than I assure me that no foreign military or naval ...
... America at the success of the U.S. S. navy at Manila is fully equalled by the satisfaction we Englishmen feel here at your success . The excitement in England is intense , and men older than I assure me that no foreign military or naval ...
Page 345
... AMERICA " was printed in the " New York Ledger , " and that " Early Spring " was printed in " The Youth's Companion , " Boston . Well , it ap- pears that both these poems were printed in London in pamphlet form 33 See letter dated March ...
... AMERICA " was printed in the " New York Ledger , " and that " Early Spring " was printed in " The Youth's Companion , " Boston . Well , it ap- pears that both these poems were printed in London in pamphlet form 33 See letter dated March ...
Contents
The Wrenn Library comes to Texas 3 | 3 |
The WiseWrenn friendship | 11 |
Carter and Pollards exposé | 37 |
Copyright | |
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