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Dear Elizabeth Coatsworth: | Dear Elizabeth Coatsworth: | ||
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How can you possibly be so self-effacing | How can you possibly be so self-effacing | ||
about your enchanting books, new or oldl | about your enchanting books, new or oldl | ||
| − | Yes, indeed, children loved | + | Yes, indeed, children loved HOUSEBOAT SUMMER |
| − | and FORGOTTEN ISLAND | + | and FORGOTTEN ISLAND, and they loved ALICE-ALL-BY-HERSELF |
| + | and AWAY GOES SALLY and TWELVE MONTHS MAKE | ||
A YEAR, and all the others -- so did their parents, | A YEAR, and all the others -- so did their parents, | ||
too. | too. | ||
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Each of your books brings not only story | Each of your books brings not only story | ||
interest and fine writing, but also a bit of your | interest and fine writing, but also a bit of your | ||
own kind and gay personality, and although THIEF | own kind and gay personality, and although THIEF | ||
| − | ISLAND may seem | + | ISLAND may seem old to you, we are still anticipating |
it. We don't feel that we have the right to ask you | it. We don't feel that we have the right to ask you | ||
to inscribe every book that you write for the Maine | to inscribe every book that you write for the Maine | ||
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not in the collection; and they all seem to bear | not in the collection; and they all seem to bear | ||
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Good luck to the book now in progress; it sounds | Good luck to the book now in progress; it sounds | ||
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Sincerely yours | Sincerely yours | ||
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Encls--label and | Encls--label and | ||
postage for | postage for | ||
THIEF ISLAND | THIEF ISLAND | ||
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Revision as of 05:00, 27 March 2017
September 16, 1943
Mrs. Henry Beston Chimney Farm Nobleboro, Maine
Dear Elizabeth Coatsworth:
How can you possibly be so self-effacing about your enchanting books, new or oldl
Yes, indeed, children loved HOUSEBOAT SUMMER and FORGOTTEN ISLAND, and they loved ALICE-ALL-BY-HERSELF and AWAY GOES SALLY and TWELVE MONTHS MAKE A YEAR, and all the others -- so did their parents, too.
Each of your books brings not only story interest and fine writing, but also a bit of your own kind and gay personality, and although THIEF ISLAND may seem old to you, we are still anticipating it. We don't feel that we have the right to ask you to inscribe every book that you write for the Maine Author Collection, but we do like to have those with the Maine backgrounds represented here. In the traveling libraries, however, we have some that are not in the collection; and they all seem to bear signs of much use.
Good luck to the book now in progress; it sounds great!
Sincerely yours
hmj Secretary Encls--label and postage for THIEF ISLAND