Mason, Ellsworth, 1917-2013

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"I am writing centrally to inquire whether your intimateness with things bibliographical includes some intimate knowledge of presses that might be interested in publishing some earlier work of mine - presses of some weight of subject-interest, not the kind specializing, for instance, in the overflow from books-of-poems publications of the regular publishers."

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"I come to tax your kindness with a request for another sending by you of the issue containing M.K.'s article to someone."

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"I am content with Professor Feldman's--that is, with a plan for such action--handing over to you such portions of my correspondence about this contribution as he wishes (or all of it, if he wishes), I understanding that by his desire he wishes no payment for the material but is willing, I take it will pleased to, accept from you a donation to the magazine--"

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"...it seems important to me to register with y[o]u at my earliest my feelings about and my position on the fact of which I learned from Michael Kirkham a few days ago that there is being planned for the Christmas meeting a seminar on Robert Graves, to treat of the subject 'The influence of Laura Riding on Robert Graves'."

Scope and Contents "I thank you for sending the article to Professor Oshima, at my request. The information as to his connections with Yeats, appearing on the jacket of his poems, sent to me (Poems by Shotaro Oshima The Hokuseido Press 312 Kanda-Nichikocho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo) is as follows:..."...."...to record that this further development brings into very clear view to me a difference so strong in our values of judgement, critical and human respects, that I see no possibility of...

Scope and Contents "While you have, as you say, and I do not doubt you, no responsibility for the idea of inviting me to speak at a conclave devoted to the (to me) rum subject of Robert Graves, you have large responsibility for the promotion of this organized concentration on that subject. Not only are you a focal point in this (to me) unhealthy project by your Focus enterprise: you are in particular an active mover in the Seminar-one Graves institution, and its maintenance."...."I am...

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"I thank you for your account of the presentation to you by Mr. Feldman of the manuscript material about which a three-way agreement had been arrived at. The description of your handling of the material corresponds with your previous assurances to me as to this matter:..."

Scope and Contents "For what you have written on Graves material held by you I thank you in particular. I know nothing of these materials. There is never any telling with Graves material, whatever the date of it, as to possibilities of concotions of involved invidious intent in my regard."...."As to your particular holdings of mine: will you, please, tell me. approximately, what your charges will be for making and sending to me photocopies of of certain items which I shall specify...

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"I have found, in chance second looking at a letter from Mr. J. Howard Woolmer in which he kindly listed book-holdings of yours (books of my authoriship) that I ignored a query set beside the listing of them. I am responding to this query here..."

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"I have found, in chance second looking at a letter to me from Mr. J. Howard Woolmer in which he kindly listed book-holdings of yours (books of my authorship), that I ignored a query set beside the listing of one item. I am responding to this quer here, and sending a copy of my letter to you to Mr. Woolmer."