"It is quite long since Mr. Woolmer proposed to me the idea of a limited edition of that manuscript material. Publication was scheduled for for The Sping. November was suggested as I remember, as a delivery date of my introduction. 25000 words was given me by how as, roughly, the size of introduction he thought could be commercialy handled for that size of book. I had counted pages, and lines (I mean, indicated about how many lines there were for a page)."

"For my own general knowledge, and unto bibliographical needs, and also for assistance to the person I have authorized to make a bibliography of my writings, I request of you information as to what you have of manuscript material of mine, and some account of the proce[d]ure I should have to folow for the procuring of copies that I might feel I ought to see."

"It has been a startling experience for me to be presented with a fact of all this material's being elsewhere than at Cornell Library, where I had it sent at request under most careful circumstances of security-control..."

"I should much like to have word from you as to the early mss. of mine, indicating that we are in a good relation as to them of good understanding."

"I am grateful to you for sending me the issue of your gazette with the article on the Fugitives contained in it." "You may be aware that I have endeavored to put on record a report of my experience as a Fugitive and of my relation with the Fugitives."

"Thank you for your offer of The First Leaf and The Second Leaf. I wonder if you could hold these titles for this library until May."

"Please forgive me for my silence. I was hoping to have money in May but I now see that it will be July before I can buy Two Leaves."

"I am sending you to-morrow a boxful of ms. material, the last of the material I have set aside for putting into your hands at this time. I list below what the box contains."

"Collected Poems: Mochael Schmidt, the Press Director will likely do the typesetting himself, instead of using offset procedure, in order to avoid spoiling one of the first edition copies. --He is pleased with my new preface provision, and appendix provisions."

"Thank you for your kindly responses to my telephone calls...is the letter I have composed for sending as a letter to the Editor of A.B Bookman's..."