The Correspondence of Stephen Crane: Volume II 9780231880367

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The Correspondence of Stephen Crane Volume II

Stephen Crane in 1899, shortly after his return to England from (Barrett Collection, University of Virginia)

Cuba.

The Correspondence of Stephen Crane Volume II

Edited by Stanley Wertheim and Paul Sorrentino

Columbia

University

NEW YORK

1988

Press

LIBRARY OF C O N G R E S S C A T A L O G I N G - I N - P U B L I C A T I O N

DATA

Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. T h e correspondence o f Stephen Crane. Includes indexes. 1. Crane, Stephen, 1 8 7 1 - 1 9 0 0 — C o r r e s p o n d e n c e . 2. Authors, A m e r i c a n — 1 9 t h c e n t u r y — C o r r e s p o n d e n c e . 1. Wertheim, Stanley. II. Sorrentino, Paul. III. Title. PS1449.C85Z48 1988 813'. 4[B] I S B N 0-231-06002-5 (set) I S B N 0-231-06652-X (v. 1) I S B N 0-231-06654-6 (v. 2)

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Contents

THE CORRESPONDENCE

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APPENDIX A

Letters in the Writings of Thomas Beer

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APPENDIX B

Establishing the Text of Crane's Letters to John Northern Hilliard 693 TEXTUAL APPARATUS

Textual Record Word-Division

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Index of Correspondents of Stephen Crane and Cora Crane General Index

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Illustrations appear as a group following page 504

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The Correspondence of Stephen Crane Volume II

The Cuban War

C r a n e spent m u c h of May 1898 w i t h o t h e r correspondents (including the New York World's bureau chief, Sylvester Scovel, the Journal's Ralph D . Paine and illustrator Frederic Remington, Richard H a r d i n g Davis and E r n e s t W . M c C r e a d y of t h e Herald, a n d novelist F r a n k N o r r i s representing McClure's Magazine) in speedy little dispatch boats dogging the fleet of Rear A d m i r a l W i l l i a m T. Sampson in f r u s t r a t i n g efforts to t r a n s f o r m the monotonies of naval maneuvering into n e w s that would stimulate the blunted sensibilities of the readers of America's jingoist press. In early June, C r a n e , M c C r e a d y , and Paine participated in the amphibious landing by the Marines at G u a n t a n a m o and the establishm e n t of their first base of operation at C a m p M c C a l l a . T h e y w e r e also present on 22 June w h e n General W i l l i a m R. Shafter, c o m m a n d e r of the Fifth Army, began to disembark his troops at D a i q u i r i , out of range of the Spanish naval guns and the e n t r e n c h e d troops around Santiago. In the advance toward Las Guasimas, w h e r e the Spanish held s t r o n g positions, C r a n e witnessed an ambuscade of the Rough Riders. His dispatch, datelined 24 June, praised " t h e mounted i n f a n t r y — t h e First Volunteer C a v a l r y — T e d d i e s T e r r o r s — W o o d ' s W e a r y Walkers. . . . It was a bitter h a r d first fight for n e w troops, b u t n o m a n can ever question the gallantry of this r e g i m e n t " ( " S t e p h e n C r a n e at the Front for the W o r l d , " N e w York World, 7July 1898, p. 8). D u r i n g the skirmish a soldier guided C r a n e to w h e r e his f r i e n d E d w a r d Marshall lay shot t h r o u g h the body. C r a n e supervised his removal to a field hospital and then walked the d u s t y r o a d to Siboney and cabled Marshall's dispatch to his newspaper, Hearst's New York Journal, the World's main competitor.

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Despite his admiration for the Rough Riders, C r a n e expressed regret in a n u m b e r of dispatches that correspondents tended to concentrate upon the exploits of volunteer regiments and ignore the routine bravery of the c o m m o n soldier. In "Regulars Get No G l o r y " ( N e w York World, 20 July 1898, p. 6), he criticized the voracious interest of the public in " t h e g a l l a n t r y of Reginald M a r m a d u k e Maurice M o n t m o r e n c i Sturtevant, and for goodness sake how the poor old chappy endures that dreadful hard-tack and b a c o n " at the expense of the c o m m o n soldier, w h o m C r a n e names Michael Nolan: " T h e ungodly Nolan, the sweating, swearing, overloaded, hungry, thirsty, sleepless Nolan, tearing his breeches on the barbed w i r e entanglements, wallowing t h r o u g h the m u d d y fords, pursuing his way t h r o u g h the stiletto-pointed thickets, climbing the f i r e - c r o w n e d h i l l — N o l a n gets s h o t . " T h e revulsion against the ignominious death of private Nolan, dramatized in Crane's finest C u b a n W a r story, " T h e Price of the H a r n e s s , " resulted f r o m Crane's personal experiences on the road f r o m El Pozo, the assault on El Caney, and especially the costly charges up San Juan Hill and its flanking outpost Kettle Hill on 1 July. Scores of w o u n d e d w e r e b r o u g h t to the dressing station established at the " b l o o d y f o r d " of the Aguadores River. H e r e C r a n e encountered his Claverack College schoolmate, Reuben M c N a b , n o w a c o r p o r a l in the Seventy-First N e w York Volunteers, a m o n g " a huddle of h u r t men, dying men, dead men. . . . I had looked u p o n five h u n d r e d wounded m e n w i t h stolidity, or w i t h a conscious indifference w h i c h filled me w i t h a m a z e m e n t . But the apparition of Reuben M c N a b , the schoolmate lying there in the m u d w i t h a hole t h r o u g h his lung, awed me into stutterings, set m e t r e m b l i n g w i t h a sense of terrible intimacy w i t h this w a r w h i c h theretofore I could have believed was a d r e a m — a l m o s t " ( " W a r M e m o r i e s " ) . Controversy about the d e p o r t m e n t of the Seventy-First N e w York Regiment at the Battle of San Juan was an indirect cause of Crane's severance f r o m the World staff. O n 16 July the World published an unsigned f r o n t - p a g e article quoting officers w h o maintained that in the assault on the ridges overlooking Santiago the volunteers had b e c o m e disorganized and confused to a degree w h e r e they blocked the passage of troops on the jungle trail and had to be shunted o f f to the sides. T h e n e x t m o r n i n g the Journal reproduced the World story under the headline "Slurs on the Bravery of the Boys of the 71st.," and the World hastily sought to counter the charge of accusing an important local regiment

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of c o w a r d i c e by denials in e d i t o r i a l s , n e w s stories p r a i s i n g t h e p e r f o r m a n c e of the r e g i m e n t , and an unsuccessful campaign to raise m o n e y to erect a m o n u m e n t to its fallen men. According to the World's business manager, D o n Carlos Seitz, the article was w r i t t e n by C r a n e , but most likely the offending a u t h o r was Sylvester Scovel. In any event, Joseph Pulitzer was furious; and w h e n C r a n e returned to N e w York in July, he quarreled w i t h Seitz about his p e r f o r m a n c e as a c o r r e s p o n d e n t , especially the filing of Marshall's Journal dispatch. C r a n e asked for another advance, w h i c h was refused, and he departed to take a n e w position as correspondent for the rival Journal ( D o n C . Seitz, "Stephen C r a n e : W a r C o r r e s p o n d e n t , " Bookman, 76 [February 1933], 137-40). W h e t h e r C r a n e resigned f r o m the Journal or was discharged is not clear. In August the Journal's correspondents w e r e sent to P u e r t o Rico to cover the invasion of the island in a tug leased at Pensacola. Reporting of the campaign was slight. W i t h the defeat of the Spanish forces in C u b a and the c a p t u r e of t w e n t y - f i v e thousand of their men, the demoralized Spanish a r m y m a d e little e f f o r t to defend P u e r t o Rico. Also, as C r a n e reported in " T h e P u e r t o Rican ' S t r a d d l e ' " ( N e w York Journal, 18 August 1898, p. 3), m a n y P u e r t o Ricans w e l c o m e d A m e r i c a n occupation. Richard H a r d i n g Davis humorously recalled that " O n e town surrendered to an o f f i c e r w h o had lost his way and stumbled into it by mistake, another fell to the boss of a pack train, whose only object in approaching it had been to steal some ponies. In order to make quite sure, some towns surrendered four times to as m a n y different A m e r i c a n o f f i c e r s . " T h e alcaide o f j u a n a Dias surrendered the keys of the village to Stephen C r a n e , w h o "lined up the male m e m b e r s of the c o m m u n i t y in the plaza, and organized a j o i n t celebration of conquerers and c o n q u e r e d " ( " H o w Stephen C r a n e Took Juana D i a s , " In Many Wars, ed. G e o r g e Lynch and Frederick P a l m e r [Tokyo: Tokyo Printing C o m p a n y , 1904], pp. 43-45). T h e Protocol of Peace ending hostilities was signed on 12 August 1898. Later that m o n t h , C r a n e slipped into Havana. O n the basis of a r e p o r t in a Florida newspaper, C o r a believed he was posing as a tobacco buyer; and while C r a n e acknowledged that the Spanish authorities w h o still occupied the city w e r e not inclined to w e l c o m e A m e r i c a n c o r r e s p o n d ents, he " c a m e into Havana w i t h o u t permission f r o m anybody. I simply came in. I did not even have a passport. I was at a hotel while the

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Government was firmly imprisoning nine correspondents on a steamer in the harbor. B u t no one molested m e " ("Stephen C r a n e Fears N o B l a n c o , " New York Journal, 30 August 1898, p. 5). C r a n e stopped for a time at the Hotel Pasaje, adjoining his center of operations, the A m e r i c a n Bar. In m i d - S e p t e m b e r he took a r o o m in the lodging house of M a r y H o r a n , w h e r e he lived almost as secretly as the spy Charles H . T h r a l l , w h o had also h i d d e n t h e r e and w h o s e a d v e n t u r e s he fictionalized in " T h i s Majestic L i e . " It was characteristic behavior. As Charles Michelson, Crane's colleague on the Journal staff, c o m m e n t e d about his earlier sojourn in Jacksonville, " C r a n e always disappeared on his arrival at a n e w town. He dived into the deep waters of society and stayed u n d e r " (Work, XII, p. xii). Despite his exhaustion, C r a n e w r o t e intensively in this r e t r e a t , completing most of the C u b a n W a r stories that w e r e to comprise Wounds in the Rain (1900) and the last of the bathetic " I n t r i g u e " poems incorporated into War Is Kind (1899). He may have w o r k e d on his G r e c o Turkish W a r novel, Active Service (1899), but his letters to his literary agent, Paul Revere Reynolds, make no reference to the book. Crane's dispatches to the Journal w e r e generally bland, centering on the curious, suspenseful, political and social life of Havana. He c o r r e s p o n d e d regularly w i t h Reynolds, but did not disclose his w h e r e a b o u t s to his English friends or to the d e b t - r i d d e n C o r a , w h o was desperately attempting to locate him. Finally succumbing to financial exigencies and family pressure, C r a n e sailed for N e w York on 24 D e c e m b e r .

381. C O R A C R A N E T O SYLVESTER S C O V E L TT, MnU. Ravensbrook M a r c h 28th ('98) D e a r H a r r y : Stephen is coming on the ship that carries this letter to A m e r i c a , as correspondent in the U.S. Spain row. I suppose you will see him as doubtless Key W e s t will be the headquarters for n e w s p a p e r m e n . W e have thought it best for me to remain in England. I am w r i t i n g to you to ask you and your good w i f e — i f ye be in the same town, to look

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after him a little. He is rather seedy and I am anxious about him, for he does not care to look out for himself. Adoni goes with him but you know what the Greek servant is. And if he should be ill I beg you to wire me. Very Sincerely Yours Cora Crane

382. JOSEPH C O N R A D TO C O R A C R A N E ALS, NNC.

19th April 1898 My dear Mrs Crane W e imagine how lonely you must have felt after Stephen's departure. The dear fellow wired me from Queenstown, 1 just before going aboard I suppose. Jess is very concerned about you and wishes me to ask you to drop her a line on your arrival in Ireland. I think your going there would be a good thing as solitude after separation is sometimes very hard to bear. W e thought of asking you to come here at once but on receiving Stephen's wire I imagined you were all in Ireland already. However you will be more entertained and more comfortable at the Frederic's for a time 2 and on your return to England I hope will have the will and the courage to undertake the risky experiment o f coming to us with Mrs Ruedy. Moreover I fancy Stephen's absence won't be very prolonged and we may have the felicity of seeing you all here together. I trust you will let me know how he fares whenever you hear from him. He is not very likely to write to any one else—if I know the man. Jess and Dolly send their very best love to you and Mrs Ruedy. The baby flourishes exceedingly and its mother is more o f a slave than ever. I am as usual ineffective and lazy. Believe me dear Mrs Crane your very faithful friend and servant Jph. Conrad.

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'Queenstown, from which Crane sailed for New York en route to Cuba, is now Cobh, Republic of Ireland. 2 After

Crane left, Cora, Mrs. Ruedy, and the butler Adoni Ptolemy spent a few weeks

with Harold Frederic and Kate Lyon at their borrowed estate in the fishing village of Ahakista on the Irish coast.

383. F R O M H E L E N HAY 1 Letterhead: " 5 Carlton House T e r r a c e / S. W . , " ALS, N N C .

[April? 1898] D e a r Mr. Crane. In what words can I thank you for the splendid thing you have done for me. T h e book 2 was waiting for me this morning on my return from the sands o f Egypt & was the best welcome in the world. I am almost afraid when I think o f the temerity o f my request & the way you have fulfilled it but you may be sure that it is fully appreciated. T h e new ones are as perfect as the o l d — w h i c h says more than appears—! how do you do them. M y father says the last one—Providence & the Man 3 —has added tenfold to his j o y in life! Thank you again & again & I hope that soon I may be able to say it at closer range Sincerely yours Helen Hay

'Daughter o f John M. Hay. 2

The Open Boat and Other Stories.

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Man and Some O t h e r s , " which was not, however, the last story in the book.

384. T O PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS Letterhead: " H o t e l Key W e s t . . . Key W e s t , Fla

, " ALS, N S y U .

[early May 1898] My dear Reynolds: I did not get The Blue Hotel. Look it up and send it on down here. I suppose it is at the Everett 1 Crane ' T h e E v e r e t t H o u s e in N e w Y o r k , w h e r e C r a n e sometimes stayed w h e n passing t h r o u g h the city.

385. T O PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS ALS on stationery of the Hotel Key W e s t , N S y U .

May 8 [1898] Cant cut this. Let Collier's do it themselves. 1 Hold money & telegraph me when payment is made. Letters all OK. Crane 1Collier's Weekly did n o t abridge " T h e Blue H o t e l " b u t published it in t w o p a r t s in the 26 N o v e m b e r and 3 D e c e m b e r 1898 issues.

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386. TO D O R O T H Y B R A N D O N ALS, ViU.

O f f Havana May 19' [1898] My dear Dot: I do not know if you will forgive me but at least let me explain that I was the victim of a strange set of circumstances. When I was in Washington 2 1 suddenly recieved notice that there was to be a big fight off Havana and I was to go there instantly. I flew; I did not telegraph because I could not explain well enough by wire and returning now from Porto Rico I find my first real opportunity to write you a note. Will you forgive me? I have not changed in the least and you may be sure that the S. Crane you knew so well long ago would not seem thoughtless if he could help it. I am going to England as soon as the war is over and I wish you would send me the address of your sister there. 3 My address will be Key West Hotel, Key West. Adios! S. C. 'The envelope is postmarked 19 June from New York City. C r a n e had visited Washington in the last week of April to see Dorothy Brandon's married sister, Lily Brandon Munroe. It was to be the last time they would meet. 'Another sister, Stella Brandon, was living in England. 2

387. T O PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S ALS, N S y U .

O f f Havana May 30 [1898] Dear Reynolds: I enclose you a short story of boy life in Whilomville—the town of The Monster. I think Harpers ought to take it for about iAO and also cough up that other $125.1 You might send a copy of The Blue Hotel to Blackwood's Magazine London with information 360

as to when Collier's Weekly will publish it. Dont take the poems to Lane. Try an American house. 2 Hurriedly Crane Let me know by wire as soon as any sale whatever is effected. I need money. Address Key West Hotel.

•With the submission o f " H i s New M i t t e n s , " written on dispatch boats o f f the Cuban coast, Crane completed the American edition o f The Monster and Other Stories (1898), but Reynolds did not receive the second half o f the promised S250 advance until 6 March 1899 because Harper's did not feel that the book was long enough. See No. 448. T h e posthumous English edition o f this book, published in February 1901, added four more stories—"Twelve O ' c l o c k , " "Moonlight on the S n o w , " " M a n a c l e d , " and " A n Illusion in Red and W h i t e " — t o what was already an ill-assorted melange. 2

Although Stokes sent Heinemann advance copies o f War Is Kind (1899) and

Heinemann secured British copyright by depositing in the British Museum a copy o f the Stokes edition with a black handstamp, " L o n d o n / W i l l i a m Heinemann," above the New York imprint, Crane's second book o f poetry was not published in England.

388. T O PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S ALS on telegraph blank, N S y U .

June 8 [1898] M y dear Reynolds: If you have collected any money write me both at the Key West Hotel and at Hotel Titchfield, Port Antonio Jamaica. I will then cable you what to do with it. Probably I will ask you to cable it to Scott Stokes, 1 Savage Club, London, as usual. Yours faithfully Crane

'John Scott-Stokes, a cousin o f the Duke o f Norfolk, occasionally handled Crane's business affairs in London before James B . Pinker became his literary agent. Stokes initiated the committee, o f which C o r a became a cosponsor, to raise funds on behalf o f Kate Lyon and her children after Harold Frederic's death.

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389. FROM I. W R E N C H . Letterhead: " F i s h m o n g e r s ' H a l l / London, E . C . " MSLS, N N C .

10th June, 1898. Stephen C r a n e Esq. Sir, I am directed by the Prime W a r d e n Elect, Mr. J o h n A m o r y Travers, and the o t h e r W a r d e n s of the Fishmongers' C o m p a n y to present their C o m p l i m e n t s and to request the honor of your C o m p a n y to dine w i t h t h e m at their Hall, on Thursday, the 7th July, to m e e t representatives of Literature. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, I. W r e n c h . Esq

390. C O R A C R A N E T O M O R E T O N F R E W E N 1 Letters, pp. 181-82.

Ravensbrook June 10th '98 D e a r Mr. Frewen: . . . I received a cable on Wednesday f r o m Mr. C r a n e f r o m Jamica [sic] saying letters w e r e delayed but I e x p e c t to hear f r o m him any day n o w that he is satisfied w i t h m y a r r a n g e m e n t s for Brede. 2 I can, however, safely say that we will take it on the terms named in m y letter and as soon as I hear f r o m Mr. C r a n e I will w r i t e you a formal letter to that effect. I am glad that you do not think lawyers necessary, as I have had such an awful dose of t h e m the past few days. I am very m u c h disgusted w i t h the English justice shown Americans. It seems the j o b masters here can take mild Americans out in their traps w h i c h they can, 362

without fear o f punishment, turn upside down and dump the passengers out on the road, ruin their clothes and scar them for life. So I never want to see another lawyer if I can avoid it. 3 B y next week I hope to forward you the formal letter and will then have the architect start repairs. And try to be already in camp at your wonderful old house when Mr. Crane returns. I will be very much obliged to Mrs. Frewen if she will send me the literature which bears on the early history o f the house. Would you object to its being used in an article? And may I ask you for the photos you told me that you had o f Brede? Please give to Mrs. Frewen my thanks and regards Very truly yours, Cora Crane

'Moreton Frewen (1853-1924) was born at Brickwall in Northiam on an estate which included Brede Place and had been owned by the Frewens for three hundred years. An advocate o f bimetalism, an irrepressible speculator and inventor, and an enterprising rancher in Wyoming, Frewen made more than a hundred trips to the United States in his lifetime. In 1881 he married Clara J e r o m e , eldest daughter o f the wealthy New York stockbroker, Leonard J e r o m e . T h e second Jerome daughter, Jennie, was already the wife o f Lord Randolph Churchill and mother o f Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Leonie, youngest o f the three daughters, married John Leslie, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat. Their son, Sir Shane Leslie (1885-1971), became a prominent biographer, novelist, and commentator on international affairs. 2At

the suggestion o f Edward Garnett, who believed that Crane needed a quiet,

isolated place to work, C o r a , in Stephen's absence, leased Brede Place for a nominal £40 a year with the stipulation that the Cranes would continue the restoration begun by Clara Frewen. (R. W . Stallman, in Stallman B I O , p. 616, citing unidentified sources, maintains that the amount was £120, but this is unlikely because it would be a third more than the rent for Ravensbrook, already excessive for the Cranes.) Brede Place was a rambling, decayed country manor built in the fourteenth century and restored during Tudor and Elizabethan times. Like most old rural houses in late Victorian England, it was devoid o f modern plumbing and electricity. Most o f the rooms were uninhabitable. Servants refused to spend the night in the house because o f the legend that it was haunted by the spirit o f its early sixteenth-century owner, Sir Goddard Oxenbridge, a warlock and an ogre who purportedly ate a child for dinner each night. According to the legend, he was executed by local children who sawed him in half with a wooden saw while he lay in an intoxicated stupor. 3The

Cranes had both been injured in August 1897 when a badly harnessed horse

broke loose, overturning their carriage. Evidently, they failed to obtain legal redress, and C o r a retained a prejudice against English justice and lawyers.

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391. CORA C R A N E TO AN U N K N O W N RECIPIENT ACS on Ravensbrook stationery, V i U .

England June 16th '98 Dear Sir: Mr. Crane cables me that he has received no letters from me. Will you kindly let me know if you forward them as received? As it is of great importants my letters reach him.1 Yours very truly Cora Crane (Mrs Stephen Crane)

•From 14 to 18 June, Crane participated in Marine skirmishes around Cuzco Hill following the landings at Guantanamo. Crane was cited by Captain George F. Elliott, who wrote to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Huntington that though short o f officers for the battle o f Cuzco, "having been notified that a Mr. Stephen Crane would be allowed to accompany the expedition, I requested him to act as an aide if one should be needed. He accepted the duty and was o f material aid during the action, carrying messages to fire volleys, etc. to the different company c o m m a n d e r s " (Report of the Secretary of the Navy for the Year 1898, I [Washington: G P O , 1898], p. 845).

392. TO AN U N K N O W N RECIPIENT ALS, V i U .

Near Santiago Sunday [for Monday] 27 June '98 My dear sir: I have forgotten everything just now. Sorry Stephen Crane

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393. J O S E P H C O N R A D T O C O R A C R A N E ALS, NNC.

Stanford-le-Hope 27 June 1898 Dear Mrs Crane. I am, we are, horribly ashamed o f ourselves for leaving your good and welcome letter so long without a reply. But we reckon upon your generous forgiveness. I was delighted to hear good news of dear Stephen. The life on board that tug1 o f his will set him up in strenght and appetite for years. Have you heard from him since you wrote? I suppose he landed with the army and is in the thick o f everything that's going. I've only heard lately he is going to write for Blackwood. They think a lot o f him and e x p e c t — as well they may—first rate work. Meldrum was here (I suppose you've heard o f him? Blackwoods man in London) the other day and spoke o f Stephen with real enthusiasm. They are anxious but not impatient.— W e had a hard time of it. Jess is overworked and we positively can't get a decent girl. The pea-pickers are not come yet but are expected in a day or two and my wife is afraid lest they should bring some disease and harm the baby. It is most unlikely tho.' Garnett told me you had secured a house after your own heart. My congratulation on that and still more on the success of American arms especially on the exploit o f Hobson! That was worth all the Manila battle! Magnificent. 2 It looks as though the war would drag after all. I think you had better not wait for Stephen's return and come to us with Mrs Ruedy (to whom my respectful duty) at least for the promised day and for longer if you can stand it. I am afraid you would get bored. W e lead a wretched, shutup existence in the most primitive surroundings. Jessie will write to suggest the time but in reality you must consult your own convenience. The poor girl is doing all the house-work, nursing and cooking, herself. She is very cheerful about it but it makes me miserable to see her toiling like this from morning to night. Oh! for a success, a beastly popular success! I long for it on that account. My work goes on desperately slow. I think with difficulty and write without 365

enthusiasm but still the book crawls on towards its lame and impotent end. But the end is not yet. 3 Enough lamentations! A word as to your health, your doings and your plans would be very welcome. W e send you here an amateur photograph of Jess and baby (doesn't he look like a little pig?) and another of our house—a side view. My wife and Dolly send their very best love to you and Mrs Ruedy and I am, dear Mrs Crane, your most obedient and faithful friend and servant Jph. Conrad. PS I was so pleased to hear my tales are a success amongst the socialists of Tennessee. I feel quite proud of it. 'The Three Friends, which the New York World chartered as a press boat during the Cuban War. 2 Conrad's enthusiasm for the exploit of Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson as an example of American military success seems misplaced. On the morning of 3 June, Hobson and seven volunteers attempted to carry out Admiral Sampson's plan to sink a large collier, the Merrimac, across the narrowest part of the channel at the mouth of Santiago Harbor in order to block the escape of Cervera's fleet. The plan miscarried when Spanish shell fire shattered the batteries for detonating all but two of the torpedoes. The Merrimac sank but not in a position to blockade the harbor. Hobson and his men were taken prisoner. 3 Conrad was struggling unsuccessfully with the book that occupied him for three years before it was abandoned and which only after another twenty years was published as The Rescue (1920). Lord Jim was begun in May 1898 but was laid aside for the writing of " Y o u t h " in June.

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394. TO AN U N K N O W N RECIPIENT Inscribed in a copy o f Pictures of War, Collection o f Maurice F. Neville, Santa B a r b a r a , California.

[after 16 July 1898] Know you that when you possess this book, you are free of others' envy. Stephen Crane

395. FROM J A M E S B. PINKER 1 Letterhead: "James B . Pinker,/ Artistic and Literary A g e n t . / T e l e g r a m s , / Buildable, London./ Effingham H o u s e , / Arundel S t r e e t , / S t r a n d , / London. W . C . " M S L , N N C .

Aug: 22. 1898. Stephen Crane Esq. c/o William Heinemann Esq. Dear Sir, I have been asked if I could supply a short story of3000 words by you, and I shall be very pleased to hear if your engagements will permit you to undertake a commission through me. I do not know what your terms are, but I think I could obtain six guineas per thousand words for the British serial rights of such a story,2 if those terms would be agreeable to you. There would, of course, be a deduction of 10% from this amount, to cover my commission. Awaiting the favour of your reply, I am, dear Sir, Faithfully yours, James B. Pinker, per LPM.

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'James B . Pinker (1864-1922) was one o f England's most successful literary agents. Among his clients were Joseph Conrad, Henry James, and John Galsworthy. Pinker s letter did not reach Crane until November; and from that time on, despite occasional strains in their relationship, Pinker was Crane's English literary agent, assuming control o f his American affairs as well in July 1899. After Crane's death, C o r a turned to G. H. Perris. 2 This

would be approximately 3V2 cents per word, a respectable rate o f payment for

Crane's work. Crane was not a successful writer financially. Summarizing the available evidence, Stallman B I O , p. 600, concludes that Kipling received " t w e n t y - t h r e e cents per word and sometimes more. B u t Crane earned at most only five cents and in his best later fiction only half o f t h a t . " See also James B . Stronks, "Stephen Crane's English Years: The Legend C o r r e c t e d , " Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 57 (1963), 340-49, and Matthew J . Bruccoli and Joseph Katz, "Scholarship and Mere Artifacts: T h e British and Empire Publications o f Stephen C r a n e , " Studies in Bibliography, 22 (1969), 27787.

396. T O P A U L R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S ALS, N S y U .

[early September 1898] My dear Reynolds: I enclose a newspaper article. You might ask McClure $60 for it. 1 Please send all letters to Hotel Pasage. Tell Stokes that the name o f the book poems is Intrigue. 2 Crane 'Crane's attempt to market a newspaper article through Reynolds while he was under contract to the New York Journal reflects his dissatisfaction with the rate o f $20 per column he was receiving from the Journal. 2The

" I n t r i g u e " sequence is the final group o f poems in War Is Kind. Other poems

in the volume are untitled, except the initial " W a r Is K i n d , " a title Stokes wisely preferred for the work.

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397. T O PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS ALS, N S y U .

Havana Sept 14 [1898] My dear Reynolds: I enclose you the rest of the poems for Stokes co. Collect the £30 and hold it subject to my cable. In another envelope, I send you The Lone Charge of William B. Perkins. 1 McClure ought to give you £20 for U.S. rights. The English rts belong to Blackwoods Magazine. Please make copy and send to them. Hold money for U.S. rts subject to my cabled order. Will you please see Appleton's and ask them if there is any money due me and let me know here at the Hotel Pasage? Yours Crane ' " T h e Lone C h a r g e of W i l l i a m B. P e r k i n s , " t h e first C u b a n W a r story C r a n e w r o t e in H a v a n a , was based u p o n an i n c i d e n t t h a t o c c u r r e d d u r i n g the G u a n t a n a m o Bay skirmishes. T h e Journal's Ralph D . Paine, C r a n e ' s f r i e n d f r o m A s b u r y Park days, a t t a c k e d w h a t he t h o u g h t to be a Spanish sniper h i d d e n in t h e bushes and f o u n d h i m s e l f c a u g h t in the crossfire b e t w e e n the M a r i n e s and Spaniards. His b o r r o w e d rifle e m p t y , Paine hid in an a b a n d o n e d sugar b o i l e r until the s h o o t i n g s t o p p e d . Ralph D . Paine, Roads of Adventure (Boston: H o u g h t o n , 1922), pp. 251-56. T h e story was p r e s u m a b l y r e j e c t e d b y Blackwood's, A u t h o r s ' Syndicate, w h i c h p l a c e d it in t h e Westminster 1-2. First A m e r i c a n p u b l i c a t i o n was in McClure's

and R e y n o l d s sent it to t h e Gazette,

Magazine,

13 (2 J a n u a r y 1899),

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398. D R . E D W A R D L I V I N G S T O N T R U D E A U 1 TO CORA CRANE Letterhead: "Paul Smith's/ in the Adirondacks/ Paul Smith's, N . Y . " ALS, N N C .

S e p t e m b e r 16 [1898] Dear Madam Y o u r h u s b a n d had a slight e v i d e n c e of a c t i v i t y in the t r o u b l e in his lungs w h e n he c a m e b a c k h e r e this s u m m e r b u t it was n o t serious and he has improved steadily I u n d e r s t a n d since h e c a m e . I have only e x a m i n e d h i m o n c e b u t he l o o k e d v e r y well and told m e he was m u c h b e t t e r last time I. saw him V e r y t r u l y yours E. L. T r u d e a u

1 Dr. Trudeau was a well-known lung specialist and founder of the Cottage Sanitarium in Saranac Lake, N e w York. C r a n e was never registered at the sanitarium but was a private patient of Dr. Trudeau. He probably visited Saranac in late July or early August 1898, but Dr. Trudcau's w o r d i n g indicates a previous visit and perhaps a later consultation.

399. C O R A C R A N E T O T H E H O N O R A B L E J O H N H A Y 1 ALS on Ravensbrook stationery, RPB.

England Sep. 24th 98 D e a r Sir: K n o w i n g you to be a personal f r i e n d of m y h u s b a n d , Stephen C r a n e — I appeal to you to use your i n f l u e n c e to find him. N e w s has r e a c h e d m e that he is missing f r o m Havana. H e w e n t t h e r e for the N . Y. J o u r n a l as you doubtless k n o w . A n d was w a t c h e d , I u n d e r s t a n d , by the spanish police. H e was stopping quietly at Hotel P a s a j e — a n d

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disappeared about Sep 8th. I am almost distracted w i t h grief and anxiety. I am sure you will personally ask the President to instruct the A m e r i c a n commission to demand Mr. C r a n e f r o m the Havana police. Very truly yours Cora Crane Mrs Stephen C r a n e To T h e H o n John H a y —

ijohn M. Hay (1838-1905), United States Ambassador to England and Secretary of State, 1898-1905.

400. C O R A C R A N E T O PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S ALS on Ravensbrook stationery, ViU.

England Sep 25th '98 D e a r Sir: In answer to your letter of the 15th Sep. I would say that it was m y intention to w r i t e you today for n e w s of M r C r a n e . T h e last n e w s I had direct f r o m him, was dated Key W e s t Aug 16th. O n the 22nd of Sep. I got a Florida paper stating that Stephen C r a n e was missing and that fears w e r e entertained for his safety. This was the " T i m e s U n i o n " of Jacksonville Sep 10 th. It said that Mr. C r a n e had entered Havana as a tobacco buyer. And that he dissapeard about Sep 6th f r o m Hotel Pasaje Havana. I am in great distress of mind as I can get no news t h r o u g h the Journal office here. Mr. Crane's affairs here need his attention. I am in great need of money. And I fear that we will lose our house here if I cannot get m o n e y to pay some pressing debts. T h e Journal is behaving very shabily. I have been served w i t h t w o summonds 1 so you can see how bad matters really are. If you can collect any m o n e y due to Mr. C r a n e please cable it to m e w i t h o u t delay. This being so helpless in a foreign c o u n t r y together w i t h my fears for Mr. C r a n e are almost driving m e mad. W i l l you use your influence w i t h Mr. Hearst. He has no right to allow a m a n like Stephen C r a n e to be missing for over three weeks 37Î

w i t h o u t using means to find him. And if he allows Stephen Cranes wife to be turned out of her h o m e , while Stephen is risking his life in his service, I have told Mr. C r e e l m a n 2 I would let every correspondent in London k n o w about it. B o t h H a r o l d Frederic and R o b e r t B a r r would let the world know over their o w n signatures. I beg you to let m e hear any news by cable. V e r y truly yours Cora Crane T h e British Consul at Havana is in charge of the Journal affairs. C. C.

' B e c a u s e C o r a did n o t pay t h e b u t c h e r and t h e g r o c e r , she w a s served w i t h c o u r t s u m m o n s e s . See N o s . 405 and 406. 2

James C r e e l m a n , t h e New York Journal's r e p r e s e n t a t i v e in L o n d o n .

401. C O R A C R A N E T O RUSSELL A. A L G E R 1 A L S on R a v e n s b r o o k stationery, D N A .

25th Sep. 98 D e a r Sir: If there is any way in w h i c h you can communicate the fact of Stephen Cranes disappearence to U . S. authorities at Havana will you do so? He entered Havana about Sep 1st as a tobacco buyer. Stopped quietly at Hotel Pasaje and was watched b y the police. 2 and was missing about Sep. 6th to 8th. If you recieve any information about him I beg you will send it to me as I am very m u c h alarmed as to his safety Yours Resply Cora Crane (Mrs Stephen C r a n e )

' U n i t e d States S e c r e t a r y o f W a r . C o r a also sent a c a b l e g r a m t h a t was a s h o r t e n e d , similarly w o r d e d version o f this l e t t e r to A l g e r . T h e c a b l e g r a m was d e t o u r e d to t h e

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A d j u t a n t G e n e r a l ' s o f f i c e a n d did n o t r e a c h H a v a n a u n t i l 9 O c t o b e r . M a j o r G e n e r a l J. F. W a d e , in c h a r g e of t h e e v a c u a t i o n of A m e r i c a n s f r o m C u b a , m a d e inquiries a m o n g t h e c o r r e s p o n d e n t s and r e p o r t e d t h a t " A f t e r these inquiries, M r . C r a n e called a n d e x p r e s s e d r e g r e t at h a v i n g caused so m u c h t r o u b l e . I d o n o t k n o w his business o r w h y h e has n o t c o r r e s p o n d e d w i t h his f a m i l y . " A n o t h e r c a b l e w e n t to W i l l i a m H o w e C r a n e at P o r t J e r v i s , and this w a s t h e first n e w s r e c e i v e d b y t h e C r a n e f a m i l y t h a t S t e p h e n had a " w i f e " (Gilkes, pp. 152-55). 2

C o r a h a d g a r n e r e d this m i s i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m a " C u b a n G o s s i p " c o l u m n in the 10

S e p t e m b e r Florida Times-Union

and

Citizen.

402. T O PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S ALS, N S y U .

Havana Sept 27 [1898] M y dear Rey'ds N o w this it It!1 If you dont touch big m o n e y for it I w o n d e r ! C Cable m e w h e n you m a k e sale & how m u c h . English copy goes to Blackwood.

' " T h e P r i c e of t h e H a r n e s s , " w h i c h a p p e a r e d in Cosmopolitan, 26 ( D e c e m b e r 1898), 164-72, u n d e r the title " T h e W o o f o f T h i n Red T h r e a d s , " editorially a d o p t e d f r o m t h e fifth section of t h e story, w h e r e t h e f i r i n g line is d e s c r i b e d as r e m i n i s c e n t o f " a l o o m , a g r e a t g r a n d steel l o o m , clinking, c l a n k i n g , p l u n k i n g , plinking, to weave a w o o f of thin red t h r e a d s , t h e c l o t h of d e a t h . " T h e s t o r y was p u b l i s h e d s i m u l t a n e o u s l y u n d e r its p r o p e r title in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine,

164 ( D e c e m b e r 1898), 829-40.

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403. R O B E R T B A R R T O C O R A C R A N E TL, NNC. [27 September 1898] I f what Hurst cables is true, 1 then I should hate to put down in black and white what I think o f Stephen Crane. I f he has not disappeared, and i f he has been drawing money for himself, while leaving you without cash, then that article about his disappearance in the Florida paper is a put-up j o b , and he does not intend to return. You told me that Frederic had been saying that Stephen was not coming back. W h a t ground had he for making such an assertion? Creelman told me he was certain that some at least o f your communications had reached Crane. I am certain that Creelman did everything in his power to get your messages forwarded to Crane. Hurst certainly would not dare cable a lie that he knew would be sent to you, for he would be sure o f disgraceful exposure sooner or later. If, in these circumstances, you think it worth while to go after such a man, then there is nothing to do but consider the ways and means. Since you paid back the £50 to Pawling 2 ( i f that is the right name) would he not advance a like sum again? Stephen's publishers have, in a way, security for any money they advance, and i f you think that Stephen would carry out any bargain you made on his behalf, you might promise them some forthcoming books o f his. You ought to be able to raise enough from Heinamann's office to take you over to N . Y . at least, and once there Hurst would doubtless forward you on to Havana. I never dealt with the German Lloyd except on a cash basis, and they never gave me even any reduction, although they did place good rooms at my disposal when they had them vacant. B u t on the last voyage when Mrs. B . wanted to cross the ships were full and they could do nothing, so to get a reasonable rate she had to go to Glasgow and sail on an Anchor liner and had a pretty uncomfortable time o f it. W h e n I went across in the spring I could do nothing with the German Lloyd and so crossed on the American line, paying full fare, but getting a good room. Just now, and for a month to come, the boats will be so full o f returning Americans that I am sure nothing could be done in getting any reduction. T h e lines have an amalgamation for the last few years, and i f they make any reduction and it is found out, they are liable to heavy

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penelties. B u t even were that not the case, they would not make terms when there are plenty o f passengers waiting to pay full fare. I inclose a letter both to the German Lloyd and to the American line so that you can try what effect it would have, 3 but as I am no longer in Journalism I feel certain they will do no good. Letters from Creelman or from Frederic would have much more influence, i f influence is o f any use on a S.S. Line, which I doubt since the amalgamation. I f you cannot raise money from Heinemann, then we must all o f us put together what we can raise and get you over to N . Y . I am only sorry I cannot do this by myself, but I am over £600 in debt, and my creditors are gently pressing me, like this O x t e d man whose mild note I enclose. Therefore am I working night and day to catch up. I dont suppose Frederic is in a position to do much. Creelman said he would go £2. B u t it seems to me there should not be much difficulty in getting the cash from Heineman. In the letters to the steamboat men, I have not mentioned that Stephen is a correspondent, as naturally the first question they will ask is W h y does not his paper furnish the necessary money? I doubt i f these letters will have any effect, but that seems to me the only way to get passage without paying money down. I dont know the addresses o f the German Lloyd & American line, but they are opposite each other on the street leading W e s t from Trafalgar Sq. I f you use these letters, take with you the Florida paper and show t h e m the item regarding Stephen's disappearance.

•The H e a r s t press had r e p o r t e d that C r a n e was " h i d i n g " in a Havana rooming house. See Gilkes, p. 152. 2 Sidney 3 In

Pawling, W i l l i a m Heinemann's partner.

these letters, dated 27 September, B a r r requests passage to N e w Y o r k w i t h

deferred payment for C o r a . H e maintains that C r a n e has been imprisoned by the Spaniards in Havana and that he will pay for C o r a ' s passage as soon as he is released and returns to N e w Y o r k .

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404. C O R A C R A N E T O PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS ALS, ViU.

Ravensbrook Oxted Surrey England Sep. 29th [1898] Dear Sir: Thanks for your card. Will you let me know if Mr. Crane gets my letters and where he is at the time this reaches you. The report that he was "missing f r o m Havana" caused me great distress. Will you tell him when you write, that "Illustrated Bits" have written asking to see him twice. I refered him to Hienemann—who has the matter in hand. They plagiarized " T h e Bride Comes to Yellow Sky." 1 1 transfered the copyright to Hienemann who is sueing. My letters seems to go astray so I will be glad if you can tell Mr Crane this. Yours very truly Cora Crane Pardon paper. 'Five months after its book appearance in The Open Boat and Other Stories (1898).

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405. R O B E R T B A R R T O C O R A C R A N E ALS, NNC.

[September 1898]

Dear Mrs Crane; This summons does not need to worry you. There are eight days left before anything can be done. If there is any mistake in the account, there will be still further delay if you say you will defend action. However it is not likely that there is any mistake so you can count on eight days. I will keep this summons to show to Creelman unless you object. I would send a cheque only my bank account is at present over drawn, but if there is no cash before the eight days I will go to this grocer and make myself personally responsible for the debt & he will accept my surety. The trouble is that the butcher may do likewise & his bill is more serious. I will stay in town on Friday night & come right through to Oxted on Saturday, bringing this summons with me, when I will see the grocer. O f course, the grocer is perfectly within his right in doing this. It has been noised about the place that you are going to leave & he knows he won't have your custom much longer anyhow, so doubtless, having been bilked before, he fears he is going to be cheated again. The only person at fault is Stephen Crane, & as he is not within cursing distance there is no use in swearing. I am sure, however, that the cash will be in from the Journal before many days, & then everything will run smoothly again. Most Sincerely yours R. B .

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406. ROBERT BARR T O C O R A C R A N E ALS, NNC.

[September 1898] Dear Mrs. Crane; It is too bad you did not see Creelman; I wonder how long he is going to be away? I intended to go up to town today to see him if possible, but yesterday and today I have been under the weather & am only able to crawl round the house, not fit to be up, & hating to go to bed. And worse, I can't do any work. I think you ought to see that grocer & get him to withdraw his summons if you can. It is evidently spite that has made him take action. I did not know until Saturday that you had left him & gone to another. The bill is so small that I was amazed at his action, & thought it had been on account of servant's talk frightening him. I called again on him on my way home but they insisted that he had not returned. Which might or might not be true; I rather imagine he is ashamed of himself & doesn't want to see anybody on the subject. I would go down to Oxted this afternoon, but I am all doubled up & the doctor has ordered me to lie low for a day or two. R. B.

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407. T O PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S Allen, p. 61.

[Havana, C u b a , early O c t o b e r 1898] M y dear Reynolds: Did you get m y story: " T h e Price of the Harness"? I am w o r r i e d for fear it is lost. Cable. I am n o w sending you a peach.1 I love it devotedly. Sell to anybody if the price is grand enough. O t h e r w i s e r e m e m b e r that Blackwood's have a call on me. 2 Send all letters here. Crane. I love this story.

' " T h e Clan of N o - N a m e . " C r a n e still owed a balance on the £60 Blackwood & Sons had advanced him. David Meldrum considered " T h e Clan of N o - N a m e " inferior to " T h e Price of the Harness," and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine rejected it. O t h e r editors also failed to share Crane's enthusiasm for the story. It did not appear until 19 March 1899 in America and then only in syndicated newspaper form. In England, James B. Pinker finally sold it to Black and White, which held it for their 1899 Christmas number. 2

408. C O R A C R A N E T O PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S ALS, ViU.

Ravensbrook O x t e d . Surrey O c t 18 th 1898 D e a r Sir: T h a n k you for your letter of lOth. This post also b r o u g h t me a letter f r o m the British Consul at Havana, w h o says Mr. C r a n e is no longer w i t h the "Journal", that I have no cause to w o r r y because of Mr. Cranes health or for fear of police, but he does give the impression that something is w r o n g , that Mr. C r a n e is in some sort of difficulty. He says that Mr. C r a n e has l e f t the Hotel Pasaje, 1 that he does not know 319

his address, but has advertised in a local paper saying that he had cables & letters for him. I fear Mr. Crane is having money trouble and beg that you will write him as soon as possible and tell him of the important work there is to be done here. Ever so many people have written for stories ect. I am very much worried and will be glad if you will use every effort to induce Mr. Crane to leave Cuba & return to his work. Very Sincerely Yours Cora Crane ' C r a n e moved out of the luxurious Hotel Pasaje and into M a r y Horan's lodging house w h e n he discovered that the Journal had discontinued his expense account.

409. TO PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS Allen, p. 61.

Havana, Oct. 20. [1898] My dear Reynolds: I enclose a "personal anecdote" thing for McClure. 1 Hit him hard. Hit him beastly hard. I have got to have at least fifteen hundred dollars this month, sooner the better. For Christ's sake get me some money quick here by cable. The " I n t r i g u e " lot goes to Heinemann. 2 Yours, Crane ' " M a r i n e s Signaling under Fire at G u a n t a n a m o , " McClure's Magazine, 12 (February 1899), 332-36. 2 The " I n t r i g u e " series of poems concludes War Is Kind, w h i c h was not published by Heinemann.

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410. T O PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S ALS, NSyU.

Havana O c t 21 [1898] M y dear Reynolds: I wish you would take the enclosed article 1 to Chamberlain 2 and say that although I am short in my accounts to the Journal, I positively cannot afford to w r i t e for t w e n t y dollars a column n o w since m y expenses are cut off. It would be likely to cost five thousand dollars to me in w o r k of a finer kind. Ask t h e m to hike m y price to at least 40. If they w o n t ask t h e m if they will allow you to syndicate it. I w a n t anyhow soon to a r r a n g e a little Syndicate for C u b a n letters, one a week. If you are allowed to syndicate t r y these people at $10 per head for Sunday 30. 3 N.Y. Journal Phila Press Boston Herald Chicago Tribune St. Louis G l o b e - D e m o c r a t St. Paul Pioneer Press Buffalo Express. T h e n let me know instantly. W i l l send you another n e x t week. W h e n in Christ's n a m e do I get any money. Crane

'"Stephen Crane on Havana," New York Journal, 6 November 1898, p. 26. Sam S. Chamberlain, Managing Editor of the Journal. 3 "Stephen Crane on Havana" is the first of Crane's Cuban dispatches copyrighted in his own name. Clearly he was revolting against exploitation by the Journal. But while he may have received the Journal's permission to syndicate his columns, he never succeeded in doing so. See Works, IX, pp. 506-7. 2

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411. T O PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S ALS, N S y U .

Havana Oct 24 [1898] My dear Reynolds: I missed the mail-boat with the article on Cuban affairs etc which will reach you at the same time—in which I presented my request to you to go to the Journal people. 1 I f they say: " W e prefer C r a n e to work out his debt on the same terms as the original a g r e e m e n t , " you reply that the agreement is not the same; that they originally paid my expenses but that for many weeks they have not, leaving me in fact fastened here in Cuba with a big hotel bill. I am determined to make a clear slate with them—clean out all indebtedness; but at $20 a column, it is simply awful. I f they prove obdurate in the matter o f price, ask them how far they consider me bound to them—whether they consider me previleged to syndicate my stuff, giving them the N.Y. rights W h e r e in hell did you raise the $219.00? Not for T h e Price o f the Harness? That sounds very much like a McClure price. I may stay here all winter if we can get that syndicate going. 2 Yours grimly Crane ' N o . 410. W i t h this letter o f 24 O c t o b e r Crane included the manuscript o f " 'You M u s t ! ' — ' W e C a n ' t ! ' " New 2

York Journal, 8 November 1898, p. 6.

Despite his awareness o f Cora's apprehensions and economic plight, Crane was not

eager to return to her or to England.

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412. TO PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS ALS, NSyU.

[between 25-28 October 1898] My dear Reynolds: I am resolved now to keep a steady eye on the Journal and send all my stuff through you. This is No 3; 1 if you syndicate it you will have to send it out for a Wednesday. Better give it to the Journal. It's their style but make them pay more than $20 per column. McClure would give $30 for his syndicate. You have not yet receipted for that superb masterpiece The Clan of No-Name If I dont receive a rather fat sum from you before the last of the month, I am ruined. In God's name hustle Cable me anyhow on the 31st—unless of course you send money beforehand Crane '"Mr. Crane, of Havana," New York Journal,

9 November 1898, p. 6.

413. JOSEPH CONRAD TO CORA CRANE ALS, NNC.

Pent Farm. Postling. Stanford Nr Hythe. 28th Oct 98. My Dear Mrs Crane. Just a word in haste to tell you I shall try to do what I can. Don't build any hopes on it. It is a most remote chance—but it's the only thing I can think of. What kind of trouble is Stephen in? You make me very uneasy. Are you sure you can bring him back. I do not doubt your influence mind! but not knowing the circumstances I do not know how far it would be

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feasible. In Stephen's c o m i n g back to E n g l a n d is salvation t h e r e is n o d o u b t a b o u t that. W i l l he c o m e ? Can he c o m e ? I a m u t t e r l y in the d a r k as to the state of affairs. W e r e c o g n i z e your good h e a r t in y o u r acts. G o d f o r b i d that w e should t h r o w the first—or even the last stone. W h a t the w o r l d calls scandal does n o t a f f e c t m e in the least. M y sincere approval and h i g h r e c o g n i t i o n of the course you've taken is n o t based o n christian g r o u n d s . I d o n o t p r e t e n d to that n a m e — n o t f r o m i r r e v e r e n c e b u t f r o m m y e x a l t e d idea of that faith's m o r a l i t y . I c a n ' t p r e t e n d to such m o r a l i t y b u t I h o l d that those that do p r e t e n d a n d boast of it should carry it out as the cost of personal sacrifice, and in every respect. M y a d m i r a t i o n of your c o u r a g e o u s c o n d u c t exists side b y side w i t h an u t t e r disapproval of those w h o m you (in your o w n e x t r e m i t y ) b e f r i e n d . T h e y invoke the n a m e of a faith a n d t h e y ' v e d r a g g e d its substance p r e t t y well t h r o u g h the m u d . It m a y be only f o l l y — o f c o u r s e — u n u t t e r a b l e folly. B u t it looks w o r s e . T h e o n l y C h r i s t i a n in sight in this w h o l e a f f a i r is you, m y d e a r M r s C r a n e — e x e r c i s i n g that rarest o f the C r e e d ' s v i r t u e s : that of C h a r i t y . 1 I w o u l d n o t have said all this b u t y o u r good f r i e n d l y letter, I consider, has in a sense a u t h o r i z e d m e to speak. I w o u l d of course have d o n e w h a t you w i s h w i t h o u t a m o m e n t ' s delay b u t the e x a c t t r u t h is I've only £8 in the b a n k and a m in d e b t to publishers so heavily that I c a n ' t go to t h e m for m o r e . O r else I w o u l d do it, believe m e . I've t r i e d h o w e v e r to d o s o m e t h i n g b u t don't reckon on it a n d do n o t r e l a x y o u r e f f o r t s in o t h e r d i r e c t i o n s . I a m a p o o r business m a n and c a n ' t give you any hints as to raising m o n e y on life-insurance. C o u l d n ' t Stokes advise you? Jess shall w r i t e t o m o r r o w . I will let you k n o w s h o r t l y (I h o p e ) w h e t h e r m y plan has b e e n of any good. A f f e c t i o n a t e l y and faithfully yours Jph. Conrad.

'Following the death of Harold Frederic in August 1898, friends of his widow had formed a committee to raise funds for the support of his four lawful children. Cora had sheltered at Ravensbrook Frederic's three younger children and his mistress, Kate Lyon, after her release from prison on a charge of manslaughter based upon her refusal of medical attention for Frederic and the employment of a Christian Science practitioner in the final week of Frederic's illness. Cora and John Scott-Stokes set up a committee 384

to raise funds to support Kate Lyon's children. Most contributions w e r e small. Henry James and George Bernard Shaw w e r e not moved beyond the sum o f £5. Robert B a r r send £1. C o n r a d expressed regret that he could do nothing, and others w e r e openly hostile to Cora's efforts. See No. 436.

414. TO PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS ALS, NSyU.

Havana Nov 1st [1898] My dear Reynolds: I herein send another syndicate (or Journal) article. 1 I am afraid these Journal people have ruined me in England. I feel very savage but am bound to make good. I hope you got them to hike the price, damn them. Convey to Stokes the pleasing information that I have completed about 15000 words of Cuban stories and that he shall have the book for spring, 2 and govern your placing of these articles accordingly. They have come within an ace of ruining my affairs in England; indeed I am not sure they have not done so. The English rts on the marines go to Blackwoods. 3 I am working like a dog. When—oh, when,—am I to have some money? If you could only witness my poverty! Crane '"Spaniards T w o , " New York Journal, 11 November 1898, p. 6. P u b l i c a t i o n of Wounds in the Rain was delayed until September 1900. 3 "Marines

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415. JOSEPH CONRAD TO CORA CRANE ALS, N N C .

1st Nov 98. Dear Mrs. Crane. Yours to hand. That's what I'm doing; trying to get at B'wood. I took Mr. Meldrum into our confidence. He is an admirer of Stephen. What you say about your husband is golden truth. To B'wood I suggested a loan of £50 on three securities. One (for which they would care most) Stephen's work second your property. 1 third my own undertaking to furnish them copy to the amount advanced should unforeseen circumstances prevent you and Stephen from paying him back as soon as he may expect. W e must approach B'wood through Meldrum who is most friendly. B'wood himself is a good, kind man but must be handled cautiously. It is better done through me and Meldrum. How it will turn out it is impossible to say. It will also require time. I am writing to M. again this post. Before you give bill of sale on furniture make sure the furniture dealer or dealers (from whom you bought) are paid in full as in the contrary case you would make yourself liable to prosecution. My letter to Stephen was sent through Reynolds. I am sure you are doing and planning for the best. That is the way to rescue poor Stephen. I only wish I had something to pawn or sell; you would not have to wait long for means. As it is I have only my work and that I've offered to B'wood for what it is worth. Most faithfully yours Conrad. Jessie sends lots of love. She is very much concerned and anxious about your health. •The p r o p e r t y that C o r a was to offer as security was her furniture.

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416. TO PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S Allen, pp. 61-62.

Havana, Nov. 3rd. [1898] My dear Reynolds: Just received letter concerning " T h e Price of the Harness." If Blackwood can't take it for Dec. ask them to give it to Pinker.1 Somebody must have it. With Pinker it is worth £36. We can't lose it. Damn Walker. The name of the story is " T h e Price of the Harness" because it is the price of the harness, the price the men paid for wearing the military harness, Uncle Sam's military harness; and they paid blood, hunger and fever. Let him if he likes conjure some inflammatory secondary title. He is a fool. 2 Crane lBlackwood's m a n a g e d to publish " T h e Price o f the H a r n e s s " on time. B y midNovember J a m e s B . Pinker had b e c o m e Crane's English literary agent. 2 C r a n e was upset that Cosmopolitan editor John Brisben Walker had adopted the title " T h e W o o f o f Thin Red T h r e a d s , " derived from a phrase in the fifth section o f the story.

417. JOSEPH C O N R A D TO C O R A C R A N E ALS, N N C .

Thursday. [3 November 1898] Dear Mrs Crane. I forward you Meldrum's letter. He is a man of good counsel and you can see for yourself that he is anxious to do something. Please read his letter with care. His suggestion is worth consideration. The same ideas occurred to me. If I had the means there would have been no need to mention them, but as you see if we are to do something we must have recourse to strangers.

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I must m e n t i o n here that the originals of your letters are destroyed and that the w h o l e matter is treated on a perfectly confidential footing. I had to let M . k n o w the e x a c t state of affairs as far as we all on this side are aware of them. W o u l d Stephen come back by himself if w r i t t e n to? W o u l d he tell us haw much is wanted to enable him to leave Havana? W o u l d he recognize the engagements we would enter into h e r e for means to bring him back? His f u t u r e is h e r e — I f i r m l y believe—but will he see it? W h a t e v e r happens the matter must-be kept quiet, and his reputation shielded. I k n o w of personal k n o w l e d g e that B ' w o o d is a little angry. A short letter f r o m Stephen saying he could not send anything would have m a d e all the difference. It is too late now. W h a t do you think of his w r i t i n g him a strong letter urging his r e t u r n and saying that we keep £50 ready for that purpose if he gives his w o r d . Please write. Always yours Conrad.

418. C O R A C R A N E T O PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D ALS, ViU.

Ravensbrook. O x t e d . Surrey. England nov. 9th 98 D e a r M r . Reynolds: T h a n k you for your letter of O c t . 31si I understand that M r . C r a n e s is wanted to do some w o r k here and that the Saturday R e v i e w has cabled to him and offered him m o n e y to return to England (£50). I know, that a f r i e n d has w r i t t e n him, and that the letter should reach him not later than the 11th of this m o n t h , offering to cable him enough m o n e y to get h o m e if he needs it. It is the opinion of all the m e n w h o know, that Stephen's f u t u r e is in England. N o m a t t e r w h a t he writes, there is always favorable notices in every English paper. He has a great vogue here and sure he must return if he is ever going to do m o r e great w o r k . A m a n must have p u r e wholesome air if he wishes 388

to succeed in art. I beg you will advise Mr. Crane to return to England. He has a great future and a wonderful home awaiting him. I will write to the people who have written about stories and tell them you have stories of Mr. Cranes. Very Truly Yours Cora Crane P.S. I will be glad of any news of Mr. Crane.

419. JAMES B. PINKER T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker's stationery, NNC.

Nov: 10. 1898. Mrs. Stephen Crane, Ravensbrook, Oxted, Surrey. Dear Madam, I do not think it would be possible to dispose of the stories on the understanding that it should be announced that they were written when Mr. Crane was a lad, and it seems to me that, if Mr. Crane does not think them good enough to stand on their merits, it would be better not to let them go out. 1 The moment I went to an editor with such an apology it would prejudice him against the stories. I need scarcely add that it will, at all times, be a great pleasure to me to be of service to Mr. Crane, though I think in this particular case the course I suggest is the better one, if you will forgive my saying so frankly. Faithfully yours, James B. Pinker 'Crane had in his possession in England a number of unpublished New York City sketches. Some of these, such as "The Silver Pageant," "A Dark-Brown Dog," and "A Desertion," appeared only posthumously.

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420. WILLIAM HOWE C R A N E T O PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S O n W . H. C r a n e ' s stationery, A L S , V i U .

Nov. 10/98. Mr. Reynolds, N.Y. City Dear Sir:— Stephen Crane, my brother, telegraphs me from Havana to loan him some money and asks me to notify you. Can you tell me what the urgency is or whatever you may have to do with it? I shall be greatly obliged. I have written him at Havana, but my letters were returned as uncalled for. Do you know his city address there. Yours truly Wm. H. Crane

421. JAMES B. PINKER T O C O R A C R A N E A L S on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

Nov: 14. 1898. Mrs. Stephen Crane, Ravensbrook, Oxted, Surrey. Dear Madam, I beg to thank you for the two short stories, safely received this morning, and for " T h e Reluctant Voyagers", 1 which came to hand on Saturday. They shall be attended to at once. I shall be glad to know,

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however, what terms Mr. Crane would like me to ask for the British serial rights. Faithfully yours, James B. Pinker ' " T h e Reluctant Voyagers," a tedious narrative of two men swept out to sea on a raft and rescued by a schooner operating between local ports in New York and New Jersey, was composed, according to Corwin Knapp Linson, in the spring of 1893. Fredson Bowers, in Works, VIII, p. 773, dates the first mention of the story as being in Crane's letter to Pinker on 22 September 1899 (No. 558), but Cora had attempted to sell it, along with other early stories, in Crane's absence.

422. J O H N SCOTT-STOKES T O C O R A C R A N E Letterhead: "National Liberal Club . . . London." ALS, NNC.

14 November [1898] My dear Mrs Crane, Cable despatched this morning to 75 Aguacate, Havana. Same text as Friday with addition as follows "money shortly through General Wade" Just one word shortly to tell you, once for all, that neither you nor Stephen owe me any money. 1 W h a t I have done is off my own bat, as it were. So that is quite clear, is it not? Possibly when Stephen is prosperously floated once more he may signify his good pleasure to some solvent newspaper that they give his friend Jack Stokes a modest job bringing him in some three four pounds a week for work done. That w d make me very happy! Yet again: you two owe me nothing. Such is my clear view, Always yours—Stephen, J. S. S. ' T h a t is, money for three cables sent to Havana. The £50 cabled to General Wade for transmittal to Crane was an advance obtained f r o m Heinemann.

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423. TO J. G. W I D R I G Inscribed in a copy of The Little Regiment, N S y U .

To my friend J. G. Widrig (USS Scorpion) From Stephen Crane Havana Nov 241 1898 ' T h e date of this inscription to an officer of the U.S.S. Scorpion, which provided cover fire for the Daiquiri landings on 22 June, and the date of another inscription to an anonymous recipient in a copy of an 1898 edition of The Red Badge of Courage, " C o m p l i m e n t s of Stephen C r a n e / Havana Nov 26 1898" (Collection of Maurice F. Neville, Santa Barbara, California), reveal that C r a n e did not leave Havana on 17 November aboard the Vigiliancia, as maintained by Stallman BIO, p. 438. He returned to N e w York on the S.S. City of Washington, which left Havana on 24 December.

424. JAMES B. PINKER T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

Nov: 25. 1898. Mrs. Stephen Crane, Dear Madam, I have just received your letter of yesterday. If you will put me in possession of all the facts, I will at once see what I can do; but I ought to be in a position to make a more definite proposal to a publisher than I could do on your suggestion. A publisher would be more ready to advance the amount on a long book than on the short stories, but can you tell me what Mr. Crane's engagements with other publishers are, so that I can offer a definite book on a particular date? 1 I will gladly

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do all that is possible if you will tell me exactly how matters stand with regard to Mr. Crane's future work. If you are likely to be in town on Monday, perhaps you could spare time to call here? Faithfully yours, James B. Pinker 'Using C o r a as an intermediary, C r a n e was attempting to negotiate a contract w i t h an English publisher for an unspecified novel. Active Service had been committed to Heinemann and to Stokes in America.

425. JAMES B. PINKER T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker s stationery, N N C .

November 30th 1898 Mrs Stephen Crane, Dear Mrs Crane, I have seen about the book 1 to-day, and I hope by the End of the week to have a definite offer to cable to Mr. Crane. Faithfully yours, James B. Pinker ' T h e unspecified novel for which C r a n e was negotiating.

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426. J A M E S B. PINKER TO C O R A C R A N E A L S on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

Dec: 1. 1898. Mrs. Stephen Crane, Dear Mrs. Crane, Thank you for your letter. I am glad to know the terms, though they do not quite agree with your instructions, as I understood that Mr. Crane wished for only £75 now.1 However, I hope to have something definite in the course of tomorrow. Have you a story of 3,500 words by you, or has Mr. Reynolds one of that length? I can place one immediately, but of those I have two are much below that length, and the other is double. Very truly yours, James B. Pinker ' C r a n e was apparently c o m m u n i c a t i n g quite specific terms o f sale for his w o r k to C o r a . His letters to her are missing f r o m the C o l u m b i a University collection and have not surfaced.

427. J A M E S B. PINKER TO C O R A C R A N E A L S on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

Dec: 2. 1898. Mrs. Stephen Crane, Ravensbrook, Oxted, Surrey. Dear Mrs. Crane, Mr. Pawling sent round to me this morning and presented your note instructing me to pay to Heinemann & Co. the money received for the three stories I at present hold. I did not, of course, mention any other business. 394

I have received, today, the following offer for the book of which we spoke. M e t h u e n s are willing to advance £50, o r — i f absolutely necessary— £75, at once, as an instalment of an advance of £125 on a novel of not less than 70,000 words: the ms. to be delivered in July for publication in September or October next. The advance is to be on account of the following royalties: 16 2/3 per cent on the first 3000 copies, 20% on the next 3000 and 25% after, with 3 1/2d per copy on the Colonial edition. T h e advance is, of course, not w h a t you anticipated, but I dare say I can persuade them to increase it. But, before negotiating further, can you let me have an assurance f r o m Mr. Crane that he will be able to deliver the ms. of the book by the time specified? Yours truly, James B. Pinker

428. G R A N T RICHARDS 1 T O C O R A C R A N E Letterpress (TLS) copy in Grant Richards' Letterpress Book, volume 1, p. 407, IU.

Dec. 2, 1898 Mrs. Stephen Crane Dear Madam I am sorry to say that just as your letter arrived I had to go off to Edinburgh and so was unable to go satisfactorily into the question of the possibility of acceding to your request until my return. Now possibly it is too late; but acting for the moment on the assumption that it is not, there are two or three questions that I should ask:—1. W h y is not Mr. Heinemann, who has published all of Mr. Crane's work, I believe, up to the present, approached first? I should gather f r o m the fact that the offer is either for a volume of stories or for his "first free long novel" that Mr. Heinemann or another house has a lien on the next. In that case you will see that I should have to wait so very long out of my money. 2. Did you sign a contract on Mr. Crane's behalf? 3. W h a t are to be the terms of this contract?—presumably the same as those made for his other books. 4. And finally, when is the manuscript likely to be ready? 395

If you will let me have an answer to these questions I will at once come to a decision. I should add that the collection of short stories, I confess, has little attraction for me. Very faithfully yours, Grant Richards ' G r a n t Richards (1872-1948) established his L o n d o n publishing house in D e c e m b e r 1896. H e was not employed b y M e t h u e n or acting for t h e m , as assumed b y J. C . Levenson, in Works, IV, p. xviii. C o r a was dealing w i t h m o r e than one publisher.

429. JOSEPH C O N R A D T O C O R A C R A N E Letterhead: " P e n t F a r m , / Stanford, N e a r H y t h e / Station,/ Sandling J u n c t i o n , / S . E . R . " ALS, N N C .

4th Dec 1898 My dear Mrs Crane. You made us quite happy with your letter. I had a couple of pretty bad days just before; having heard f r o m Meldrum about that wretched McQueen. 1 You may imagine how sick I felt. I did not write to you at once because I did set to think of some other expedient. I would have gone to London to seek had it not been for my reumatism which kept me on my back in bed 2 days and even when I got up I could not do more than hobble across the room. I was at my wit's end. Luckily it's over. I dreaded opening your letter, having nothing to propose or suggest. It was an immense relief to hear you had been lucky in some other quarter. Do you think Stephen will be in England before Christmas? His story 2 in B. is magnificent. It is the very best thing he has done since the Red Badge—and it has even something that the Red Badge had not—or not so much of. He is maturing. He is expanding. There is more breath and somehow more substance in this war-picture. W e (I had two men visiting me last week) are delighted with this bit of work. It is Stephen all himself—and a little more. It is the very truth of art. There is an added ampleness in his method which makes me

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augur a magnificent future for his coming work. Let him only come— and work! Excuse me if I end here. I am in arrears with my correspondence— besides other worries. Ah! but I do feel relieved. Jess sends congratulations and best love. Believe me always most faithfully yours Jph Conrad. 'Meldrum had been unsuccessful in obtaining an advance from London publisher John Macqueen to bring Crane home. 2 " T h e Price of the Harness."

430. J A M E S B. PINKER T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

Dec: 5. 1898. Mrs. Stephen Crane, Dear Mrs. Crane, Thank you for the ms. of the story. I will have it typewritten and will return the original to you. You will have received my letter regarding the book, and I shall be glad to have your reply as soon as possible. Yours very truly, James B. Pinker

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431. JAMES B. PINKER T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

December 7th. 1898. Mrs. Stephen Crane, Dear Mrs. Crane, The Cornhill Magazine has accepted Mr. Crane's story "A Selfmade Man", 1 and the Editor asks me if he may use it at his convenience, or whether it will be necessary to fix a date to suit American arrangements. I shall therefore be glad if you will kindly let me hear if Mr. Reynolds has done anything with the story in the States, and, also, if it has been copyrighted there. In accordance with your request I am returning you the ms. of Dan Emmonds, which I have had typewritten. 2 Faithfully yours, James B. Pinker ' " A Self-Made M a n , " Cornhill Magazine, n.s. 6 (March 1899), 324-29. Pinker's ten-page typescript ( N N C ) is the only surviving document of this false start on a novel that C r a n e began some time before March 1896 but never continued. See Nos. 221 and 328, n. 3. A holograph on t w o leaves beginning " H e told me all he k n e w " ( N N C ) may be another f r a g m e n t in the narrative of Dan Emmonds, but this is problematic. See Works, X , pp. 111-12, 292. 2

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432. J A M E S B. PINKER T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

Dec: 9. 1898. Mrs. Stephen Crane, Dear Mrs. Crane, Thank you very much for your three letters. I have seen Grant Richards, and I told him the terms suggested and that it was absolutely necessary that we should have £100 on the signing of the contract, and £100 on publication. He would not give me an answer on the spot, but he has promised to let me have a decision in a day or two. He said that you had only suggested £75 on publication, and I think it would be better if you did not mention terms if you communicate with any publisher, for fear we should not name the same. I presume you have a formal power of attorney from Mr. Crane, as you will need it, perhaps, if the publisher should ask for its production. The Cornhill have not yet paid for the story. They have agreed to pay one guinea a page—the rate, they tell me, at which they paid Mr. Crane previously. We must get better prices than that presently. Very sincerely yours, James B. Pinker

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433. JAMES B. PINKER T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

Dec: 12. 1898. Mrs. Stephen Crane, Dear Mrs. Crane, I have received the enclosed letter f r o m Mr. Grant Richards this morning. I think I could get Methuens to give £150 on account, and pay half on signature of the agreement and the other half on publication, if that would be satisfactory. O f course, the circumstances weaken one's hand very much, so that we cannot do so well as I think we ought. 1 Yours sincerely, James B. Pinker ' T h e fact that C o r a could produce no manuscript, since Crane had not begun to write the novel for which he was contracting w i t h Methuen.

434. E D W A R D G A R N E T T T O C O R A C R A N E ALS, N N C .

Private House British Museum W.C. 20. Dec. 98. Dear Mrs Crane, I send you a few words I wrote on Stephen the other day. 1 1 was asked for it in a hurry, & had not time to do Stephen justice. There are things you will like in it, & things, perhaps, you wont. But I meant to add in it that I looked forward to seeing Stephen do the novel of the American

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journalistic world, some day. a thing great, & on a larger scope than he has yet done. At any rate, excuse the article's deficiencies, & believe me Yours very truly Edward Garnett. Conrad writes a fortnight back that Stephen is coming home. I'm afraid he has had a very sick time out there. ' " M r . Stephen C r a n e : A n A p p r e c i a t i o n , " Academy, 55 (17 D e c e m b e r 1898), 483-84; r p t . in e n l a r g e d f o r m in " S t e p h e n C r a n e a n d His W o r k , " Friday Nights: Literary and Appreciations,

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First Series ( N e w Y o r k : K n o p f , 1922), pp. 201-17, o n e of t h e m o s t

p e r c e p t i v e essays o n C r a n e ' s l i t e r a r y s t r e n g t h s a n d limitations in t h e d e c a d e . " T h e r a r e t h i n g a b o u t M r . C r a n e ' s a r t , " G a r n e t t c o n c l u d e s , " i s t h a t h e keeps c l o s e r to t h e s u r f a c e t h a n a n y living w r i t e r , a n d , like t h e g r e a t p r o t r a i t - p a i n t e r s , to a g r e a t e x t e n t m a k e s t h e s u r f a c e b e t r a y t h e d e p t h . " D e s p i t e his p r a i s e , G a r n e t t b e l i e v e d t h a t

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c h a r a c t e r s , and lack of a r c h i t e c t o n i c s w o u l d p r e v e n t h i m f r o m d e v e l o p i n g f u r t h e r .

435. JOSEPH C O N R A D T O C O R A C R A N E A L S o n C o n r a d ' s stationery, N N C .

23/12/98 My dear Mrs Crane. You are indeed good and kind to remember us all so charmingly. Jess was delighted with this proof of your friendliness and as to the boy he simply went mad over the things. For sometime he looked with suspicion at the big doll but at last he kissed her and they are great friends now. As to the animals he won't part with them. He persists in saying moo! to the goat. He takes it for a cow—evidently. I wish you could have given us some news f r o m Stephen. Well, please god you will have your mind and your heart at rest soon. I need not tell you it is the fervent wish of those w h o live here and however ineffectually, but none the less sincerely take part in your anxieties and hopes. May the Xmas be a season o f j o y indeed and the new year a year of peace to you. Amen. 401

Our heartiest and friendliest wishes to the good Auntie Ruedy. W e trust to see you all three here before the young year has the time to grow old or even middle aged. Let me share in all that befals you as you have done me the honor to allow me heretofore. I am dear Mrs Crane your faithful friend and servant Jph. Conrad

436. C O R A C R A N E T O ALICE C R E E L M A N 1 ALS in draft, N N C .

Dec. 30th 1898 Mrs Alice Creelman Dear Madam:— I thank you for your reply to my letter asking for private subscription for the support o f the three youngest children o f the late Harold Frederic. In justice to their mother, let me say, that she refused, absolutely, to join in a public appeal for help, thinking, as I do, such an appeal in shocking taste. Nor did she have any knowledge, until yesterday when I wrote informing her, of this fund for the children. The people whom you have heard "discuss this unfortunate scandal" are, naturally, not the people one would look to for help in this matter. The nasty taste that such discussion would leave in their mouths—would strike through to the organ which they use solely to pump blood—blood soured by lack o f true charity—to the brain. One wonders if they think themselves christians? And how they dare to set themselves up as models o f virteous morality, when they have the example of Christs loving kindness to sinners, before them. How can we judge another, we that are so full of sin and weakness? And how can any creature knowing itself mortal lose an orportunity to be charitable in the true sense? Judging not! To me, the supreme egotism of women who never having been tempted, and so knowing nothing o f the temptation o f another's soul, 402

set themselves u p o n their pedestals of self-conceit and concious v i r t u e , j u d g i n g their unfortunate sisters guilty alike, is the hardest thing in life. If we w o m e n w h o are beloved and sheltered, would help those less fortunate of our sex to help themselves (and this is not done by using a club or turning our-selves into shrews under the cover of o u t r a g e d innocence) the world would be a sweeter, purer place to live in and we ourselves would be m o r e w o r t h y of happiness. For the m e r e handful of the worlds pigmies, w h o do not leave as m u c h t r a c e of their having existed, w h e n their time comes to enter into the unknow, as a flower, These moralists swollen and distorted w i t h the knowledge of not having, themselves, sinned a particular sin, w h o rush to d r a g a dead man's n a m e t h r o u g h the mire, that they themselve, revel to hear a b o u t — t o these poor souls scandal, and the throwing of m u d — and stones—is meat and strong drink. T h e y roll it on their tongues as a sweet morsel, and the w i n e of it is the highest exaltation they know! For those w h o have no c h a r i t y I ask God's m e r c y ; they are so poor a lot! You say your surprised that I should e x p e c t anyone to help Miss Lyon w i t h the b u r d e n of her c h i l d r e n — m y surprise is, that people can visit the sins of the parents upon those innocent babies—If self respect can come to mankind by their proving their loathing of sin, (and h o w can we j u d g e the laws of G o d — b y laws of state or those of our theological brothers?) by not helping these children to bread and shelter—let t h e m so get w h a t c o m f o r t they can out the satisfaction that come w i t h the knowledge of their own loved one's w a r m and fed—I have sheltered these children for five m o n t h s in m y o w n h o m e and w i t h my o w n n a m e — a n d if all the world line themselves up to fight these babes, I will still shelter them & God will help me. Yours Very Truly Cora Crane I would say it is m y wish to b o a r d the children w i t h some very good Catholics in the country.

•In the absence of her husband, Mrs. Creelman had opened Cora's letter appealing for funds on behalf of the children of Harold Frederic and Kate Lyon. She had responded indignantly, and Cora's rejoinder takes a similarly high tone.

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437. ROBERT BARR TO CORA CRANE ALS, NNC.

Dec 30th 1898 Dear Mrs. Crane, I'll do what I can for the three Frederic children, but as my blooming bank account is in a state of relaxation, needing a tonic, I cant do very much just now. There isn't more than £6 on deposit at the moment, so I don't want to draw out more than £2 which I enclose. Later on, who knows? perhaps your good wishes for 99 may come true. I don't know a single soul that I would dare ask for a contribution, even if I went bankrupt myself. I don't know many people anyhow, and am like to know fewer, for I stick right here at work, never answer letters & never go to see anybody outside of Oxted. Have you applied to Lawrence who offered to put the children to school? I feel I ought to subscribe to the other Frederic fund, they having applied to me, & it looks mean not to, but I simply can't at present, as I don't want to give less than the other fellows & I haven't the boodle to give as much. D—n all commercial crises, say I Yours Most Sincerely R. B.

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438. C O R A C R A N E T O M O R E T O N F R E W E N Quoted in Sir Shane Leslie, "Stephen C r a n e in Sussex," AMs, Collection of Stanley and Mary W e r t h e i m , N e w York City.

BREDE PLACE NORTHIAM TELEGRAMS CRANE STATION RYE 1

BREDE SUSSEX BREDE HILL

[late December 1898] Dear Mr Frewen: Mrs Bryant leaves me on the 27th of Jan. W e will be in Brede Place by the 20th and so I am sending her a cheque for the balance of her money to the 27th and telling her that she can go by the 20th if she wishes to do so. The horror of the last few months is almost at an end. Mr Crane is in New York settling up some business affairs, but sails next Saturday week. I have sent to Brede, over three hundred very choice roses. One in particular which was budded by a very prominent author, I've had planted against the front of house. I am sure when the time comes that you go into residence we will always be remembered by our rose garden. PS Some of our people go in next week. 'Leslie's transcription of the letterhead shows that the Cranes began to use Brede Place stationery before moving there on 12 February.

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T h e Manitau, in w h i c h C r a n e r e t u r n e d to England, reached Gravesend on 11 J a n u a r y 1899, and on the 17th Stephen and C o r a visited Brede M a n o r together. T h e y did not occupy the house immediately because of the unsettled state of their affairs in Surrey. U n r e q u i t e d creditors, a m o n g them the O x t e d butcher, grocer, and dairy, had served summonses. A year's rent was due on Ravensbrook, and a bill of £98.9s f r o m Whiteley's D e p a r t m e n t Store, largely for the unpaid balance on Cora's piano b o u g h t in 1897, had not been settled. M o r e t o n Frewen directed the Cranes to his o w n solicitor, A l f r e d T. Plant, w h o launched a sustained e f f o r t to bring t h e m to a condition of solvency that their increasingly profligate way of life rendered all but impossible. B o t h directly and t h r o u g h C o r a , Stephen b o m b a r d e d James B. Pinker w i t h pleas for payment and advances on W h i l o m v i l l e stories and rapidly w r i t t e n C u b a n W a r tales and sketches; and Pinker f o r w a r d e d small sums to Plant, w h o w a r d e d off creditors w i t h partial payments. In late March, W i l l i a m Howe C r a n e sent a loan of £100, barely in time to save the C r a n e s f r o m bankruptcy. T h e y moved to B r e d e Place on 12 February. T h e Frederic children, B a r r y and Heloise, had arrived earlier w i t h their governess, Mrs. Lily B u r k e , and w e r e p a r t of the welcoming party. H e l e n Frederic had gone to live w i t h her m o t h e r , Kate Lyon, in Liverpool and London but would visit her b r o t h e r and sister at B r e d e periodically. Mrs. Ruedy remained at B r e d e until June, w h e n she returned to America. B r e d e Place was in some ways an ideal e n v i r o n m e n t for C r a n e . He enjoyed the role of a horsy English s q u i r e — " B a r o n B r e d e , " as R o b e r t 406

Barr nicknamed him—with a troop of dogs continually at his heels and maids and a butler to serve him, for the Frewens had insisted that the servants must remain with the house. Crane's study, "the porch r o o m , " had red-painted walls, a sleeping couch for secluded periods of sustained work, and a single window overlooking the lawns and the spire of Brede village church in the distance. Among the visitors to the house were Henry James, who lived in nearby Lamb House at Rye, Joseph Conrad, Ford Hueffer, Edward Garnett, and a host o f other literary notables. Less welcome transient guests (Crane called them " l i c e " ) soon posed a problem; and, like Ravensbrook, Brede came to resemble a hotel. In June, Judge William Howe Crane decided to send his eighteen-year-old daughter, Helen, to England, accompanied by distant relatives. Edith Richie (Jones), then nineteen, who was the niece of Kate Lyon and sister o f Mark Barr's wife, Mabel, arrived in July to be a companion for Helen and stayed until January. Helen, according to Judge Crane, had acquired a tendency toward irresponsible behavior from her mother and needed the cultivation and guidance of a European school. In September Crane took Helen to the Rosemont-Dezaley School in Lausanne, which Edith Richie and Mabel Barr had attended, while Cora and Edith stayed in Paris at the Hotel Louis le Grand. On his return to Brede, Crane settled into the routine o f unrelenting work that, except for a short vacation trip to Ireland to absorb background for The O'Ruddy (1903), would dominate the remainder o f his life and have a seriously deleterious effect upon the quality o f his literary productions. He signed a contract for The O'Ruddy with Frederick A. Stokes, the American publisher who was pressuring him to complete Wounds in the Rain. While the thirteen Whilomville stories were being serialized in Harper's Magazine, Crane began composing Great Battles of the World (1901), an uninspired series o f journalistic sketches that were researched by Kate Lyon, who also did much o f the writing. As Stephen and Cora's letters to Pinker reveal, by the autumn o f 1899 Crane had become more interested in the word count than the quality o f his work. Cora aptly characterized many of his productions as " s t u f f , " although she continued loyally to defend their literary value. On 21 October she wrote to Pinker that "Mr. Crane will just deluge you with stuff for the next two months." And so he did. But even this frenetic hackwork did not keep pace with the ever-mounting bills, and the patient Pinker was inundated with increasingly urgent appeals for 407

advances and loans, culminating in a threat by Crane on 5 January 1900 that if Pinker failed to send £50 by the next mail he would engage a new literary agent. Their financial exigencies notwithstanding, the Cranes gave an extravagant four-day Christmas party at Brede in 1899. Edith Richie Jones recalled that the party and the production o f a dramatic farce, " T h e Ghost," which was the central feature of the celebration, were proposed by Stephen as a farewell tribute to her: "Finally Christmas was in the offing and I must go home. 'No,' said Stephen. 'Let's have a real party. We'll have all your family here & your friends & our friends. It will be your party. We'll have a Ball and a Play.' 'What play?' asked Cora and I. 'Oh, you two can make up some sort o f a play & I'll get some writer-friends to send a scene or a sentence or a word that you can work into it. Then we can say they wrote it.' That was how 'The Ghost' was born." While Cora and Edith made lavish preparations for the party, which included the outfitting o f dormitories and bedrooms for some fifty or sixty invited guests, festooning the house with ropes o f holly and ivy, and commissioning a local blacksmith to construct iron brackets to hold candles that were hung around the central hall o f the manor, Crane solicited contributions for " T h e Ghost" from his literary friends. He requested from Henry James, Joseph Conrad, H. G. Wells, George Gissing, Robert Barr, Edwin Pugh, H. Rider Haggard, A. E. W . Mason, and H. B. Marriott-Watson a scene, a phrase, or merely a word around which to construct a burlesque comic opera based upon the legend o f the Brede ghost, Sir Goddard Oxenbridge. Crane, rather than Cora and Edith, wrote the play, incorporating the contributions o f these authors into the scenario in order to justify the inclusion o f each writer's name on the program printed for the occasion. Following a dress rehearsal for the children o f Brede village on the previous day, " T h e Ghost" was produced for the only time on the evening o f 28 December in the Brede Hill Schoolroom. A. E. W . Mason performed the duties o f stage manager and acted the role o f the Ghost, while Catherine Wells accompanied the songs and dances on the piano. After the ball in the great hall o f Brede Place on Friday evening, 29 December, Crane collapsed with a lung hemorrhage. H. G. Wells, who had suffered from tuberculosis himself at one time, bicycled to Rye to summon the local physician, Dr. Ernest B . Skinner. Although Skinner offered hope, the decline in Crane's health was rapid. Plans were 408

a d v a n c e d and a b a n d o n e d for b u y i n g land in Texas and g o i n g to Gibraltar. C r a n e proposed a t r i p to Saint Helena, the b a r r e n island to w h i c h N a p o l e o n was exiled after W a t e r l o o , to w r i t e political sketches on the Boer question for the New York Journal, the London Morning Post, and the Daily Chronicle. Day after day, in his study above the arched e n t r y of B r e d e Place, C r a n e labored on The O'Ruddy, completing t w e n t y - f i v e of the t h i r t y - t h r e e chapters of the novel b e f o r e a n o t h e r massive h e m o r r h a g e at the beginning of April incapacitated him entirely. C o r a rushed back f r o m Paris, w h e r e she had gone to shop w i t h Helen, and called in an eminent London lung specialist, D r . J. T. Maclagen. H o p e vacillated w i t h disillusionment. O n 15 April C o r a w r o t e to H . G. Wells that C r a n e was " m u c h better & v e r y c h e e r f u l , " and ten days later she conveyed to him her self-deluding conviction that " T h e lung t r o u b l e seems over!" B u t Crane's health continued to deteriorate, and Dr. Mitchel Bruce r e c o m m e n d e d removal to the Black Forest for the N o r d r a c h t r e a t m e n t . Stephen's relatives declined to give financial aid, but M o r e t o n Frewen, to w h o m C r a n e had dedicated Wounds in the Rain, appealed to wealthy friends like J. P. M o r g a n , Sr., and Joseph Pulitzer. Frewen, w h o ultimately raised most of the funds for Crane's t r i p to G e r m a n y and the return of his body to the United States, composed a circular requesting subscriptions for a Stephen C r a n e Testimonial Fund, " t o secure for him, while he still lives, an interval of rest, even though it comes too l a t e , " the proceeds of w h i c h w e r e collected by Frewen's prestigious sister-in-law, Lady Randolph Churchill. W h i l e C r a n e lay thin and wasted in his hotel r o o m in Dover before an open w i n d o w facing the sea, w h e r e steamers departed for Calais, he discussed The O'Ruddy w i t h R o b e r t Barr, w h o would complete the Irish romance. T w o days before his death, he was still dictating portions of the novel to C o r a . T h e crossing took place on 24 May, and the j o u r n e y to Badenweiler was haltingly completed t w o or t h r e e days later. At the Villa E b e r h a r d t , one of the buildings of a cottage sanitarium modeled u p o n that of Dr. E d w a r d L. Trudeau in the Adirondacks, C r a n e was attended by Dr. A l b e r t Fraenkel in consultation w i t h a Professor Bruiler. A f t e r severe h e m o r r h a g i n g on the a f t e r n o o n of 4 June, C r a n e was given an injection of m o r p h i n e . H e sank into a coma and died at 3 A . M . on 5 June 1900. A distraught C o r a feared he might have been killed by an improper medical procedure, as revealed by f r a g m e n t e d jottings she m a d e in her Note Book ( N N C ) shortly a f t e r w a r d s :

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W r i t e Dr. Skinner about morphine. " — T h a t s w h a t destroyed h i m " " Y o u can cut t h e m she c a n ' t . " "Little Butcher. I will tell Skinner h o w he came to Bale and stole m e " — T o nurse: " D i d you know D r Bruce never heard of h i m ? " D r called June 4th 8 P.M. Gave m o r p h i n e i n j e c t i o n — w e n t at once to h e a r t . I could see by muscular c o n t r a c t i o n D . said too, tried to give c h a m p h o r injection to revive action of h e a r t . D r said n e x t day: " c a n you forgive m e ? " W h a t did he mean? D o n ' t dare to think.

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439. S I D N E Y S. PAWLING TO C O R A C R A N E Letterhead: " W m . Heinemann,/ Publisher . . . London,/ W . C . " T L S , N N C .

January 2, 1899. Dear Mrs. Crane, I will see what can be done about the application you make. I should like to have time to think it over.1 You don't give me any news about your husband. I thought he would be home by now, as the money was sent some weeks ago. I shall be glad anyhow to have news. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, Sydney S. Pawling Mrs. Stephen Crane. 'Pawling had hedged in responding to Cora's renewed request for money because he had only recently gathered together the fare for Stephen's return passage to England.

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440. J A M E S B. PINKER T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

Jan: 2. 1899 Mrs. Stephen Crane, Dear Mrs. Crane, The story has not yet arrived from Mr. Reynolds, 1 but immediately it does reach me I will do what I can with it, and I hope I shall be able to dispose of it before the 15 th of January. As soon as ever you hear from Mr. Crane about the book, I hope you will let me know, so that we may go forward with the negotiations. Yours very truly, James B. Pinker ' C o r a was desperately waiting for Pinker to receive from Reynolds a story that could be sold in England.

441. J A M E S B. PINKER T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

Jan: 4. 1899. Mrs. Stephen Crane, Dear Mrs. Crane, I am very glad to have your letter, and, directly Mr. Crane arrives, I think we shall have no difficulty in settling up for his novel on satisfactory terms. I have seen Methuens today, and told them that he would arrive next week. Of course they are naturally anxious to know what the book will be, the length, theme, and so on, 1 and if we can wait until he arrives and then give them some definite details. I shall be able to get better terms than it would be possible to secure under present circumstances. 412

The short story has not arrived from Mr. Reynolds yet. I have not sold any more of those I have, but I have a commission for one of 3500 words for £9-9/-, British serial rights, and I hope that the story Mr. Reynolds sends will do for the purpose. I think, if I were you, I should ask the editor of the Wide World Magazine £10-10/an article. I think he will pay it. If you like, I will go and discuss the matter with him. I did not know that you had been a war correspondent. 2 If you come to town and have time to call, we might discuss things. Yours very sincerely, James B. Pinker ' W h e n C r a n e returned to England, he projected a Revolutionary W a r novel to offer Methuen. 2 A s a means o f raising money, C o r a suggested to Pinker that she might write articles on her experience as a war correspondent. Pinker spoke to the editor o f the Wide World Magazine about her proposal, but nothing c a m e o f it. See N o . 444.

442. C O R A C R A N E TO E D W A R D G A R N E T T ALS, CtY.

Ravensbrook [first week of January 1899] Dear Mr. Garnet: Thank you so much for sending me the clipping. 1 I like it very much indeed—one must value a true opinion: but I disagree with you when you say that he may fail when the "picturesque phases of the environment that nurtured him give o u t . " The beautiful thoughts in Stephen's mind are simply endless! His great difficulty is the lack of that machine-like application which makes a man work steadily. I hope that the perfect quiet of Brede Place and the freedom from a lot of dear good people, who take his mind from his work, will let him show the world a book that will live. He has been hard at work upon a war story but what it is like I do not know.

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From the Cooks tourist people, I learn that Stephen starts f r o m Havana for h o m e this w e e k . W e will let you k n o w w h e n he arrives and I hope you will be one of the first to w e l c o m e him. It will be such larks taking him to Brede Place. Perhaps you could m a n a g e to give us a day and go too? O u r best wishes for this N e w Year. V e r y Sincerely Yours Cora Crane

• O f his 17 D e c e m b e r 1898 Academy essay, " M r . Stephen C r a n e : A n A p p r e c i a t i o n . " See No. 434, n. 1.

443. E D W A R D G A R N E T T T O C O R A C R A N E ALS, N N C .

The Cearne Kent Hatch Nr Edenbridge. 8. Jan. 98. [for 1899] Dear Mrs Crane, I was very pleased to get your letter & k n o w that you took m y criticism in the spirit in w h i c h it was w r i t t e n . It is difficult to even give one's impression t r u l y — o n e goes a little to the l e f t hand or the right h a n d — & one may give views w h i c h the one w h o knows, as you know, sees is a partial misunderstanding. I should enjoy very m u c h making one of the p a r t y to take Stephen to Brede. Let m e know w h e n he is back. Yours v e r y truly Edward Gamett.

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444. JAMES B. P I N K E R T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

Jan: 9. 1899. Mrs. Stephen Crane, Dear Mrs. Crane, I have seen the editor of the Wide World today. His idea is that you might take some of the most exciting incidents in your experiences as a war-correspondent, and write each one up in the form of a short story,—making it as thrilling as facts will allow. He suggested that you should do one on approval, and if it were successful, he would be willing to c o m m i s s i o n m o r e . I could n o t , u n f o r t u n a t e l y , induce him to commission them without seeing one. I return the press cuttings that you were kind enough to send me. Yours sincerely, James B. Pinker

445. C O R A C R A N E T O E D W A R D G A R N E T T ALS, CtY.

Ravensbrook Tuesday [10 January 1899] Dear Mr. Garnett: I am, at every m o m e n t , expecting a wire saying that the ship which carries my dear one, is sighted. The " M a n i t o u , " she is due today or tomorrow morning and I shall, if I have time, go to Gravesend to meet Stephen.

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W e will go to Brede, perhaps on Thursday or Friday. 1 1 will wire you. But stop in if your passing and see Stephen. I am so hoping bad weather has not detained the ship. Cora Crane •Stephen and Cora visited Brede Place on Tuesday, 17 January.

446. TO WILLIAM HOWE CRANE Letterhead: "Telegrams-Crane, Brede Hill./ Station-Rye./ Brede Place,/ Brede,/ Northiam,/ Sussex." ALS, ViU.

[after 10 January 1899] My dear William: So I have run by you in the dark again but really my position in England was near to going smash and I rushed to save it as soon as I could get enough money to leave Havana. Appleton's cable me that for the past 12 months my royalties amount to thirty five dollars. Do you know what they mean? Yes, it is true I am married to an English lady 1 and through her connections we have this beautiful old manor but we are beastly short on ready money owing to my long illness 2 and that is why I want to propose the five hundred loan. Otherwise I may go bankrupt here in February. If you can do it, cable me "Crane, care Sunlocks, London." You need merely say "Sending." Love to all from the wayward brother. Stephen 'This is Crane's first mention to a member of his family that he was "married." Through her still valid marriage to Captain Donald William Stewart (later K.C.M.G.), Cora was technically "an English lady." 2 Crane had contracted malaria in Cuba and was quite debilitated.

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447. FROM J O S E P H C O N R A D Letterhead: "Station,/ Sandlingjunction,/ S.E.R./ Pent Farm,/ Stanford, Near H y t h e . " ALS, N N C .

13 Jan 99. M y dear Stephen. I am m o r e glad than I can say to hear of you being here at last. You haven't lost time in looking up the old Academy. I only h e a r d of it today. T h a n k s very m u c h for your second w i r e . All this would be damnable bosh but for the 50 gs. w h i c h just save me f r o m battering m y head against the walls. 1 I long to hear your news. And let me tell you at once that the Harness2 is the best bit of w o r k you've done (for its size) since the Red Badge. T h e r e is a mellowness in the vigour of that story that simply delighted me. Several fellows w r o t e to me about it as soon as it came out. Lucas, Hueffer, G r a h a m 3 and others you d o n ' t know. M o r e power to your pen. I feel a n e w m a n since this morning's wire. It was good of you to think of m e at once. I intended to w i r e myself today inquiring. W e l l that's all over now. I know w h e r e to locate you w h e n I think of y o u — w h i c h is o f t e n — v e r y . I've been nearly dead and several times quite mad since you l e f t . This is no j o k e it is the sober truth. I haven't been able to w r i t e and felt like cutting m y throat. N o t a ghost of a notion in m y head, not a sentence under the pen. Well. Never mind. It's a little better n o w . — W h a t have you got in your head? You must be full of stuff. I suppose the " D e a d M a n " story 4 will have to wait till you u n l o a d your n e w experience. I know whatever it is it will be good. It will be great! You think I m i g h t have given a w h o l e sheet of paper for your welcome, but may I be shot if can find another piece. I am coming to see you directly I finish a rotten thing I am w r i t i n g for B ' w o o d . 5 It is r o t t e n — a n d I c a n ' t help it. All I w r i t e is rotten now. I am p r e t t y well decayed myself. I ought to be taken out and flung into a dusthole—along w i t h the dead cats—by heavens! W e l l . Enough. I dont want to b o r e you into a faint in your first week in M e r r y England. Ever yours Conrad.

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'Conrad had won a prize of fifty guineas for his Tales of Unrest (1898). 2"The

Price of the Harness."

3 Edward

Verrall Lucas, Ford Madox Hueffer, and Robert Bontine Cunninghame

Graham. Lucas (1868-1938) was a journalist, essayist, and critic who became chairman o f Methuen's Publishing Company in 1924; the English novelist, poet, and critic Ford Madox Hueffer (1873-1939), who changed his Teutonic surname to Ford after World W a r I, was a neighbor of Crane at nearby Limpsfield; Cunninghame Graham (18521936) was a Scottish nationalist, socialist, and writer o f essays, biographies, travel books, and short stories, and was best known for Mogreb-el-Acksa

(1898), Thirteen Stories (1900),

and Portrait of a Dictator (1933). 4"The

Upturned F a c e , " Ainslee's Magazine, 6 (March 1900), 108-10.

5"Heart

o f Darkness," Blackwood's Magazine,

165 (February 1899), 193-220; (March),

479-502; (April), 634-57.

448. T O PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S ALS, NSyU.

Ravensbrook Oxted Surrey Jan 19th 1899 M y dear Reynolds: I am all fuzzy with money troubles and last night a writ was served on me by a leading creditor. I must raise heaven and Earth between now and the middle o f Febuary. I must have every pennie that you can wrest from the enemy. Go to Harpers and beg them for that £25. It is only fair that they shoud pay it because it was they who proposed buying the book rights o f the " M o n s t e r " , for a £50.- advance. 1 W e didn't make any such suggestion. Indeed we were rather reluctant. Then they discover that they don't think the book is long enough and hold out £25.-. W h o on our side said anything about the length o f the " M o n s t e r " ? Ask them why they don't print " T h e Blue H o t e l " and " H i s N e w M i t t e n s " in one volumn with the " M o n s t e r " and then pay up like little men. That would make 36000 words. I fail to see where they get such a hell o f a right to decide as to what stories shall be published in a book that bears my name in a damn sight bigger type than it bears their imprint. I find that " H i s New M i t t e n s " has been published over here in " C o r n h i l l " 2 — w h e r e did they get it? and who reaped the money. " T h e lone charge o f W i l l i a m B . Perkins" was published over here by 418

the "Westminster Gazette" where did they get it and w h o reaped the money. 3 Has the "Blue Hotel" been sold here yet 4 and where is the original ms. Please send it to me immediately. I find my English business in great form as far as go notices and the proper rivalry between publishers, magazines and weeklies. I can make lots of money this year if I can only get started fair. If I can't raise some money at once I'm going bankrupt. You know what that means. It won't do. I am going to borrow money from pretty near every body in the world and you must give me all the assistance you are able. I had just got things arranged in England so that I could live for half what I've been usually spending and taking that in conjunction with my increased power of making money, the cruelity of any smash now is beyond language. As soon as you strike a cheque of any kind cable me the money. Stephen Crane New Oxted. Surrey. I depend on you for something like £75.counting " T h e Clan of No Name" 5 and Harpers miserly £25.-. I have asked Stokes to lend me £50.- and I'm going to ask McClure to lend me £150.-. This will be all the touching I will do in America. I easily see my way to paying all these people back before the end of the year. I ought to make £1500.- this year anyway. For God sake j u m p the game with all four feet. Yours faithfully Stephen Crane 'In a 3 March 1898 agreement w i t h Harper and Brothers, C r a n e had settled for $125 (¡625), half the advance for book publication of " T h e M o n s t e r " and previously unpublished stories. Harper's was willing to pay the rest of the money only upon completion of the manuscript, and, although C r a n e had submitted " H i s N e w M i t t e n s " on 30 May, Harper's was not convinced that the Whilomville story and " T h e Blue H o t e l " (which Harper's Magazine had rejected) would be sufficient to round out the volume. Nevertheless, Reynolds received the other $125 on 6 March 1899, and on 8 March Harper's d r e w up the final contract for the book. The American edition of The Monster and Other Stories was published in late 1899. The " o t h e r stories" were, as C r a n e had proposed, " T h e Blue H o t e l " and " H i s N e w Mittens, " b o t h of which had previously appeared in magazines. 2

Comhill Magazine, n.s. 29 (November 1898), 630-39.

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3 Upon receipt of Crane's letter, Reynolds instructed the Authors' Syndicate, which had placed the story in the Westminster Gazette, to pay the author. Crane had intended to investigate the matter himself, for on the verso of the manuscript of the poem "Tell me not in joyous numbers" ( N N C ) , there appears a fragment, " T o the editor of the Gazette, Sir:—/ I compelled to enter a feeble and tottering protest. . . . " It is unlikely that he sent the letter. 4 5

" T h e Blue H o t e l " was not serialized in England. Reynolds had not yet sold " T h e Clan of N o - N a m e . "

449. C O R A C R A N E T O E D W A R D G A R N E T T ALS, CtY.

Ravensbrook Jan. 19th '99 Dear Mr. Garnett: I thank you so much for your cheque for the three little children of the late Harold Frederic. My fund is now £49.9.0- less four weeks living they have had out of it £8. It is very kind of you to help me and I'm sure you will be blessed for your charity. On Tuesday afternoon, Stephen suddenly made up his mind to go to Brede, so off we went to Hastings. We drove out and of course it was very dark—Stephen was mad over the place. We tramped, later, after a supper of ham & eggs beside the kitchen fire—to a cottage in the village and put up for the night there. Then spent the day at Brede. We are going to move Heaven and Earth to get there. Stephen said that a solemn feeling of work came to him there so I am delighted. Come to see us soon. Very Sincerely yours Cora Crane

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450. F R O M J A M E S B . P I N K E R Letterhead: "James B. Pinker,/ Artistic and Literary Agent . . . London. W . C . " ALS, NNC.

J a n : 24. 1899. Stephen C r a n e Esq. Dear Mr. Crane, As I telegraphed to you today, I have arranged for the novel 1 w i t h Methuens on the following terms: T h e y agree to publish your n e x t novel, and to pay a royalty o f 16 2 / 3 % on the first 3000 copies, 2 0 % on the n e x t 3000, and 2 5 % a f t e r — 1 3 copies to be counted as 12—and 3 1/2d per copy on the C o l o n i a l edition. T h e novel to be not less than 70,000 words in length-, and the Ms. to be delivered by August 1st n e x t . T h e y agree to pay, on account o f royalties, £100 on the signature o f the c o n t r a c t and a further £100 on publication. I hope to send the c o n t r a c t for your signature either tonight or tomorrow, and on receiving it back f r o m you they will pay me a cheque. Yours sincerely, J a m e s B . Pinker

' T h e projected Revolutionary W a r novel, which Crane abandoned six months later. On 12 July 1899 Crane signed another contract with Methuen for a novel that eventually became The O'Ruddy, the English edition o f which was published in 1904.

451. F R O M A L F R E D T. P L A N T Letterhead: " A l f r e d T. Plant/ Solicitor . . . London W . C . " T L S , N N C .

25th J a n u a r y 1899 Dear M r Crane, Self &

Whitely

I saw W h i t e l e y ' s Solicitors 1 today as arranged and offered to pay t h e m the sum o f £50 on Saturday n e x t and the b a l a n c e o f debt in six weeks 421

from to-day. They appeared to consider this a fair offer but could not accept same without first taking their Client's instructions. They have promised however that no further action shall be taken in the matter without first communicating with me. I expect to hear from them either tomorrow or Friday and will immediately wire you thereon. With kindest regards, Yours very faithfully, Alfred T. Plant Stephen Crane Esq. Ravensbrook Oxted Surrey ' M o r r i s o n s and Nightingale.

452. TO PAUL R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S D a v i d A. Randall, Dukedom Large Enough ( N e w Y o r k : R a n d o m H o u s e , 1969), pp. 22728.

Ravensbrook Oxted Surrey Jan. 27th 1899 Dear Reynolds:— I send you a short story (2000 words) 1 which, first of all, I would like to have you use as a boost for a loan which I am trying to get out of McClure. Dont be too quick to give it to them unless you see this loan in sight. You will be notified in regard to the English rights and date of publication. As to the Harpers, I think that collection of respectable old women has treated us rather badly. I have worked up my English short story market until I can command from six to ten guineas a

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thousand for the English rights alone. This makes it very essential that w h e n any of the three all-over-the-place magazines 2 buy f r o m us, they must pay big money. H o w are you coming on w i t h that other story? O f course I need m o n e y and need it badly. Yours Faithfully Stephen C r a n e

' " L y n x - H u n t i n g , " Harper's Magazine, 99 (September 1899), 552-57. 2

Century Magazine, Harper's Magazine, and Scribner's Magazine.

453. FROM H E N R Y CLAY C O C H R A N E 1 Letterhead: " T h e Raleigh . . . Washington, D . C . " ALS, N N C .

Jany. 29th 1899 M r . Stephen C r a n e , c / o Press club, N e w York. M y dear Sir: I have inquired of several literary m e n h e r e as to your w h e r e a b o u t s and, being uncertain, think that I had better address the N . Y. Press club. I wish you would be kind enough to inform w h e r e I can find w h a t you consider yr best reports of the incidents at G u a n t a n a m o , June lOi/i to 15th, and if you contemplate w r i t i n g a n y t h i n g m o r e on this subject. W i t h kind wishes and high appreciation, I am, very truly yours, H e n r y Clay C o c h r a n e M a j o r &c. N e w p o r t , R.I. I am about to leave here for N e w p o r t .

' C o c h r a n e (1842-1913) was a m a j o r in a Marine battalion during the Cuban W a r and eventually retired as a brigadier general.

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454. T O PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS TLS, N S y U .

Ravensbrooke. Oxted. Surry. Jan. 31st. '99 Dear Reynolds:— Here is another story (3500 words) 1 which belongs to the W h i l o m ville series. I am annoyed with the Harpers and I dont care whether they get their bookful or not. I would rather you would treat this as a boost on the Mc.Clure loan, if your keen eye discovers that this loan is certain. For my second reason I would again point out to you that my English magazine rights are now going for a sure nine guineas a thousand words, and so it does not behoove me to sell many stories to the three all-overthe places. Indeed, you might point out to some of these people that I can no longer afford to write for either Century, Harper's or Scribners. W e all think that this is the best story that I have done for many a moon. Yours faithfully. Stephen Crane » " T h e A n g e l C h i l d , " Harper's Magazine,

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455. TO JAMES B. PINKER TLS, NSyU.

Ravensbrooke, Oxted Surrey, Feb 1, 99 Dear Mr Pinker:—I enclose you a short story (3500 words) 1 which is in the same series with "Lynx Hunting", "The Monster", and "His New Mittens." W e like it a little. Harper's, in one sense has the bookrights to this series but this right is mainly based upon an artistic reason—the fact that I do not think it correct to separate the stories. (Harper's have the rights to the Monster.) You will be glad to know that I am now writing a story with which you can have good game: "God Rest ye, Merry Gentlemen." W e are sure that you will like it. Of course, you will understand that although I say nothing to you of money matters, our affairs at this time are in a woeful condition. The MS of "The Angel Child" has been sent to Reynolds. 2 Yours faithfully Stephen Crane '"The Angel Child." No. 454.

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456. FROM GEORGE K. SHAW Letterhead: "The Minneapolis Tribune. . . . " TLS, NNC.

Feb. 1, 1899. Stephen Crane, Esq., New York. Dear Sir:— Your a r t i c l e in the F e b r u a r y M c C l u e r ' s on the signaling at Guantanamo 1 has suggested to me that you might be interested in the enclosed interviews in which my son, Lieut. M. J. Shaw, U.S.M.C. speaks of you. He was at home only a few days last October and is now at Manila. He went out on the Buffalo, and his orders were to be junior marine officer on the Olympia Dewey's flag ship, on his arrival there. In conversation he spoke enthusiastically of your coolness under fire and of the reckless m a n n e r in w h i c h you e x p o s e d yourself at Guantanamo. 2 In the outpost duty on Saturday and Sunday night, when Lieut Shaw was out with Neville, he (Shaw) had the most exposed position, and afterwards he was sent out more frequently than the others on dangerous missions, because, as some of the officers said, "Shaw know the country," having taken pains to make a sketch of the surrounding region. In the battle of Cuzco he went out with his company (D) and was the only officer who came back with it overland, and he came back in command of the company, Capt. Spicer and Lieut. Neville having been overcome by the heat and Lieut Neville having been disabled by a fall after the battle, or towards its close. It seems to me that my son, being a junior officer, has never received the credit he deserved for his work at Guantanamo. In a private letter to me some time ago, he said: "I was sent out into danger again and again, when it was not my turn to go, because I 'knew the way,' as the adjutant said. But how was it that I knew the way? Because, on the first day that I was sent out I carefully reconnoitered the country between our camp and the hills, and on the second day out I sent back rough sketches showing where the camp was exposed by intercepting paths. It was largely due to my efforts that the lines were finally established where they remained unchanged during the remainder of our stay. You will remember that I wrote you about going out with Captain Elliott 426

and clearing the bush all around the camp so that our pickets could be properly posted. All this may not be of any value to you, and possibly may not interest you. If not, excuse a father's natural pride in the war record of his son. Very truly yours, Geo. K. Shaw. Associate Editor Tribune Lieut. Shaw was presented with a handsome sword by citizens of Minneapolis in recognition of his gallantry at Guantanamo ' " M a r i n e s Signalling under Fire at G u a n t a n a m o , " McClure's Magazine, 12 (February 1899), 332-36. 2

C r a n e repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire during the Cuban W a r . O n the night of 11 June 1898, he joined four Marines w h o alternated standing at the top of a trench under fire of Spanish guerillas to send lantern signal messages to American ships in the bay below C a m p McCalla.

457. T O JAMES B. PINKER TLS, N S y U .

Ravensbrooke Oxted Surry. Feb. 4th. '99 Dear Pinker:— A long day with Dominick 1 made me so tired by the time I reached home that I was quite incapable of keeping my promise to you. As regards the Solicitors, Dominick also bravely ofered to go and stand in the breach. I then thought it best to hold you in reserve. Dont you think so? Dominick says that he will have no hesitation in giving the Solicitors to understand that Stokes and Co., will come to my assistance to some extent at least. As the Solicitors had asked me that morning wether or no the Stokes people would not give a guarentee of the debt, Dominick's 427

remarks will doubtless please them. I will let you know of course how things turn out and I will be glad if you will let me know any thing you hear through Dominick. I have told Pawling that if "disposing of the lines (poems) is giving him any t r o u b l e " I would like to have them handed over to you. 2 Have you done anything about Tauchnitz? 3 1 suppose Heinemann controls the European rights to all my books? Let me know when you hear f r o m Meldrum as the idea of writing stories for the purpose of getting them buried forever in Scotland makes me very unhappy. Please tell Meldrum that I am unwell so that he won't be indignant because I have not come to see him. Dominick wishes me to write a letter (which is to remain in your hands) setting forth an a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t of a little t e m p o r a r y mortgage upon the royalties of my four Appleton books viz: The Red Badge of Courage, The Little regiment Maggie, and The Third Violet, the royalties being at fifteen per. cent and free of all claims. 4 It is Dominick's idea that this letter should be addressed to you and remain in your hands. Will you draw up a letter of this kind and send it to me for my signature? "God Rest Ye, Merry g e n t l e m e n " is coming on finely. If you conclude that " T h e Angel C h i l d " is not a good opening gun, bury it in the heather i.e. send it to Blackwood. The next story will be a better one. Yours faithfully Stephen Crane 1

H e a d of the London office of Frederick A. Stokes & C o .

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A G e r m a n publisher. B e f o r e C r a n e could move f r o m O x t e d to B r e d e , he h a d to settle matters w i t h his creditors. C o n s e q u e n t l y , he a r r a n g e d a loan f r o m Stokes and gave as s e c u r i t y a 4

" m o r t g a g e " on f u t u r e royalties f r o m his A p p l e t o n books. T h e loan a p p a r e n t l y b e c a m e an advance, for in N o . 466 C r a n e notes that " T h e b o o k - r i g h t s b e l o n g to S t o k e s . "

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458. TO WILLIAM HOWE CRANE TLS on Brede Place stationery, V i U .

England., Feb., 6. [1899] M y dear Will:—I enclose you an account of our place in Sussex. 1 It is a fine old English place but because of a certain generosity it wont cost me more than one hundred and sixty five dollars a year. 2 The taxes are paid for me in advance. W e have stables and everything which the usual English country house has attached to it. W e are a half a mile from the road. I hope you will be interested in the short account of the house which we have copied out of a guide book for you. Yours as ever Stephen Love to all. •This transcription has not survived. No. 390, n. 2.

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459. TO THE REVEREND CHARLES J. LITTLE 1 TLS on Brede Place stationery, CtY.

Feb. 6th. '99 Dear Doctor Little:— I am quite sure that you will not remember me at all since I was merely a student of yours at Syracuse University and one of many hundreds. I distinctly confess that I had not the ability to impress myself upon you through my mental endowments but I remember your telling me once that I impressed myself upon you through a resemblance to "John" whom you knew when you were at Dickinson College. After a certain examination in the French Revolution you called me to the desk and told me to beware—that I was going very wrong indeed. It has stuck 429

in m y mind for years that some of the information you had recieved of m e was quite false. Candidly, I was worse than I should have been but I always had a singular faculty of having it said that I was engaged in crimes w h i c h are not of m y accomplishments. Indeed, this singular faculty has followed me out of college into real life. As to m y little career, I ' m sure I have nothing to say unless it be to the m a n w h o expressed such a generous interest in m y welfare so long ago. True, it was mainly because I resembled " J o h n " but I have never forgotten w h a t you said to me. I am not one of the foolish ones w h o w o u l d say to you that your talk to m e directed or changed m y life but I would say to you that I r e m e m b e r w i t h so m u c h gratitude the words you spoke, they have been to m e so m u c h of a strength in life that m y first fear is that amid your interest in the hundreds of students w h o year by year pass u n d e r your eye, you have totally forgotten your o n e - t i m e interest in me. It is a little thing to talk about but I have w r i t t e n several little books w h i c h have editions in N e w York, London, Paris, Leipsic, Vienna and in the English colonies. It is indeed such a little thing to talk about that I would not bring it to your attention if I was not in the hopes of recalling to your mind the m a n w h o resembled " J o h n " and to tell you that some silly talent of mine has been b r o u g h t to light. In closing, I can only hope that you will r e m e m b e r the lad w h o resembled " J o h n " and r e m e m b e r , also, that he o f t e n tells about his fireside the tale of the m a n w h o e x h o r t e d h i m — s o m e w h a t w i t h o u t accurate knowledge in r e g a r d to c r i m e — b u t w i t h such kindliness and interest—indeed almost a f f e c t i o n — t h a t the lad has almost m a d e it a p a r t of his creed of conduct. I hope that you will be disposed to answer this note even if it is only three lines but anyhow r e m e m b e r there is one w h o will always be grateful to you. Yours faithfully Stephen C r a n e

'Professor of History and Logic at Syracuse University (1885-91) and later President of the G a r r e t t Biblical Institute, Evanston, Illinois. See No. 474.

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460. TO C L A R A F R E W E N I n s c r i b e d in a c o p y o f The Open Boat and Other Stories,

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Dear Mrs Moreton Frewen: You, with the rest of the world, have herein a further proof of my basic incapacity. However there are some stories of Americans and some stories of America in the book which may remind you of something better but, in any case, allow me to present my esteem Stephen Crane February 7, 1899.

461. C O R A C R A N E TO MARGERY PEASE 1 A L S on B r e d e P l a c e stationery, V i U .

[7 February 1899] My dear Mrs. Pease: We are so very pleased with the warming-pan, and we shall use it, too. It's really very kind of you to give it to us but believe me, we appreciate it very, very much. I was going to send you by tonights post the enclosed ms. of a little story that comes before Michael's "story." I thought you would like them both. 2 You can see that Michael for the moment is "Jimmie" and he writes to " T h e Angel Child." Tell him, I shall ask him to bring the pigeons down to Brede. This is to be our P.O. address—but you must run in as you're going by—and give us a chance of seeing you once again before we go. Very Sincerely Ever Cora Crane ' W i f e o f E d w a r d Pease, s e c r e t a r y o f the F a b i a n S o c i e t y . T h e Peases lived in Limpsfield, near Ravensbrook. 2

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a n d n o w p r o p o s e d to give t h e m t h e m a n u s c r i p t o f " T h e A n g e l C h i l d . " E l e v e n - y e a r old M i c h a e l Pease fell in love w i t h s e v e n - y e a r - o l d H e l e n F r e d e r i c , w h o was staying w i t h t h e C r a n e s . M i c h a e l is the m o d e l for J i m m i e in t h e t w o stories.

462. FROM F O R D M A D O X H U E F F E R ALS, N N C .

Aldington Hythe [early February-April? 1899] Dear Mr. C r a n e — M y wife & I intend to ride over to Brede shortly—I am writing a foul & filthy book about the Cinque Ports 1 & have to pervade the district a good deal. W o u l d you resent our looking you up? Probably politeness will prevent your answering in a possibly truthful negative—in wh. case I should suggest your naming a day on wh. pressing business will force your absence. O n the other hand, you might name one on wh. you will be in. I wish particularly to hear the stories you have gathered about Brede Place. I have had to invent so much about Rye & Winchelsea that my imaginative powers are strained & need rest. I don't intend to cold bloodedly fall back upon yours—but in the contemplation of another man's inventive gymnastics I trust to be spurred to f u r t h e r flights. I would take my chance of finding you in, had not Conrad yesterday said that you were shortly going to London. Yrs. truly Ford Madox Hueffer 1

The Cinque Ports: A Historical and Descriptive Record ( E d i n b u r g h : B l a c k w o o d , 1900).

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463. T O J A M E S B . PINKER TLS, NSyU.

Ravensbrook, Oxted Surrey. Feb. 9th. 1899. Dear Pinker:— Morrisons and Nightingale have been seen and they express themselves willing to stand off the rent if you will give them a guarentee that the rent will be paid, time not specified. They said: " I f Mr. Crane's money for ms. comes through Mr. Pinker's hands o f course Mr. Pinker will be willing to guarentee the amount o f r e n t . " O f course I dont want to let you in for any strange game but this seems to me to be my only way clear. Really your position would be simply that of a buffer-state. I hesitate to ask you to do it but there is absolutely no other way. If you think you can stand it do so and God be with you. This will enable me to move almost at once to Brede and get a fair chance at myself. Morrison and Nightingale are an old fashioned English firm o f solicitors and they require o f me that you write to them first. This is an added indignity but I hope you will see your way clear to do it and to make your letter to them very strong. Answer me, if you can, by the first post. Morrisons and Nightingale's address is Reigate, Surrey. Yours faithfully Stephen Crane

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464. T O A N U N K N O W N RECIPIENT TLS on Brede Place stationery, NSyU.

England Feb. 10-'99 Dear Sir:— I was born at Newark N.J. on the first day of Nov. 1871—at my fathers house in Mulberry Place. The present number of my publications is eight—this to mean of course publication in bookform. Yours truly Stephen Crane

465. T O ELBERT H U B B A R D TLS on Brede Place Stationery, Collection of Stanley and Mary Wertheim, New York City.

England Feb. 11th-'99 My dear Hubbard:— I have just arrived in England and settled down to work again. How long did your Poems last you? and are they yet exhausted. Please send me the Philistine. I should have written to you before that at Guantanamo during the war I found a grimey sweating, tongue-lolling Marine with two copies of the Philistine in his breeches' pocket. I borrowed them f r o m him and read on the backs two of my own thing—one was something about that snake charmer 1 and the other I have now forgotten. 2 If you are coming to England again to find more Homes of Good Men and Great, you had better come to see ME. Yours faithfully Stephen Crane

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• " O n t h e d e s e r t , " Philistine, 6 (May 1898), 166-67. C r a n e ' s r e c o l l e c t i o n that this p o e m a p p e a r e d o n t h e b a c k cover o f t h e Philistine is m i s t a k e n . 2

P r o b a b l y " Y o u tell m e this is G o d , " Philistine, 6 ( A p r i l 1898), b a c k w r a p p e r .

466. TO PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS TLS, NSyU.

Brede Place Brede. Northiam. Sussex. England. Feb. 13th-'99 My dear Reynolds:— I enclose you the story "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" which is 7000-words in length. I note what you say in regard to getting £60- for "The Clan of No Name" and I think that if you have difficulty with the story I am now sending you, you had better use it on the newspapers. They should like it better by all odds. This new story (a copy) has already been handed to Pinker for the sale of the English rights. "The Loan Charge of William B. Perkins" appeared here in the Westminster Gazett but where did the money go?1 If the Author's Syndicate has not yet paid you you had better send me authority to collect the money for this "Perkins" yarn and also to claim that copy of the "Blue Hotel." I suppose I have not yet had time to hear from you in regard to "Lynx Hunting" and "The Angel Child"? Of course Harpers should have that whole collection 2 but they dodged first on "His New Mittens" and now with you in the U.S. getting quite ten pounds a thousand for the American serial rights alone and Pinker over here getting quite seven pounds a thousand for English serial rights alone, it seems that the International Magazines are mainly a source of pain and they will jolly well have to wait until my present difficulties are over. Anyhow the book couldn't come out until next year. Because I'm going to have two big novels3 this year. I have got half of one of the big novels very nearly finished to my satisfaction and I will send the half to you in about three 435

weeks if you think there is any possibility o f getting any goodly sum (advance) upon the exhibition o f half o f a novel for serialization. 4 The book-rights belong to Stokes. O f course it is needless to impress upon you to cable me all moneys at once because I find my affairs here in a deep tangle Yours faithfully Stephen Crane P.S.: I think you did mighty well with " T h e Clan o f No-Name." C. ' S e e No. 448. Whilomville

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C r a n e did not finish Active Service until 11 May. See No. 516.

467. FROM JAMES B . PINKER ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

13 Feb 1899 Dear Crane Morrisons & Nightingale write as follows: " W e are in receipt o f your letter and it is very good o f you to endeavour to help Mr Crane, but the only way to relieve him from his difficulty is for you to kindly pay us the sum o f £91.7.0 rent due to Mr Liveson Gower at Lady Way and undertaking (failing Mr Crane doing so) to do the repairs in accordance with his written agreement." From this letter the matter appears more serious than you thought, and I confess that I do not see a way out of the difficulty at the moment. O f course we can straighten things gradually as the work comes along. Faithfully yours James B . Pinker 436

468. C O R A C R A N E T O M A R G E R Y PEASE ALS on Brede Place stationery, N S y U .

Monday [13 February 1899] M y dear Mrs Pease: This is just a line to say we are here. W e came yesterday w i t h the dogs and are camping out until our things arrive. It is very jolly and we are happy. The children 1 were so very glad to see us. They look better already. Mr. Crane was so much pleased w i t h the book. He has heard a great deal about Fiona MacCloed 2 but has never seen this book of hers. It was such a graceful thought to send it, but you are always doing nice things for us. " T h e Peases" are our one regret of O x t e d , but we shant lose you altogether; you will write to us and you will come often to visit us. This house is more wonderful to us than ever, and it seems as if we must wake up to find there is no " t r u e l y B w e e d " after all—as B a r r y says. The children, Mrs Burk, Mrs Ruedy and the Cranes send their best love to you all. Ever fondly Yours Cora Crane

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469. FROM CAPTAIN G. F. ELLIOTT 1 ALS, NNC.

Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington D . C Feb. 17th 1899. My dear Mr Crane: For thirty years life with me has been akin to that o f the Wandering Jew, leaving the prints o f my hobnails from 80° North to Heards island South, and from Pekin East, to Hammerfest West, yet never were my movements so uncertain as at present. A bill called the Navy and Marine Personnel has passed both houses o f Congress, only minor changes to be considered in conference, probably it will become a law, it may not, but should it, I will be senior major o f the corps, and my sea days ended. The bill would double our strength, that is give us six thousand men but new duties in strange places would arise, what shall I call them— Colonies and Island words. The Philippines, Hawaii, Cuba and Poto Rico, will each have a garrison o f from 400 to 1200 marines, and fate and the Department will probably ordane and order me to one. Lucas has now a small force in San Juan, a few hundred are in Havana. I enclose you an official copy o f a letter to the Department in regard to serg't. Quick, I was afraid that the letter was a little dramatic but your article braced me up in my opinion, for we seemed to agree on the sergeants action. 2 If serg't. Quick will help himself, I think I can help him to a commission under the new bill, but he is so self contained, that one would have to shake him out o f the ranks into it. You did just right, in bringing forward the enlisted men, with all their faults, their rough and sometimes ugly corners, (usually from early rearing) they are as a rule loyal and true at heart—they are the power in a tight place after all, and unless you are able to strike the right cord then they will break you, and to see that a brave act becomes known out o f their own little community, one o f their own, stimulates the whole company. Thanks for your very kind invitation to make you a visit, someday I hope to see England, o f course Westminster the Tower, and the lions o f Trafalgar, but what I have realy set my heart upon, are the hedge rows in May, the heather o f Scotland in Sept. but all this is a dozen years hence, when

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I am retired and by right lean upon a cane, if this comes to me and you see in England then, some day I shall drop in and say " H o w d y , " but between now and then there will be long days, some as hot perhaps as on the ridge of Cuzco. Dr. Edgar is on board the U.S. Receiving ship Richmond, League Island, Philadelphia Pa. A letter will always reach an officer, addressed Care Navy Dept. Washington. If you should take a flight on pleasure or business, just light in my home here, you will find it a better perch than by the old stump on my face of the trench in Guantanamo, and if so be it, this will hold for other lands, the cage be what it will. Sincerely yours, G. F. Elliott. ' G e o r g e Frank Elliott (1846-1931) was c o m m a n d e r of C o m p a n y C, 1st Battalion of Marines in Cuba, and retired as a m a j o r general. Elliott cited C r a n e for bravery at the battle of Cuzco. See No. 391, n. 1. 2 C r a n e memorialized Sergeant John H. Quick's gallantry at Cuzco, for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, in "Marines Signalling under Fire at G u a n t a n a m o . " Elliott's enclosed letter to the Secretary of the Navy described in detail Quick's heroic action and recommended the medal.

470. T O WILLIAM MORRIS COLLES 1 TLS on Brede Place stationery, ViU.

Feb. 18th- '99 Dear Sir:— Thank you very much for your kind note of the 15th-. Was the "Blue Hotel" sold at all in England? If it was not I suppose you still have that typed copy? and I would be very glad if you would send it to me. Since it has already been published in America I suppose there is very little use of keeping it going here. However you might let me know to what papers and magazines you have sent it to2 Yours faithfully Stephen Crane 439

' W i l l i a m Morris Colles of T h e Authors' Syndicate, to w h i c h Reynolds sent a number of the stories C r a n e wrote in C u b a or that, like " T h e Blue H o t e l , " had not been sold in England. 2

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471. T O CLARA F R E W E N TT, NSyU.

Brede Place Brede Northiam Sussex Feb 20 [1899] Dear Mrs Frewen: W e did not write because at Oxted we were enduring a great deal of bother and really we were too down-trodden to venture a word lest our friends heard only a moan. Yesterday we fled to Brede and the very atmosphere makes our heads lighter. I attack anew my infamous business of making a novel finished before March 30. W e will joyfully accept your kind invitation to luncheon before Mr Frewen goes to America. I am sorry he is going. America is wretchedly cold and disagreeable at this time of year and in this particular year. You were good to like the book, 1 though it is not so much of a book that I should seek to mention it in this note. However I personally like it which is ever a thing a man can seldom say about his work. W e love Brede with a wildness which I think is a little pathetic and we will not forget, dear Mrs Frewen, how good you and Mr Frewen have been to us. Sincerely yours Stephen Crane 1

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The Open Boat and Other Stories. See No. 460.

472. T O J A M E S B. PINKER ALS on Brede Place stationery, N S y U .

Feb 21st '99 My dear Pinker: Morrison and Nightingale have written to me that you guarenteed nothing but the £40- which I made over to you from Reynolds. I am in hopes that either your language was o f dubious meaning or else that they are mistaken. Please me know at once by wire here at Brede Place Yours Faithfully Stephen Crane

473. FROM ALFRED T. PLANT T L S on Plant's stationery, N N C .

22nd February 1899 Dear Mr Crane, I have now received accounts from Messrs Inglefield and the Oxted Dairy Co and have informed them you have placed your affairs in my hands and that I hope to let them have cheques in the course o f a few weeks. I hope you have now arrived at a satisfactory settlement with Messrs Morrison & Nightingale and shall be glad to hear result. Let me know about when you start for Brede and also send me your postal and telegraphic address as I may have to wire you occasionally. You should also send me cheque for £3 in account of Thorpe's claim. With kindest regards, Yours very faithfully, Alfred T. Plant

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474. FROM T H E R E V E R E N D CHARLES J. L I T T L E ALS, NNC.

Evanston, 111. Feb. 23, 1899. Dear Mr. Crane: " J o h n " o f whom you write 1 was a clever lad, quite capable o f writing "silly books", if he had not hurried quite so fast, in his eagerness "to tread the floors o f hell." As I remember " J o h n " he was a young Apollo, lithe, vigorous, handsome; if you reminded me o f him, I must have discerned in you potencies o f various kinds and feared that they might end in blight as " J o h n " did. The ruin o f " J o h n " that you recall to me is still a poignant recollection; I should be glad to be quit of all responsibility for it. W e teachers, I fear, handle life rather carelessly and "John's" blood has not yet ceased crying from the ground. Well! I am glad you have kept to the highway. There are so many cross-cuts to hell, that I wonder always when a full-blooded adventurous lad gets safely established on the main road. But you must be in error at one point. I surely did not talk to you of " c r i m e . " For I know o f no reason for my doing so. Crime is rather an ugly word. Indeed, my pen balks at it now. And besides that, my impressions, I fancy, came rather from what I saw than from what I had heard. The resemblance to " J o h n " quite probably aroused forebodings and led to interpretations o f expression and bearing that the future has not wholly discredited. For I dealt rather with what might than with what must be. And the "silly books" of which you speak so disparingly and, yet, with proper pride, have not concealed the "might b e " altogether. At least so it seems to me who know them slightly. It amuses me, grey-headed fellow that I am, to hear an artist talk o f crime. He, o f all men, never knows it. He is taken up much with its picturesque aspects. He knows how to use the criminal, actual or potential; but in order to use him, he denaturalizes, derealizes him. The words are vile enough; but they alone will say just about what I mean. And this he does in the very instant of perception. In his eagerness to portray, he changes form and color, while he looks, and never sees men and women as they are. It is, I fancy, different with men whose knowledge of crime begins with 442

the sorrow that it causes. Mine began, in this wise, very early. My earliest recollections are of crime and its consequences. For me it has no picturesque aspects; although it may, like a cancer, have picturesque associations. True, my knowledge of it is limited by the sources f r o m which I have drawn it—an unpleasantly large and various assortment of family skeletons, and early and dangerous acquaintance with the slums of Bedford St and St. Mary St. in Philada, the revelation of the criminal court, the Reformatory and the Insane Asylum; but above all f r o m the perpetual study of the criminal that escapes the jail and seems to escape, in this world, the judgment of God. Add to this a fairly large acquaintance with the memoirs of men and women who have sinned in many languages and through many centuries. Of course, this kind of knowledge is a form of ignorance. To know poison, one must have it in one's blood. And even then, the experimenter encounters a peculiar difficulty; the poison destroys his power to perceive its effects. And I am glad to learn that your knowledge of crime is not of this sort. You see, too, that I would not over-value it, if it were; I should still insist upon "correcting the compass" before trusting wholly to its indications. It pleases me to sit at your fireside, invisibly, and to be talked about, as I appear to your kindly imagination. I have no share in anything that you have done or won. Many, indeed, are the influences that make and save a soul. It is barely possible that the moan of my early experiences and later sorrows vibrated through my clumsy speech and awkward thinkings and gave them a touch of enduring pathos. This, I fancy, rather than any words of mine has survived in your memory, and it pleases me to have it so. The best of our books are "silly" and our knowledge vanishes away. But love never faileth. And, therefore, if a face should haunt me to-morrow as yours did aforetime, I shall speak as I did then, wisely or foolishly, as the thoughts may bubble up within my brain. You younger men are what you will be,—sometimes, at least; we older men, alas, must be, what we are. W e have exhausted our chances; and there are no more tickets for the transformation baths on sale. Yours very truly, Charles J. Little 'See No. 459.

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475. FROM ALFRED T. PLANT ALS on Plant's stationery, N N C .

Feby 28th. 1899 Dear Mr. Crane re. Winter & Pelton's accounts There is an instalment of £2 due to each of the above creditors today, & you should therefore let me have cheques for same by return of post, otherwise I am afraid the solicitor will proceed to Judgement on the Promissory notes Please attend to this as it is most important. With kindest regards, Yours very faithfully Alfred T. Plant Stephen Crane

476. FROM ALFRED T. PLANT ALS on Plant's stationery, N N C .

Feby 31 [for 1 March] 1899 Dear Mr. Crane

Winter & Pelton's accounts

I have now heard from the Plaintiff {illegible word} and enclose his letter which please return. I think he has met you very fairly in the matter, & strongly advise you to accept his terms & sign the Promissory notes which I also enclose. Please return same to me without fail tomorrow, as the Plaintiffs will

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proceed w i t h the case unless they hear f r o m us on Monday or T. W i t h regard to the Peases {two illegible words} declines to consider this m a t t e r until the other account has been settled. Yours very faithfully A l f r e d T. Plant Stephen C r a n e

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478. T O W I L L I A M M O R R I S C O L L E S TLS, ViU.

M a r c h 2nd- 99 D e a r Mr. Collis:— I am quite sure that the best thing to do w i t h the " B l u e H o t e l " is to take it to the Westminster Gazette and sell it for about fifteen pounds. I have always been a bit of a fad w i t h t h e m and w h e n ever I have to sacrifice myself upon the alter of c o p y r i g h t , I have found t h e m good priests. T h e Editor has changed since my day but I think you will find

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them willing. This is the only thing which I can think of. I am very much obliged to you for the attention you have given the story. If you ever get down into this dark corner of the world I am always free and at home on Thursdays. Yours faithfully Stephen Crane

479. T O WILLIAM H O W E C R A N E TLS on Brede Place stationery, ViU.

England March 2nd- '99 My dear Will:— Since we have had this machine 1 1 have lost some of my habits of being an ill correspondent. I forgot to reply to you about the gossip in Port Jervis over " T h e Monster." I suppose that Port Jervis entered my head while I was writing it but I particularly dont wish them to think so because people get very sensitive and I would not scold away freely if I thought the eye of your glorious public was upon me. Besides "His New Mittens", there are already three stories finished dealing with life in the same town. Harpers Magazine has bought two of them—"Lynx Hunting"—and " T h e Angel Child." The third o n e — " T h e Lover and the Tell-Tale"— I am mailing to New York today. In the New York Herald of March 19th- you will see a story of mine called "the Clan of N o - N a m e . " 2 I have another story just about now arriving in N e w York called "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentelmen." My new novel is only about half finished but that much of it is nearly as big as the "Red Badge." It will be finished sometime in April. If you think I am not hustling to get out of this hole you are mistaken. But sometimes I think I cant quite do it. Let me know as soon as you see this letter exactly what are the prospects of your lending me five hundred dollars by the first of April. W e are living very quietly devoting all our attention to my work. My wife is very helpful to me and feels the same interest in the stories that I feel myself. This makes it easier and if the month of March dont wipe 446

me off the earth I hope by this time next year to be fairly rich so much confidence have I in the different life I am now leading and then I will be able to help Teddy which is one of my pet principles. Love and greetings to you all f r o m us both. Today I am going to take some kodac pictures of the house which will show you our ulterior splendor. The inside is mainly chops and potatoes. Yours as always Stephen •The C r a n e s ' n e w typewriter. J. C . Levenson comments that "Like dictation, home typing was a sign of Crane's economically prompted movement toward lower costs and more rapid production. He did not produce his best work under the discipline of the m a c h i n e " (Works, V, p. cxv, n. 104). 2 New York Herald, 19 March 1899, Section 8, p. 2.

480. T O PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS TLS on Brede Place stationery, N S y U .

March 2nd-'99 My dear Reynolds:— The above is now my permanent address complete save for the word Sussex as an addition to the cable address. I enclose you a third story to follow the "Angel Child." 1 I will not offer it for sale over here until I hear f r o m you that Harpers have refused it. 2 Your cable concerning the offer of Harpers for "Lynx Hunting" and the "Angel C h i l d " arrived here yesterday morning. I immediately w i t h d r e w the stories f r o m the English m a r k e t and cabled you "Accept." W h a t has become of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"? 3 My big novel of 80000-words should be finished by the end of March. It is full of love and war. Stokes and Co. dont wish me to sell the American serial rights but I think if you tackeled all those news-papers for a big summer serial we could make fifteen hundred dollars out of it. Would a good half of the novel be of any service to you to begin 447

p r e l i m i n a r y w o r k w i t h ? If so I can send it to you u p o n r e c i e p t of y o u r r e p l y to this letter. O n this side of the w a t e r Pinker is going to take half o f the novel i m m e d i a t e l y o u t a m o n g the E n g l i s h m e n . 4 Please d o n t fail to send a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t of the arrival of stories in N e w Y o r k and in e v e r y case deal as n e a r l y as possible for cash and cable m e the m o n e y . Y o u r last t w o sales w i t h the H a r p e r s pleased m e i m m e n s e l y and I was d e l i g h t e d to w i t h d r a w t h e m w i t h o u t sacrifice f r o m P i n k e r w h o was ass e n o u g h to think t h e m n o t g o o d e n o u g h . Yours faithfully Stephen C r a n e ' " T h e Lover and the Tell-Tale." B y a g r e e m e n t w i t h R e y n o l d s , Harper's Whilomville stories. 2

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481. F R O M E D M U N D B. C R A N E ALS, N N C .

H a r t w o o d N . Y . M c h . 2, '99. D e a r Stephen, C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s o n y o u r m a r r i a g e . Give o u r love to your w i f e . W e a r e in the midst of a h o w l i n g b l i z z a r d today. T h e snow is falling fast, and, d r i v i n g across t h e p o n d piles in a d r i f t b e l o w the house. W e a r e having severe w e a t h e r this w i n t e r . D i d I w r i t e you that I was in the ice business? I b u i l t a house 40 X 60 w i t h t w e n t y foot posts last year and this year have built o n e 12 feet longer. H a r t w o o d Lake ice is m a k i n g a w a y for itself in P o r t J e r v i s , and I look f o r w a r d to the t i m e w h e n w e w i l l furnish h a l f the ice used t h e r e . W e have b e a u t i f u l ice 20 to 27 inches thick and clear as glass. Y o u r p o n y w i t h a mate pulled an ice w a g o n last s u m m e r , a n d was v e r y useful. It did n o t h u r t his h e a l t h o r spirits, he is as gay as ever, and a

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good deal tougher. I ride him often in preference to driving over the rough roads, and find him a hand-full sometimes. W e are all very fond of him. Mame 1 would pull my hair if I did not treat him right. She drives him anywhere and he jogs along very demurely. W h e n I have the reins he is apt to cut up, shying, and jumping, and making believe kick. He has the best disposition of any horse I have had here. He drives very nicely to a buggy, and never breaks a trot to run. Under saddle he never trots. Being so knowing we use him in all sorts of ways: in snaking small timbers, or drawing the ice marker, plowing in team in light soil, hauling fire wood f r o m shop, feed f r o m the depot, and find him very useful. I can drive him the 15 miles to Port Jervis (with a mate), and you know the roads, in f r o m 1.30 to 2 hours. One and a half hours if I am in a hurry, and two hours easily. He is as sound as a dollar, and only shows that he has been worked by the collar mark on his neck, and his tail being shorter. If you should ever want him, come and get him, but if you do not, he can stay with us as long as I keep a horse. 2 W e have fixed the house some since you were here. Post office is ceiled with Georgia pine, and front room has a heavy grey cartridge paper over boards (as backing) with mouldings divided into panels. W h e n the paper soils, I will ceil that with Georgia pine and give it a hard oil finish. Wish I could see the house at Brede Place. O u r house could be stored in your big hall. W h e n I become a wealthy ice dealer I will come over to see you. I have hunted more this season than ever before. I have two good English beagles (one very good) used only half day. I could spare when weather was suitable. I have gone to Handy town and Conroy's swamp, and hunted the big rabbits. I generally get one or two and as they weigh four or five pounds I am satisfied. The deer are very plentiful. Will expects to get a bill through the legislature permitting a months hunting with dogs. Sam Sterrit, Conroy and Ed. McCormack are still at large. They respect me more if they like me less than formerly. I am a justice of the peace. Was elected in Nov. '97. Nobody calls me "Judge." Minard still lives in " T e x a s . " He is much better in wind and temper. He is taking Ripans tabules.

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If your business should call you over, don't fail to come up to see me. W e are all very well. M y weight is as heavy as at any time in my life. The children and Mame unite in sending love. Your loving brother E. B. Crane Hartwood Mch. 2, '99. I have considerable mail for you. shall I send it on? Have also clippings from A. C. Bureau. 3 Ed. 'Edmund's w i f e , Mary. C r a n e used her maiden name, "Fleming," as the surname of the protagonist in The Red Badge of Courage. 2 Edmund was charging board to keep Peanuts at Hartwood. A f t e r Crane's death the horse became Cora's. W h e n she failed to pay a board bill and an accident occurred in which Peanuts bolted, endangering the lives of Edmund's w i f e and several o f his children, Edmund sold him and deducted the proceeds f r o m w h a t was due. In January 1905 he filed a claim against the estate for the remainder (Gilkes, pp. 190-91). 3 C r a n e subscribed to clipping bureaus that cut out and f o r w a r d e d newspaper notices pertaining to an author's life and w o r k .

482. CORA CRANE TO JAMES B. PINKER TLS on Brede Place stationery, N S y U .

March 6th 1899. Dear Mr. Pinker:— Mr Crane yesterday received a cable from Mr. Reynolds saying "God Rest Ye hold 300." W e do not know if this means that he has sold the international serial rights and wishes it withdrawn from the English market, or if the telegraph people have made one of their usual errors and that the cable means that Mr. Reynolds has simply sold the American serial rights. At any rate Mr. Crane wishes you to hold it until he is sure. I cannot understand what can be the reason for the English publishers 450

refusing such stuff as those children stories and " G o d Rest Y e . " T h e y seem to fancy themselves as judges of literature but to m e they appear to be a good set of idiots to refuse really clever and artistic stuff and to print the rot they do. Mr. Reynolds has pleased us very m u c h by his p r o m p t placing of these stories. W e hope that you will be equally successful in placing the serial rights of "Active Service" 1 and in also, perhaps by pointing out to London publishers that H a r p e r s have not only thought " L y n x H u n t i n g " and " T h e Angel C h i l d " good enough but have asked for all the " W h i l e o m v i l l e " stories that M r . C r a n e may write, that they have a lot to learn and that the f i r m of Pinker are the people to teach them. It is a good o p p e r t u n i t y for you to let t h e m k n o w that there are others, as we say in America. W e hope now to soon put at rest any doubts Messers Morrison's and Nightingale may have. Half of the novel should reach you by Thursday. W e hope that you will soon be able to give us a f e w days at B r e d e Place. Yours truly Cora Crane

'Active Service was syndicated by S. S. M c C l u r e in American newspapers but did not appear serially in England.

483. A L F R E D T. P L A N T T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Plant's stationery, N N C .

6th M a r c h 1899 Dear Mrs Crane, I am in receipt of your letter of the 2nd inst. and am delighted to hear the good news that a substantial cheque is on its way f r o m A m e r i c a , m o r e particularly as the balance of Whiteley's account is due on the 11th inst.

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Whatever happens this must be attended to or I feel certain Whiteley will issue Execution. I will certainly take advantage of your kind invitation and let you know when I have a Saturday to Monday free. I saw George Lynch 1 on Saturday last, and he suggested we should cycle down to Brede. W i t h kind regards, Yours very Sincerely, Alfred T. Plant ' W a r correspondent for the London Chronicle w h o had just returned f r o m China. Lynch and C r a n e had served together in Cuba.

484. JAMES B. PINKER T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

March 9. 1899. Mrs. Stephen Crane, Dear Mrs. Crane, I have withdrawn "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" until we know the meaning of Mr. Reynold's cable; but I wish we could make some arrangement to prevent the possibility of Mr. Reynold's and my operation overlapping. Editors are not pleased if I go and talk a great deal about a story and ask them to pay special attention to it, and then withdraw it. In condemning English editors for their want of appreciation, one must remember that Mr. Crane's reputation is not established on this side as it is in the States, so that his name does not carry so much weight with the readers of sixpenny magazines, which are, after all, what one has most to depend on.

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I am glad to hear that I may expect the Ms. of the novel soon. I suppose you have arranged so that in the event of my finding a serial opening Heinemann will hold the novel over. Of course, if it is published serially, Methuen's novel1 will have to come out first. With kind regards Yours sincerely, James B. Pinker, per L.P.M. 'The Revolutionary War novel that Crane had contracted for with Methuen but never wrote.

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Brede Place Brede Northiam Sussex March 12 [1899] Dear Mr Frewen: Your letter and the envelope addressed simply "Brede Place, Sussex" arrived by the same post. We have now been in the old house nearly a month and every day it seems more beautiful to us. Each time we catch a new view—notably when walking down from the village—we have new raptures. Our friends are astonished at it and I am now holding delicately in check two rampant students of old English houses and several journalists all of whom wish to burst into articles. I am holding them in check in the opinion that, first, it would be best to have you say how you look upon that sort of thing. For my part, I usually let them bowl away, provided they allow me supervision of all things that are personal matters. For instance, an interviewer once declared of me that in appearance I was very ugly and so when he came again I sent him away in tears. I think if I manage the career of the old house it is probable that nothing will 453

be said to annoy any of us aesthetically. M y old f r i e n d s — m e n like Garnett and others—I should feel quite safe w i t h but the ones I do not know so well, frighten m e a little. T h e w e a t h e r here is now delightful; r a w - g o l d sunshine. I am finishing m y novel rapidly in the r o o m just over the porch. I wish it w e r e a better novel. I fear that in later years people w h o wish the house well will be saying that Stephen C r a n e did not w r i t e "Active S e r v i c e " in the r o o m over the p o r c h at Brede Place. W o u l d you n a m e a day for us to c o m e to London? Please. W i t h renewed expressions of thanks, I am, dear M r Frewen Faithfully Yours Stephen C r a n e

486. F R O M A L F R E D T. P L A N T TLS on Plant's stationery, N N C .

14th M a r c h 1899 D e a r Mr. C r a n e , I enclose copy letter received f r o m Messrs Roche & Son re W h i t e l e y ' s account and shall be glad to hear f r o m you thereon by r e t u r n of post. You must certainly find the additional £15 or there will be trouble. re Winter and Pelton accounts I have remitted the m o n t h l y instalments to M r Hood. W i t h kindest regards. Yours very faithfully, A l f r e d T. Plant

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487. FROM PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS L e t t e r h e a d : " P a u l R . R e y n o l d s , / R e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f / W m . H e i n e m a n n , / S a m p s o n Low, M a r s t o n & C o . , L i m i t e d , / A r c h i b a l d C o n s t a b l e & C o . , / O f L o n d o n . / N o . 70 F i f t h Avenue./ N e w Y o r k , / Cable Address, 'Carbonato N e w York.' " TLS, N N C .

March 15th, 1899. My Dear Crane:— Here is " M O N S T E R " Contract. 1 1 don't see anything objectionable except that I don't see why you should part with dramatization rights etc., or why you should wait four months after royalty statement for any money that may be due. Let me know what you think. 2 Very truly yours, Paul R. Reynolds. Stephen Crane Esq. ' H a r p e r ' s paid C r a n e t h e second h a l f o f his a d v a n c e o n The Monster and Other Stories o n 6 M a r c h , and t h e final c o n t r a c t w a s d r a w n u p t w o days later. 2

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488. T O PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS A L S o n B r e d e Place stationery, N S y U .

March 16th '99 My dear Reynolds:—In regard to "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", I have instructed Pinker that the Saturday Evening Post of Philla wishes to use the story in April if possible 1 and he will do his best to get it in an April magazine over here. I note that you have instructed the Authors Syndicate to pay me money due for " T h e Lone charge of W m B. Perkins." The new novel "Active Service" now stands at 47000 words and I am going at a clipping gait of some ten thousand words per week. The end of the first week in April should see it finished. I dont suppose that the 455

Stokes Co. will be pleased to have the story run as a serial in America but the more I look at it the more I feel that we might get even two or three thousand dollars out of newspares like the Sun or the Herald in New York, the Press in Philla. and others. I have four new short stories in mind. The sale of "God Rest Y e " for $300. for the American serial rights alone is very nice. Yours faithfully Crane ' T h e story appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, 171 (6 May 1899), 705-7, and simultaneously in the Comhill Magazine, n.s. 6 (May 1899), 577-92.

489. T O WILLIAM H O W E C R A N E ALS on Brede Place stationery, ViU.

[about 16 March 1899] My dear Will: I can see clearly that the only way out for me is to get $500 f r o m you on the first of April. My novel will be finished by that time and the American serial rights are worth about $3000. but that won't come in until, at least, the first of May. And in the meantime I take a tremendous header. Do your best and if you succeed I come out swimingly. As soon as I am out of this hole and now that I can get steam ship passes—anyhow one line has gone down to $25.—we may come over to America for a month. In the spring, when all England is green and flowery how would you like to send Helen 1 to us? I can hardly imagine her being such a strapping big girl but, after all, the years have passed quickly. I myself am twenty seven. Think of that! Love f r o m us to all Yours as always Stephen

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' A s an inducement for W i l l i a m to lend him $500, C r a n e offered him temporary relief f r o m the burden o f his troublesome oldest daughter, Helen. W i l l i a m gladly accepted the offer and extended the loan.

490. TO J A M E S B. PINKER A L S on B r e d e Place stationery, N S y U .

March 17 th '99 Dear Pinker: As I wired you today, I can hold " G o d Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" until May. Please tell me when Mr. Meldrum was kind enough to loosen his talons on the " C l a n of No N a m e . " I think my relations with the Blackwoods is about the most expensive friendship I have yet devised. Please let me know if the "Clan of No N a m e " is not sold by the 20th. Let me know by wire. In that case I shall come to London and wrestle with some newspaper friends. I should think Black and white or the London Illustrated News are extremly likely people. I have myself sold them stories of much the same character without any trouble. 1 The novel is now at 48000-words but the English Market seems so stagnant and Reynolds is so successful that I have delayed sending you a copy of the first half of the book in order that I might get a copy off to Reynolds. I am confident that it will be the most successful book that I have ever published. If you can get £30. cash for both those stories now, I would rather have it than £50- next month, altho' they brought in America a trifle like ¿106Yours faithfully Stephen Crane ' C r a n e had already published " D e a t h and the C h i l d " in Black and White, 15 (5 M a r c h 1898), 332-34; (12 March .1898), 368-70; and " F l a n a g a n and His Short Filibustering A d v e n t u r e " in Illustrated London News, 111 (28 August 1897), 279-82.

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491. TO WILLIAM MORRIS C O L L E S A L S on B r e d e Place stationery, V i U .

March Wth '99 Dear Sir:—I have today recieved your cheque for £6.12.3 for which this is my reciept. Yours Sincerely Stephen Crane

492. FROM JAMES B. PINKER A L S on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

March 20. 1899. Stephen Crane Esq, Dear Crane, As I telegraphed to you today, I have placed " T h e Clan of No N a m e " with Black & White,1 and they are to pay £15.15/- for it. Blackwoods returned it on the 9th inst. I am glad the novel is going on, though I am afraid it looks as if the dates will get a little missed. You grumble at the English market, but it has not yet had a fair chance. It won't be sluggish when you give it what it wants and a reasonable time. I will let you know about " G o d Rest Y e " as soon as possible. Sincerely yours, James B. Pinker ' " T h e C l a n of N o - N a m e " appeared in Black and White (Christmas Number 1899), 1316.

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493. T O P A U L R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S ALS on Brede Place stationery, NSyU.

England M a r c h 25th '99 D e a r Reynolds: I send you u n d e r seperate cover e i g h t e e n c h a p t e r s — a b o u t 46000 w o r d s — o f m y n e w novel " A c t i v e S e r v i c e . " I w i l l send the rest over to you in batches of 10000 w o r d s . It will n o t b e l o n g in c o m i n g . All m y f r i e n d s like the novel e x c e e d i n g l y and w e e x p e c t you to m a k e a v e r y successful sale o f the A m e r i c a n serial rights. As I told you, Stokes & C o . have the b o o k rights. I a m p a r t i c u l a r l y a n x i o u s a b o u t the successful l a u n c h i n g of this novel and I w o u l d b e g of you to send m e w o r d o f all professional opinions you get of it. I w o u l d n o t like it l e f t l o n g in the hands of any o n e m a n . I w o u l d e x p e c t to get the m o n e y for its serial rights b y the first of May at the latest unless it is sold to the n e w s p a p e r s . T h i s last plan b y the way strikes m e as b e i n g full of advantages. I d o n t think that the N e w Y o r k H e r a l d w o u l d take it b u t the Sun o r the T r i b u n e — n o t a b l y t h e S u n — a r e v e r y likely prey. D o n ' t let t h e m dally w i t h you. Y o u r w o r k w i t h m y last f o u r stories has s e e m e d to us o f v e r y b r i l l i a n t q u a l i t y — a n d I only w i s h I c o u l d get m y English A g e n t to i m i t a t e y o u r s u c c e s s . O n y o u r g e t t i n g t h e m s , p l e a s e a c k n o w l e d g e its arrival at o n c e . A n d d o n t fail to let m e k n o w the details of the life it is leading a m o n g the editors. T h e b o o k n o w stands at a b o u t 53000-words. It is to be b e t w e e n 75000- and 80000-words. For your o w n e d i f i c a t i o n and also for business reasons I think it should b e a n n o u n c e d that C o l e m a n simply d r o w n s all oppossition a n d m a r r i e s M a r j o r y . 1 Y o u r s faithfully Stephen C r a n e P.S. Living over h e r e in E n g l a n d I find c o n s i d e r a b l e t r o u b l e in g e t t i n g copies of m y stories as t h e y a p p e a r in the States. I w o u l d n o t w a n t w o r r y

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you with such a small matter but if you find it coming in your way at times, I would deeply appreciate any mailed copy of the American publication. S. C. 'Rufus Coleman, the war-correspondent hero of Active Service, rescues Marjorie W a i n w r i g h t and others in her p a r t y stranded in Greece during the Greco-Turkish W a r .

494. FROM BYRON LEIGHTON Letterhead: "Parcels & Telegrams . . . S h r e w s b u r y . " ALS, N N C .

Mar 25th [1899] My dear Crane/ I was delighted to hear f r o m you and to know you got through all right. I got a dose of fever worse luck & was in hospital in N.Y. for a month after and I have had another " g o " of it lately again. You must come down here & see me some time. I am going to Aldershot on Ap 9th for a month's training so it must be some time before or after then. Propose yourself. Yrs v. trl Byron Leighton

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495. FROM J A M E S B. P I N K E R ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

M a r c h 27. 1899. Stephen C r a n e Esq, M y dear C r a n e , I received your telegram and have been round to the Illustrated, but Shorter was, unfortunately, not there. I am, therefore, sending the story under cover to him, begging his p r o m p t attention to it. Sincerely yours, James B. Pinker

496. J A M E S B. P I N K E R T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

M a r c h 27, 1899 M r s Stephen C r a n e , D e a r Mrs. C r a n e , T h a n k you for your letter, just received. I will collect the Black & White money 1 and send it to Morrisons & Nightingale. T h e d r a f t f r o m Mr. Reynolds has not come yet, but that shall go on to t h e m also. I note w h a t you say about the serial, and directly the Ms. arrives I will get to w o r k on it. 2 In answer to your question w h e t h e r it w o u l d

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497. FROM JAMES B. PINKER ALS on Pinlcer's stationery, N N C .

March 29th 1899 Stephen Crane Esq. Dear Crane, I have placed your story "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" with the Cornhill Magazine, and they are to pay for it at the rate of one guinea per page. The story will appear in the May No., 1 which will be published on April 26th, so that you can advise Mr. Reynolds. Sincerely Yours, James B. Pinker P.S. Can you suggest another title? They do not like the present one. 2 'Cornhill Magazine, NS 6 (May 1899), 577-92. C r a n e did not change the title.

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498. T O PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS ALS on Brede Place stationery, N S y U .

March 30-99 My dear Reynolds:—I enclose you ten thousand more words of the new novel "Active Service"—Chapter XIX, X X , XXI, XXII. O f course I have explained my opinion of the prospective campaign fully to you in the letter which is about reaching you on this date. Under seperate cover I send you a short story of the Whilomville series and under second seperate cover I return to you the Harper contract to which I make certain objections. 1 I hope you have collected by this time the money for " T h e Clan of N o - N a m e . " Although I am doing more work now than I have at any other period of my life I have not yet straightened myself out. Yours faithfully Stephen Crane •The contract for The Monster and Other Stories. C r a n e explained his objections in No. 499.

499. T O PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS ALS on Brede Place stationery, N S y U .

March 31st-99 My dear Reynolds:—I return you Harper's contract. Of course I will not consent to their having any claim at all upon a possible dramatizeation of the stories. If there is possibility of good drama in " T h e Monster" for instance it is there because I made it and Harper and Bro's. had nothing to do with it. I recognize the kindness of Harper & Bro's. in accepting our proposal to print " T h e Monster" " T h e Blue Hotel" and "His New Mittens" in one volume. But please point out to them that this proposal was made before any other stories of Jimmie Trescott

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had been written and that at present my idea would be to remove "The Blue Hotel" entirely. It's introduction was in the nature of an expedient to fill up space. I suggest now that the phrase in the contract should read: "The said work is to include stories by the author entitled The Monster, His New Mittens, Lnyx Hunting, The Angel Child, The Lover and the Tell-Tale and is also to include other stories of Whilomville which have not yet been named." This to my mind would make a grand book. For my part I would consider it the best book which has yet come from my pen. However I recognize the right of Harper & Bros, to have the phrase read as it now reads in the contract if they chose because it was originally our proposal. I received your letter this morning announcing your successful sale of "The Lover and the Tell-Tale" to Harper's Magazine. I may say for your edification that you have one bitter enemy in England, Pinker by name. Yours faithfully S. Crane

500. TO MORETON FREWEN TT, NSyU.

Brede Place Brede Northiam Sussex April 10th [1899] Dear Mr. Frewen: W e will be greatly delighted to have the suply of fresh mushrooms and will have spawn placed as you direct. All does indeed go well and we are comfortable in our isolation. Our one excitement has been a small accident of fire through the mistake of poor old Mack. 1 I put it out with no particular trouble. I did not scold Mack at all because his heart was quite broken and the lesson itself was enough for him. He came grandly forward and confessed his part in it. It happened in the room over the porch which I use as a study. I only speak

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of it because of a chance that you might hear it in some more exaggerated form. By the way, we like Mack very much but he sometimes complains of the inconveniences, and sometimes longs for five or six footmen which of course we do not need. Pray tell Mrs. Frewen that I am fighting nobly with the concluding chapters of my book but that they seem to come with considerable reluctance. If you succeed me here next year, we will depart, at any rate, with a sense of a delightful sojourn. During these late heavy storms the whole house has sung like a harp and all the spouts have been wailing to us. It is rather valkyric. The servants are more impressed than we would like them to be and we have not yet found maids who will sleep in the house. W e are expecting spring every moment. W i t h kindest regards f r o m us. Yours faithfully Stephen Crane •The coachman-gardener at Brede Place, who was inclined to tipple.

501. FROM PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS Letterhead: "Paul R. Reynolds,/ No. 70 Fifth Avenue./ New York," TLS, NNC.

April 11th, 1899. My Dear Crane:— While I was out to-day a man called and presented a draft for $305.88 upon you. It was drawn by Diaz Gonsedos & Co. 1 Of course I have done nothing about the matter as I have but little money of yours in hand and

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as I know nothing about the matter. I have not yet got in all the money f r o m the papers for " T H E CLAN OF N O - N A M E . " As soon as I do I shall send it to Pinker. Yours very truly, Paul R. Reynolds. Stephen Crane Esq. 'A Cuban creditor.

502. FROM PAUL REVERE REYNOLDS TLS on Reynolds' stationery, NNC.

April 17th, 1899. My Dear Crane:— Stokes is publishing shortly your book of verses " W A R IS K I N D " which has been made up by him in a very attractive shape by Bradley. 1 He is sending some copies to Heinemann to have him copyright it. I would advise your seeing Heinemann and seeing if you can make an arrangement with him to publish the book. 2 Stokes will quote him terms for sheets when he sends him the copies. You will remember I wrote to Heinemann about the book a number of months back and he replied that he would not pay any advance but that he would publish the book on a royalty basis. Of course if you can do better with some one else, why I suppose you will do it. Yours sincerely, Paul R. Reynolds. Have all the money on "Clan of No N a m e " except f r o m a paper in San Francisco. Stephen Crane Esq.

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•Will Bradley (1868-1962), American designer, illustrator, and printer, created the striking art nouveau drawings in War Is Kind. 2 Six copies of War Is Kind were prepared w i t h a black handstamp, " L o n d o n . / W i l l i a m H e i n e m a n n , " above the N e w York imprint. Although Heinemann secured copyright, the book was not published in England.

503. FROM BYRON LEIGHTON Letterhead: " T h e Carabiniers,/ West Cavalry Barracks,/ A l d e r s h o t . " ALS, N N C .

Ap 19(/i [1899] My Dear C r a n e / I fear I am already engaged up in town for Sunday but if by chance it falls through might I wire you as I should very much like to come and see you. Yours very truly, Byron Leighton

504. FROM ROBERT BARR ALS, N N C .

Hillhead Woldingham, Surrey April 20. 1899. My dear Stephen; I think I've got everything in this packet that was mentioned viz Dooley, the guitar strings, the cigarette-maker, I'm soliciting a continuance of custom which it will ever be my endeavor to deserve; hoping by strict attention to quality, adding the entire novelty in England of correct weight & honest measure, to please patrons w h o have been in the habit of having their cheating done elsewhere. If you dont see what you want, ask for it. No trouble to show goods. Give us a trial even if it is only at the Old Bailey. 46 7

I enclose also two two-ounce packets of Virginian May Blossom tobacco & 4 bunches of the cigarette A.G. papers. Thus you can start the cigarette factory at once, & by keeping count of the number of cigarettes that can be made out of 2 ounces form some conclusions as to the cost as compared with boughten cigarettes. Cigarettes made to measure are, I think, like clothes, better than the ready-made article, & ought to be much cheaper, although I never had the patience to count how many pieces a two-ounce packet makes. Two ounces costs 8d in London & 8 1/2 at Hastings & the papers l/2d each, at Salmon & Glucksteins. I made the par'lous journey in great shape, stopping 1/2 an hour at Towbridge, time enough to let me walk down the main street & see the town. Then on whirling through the metropolis of Oxted, where I gazed out at your former residence which appears to be in the hands of the restorers. Let us hope they will not destroy any of the ancient architectural beauties of the mansion. Three ladders were up against the house & the window-frames were being painted a dazzling white. Remember me to Mrs Crane and Mrs R. 1 Even though the ghost was so unsocial as not to call on me, it will be long before I forget a day or two of life that was an idyllic dream. As for a castle, I shall never be happy till I get it. Ever Yours R. B. ' M r s . Ruedy.

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505. J A M E S B. P I N K E R T O C O R A C R A N E ALS on Pinker's stationery, N N C .

April 20. 1899. Mrs. Stephen C r a n e D e a r Mrs. C r a n e , Messrs. Morrisons & Nightingale have received f r o m m e £19-16-10-. This represents the amounts received f r o m the Comhill for " A SelfMade M a n " and f r o m Black & White for " T h e C l a n of N o N a m e " , and, in sending it, I explained that the f u r t h e r amounts I hope to send t h e m in the course of a day or t w o . I pointed out that periodicals paid for their contributions on publication, and that it was not always possible for t h e m to fix the e x a c t date: hence the delay. From their reply they seem satisfied, but they point out that there is a sum of £136-11-3 due to t h e m " f o r costs and heavy payments in respect of an action w h i c h we attended to for Mr. C r a n e . " N o t knowing w h a t to reply to this I have ignored it. I a m sorry Mr. C r a n e will not do the battle articles. 1 I think Lippincott would take six, if he would do them; and their representative, 2 to w h o m I quoted Mr. Cranes's objection, 3 says that they would not w a n t elaborate studies of the battles, as it would not be possible in the space contemplated. Perhaps Mr. C r a n e will think the matter over and w r i t e to m e again. Sincerely yours, James B. Pinker

•The first reference to eight articles researched and in part written by Kate Lyon that would be collected under the title Great Battles of the World (Philadelphia: Lippincott; London: C h a p m a n and Hall, 1901). 2 Harrison S. Morris, Lippincott's editor. 3 C r a n e did not consider himself an historian and felt he had inadequate time to do research. His employment of Kate Lyon, however, solved the problem, and on 3 July Pinker w r o t e Morris that C r a n e had agreed to write six articles for $1,000.

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506. FROM J. K. P E C K 1 ALS, NNC.

Kingston Pa April 21 1899 Dear cousin Many thanks for your very kind words and timely check. I have the books I think all the books your grandfather wrote and Uncle Jesse, 2 and I will send them to you if you say so and if you can stand the cost of transportation that is all they will cost you, not that I do not prize the books very highly for I do They were the most glorious and superb men I ever knew. I have read the books thoroughly and probably all I shall need to, and I would as soon they would be in your library as in mine. Probably you would not wish me to send a book which you already have so you can look the list over and designate the ones you have and I will send the others Your grandfather's books were Christian Perfection 1853 Carlton & Phillips Manly character 1853 Carlton & Phillips Wyoming its history & Romance 1856 Harper & brothers Rule of Faith 1855 Carlton & Phillips Early Methodism in the old Genesee conference 1860 Carlton & Porter Our country its trials and triumphs 1865 Carlton & Porter

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Life and Times of George Peck by himself 1885 May be Published by our book agent 150 Fifth Avenue N.Y. Slavery and the Episcopacy back in the forties but it having been a book with only a paper or pamphlet cover I cannot find it now after moving forty years. The book was a complete reply to the great thunderer of the South Rev. Henry B. Bascom, 3 who undertook to prove that the general conference did a "great t o r t " as the Frenchman would say when they asked Bishop James O . Andrews to resign because he held slaves or married into slavery.4 These are all I think o f now. The books which uncle Jesse wrote were The central Idea of Christianity 1857 Carlton & Porter The True Woman about the same time and I think by the same publishers I will find the book for I have it What must I do to be saved 1853 or '54 Book room 815 Broadway New York Now 150 Fifth Av. {page torn} o f the great republic considered from a Christian standpoint 1868 Broughton & Wyman 13 Bible House New York I have in the Historical Room o f Wyoming conference a long row o f the Quarterly Review but I think none as far back as when Uncle George was editor I am pretty sure Rev. J . W. Thomas of 150 Fifth Avenue New York has a complete set and may be duplicates. He is the custodian o f the books and relics there as I am here and we correspond frequently. I have the old Christian Advocate for the years when {page torn} was editor and {page torn} when the great division between North and South came Uncle Jesse's great speech and all about it, and my book

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is the only book now in which a complete history of that great war of the oratorical giants can be found. D r Abel Stevens history does not come to within fourteen years of it brooks and simpson hardly touch it, and Buckley treats the whole subject briefly and not in detail. Let me hear f r o m you Regards to Mrs C. J. K. Peck •A maternal cousin of Crane and author of the Peck family genealogy, Luther Peck and His Five Sons ( N e w York: Eaton & Mains; Cincinnati: C u r t s & Jennings, 1897), t w o copies of which were in Crane's library at Brede Place. 2 T h e Reverend George Peck (1797-1876) was Crane's maternal grandfather; Bishop Jesse Truesdell Peck (1811-83), a founder of Syracuse University, was his maternal granduncle. Both were prominent Methodist clergymen w h o were active in the f r o n t i e r evangelism of western N e w York in the 1840s. Included in Crane's library at Brede Place were many books by his clerical forebears. See James E. Kibler, Jr., " T h e Library of Stephen and C o r a C r a n e , " Proof: The Yearbook of American Bibliographical and Textual Studies, ed. Joseph Katz, 1 (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1971), pp. 199246. Kibler incorrectly identifies George Peck as Crane's uncle and J. K. Peck as his great-granduncle (p. 205). 3

Bishop H e n r y Bidleman Bascom (1796-1850) was a Methodist bishop, college president, and chaplain to the Congress of the United States. 4 T h e General Conference of 1844 ended w i t h a split in the Methodist C h u r c h between its N o r t h e r n and Southern delegates over slavery. The Conference excluded Bishop James Osgood A n d r e w (1794-1871) of Georgia f r o m the exercise of his episcopal office because his wife owned slaves. T h e Southern delegates chose Bascom to write the " P r o t e s t " against the action.

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507. FROM ROBERT BARR TL, N N C .

April 25. 1899. My Dear Stephen; I send with this two copies of the Phil. Eve. Post, 1 the second of which has just come in. Please save them for me. The last one contains the referance to you, but I was handicapped by not knowing any real good stories about you to make the notice interesting. 2 I see there is also a paragraph about you which says you live at Ravens Bourne, as they call it, when in another col. I have said you live at Brede, all of which is rotton bad editing. I had a letter f r o m Jordan 3 saying he has suddenly resigned the editorship of the Post, which I was very sorry to hear, for he seemed to have been a good fellow. However if you knew anything of America you would be aware that these lightning changes are quite usual over there. And bewildering. I forgot to mention while I was at your place that England has for years been very friendly toward the U.S.A., and that it was the only European country that had a correct idea of what was going to take place when the Spanish-American war began. I cant imagine why I never thought of telling you this. It was probably on account of the Rhine wine which was in that long-necked glass jug, which you mix with soda out of the syphon. Hoping you are all well, I Remain Ever Yours R. B. ' T h e Saturday Evening Post, which was published in Philadelphia. In his article "American Brains in L o n d o n , " Saturday Evening Post, 171 (8 April 1899), 648-49, Barr calls C r a n e " t h e greatest genius America has produced since Edgar Allan Poe, to w h o m , I fancy, he bears some resemblance." 3 William G. Jordan, editor-in-chief of the Saturday Evening Post. 2

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508. C O R A C R A N E T O J A M E S B . P I N K E R ALS on Brede Place stationery, N S y U .

April 25th [1899] D e a r M r . Pinker: I send you 22 c h a p t e r s of " A c t i v e S e r v i c e . " T h e b a l a n c e you w i l l get the end of this w e e k . Please do y o u r v e r y best to sell serially and give editors to u n d e r s t a n d that t w o w e e k s is the limit to k e e p M r C r a n e ' s copy. Please m a k e this your fast rule for all M r C r a n e ' s w o r k . Editors have always subscribed to this for m e , w h e n I have b e e n disposing of M r . C r a n e ' s stuff. V e r y T r u l y yours Cora Crane

509. F R O M B Y R O N L E I G H T O N ALS on stationery of the Carabiniers, N N C .

A p . 26 [1899] Dear Crane/ So s o r r y I c a n n o t m a n a g e to c o m e to you n e x t Sunday I m i g h t m a n a g e the Sunday after. Yrs v e r y t r u l y B y r o n Leighton

510. T O P A U L R E V E R E R E Y N O L D S ALS on Brede Place stationery, ViU.

England [ A p r i l - M a y 1899] D e a r Reynolds: I enclose you a l e t t e r f r o m the Saturday Evening Post. 1 474

As for "Active S e r v i c e " , Stokes and C o m p a n y have, w i t h o u t m y k n o w l e d g e or permission, been attempting to sell it serially. I have told t h e m that I wanted you to conduct that m a t t e r and in o r d e r to pervent confusion I send you w o r d at the earliest possible m o m e n t . Yours faithfully S. C r a n e

'Probably concerning publication of " 'God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen,' " Saturday Evening Post, 171 (6 May 1899), 705-7.

511. T O E L B E R T H U B B A R D Dard Hunter, "Elbert Hubbard and 'A Message to Garcia,' " The New Colophon, 1, Part 1 (January 1948), 33.

B r e d e Place Brede N o r t h a m , Sussex May 1st '99 M y dear H u b b a r d : I w r o t e I think sometime in '97 suggesting that you reprint in the Philistine t w o little articles of mine w h i c h a p p e a r e d h e r e in the Westminster Gazette.11 have just been reading t h e m again and I like them. I send you copies and if you are not a duffer you will consider t h e m good and h u m a n enough even for your blinding Philistine. Send me the Philistine or I will set fire to East A u r o r a by cable. I have been w o r k i n g u p some grievances against you. I o b j e c t strongly to your paragraphs about Rowan. 2 You are m o r e w r o n g than is even c o m m o n on our humble incompetant [sic] globe. He d i d n ' t do anything w o r t h y at all. He received the praise of the general of the a r m y and got to be m a d e a lieutenant col. for a feat w h i c h about f o r t y n e w s p a p e r correspondents had already p e r f o r m e d at the usual price of f i f t y dollars a week and expenses. Besides he is personally a c h u m p and in Porto Rico w h e r e I m e t him he w o r e a yachting cap as p a r t of his u n i f o r m which was damnable. W h e n you want to m o n k e y w i t h some of our national 475

heroes you had better ask me, because I know and your perspective is almost out o f sight. W h e n I think o f you I rejoice that there is one man in the world w h o can keep up a small independent monthly howler without either dying, going broke, or becoming an ass. Yours always STEPHEN CRANE

' " A Fishing V i l l a g e , " Westminster Gazette,

12 November 1897, pp. 1-2, rpt. Philistine,

9 (August 1899), 71-77; and " A n Old Man Goes W o o i n g , " Westminster Gazette,

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November 1897, pp. 1-2, rpt. Philistine, 9 (July 1899), 44-50. T h e r e are textual variants in both Philistine printings. 2 Andrew

Summers Rowan (1857-1943), an Army officer, was immortalized by Elbert

Hubbard's " A Message to G a r c i a , " which initially appeared untitled in the March 1899 Philistine. Rowan had dutifully delivered, shortly after the Spanish-American W a r broke out in the spring o f 1898, a message from President McKinley to General Garcia o f the Cuban revolutionaries. Hubbard glorified Rowan's obedience as an exemplar o f the Gospel o f W o r k , and leaders in business, government, and the military quickly distributed copies o f the article to their employees. B y 1913 more than forty million copies had been printed. Rowan eventually published his own version, How I Carried the Message to Garcia (1923).

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512. T O THOMAS H U T C H I N S O N 1 MsC in Vincent Starrett's hand of a TL(S?), CtU.

(embossed) Telegrams—Crane, Brede Hill. Station—Rye. (embossed) Brede Place, Brede, Northiam, Sussex. (typewritten) May 1st. '99. Thomas Hutchinson Esqre., Dear Sir:— I wish to thank you for your sympathetic letter but I am sorry to say that at present I find it impossible to do as you ask. Later, if you will send me the books, I will be glad to write in them whatever is in my head at the moment although I am sure that it will be of no interest. Yours faithfully S. Crane 'An English book collector and autograph collector.

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513. T O J A M E S B. PINKER T L S on Brede Place stationery, N S y U .

May 1st. [1899] Dear Mr. Pinker:— The restrictions as to the serial publication o f the novel1 are that it shall be concluded before the 1st. o f Nov. this year. As to price, I expect to get in the neighborhood o f £600- for the American serial rights but I would not know at all what to say in regard to the English serial rights. O f course you will get as much as you can and that is all I can say. The buyers o f the English serial rights would have to come in consultation with the buyers of the American serial rights but the American buyers would be very docile. Yours faithfully S. Crane 'Active

Service.

514. FROM H E N R Y CLAY C O C H R A N E ALS on " T h e R a l e i g h " stationery, N N C .

May 7th 1899 My dear Sir: I am very glad to be able to locate you at last. You were reported almost simultaneously in Havana, San Antonio, and New York, and I was amazed to discover you across the Atlantic. I am also glad to hear that you intend to write the full story o f the exciting experiences at Guantanamo and hope that you will not forget to let me know of its appearance. Mental decay will be far advanced before I forget the calmness o f yourself and Mr. Billman 1 on the night o f the llt/i of June on top o f that red gravel hill. I have a mental

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photograph of the several scenes and tableaux that can be produced at will and with endless interest. I am here on Examining Board duty, to determine the future of officers for promotion, but expect to return to Boston in a few days. W h e n promoted f r o m major to lieut. colonel I had to move f r o m Newport to a larger command, somewhat to the regret of self and family. It is not likely that I shall see England again soon, but should I it will give me much pleasure to look you up. Col. Huntington was here a day or two ago and Hanington and Elliott are here now. W e all have a welcome for you. W i t h kind regards I am, very truly yours, Henry Clay Cochrane. Mr. Stephen Crane. Your story of the Marines signalling gave widespread satisfaction. The sergt. who did so much (Quick) 2 was offered a Lieutenancy but did not feel equal to it and was made a gunnery sergeant, which doubled his pay. H. C. C. 1

H o w b e r t B i l l m a n , a r e p o r t e r for t h e Chicago Record. For i m p o r t a n t

eyewitness

a c c o u n t s o f the w a r b y B i l l m a n and o t h e r C h i c a g o r e p o r t e r s , see The Chicago Record's War Stories by Staff Correspondents in the Field ( C h i c a g o : C h i c a g o R e c o r d , 1898), r p t . f r o m the Chicago Record and t h e Chicago Daily 2

News.

S e r g e a n t J o h n H . Q u i c k , w h o s e e x p l o i t s C r a n e d e s c r i b e d in " M a r i n e s Signalling

U n d e r Fire at G u a n t a n a m o . "

515. C O R A C R A N E T O ELIZABETH ROBINS 1 ALS o n B r e d e Place stationery, N N U .

May 8th [1899] Dear Miss Robins: Mr. Crane and myself are so delighted with your story "A Lucky Sixpence" 2 which we have just read that I feel I must 479

write you of our appreciation. Mr. Crane says that he never read a story which pointed a stronger moral lesson. 3 W e would like very much to have you visit us here. Could you manage to come to us for a Sunday? It would give us great pleasure to have you come. Brede Place is very interesting old house and I should like to show you the three little Frederic children who live with our steward and his wife under the same big roof. Very sincerely yours Cora Crane Mrs Stephen Crane to Miss Elizabeth Robins 'Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952), A m e r i c a n - b o r n actress, playwright, and novelist, was author of a best-selling novel, The Magnetic North (1904), based upon her experiences in Alaska, w h e r e she ventured in pursuit of her e r r a n t brother, Raymond. Her controversial play, Votes for Women, was a valuable contribution to the s u f f r a g e movement. It was recast in novel form as The Convert (1907). 2

Published anonymously in the New Review, no. 56 (January 1894), 105-26. C o n s i d e r i n g Crane's dictum that literature should be a slice of life w h i c h does not make a moral lesson explicit, this is probably an ironic c o m m e n t . It is unlikely that C r a n e would have admired "A Lucky S i x p e n c e , " a neatly constructed but conventional story of a servant girl seduced and abandoned by her master.

516. TO CLARA F R E W E N ALS on Brede Place stationery, ViU.

May 15 (Monday) [1899] Dear Mrs Frewen: I am an honest man above all and—according to promise—I must confess to you that on Saturday morning at 11.15—after dismal sorrow and travail—there was born into an unsuspecting world a certain novel called "Active Service", full and complete in all its

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shame—79000 words.—which same is now being sent forth to the world to undermine whatever reputation for excellence I may have achieved up to this time and may heaven forgive it for being so bad. Yours faithfully Stephen Crane

517. T O M O R E T O N F R E W E N TT, N S y U .

Brede Place Brede Northiam Sussex May 15th '99 Dear Mr. Frewen:— I hasten to say that when you send anything down we shall store it in one of the empty rooms with our best care. If you and Mrs Frewen can come down this week we will be delighted and if you will let us know by wire we can send the dog cart to any of the stations. Battle 1 will do you the quickest from London and the Rye station will bring you easiest to Brede Place as you know. If you can stay the night we will be very glad and can put you up comfortably. The ghost has been walking lately but we cannot catch him. Perhaps when the real Frewen sleeps under the roof he may condescend to display himself to all of us. Yours faithfully Stephen Crane •Battle, scene of William the Conqueror's victory in 1066, is near Brede.

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May 23/99. M y dear C o r a : — Your letter was received last night. Helen sails from N . Y . City at 630 in the morning of June 10th on Steamer Pennsylvania of the H a m b u r g American Line. The trip to Plymouth is made in about nine days. On her arrival at Plymouth, she will telegraph to Stephen at Brede-Hill, Station Rye. He can then meet her in London at the Paddington station. If Stephen is not at the station to meet her, she will, after a short wait, go to Haxell's Hotel on the Strand. She will be with A. H. Peck, wife and daughter, and will stay at Haxell's until Stephen comes for her. 1 Stephen's letter, which hasn't come yet, may (or may not) contain a different program. B u t , in order that there will be no misunderstanding, let it be understood that the program in this letter will be adhered to. If his letter suggests a different plan, we may not have time to write to him consenting to it or proposing amendments; so it will be safer to make a definite plan now. If his letter has a plan, we shall ignore it, unless there is ample time to send him a letter. Mr. and Mrs. Peck accept your kind invitation to spend a Sunday with you. The daughter, of course, will be with them. Mr. Peck claims to be a distant relative. Helen was eighteen years of age on the 6th of last month. She is anticipating the utmost enjoyment from her trip. I feel as pleased over it, too, as if I were going myself. I am very grateful to you for your kind suggestions. Your affectionate brother, Wm. H. Crane. ' T w o days later W i l l i a m w r o t e C o r a that because this was Helen's and the Pecks' first trip to E u r o p e , C r a n e m i g h t want to m e e t them at Plymouth ( N N C ) .

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519. T O ELBERT H U B B A R D TLS on Brede Place stationery, Collection of Stanley and Mary W e r t h e i m , N e w York City.

England. May 24 th-'99 My dear Hubbard:— W e will be very glad to see you in July. I am delighted to learn that the Philistine has 2000001 subscribers—best people on earth. Please send me copies. Let me know the date of your arrival and I will meet you in London and bring you down. 2 Yours as always Stephen Crane 1

A mistyping for 20,000. The Philistine had approximately this n u m b e r of subscribers in 1899, before the publication of Hubbard's "A Message to G a r c i a " in March had its impact. By 1900 the print order was 52,000. See Freeman Champney, Art & Glory: The Story of Elbert Hubbard ( N e w York: C r o w n , 1968), p. 58. 2

H u b b a r d never visited C r a n e at Brede Place. He delayed his trip to England until 1915, and on 7 May he went down w i t h the Lusitania off the Irish coast.

520. FROM C O M M A N D E R J. C. COLWELL 1 Letterhead: "Naval A t t a c h e / Telegraphic Address/ 'Alusna, L o n d o n ' / United States Embassy,/ 123 Victoria S t r e e t , / London, S . W . " TLS, N N C .

27 May 1899 Dear Mr. Crane: I return the copy of the story of the "Adolphus" which I have read with much amusement and pleasure. 2 You have hit off the local color of that sort of thing admirably and the unconscious humour of the actors on the little stage is quite true to life.

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I have ventured to take a few liberties in pencil with your copy where technical or colloquial expressions were not precisely the language of the sea "as she is spoke", but they are all of very minor significance. I would suggest that ( p i ) the correspondents sit in the deck house or on a bench in the shade of the galley as the latter is a very crowded and uncomfortable place in small craft in hot weather and in 99 vessels out of 100 has no more room than is necessary for the cook and his pots. The "Chancellorville" answers to the DETROIT, M A R B L E H E A D , MONTGOMERY class, and they are Commanders' commands. "Flagship" is only used to describe a ship flying an Admiral's flag or a Commodore's broad-pennant. In all other cases when two or more vessels are in company it is "Senior Officer's ship", or " S . O . " , or " S . O . P " "Senior Officer's pennant." Chicken's captain (p. 9). Captain is a generic term afloat and means anything f r o m the person commanding a canal boat to one commanding a battleship. Commander means a specific rank to which certain duties appertain. P. 9. The boatswain would not remain in the cabin after the official business was finished, but after looking unhappy for a bit would slide out the door and hunt the more congenial company of his confreres, the warrant-officers mess. The executive officer would undoubtedly add himself to the gathering in the cabin and the four then there would probably be about the same age and with naval academy affinities. P. 10. The crew of the natty gig of the yacht would probably pull a "steady stroke", but the "three m e n " in the heavy life boat of the tug would only wobble along. P. 11. A cruiser of the "Chancellorville" class would have a couple of buglers on board and always go to "quarters" by bugle accompanied by the drum beat. The boatswain's whistle and call of the boatswain's mates is used in small craft with no bugles or drummers. I would suggest the opening of that chapter something like the following which is what would really happen: "Beat to quarters!" f r o m Surrey. The quick notes of a bugle and the sharp roll-rat-tat-tat-roll of a drum stirred the decks of the Chancellorville. A quick patter of feet, a clanging of scuttle plates, rattle of ammunition hoists, and the energetic chug of breech-plugs followed as the guns were loaded and swung into extreme train ahead. Then everybody looked a little bored. Scarcely a word was spoken after the 484

first order beyond the sharp repetition " s h e l l - c o m m o n " at each ammunition scuttle by the impatient carriers and the quiet "4000 yards" of the gun-division officers. The ship and her crew were ready &c See. I will be very glad if these hasty notes will be of any service to you. If you have any more stories of the same ilk I would be glad to read them and give a professional judgment—though literary criticism is not exactly in my line. The "Adolphus" is a good story and will " g o . " Let me know when and where it is to appear. 3 Very truly yours, J C Colwell •Naval Attache of the United States Embassy in London. Colwell and his wife had been weekend guests at Brede Place shortly before he wrote this letter. 2 C r a n e had lent Colwell a manuscript copy of " T h e Revenge of the Adolphus" and asked him to comment on naval terminology in the story. 3 It was published in the Strand Magazine, 18 (September 1899), 724-33, and in Collier's Weekly, 24 (28 October 1899), 13-14, 19, 24-25.

521. JOSEPH C O N R A D T O C O R A C R A N E ALS, N N C .

Monday. [29 May 1899] Dear Mrs. Crane. Just a word. Your expected letter did not come this morning Ever so many thanks for allowing Dolly 1 to come. I think if you dont mind we shall come on Saty as we made arrangements with whitewashers and such like ruffians to come into the house on Monday. I shall bring my dress clothes along and we shall both try to be a credit to you and Stephen.

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Please say if w e may come early on Sat? About noon. Unless w e hear f r o m you we shall do so.—and write on Thursday the e x a c t time. In awful haste Your most obedt and faithful servant Jph Conrad. Jessie's love. 'A younger sister of Jessie Conrad who sometimes acted as a baby sitter for Borys.

522. JOSEPH C O N R A D TO C O R A C R A N E ALS on Conrad's stationery, NNC.

30 May. 99 M y dear Mrs Crane. I am afraid w e are giving you a certain amount of trouble but as the milk is—in a w a y — a l r e a d y spilt—I trust you w i l l not c r y — o r at any rate not much. Seriously—if I had the cheek to ask about Dolly it was w i t h the idea of saving you the bother about the little girl and under the impression you would have a clear house. Now Dolly knows, it would simply break her heart if she w e r e stopped; moreover this excitable B o r y s is more likely to be good w i t h her than w i t h a stranger. W o u l d you believe that since you left he has been quite sleepless getting up in the middle of the night to talk about the 'nice m a n ' and the 'Annann' (which means aunties) and generally behaving like a man in the first stages of lunacy. M y letter of yesterday has no doubt reached you by this. If w e may we shall come by the train arriving at Rye 11.14.am. W o u l d Stephen w r i t e to some livery stable at Rye for a landau to meet us at that time? and then w e can manage. W e invade you so early of course on account of the boy the only practicable train in the afternoon arriving only about six.

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Jess is sorry your sponge bag has been detained. Mrs Nash put it away carefully so that we did not even know it was here. It goes by this post. Unless we hear from you we shall carry out our dreadful purposes as set forth in my two letters. Jess sends her love. She's too busy to write herself—or says so. In haste to catch post I am dear Mrs Crane your affectionate and obedient servant Conrad.

523. FROM H E N R Y J A M E S A C S with James's name imprinted on it, N N C .

Lamb House Rye [spring-summer 1899] Mr. & Mrs. Crane Very sorry to miss you—had a dark foreboding it was you I passed V4 an hour ago in a populous wagonette. Will try you soon again H.J.

524. TO CAMILLA INGALLS Inscribed in a copy o f Pictures of War, N S y U .

To Camilla With affectionate, always affectionate, remembrances of the author. Stephen Crane Brede Place June 8, 1899. 487

525. FROM WILLIAM H O W E C R A N E Letterhead: " S t . Elmo Hotel . . . Goshen, N . Y . " ALS, N N C .

June 12th 1899 My dear Stephen:— Helen sailed Saturday morning and will, of course, reach you before this letter does. I would like to have her make you a good long visit and, if everything goes right, to stay long enough with you and in England for something like educational effect. I am willing to pay board if it is thought advisable by you and Cora and her, that she should make a long stay— say six months or a year. O f course, that can't be decided for several weeks yet. W e will have to see how things turn out. I want you and Cora to exercise oversight in respect to her choice of associates. She has never associated with undesirable people here, except f r o m a social standpoint; and she is at an age now where she cannot afford to be too democratic. Helen is like her mother in some ways—she does not take much to books, but has a real talent for things concrete. She is about the best amateur photographer in Port Jervis and has surprised us all by her drawing. I trust she and Cora will be companions to each other and that Helen's stay will do her good, as well as being enjoyed by her and you and your wife. Hastily, Will.

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526. JAMES B. PINKER TO CORA CRANE ALS on Pinker's stationery, NNC.

June 27th 1899 Mrs Stephen Crane Dear Mrs. Crane, I have pleasure in sending you, herewith, a statement of the amounts which I have paid Messrs. Morrisons and Nightingale on Mr. Crane's account. I find that, through a clerical oversight, the amount received from Mr. Reynolds was not forwarded to them. I have, however, dispatched a cheque to-night for £37.2.0., (the amount received from Mr Reynolds) to cover the ommission. Sincerely yours, James B. Pinker

527. WILLIAM HOWE CRANE TO CORA CRANE ALS, NNC.

July 12/99. My dear Cora:— We are greatly pleased with your plans and suggestions about Helen. We want her to have a good time and to see and learn as much as possible. We are also more than willing to pay her traveling expenses. I trust you will be able to take her around a little. You can rest assured that we will stand anything in that line that is, of course, within reason and according to our means. Helen may never have another chance to see something of the continent and we shall be glad to do our part. If she needs anything in the way of clothes, I wish you would get her what is necessary; and then send me statements from time to time of moneys expended for traveling, clothing or anything else and I shall promptly remit. If the proposed expenditure should, at any time, be of 489

some considerable amount, send on for advance payments; and we will try to send it to you by return of mail. Helen's trip will, or ought to be, educational in its effects and we expect it to cost us something. On the other hand, we are not rich and we shall feel at liberty to make suggestions, in case we should feel that the educational process was coming too high. So you can go ahead with the assurance that we will let you know if we think Helen's expenses are too great. If, at any time, it should be necessary to decide quickly whether you will take a certain trip and the only doubt is about Helen's expense, go ahead and take it and let us know about it afterwards. I am more than pleased that Helen had such a pleasant trip and is so delighted with her surroundings. Her friends in Port Jervis think she is a very lucky girl, to have an uncle and aunt in England to visit. Give our love to Stephen and Helen. Affectionately William

528. TO JAMES B. PINKER A L S on Brede Place stationery, N S y U .

July 21 [1899] Dear Pinker: I send you a rattling good war story—I think 5330 words. 1 Please send me a checque for £40 so that I will get it on Sunday morning. If you have to dispose of the U.S. rights of any of the stories you had better consult me. I know my U.S. market. 2 Yours faithfully S. C. PS I should think this would go to the Strand. How am I going? Strong?

'"The Making of the 307th," w h i c h underwent revision and appeared as " W e s t Pointer and Volunteer; or, V i r t u e in W a r " in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, 49 (November 1899), 88-101, and later as " V i r t u e in W a r " in Wounds in the Rain.

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529. FROM LADY R A N D O L P H C H U R C H I L L Letterhead: " T h e Anglo-Saxon [Review],/ 35th Great Cumberland Place./ W . " ALS, NNC.

London July 24th 1899 D e a r Sir May I ask you to b e c o m e one of the contributors to the 2d no: of my review, w h i c h comes out in Sept: 1 I am emboldened to ask this, by the great success the first no: has m e t w i t h — b o t h in England & A m e r i c a If you would give me an article on perhaps your experiences in C r e t e or C u b a — o f 6000 to 10000 words I should be very grateful to y o u — t h e r e v i e w beings as small if not better than other periodicals. Hoping that you will see your way to meeting me in this matter—Believe me Yours v. truly Jennie Randolph Churchill Editor Stephen C r a n e Esqr

'Lady Randolph initiated her elaborate miscellany, the Anglo-Saxon Review, in 1899. Crane's " W a r M e m o r i e s " appeared in the third volume (December 1899). H e n r y James, Max Beerbohm, and George Gissing were among the contributors to the Review, which ceased publication with its tenth volume in September 1901.

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530. TO JAMES B. PINKER ALS, NSyU.

Brede Place Tuesday [1? August 1899] My dear Pinker: I am sending you 2 copies of a short story of a little over 4500 words. I hope you sent the £10 to Plant and hope you will send me a further checque of £25 by next post. My short stories are developing in three series. I. The Whilomville stories, (always to Harpers.) II. The war tales. III. Tales of western American life similar to "Twelve O ' c l o c k . " It might be well to remember this. For instance if you could provisionally establish the war tales with one magazine and the western tales with another as the Whilomville yarns are fixed with Harper's, it would be very nice.1 Today I will dictate for you some information as to my U.S. market. Faithfully yours C 'As Fredson Bowers has speculated, " C r a n e is here reviving what had been the original plan for his war stories. Probably as a consequence of a loan pledged against his work that had got him f r o m England to Cuba, Blackwood's earlier had had the English rights and had published 'The Price of the Harness.' But after the magazine had rejected 'The Lone Charge,' 'The Clan of N o - N a m e , ' and 'Marines Signaling,' the agreement seemingly lapsed, at least f r o m Crane's point of view, and thus he began to urge Pinker to find a Blackwood's kind of publisher for his series" (Works, VI, p. lxxxix).

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531. TO JAMES B. PINKER ALS, NSyU.

Brede August 4 [1899] Dear Pinker I enclose a statement concerning the best American buyers. I shall write to some of the editors who lately been asking me for stories. I shall develope Lippincott's plan 1 as soon as I finish the war-stories. The U.S. book-r'ts of the war-stories were promised to Stokes last year when I was in America. 2 He is to advance $1000. Lady Churchill has asked me to write for her Review. I have consented of course. It is not a commercial transaction. 3 Thanks for the book and the cheque for £25. Have you yet sold any of the stories? Yours etc S Crane 'For Great Battles of the World. 2Between

13 July 1898, w h e n C r a n e arrived f r o m Cuba at Hampton Roads, Virginia, and the end of the month, w h e n he w e n t to Pensacola to take part in the Puerto Rican campaign, he visited N e w Y o r k and negotiated w i t h Frederick A . Stokes for publication of Wounds in the Rain (New York: Stokes; London: Methuen, 1900). 3 C r a n e offered to contribute " W a r Memories" to the Anglo-Saxon Review without compensation, but realizing his financial exigencies, Lady Randolph paid him for the story. See No. 580.

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532. FROM LADY R A N D O L P H C H U R C H I L L ALS on stationery of The Anglo-Saxon [Review], N N C .

London

Aug 4th [1899] Dear Mr Crane I have just received your letter & am very glad to think you will write for me. As regards the subject I think I would leave it to you. Would you like to give me a military story of say f r o m 7000 to 10000 words, or if you do not care for fiction some reminiscence war, or a short essay—on a congenial subject—Perhaps you have something by you? I could give you until nearly the end of the month—I am leaving for Aix au Bains the 8th but a wire or letter would find me at the address above— hoping very much that I shall hear f r o m you I am—Believe me Yours v. truly Jennie Randolph Churchill

533. TO JAMES B. PINKER ACS on Brede Place stationery, N S y U .

Sunday [6? August 1899] Dear Pinker: I am mailing you at this time a whacking good Whilomville Story—4000 words—and I am agitatedly wiring you at the same time. You are possibly able to forgive me by this time for the way I put upon you. I must have altogether within the next ten days £150— no less, as the Irish say. But, by the same token, I am going to earn it— mainly, in Whilomville Stories for they are sure and quick money. £40 of my £150 have I done yesterday and today but for all your gods, help me or I perish. Yours faithfully C.

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534. FROM LADY R A N D O L P H C H U R C H I L L Telegram, NNC.

[Dover Pier to Brede Place] August 8 [1899] Hope you w i l l begin article at once would suggest w a r reminiscences Crete or Cuba six to ten thousand words am telegraphing to save time J Churchill

535. FROM LADY R A N D O L P H C H U R C H I L L ALS, NNC.

Paris August 9th 99 Dear M r Stephen Crane I wrote you a long letter from Paris but by mistake it was posted without a proper address & since then I have not had a moment to write. I do hope that you w i l l find it possible to giving me the article I want for m y Sept No: I can give you a little e x t r a time if you want it—another the no: is not due to appear until the 15i/i of Sept. I am going to grand hotel a i x au Bains tomorrow for {page cut away} all letters however w i l l find me 35th Great Cumberland Place & Ms's are to be sent to Miss Marshall m y sec: at the same address. Believe me Yours Sincerely Jennie R. Churchill

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536. TO WILLIAM HOWE CRANE TT, NSyU.

Brede Place, Brede, Northian, Sussex. August 10 [1899] Dear Will: As to leaving here before the beginning of March I can't say that we look at it any too cordially. The rumpus about H. 1 continues. As I have told you he had enemies. He did not kill himself and if his ladylove killed him she picked out one of those roundabout Sherlock Doyle ways of doing it. It is simply too easy to call a man you don't like a suicide. Mrs. Frederic 2 loved H. maybe. She has taken precious little trouble to put him right with people since May. Neither do I much like Mr. James' manner. 3 He professed to be er, er, er much attached to H. and now he has shut up like a clam. Do you not think that men like Robert 4 and me who were close to H and knew how sane he was should take some trouble to shut this thing up and off? I shall certainly not come until I have done what I can. Yours, S. C. Thanks for check. 'Harold Frederic died on 19 October 1898, having suffered a stroke the previous August. Following his death, Kate Lyon and the Christian Science practitioner she had called in to treat him were arrested for manslaughter. 2 Frederic's wife, Grace. 3 Henry James. ••Robert Barr.

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537. TO (ARNOLD) HENRY SANFORD BENNETT 1 TT, N S y U .

Brede Place, Brede, Northian, Sussex. [about 13 August 1899] Dear Bennett: Am sending this up by Karl [Harriman] 2 who has to see a dentist or a barkeep or a doctor. Get me the other Wells book. Wells is coming down and will want to know if I read it. Wheels of Chance 3 or some such name. Gave me a copy and I lost it. You might bring your sister next Thursday if she could stand it. Some pretty wild Indians coming. Might not like them. Mrs. Crane and I would like to have both of you of course. You are wrong about Hueffer. 4 I admit he is patronizing. He patronized his family. He patronizes Conrad. He will end up by patronizing God who will have to get used to it and they will be friends. Enclosed is some of that fifty. Are you people related to E. Arnold Bennett? Give Karl a drink. S. Crane ' C r a n e ' s Canadian friend, w h o had given him a guided tour of Paris in April 1899. Karl Edwin Harriman (1875-1935), a young American journalist w h o visited the Cranes and later wrote sentimental, idealized accounts of their life at Brede Place. i The Wheels of Chance: A Holiday Adventure (1896). 2

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Ford Madox Hueffer (1873-1939), English critic and novelist w h o changed his Teutonic surname to Ford after W o r l d W a r I, was a neighbor of C r a n e at nearby Limpsfield.

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538. TO J A M E S B. PINKER ALS, NSyU.

Brede Place Sunday [13? August 1899] My dear Pinker: I am sending you another of the Whilomville stories for Harper and Bros. It is 4095 words and for it they will pay you (at $50 per thousand) something over forty pounds. Please send me £30 by next post. I need it badly. If you can stick to your end, all will go finely and I will bombard you so hard with ms that you will think you are living in Paris during the siege. Yours faithfully S Crane.

539. WILLIAM HOWE C R A N E TO C O R A C R A N E TLS on W. H. Crane's stationery, NNC.

August 14th, 1899. My Dear Cora: Your letter and Helen's arrived yesterday, by the same mail. It is needless for me to say that I was shocked and grieved at the story of Helen's folly. It has since weighed very heavily upon my thoughts. I am glad to know the whole painful story and I assure you that I shall never mention it to anybody. It relieved me very much to find that Helen had made a clean breast of the affair which was as much (and as little) as she could then do. I hope with all my heart that it will be a lasting and a beneficial lesson to her. I think now I'd better tell you a secret that I have never yet hinted to anybody. I sent Helen away to get her free from her mother's influence. Her mother is a good woman and is faithful to her husband and children. But she is one of the impulsive, unreflecting creatures that, to a nature like Helen's, will frequently do more harm than good. She talks first and thinks afterwards. For a year or two, I have noted with deep anxiety that her mother was unwittingly, of course, cultivating in Helen a sullen and 498

revengeful disposition. W h e n Helen did wrong, her mother usually made the first contribution to the situation and the effect would be such that what little I might say or do would do very little good. It was because that she might easily become reckless, that I sent her away,— at a venture. Please allow me to say that I am sure you are a good and a wise woman, and to say parenthetically that my wife is also a good woman. For I don't want you to get a wrong impression about her. She will probably get along better with the other children, whose natures are not so strong as Helen's. I shall be grateful to you as long as I live for the loving interest you take in her welfare. Your handling of the late episode, which must have been mortifying as well as painful to you, left nothing undone. The matter must now be well along in the second stage and I have only one suggestion to make. It would not be logical and, therefore would not be wise, to give Helen to understand that she had squared the whole thing by a confession and an apology. She is now on probation and the most she could ask f r o m the most generous and forgiving nature is that confidence shall be freely and generously given to her as fast as she earns it. I leave it entirely with you how the lessons are to be brought home to her,—whether you shall tell her in so many words what she should naturally expect or whether you shall merely maintain that attitude towards her. I know that the subject would be naturally avoided by you all. As to your suggestion that Helen have a regular allowance, I leave the amount entirely to your judgment, as you know her surroundings better than I do, merely saying that I think it a good plan to give her one. Would you prefer that I send certain stated sums or that you send me, at your convenience, statements of amounts expended by you for allowances, clothing, traveling expenses and &c? If it was entirely convenient for you, the latter way might be preferable, as I could then be sure that I was sending enough. I destroyed your letters yesterday and, in my zeal, destroyed the letter that gave the data about your uncle. I shall be very glad to undertake the collection of this claim for you. Please send me again your uncle's name, your father's name, your name before your marriage, the date and manner of your uncle's death and any particulars, that you can, about the claim. If it is necessary for you to come over, I will notify you. There is no need of it now, at any rate.

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I am writing this letter in business hours and have been interrupted many times and hardly know whether I have picked up the threads each time where I dropped them. But I trust you will understand that I am very grateful to you and that I entirely approve of the way you met the late trouble. Your friend, Mr. DeFriese, 1 is a gentleman. I should be very glad to meet him and his wife. I write also to Stephen today, so that, if Helen knows a letter has come f r o m me, you will have something to show her. I wrote Helen a long letter yesterday and, although I added a little advice at the end, she will have no reason to think that you had told me of her wrongful conduct. W i t h my best love to yourself and Stephen, I am Your affectionate brother, W m H Crane I nearly forgot one of the most important parts of your letter and I shall finish on my new type-writer, which I have just set up. I have no objection to your bringing influence to bear upon Helen to make her a Catholic. Of course, it would be unfortunate to make a bigot of her. But I do not think there is any danger of that because, for one reason, if you had been a bigot, you would not have married my brother Stephen. My own notion is that true religion is the essential and that the form, under which one worships, is largely a matter of circumstance and is unimportant. I do not ask you to agree with this proposition. I am merely showing my position. William. 'Lafayette Hoyt DeFriese, an American lawyer living in London who greatly admired Crane's work and had been introduced to him by Harold Frederic.

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540. FROM WILLIAM HOWE C R A N E ALS on W. H. Crane's stationery, NNC.

Aug. 14/99. My dear Stephen:— I have secured a can of pure maple syrup for you and shall probably start it off by freight for Rye tomorrow. If I can find the brand of canned corn that I have in mind, I shall probably start that off also tomorrow. You'd better arrange, as soon as you receive this, to be notified when your freight arrives at Rye. I shall try a can of corn for my dinner today and, if it is all right, I shall send you a box. If it isn't, I'll wait for this fall's "packing." I am delighted with Helen's surroundings and I'm in hopes she will be greatly improved by her trip. If a visit to you by me is possible within the next year, I think I'd better wait until the Paris Exposition is held, so that I can take in as much as possible. When I come over, I want you to take me off on your sail-boat just as far as you dare to go. Give my love to Cora. Your affectionate brother, Will.

541. FROM E D M U N D C L A R E N C E S T E D M A N 1 Letterhead: "Lawrence Park,/ Bronxville, N . Y . " Preprinted letter signed, NNC.

August 14th, 1899 Mr. Stephen Crane Dear Sir: "AN AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY" is to complete a series of volumes concerned with the modern poetry of our English tongue. The book will be a counterpart, in form and method, of " A Victorian Anthology," published in 1895. The two works are meant to give a select and typical illustration of the poetry of Great Britain and America throughout the 501

period reviewed in my critical volumes, "Poets of A m e r i c a " and "Victorian Poets." The right to represent our older poets, and many of our own time, is already obtained. I ask your permission to use, for the purposes of this Anthology, a selection, or selections, f r o m your own poetry, 2 such as my space limits will include. Due acknowledgment, of course, will be made in the volume to all publishers granting the requisite privileges. Application is made directly to the publishers, for their permission. This will be my one collection of American poetry. An unavoidable portion of the detail involved is the subjection of writers to another request of the kind with which, it may be thought, we all have been sufficiently familiar. I am, with regard, (& kind remembrance) Very truly yours Edmund C. Stedman ' E d m u n d Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), poet, editor, and stockbroker was well known among the N e w York literati. He helped to found the Authors' Club. This preprinted form letter appeared as part of a broadside announcing the forthcoming publication of Stedman's American Anthology 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's Critical Review of American Poetry in the Nineteenth Century (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900). 2

Stedman reprinted, f r o m The Black Riders and Other Lines, " B l a c k riders came f r o m the s e a , " "Behold the grave of a wicked m a n , " " O n c e I saw mountains a n g r y , " "A youth in apparel that glittered," and " O n c e , I knew a fine s o n g . " From War Is Kind he reprinted " I n the n i g h t , " " I explain the silvered passing of a ship at n i g h t , " " T h e wayfarer," and " T h e r e was a land w h e r e lived no violets." See No. 542.

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542. FROM A R T H U R STEDMAN 1 ALS, NNC.

Bronxville, N.Y. August 14th, 1899 Mr. Stephen Crane c/o James B. Pinker London, England Dear Mr. Crane, My father is just recovering f r o m a long and serious illness, and is unable to write personally. He asks me to say, with his compliments, that he will be obliged for a line granting the requested assent, if agreeable, and that he knows your poetry by " T h e Black Riders" and " W a r Is K i n d " only, both of which volumes are on his shelves. Very sincerely yours, Arthur Stedman P.S. An early reply will be a great convenience. 'Arthur Stedman, Edmund's son, wrote this letter on the verso of No. 541.

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543. TO JOHN 1 TT, NSyU.

Brede Place, Brede, Northian, Sussex. August [c. 15, 1899] Dear John: Please have the kindness to keep your mouth shut about my health in front of Mrs. Crane hereafter. She can do nothing for me and I am too old to be nursed. It is all up with me but I will not have her scared. For some funny woman's reason, she likes me. Mind this. S. 1 Possibly

John Scott-Stokes.

544. FROM ROBERT BARR ACS, NNC.

Sunday. [20 August 1899] I have been tramping all along the Normandy coast & thats a reason for not being in Sussex. Besides we Normans conqured your Sussex people in 1066. Im off tomorrow to Paris & then into Switzerland, where I learn they have snow. This makes drinks and weather cool, which neither o f ' e m are along the sands of Normandy. I hope you are all well. Robert Barr

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Stephen (Barrett

Crane and Cora, probably Collection, University of

at Ravensbrook, Virginia)

1897.

RAVCMSB ROOK, OXTCD, SURREY.

CW\ C m a y D 406. Robert Barr to Cora Crane [September 1898] 378.5 < w a t > weather 410. to Paul Revere Reynolds, 21 October [1898] 381.4 < t h e J o u r n a l s Chamberlain 381.6 C t o costD 381.10 < m a k e > are Textual Apparatus: Textual Record

411. to Paul Revere Reynolds, 24 October [1898] 382.5 < A s partly formed k > If 412. to Paul Revere Reynolds [between 25-28 October 1898] 383.5 It's < y o > 413. Joseph Conrad to C o r a Crane, 28 October 1898 384.1 C t o England!) 384.3 Can he come 384.26 C l i f e O i n s u r a n c e 414. to Paul Revere Reynolds, 1 November [1898] 385.4 afraid ] first a w.o. r 385.10 my ] y w.o. c 415. Joseph Conrad to C o r a Crane, 1 November 1898 386.8 amount < e n c l o s > 386.13 C i t isD 417. Joseph Conrad to C o r a C r a n e [3 November 1898] 388.1 that < h a d > 388.6 he < a c c e p t > 388.12 C h i s D 422. John Scott-Stokes to C o r a Crane, 14 November [1898] 391.7 C t o 75 Aguacate, Havana.D 423. to J. G. W i d r i g , 24 November 1898 392.6 24 ] 4 w.o. 1 429. Joseph Conrad to C o r a Crane, 4 D e c e m b e r 1898 396.9 C a b o u t D 396.13 C 2 daysD 397.3 C m e D

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434. E d w a r d G a r n e t t to C o r a C r a n e , 20 D e c e m b e r 1898 400.19 C t h e D A m e r i c a n 401.6 < C r a n e > C a f o r t n i g h t back that Stephen!) 435. Joseph C o n r a d to C o r a C r a n e , 23 D e c e m b e r 1898 402.4 done C m e D 436. C o r a C r a n e to Alice C r e e l m a n , 30 D e c e m b e r 1898 402.14 knowledge < o f > 402.17 the < o n e s > 402.19 solely < f o r > 402.20 by < t h e d i s > 402.23 them. < H o w c > 402.27 s u < r > p r e m e egotism of < m a n o r > 402.27 w o m e n ] e w.o. a 403.1 pedestals ] 1 w.o. t 403.1 C c o n c i o u s virtueZ) 403.2 guilty ] g w.o. q 403.3-4 < o u r > C t h o s e less f o r t u n a t e ! ) 403.5 our-selves ] first e w.o. illegible letter 403.8 of < h u m a n > 403.11 w h o 403.12 man's ] m a n s ' 403.13 < o f > C a b o u O 403.13 < w h o rejoice i n > scandal 403.14 < d r i n > strong 403.20 < t r u e > self 403.22 C t h o s e D 403.23 b r e a d ] d w.o. t 403.25 < w o > one's 403.27 < p r o v e > line 403.28 them < w h i l e it be i n > 403.28 m e . < u n t i l such time as their m o t h e r can take t h e m h e r > [Cora converted the comma after ' m e ' into a period.] 437. R o b e r t B a r r to C o r a C r a n e , 30 D e c e m b e r 1898 404.8 < d r e > dare

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447. from Joseph Conrad, 13 January 1899 417.4-5 to-day ] t w.o. y 448. to Paul Revere Reynolds, 19 January 1899 [In Cora's handwriting but signed by Crane.] 454. to Paul Revere Reynolds, 31 January 1899 424.11 rights [Crane first typed 'rig-'/ 'hts', then cancelled 'hts' and converted the hyphen into 'hts'.] 424.11 CsureD 424.12 CtheD 455. to James B. Pinker, 1 February 1899 425.11 writing ] t w.o. r 425.12 < Y o u > CyeD 425.12 Gentlemen ] third e w.o. < a > 425.15 time ] i w.o. a 456. from George K. Shaw, 1 February 1899 426.10 coolness 426.12 Saturday ] Saturaday 426.17 < r e g i o n Z > region 427.2 properly posted [ A f t e r the word 'posted' Shaw typed on the next line '(Over'.] 457. to James B. Pinker, 4 February 1899 427.16 As < t h e > 428.4 C(poems)D 428.15 viz: 428.18-19 remain CinD 428.24 < i e . > 458. to William Howe Crane, 6 February [1899] 429.6 for ] fpr

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459. to the Reverend Charles J. Little, 6 February 1899 430.15 me. ] 461. C o r a C r a n e to M a r g e r y Pease [7 February 1899] 431.19 seeing < o n e > 462. f r o m Ford Madox Hueffer [early February-April? 1899] 432.8 < w o u l d > C w i l l D 432.11 < a d a y > C o n e D 463. to James B. Pinker, 9 February 1899 433.21 < W h e m l v e r y stroNg. olt Answee me, if you can, by the first p o s t . > them 465. to Elbert Hubbard, 11 February 1899 434.15 Guantanamo ] first a w.o. e and third a w.o. i 434.16 sweating ] a w.o. t 434.16 tonCgueD-lolling 434.16 c o p C i e D y s 469. f r o m Captain G. F. Elliott, 17 February 1899 438.25 < t r > rearing 472. to James B. Pinker, 21 February 1899 [In Cora's handwriting but signed by Crane.] 441.5 or ] r w.o. u 478. to William Morris Colles, 2 March 1899 445.15 day but ] daybut 479. to William Howe Crane, 2 March 1899 [In the letterhead Crane changed ' T e l e g r a m s — C r a n e , B r e d e Station—Rye.' to ' C a b l e s — C r a n e , Brede Hill, Sussex.'] 446.11 The ] T w.o. t 446.17 < t h e > " T h e 446.18 Tell-Tale"— ] Tell-Tale.-"

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481. f r o m E d m u n d B. C r a n e , 2 M a r c h 1899 450.1 < u s > C m e D 483. A l f r e d T. Plant to C o r a C r a n e , 6 M a r c h 1899 452.3 C y o u r D 485. to M o r e t o n Frewen, 12 M a r c h [1899] 453.27 m a n a g e the ] ~ th 488. to Paul Revere Reynolds, 16 M a r c h 1899 456.3 Herald ] Herals 489. to W i l l i a m Howe C r a n e [about 16 M a r c h 1899] [In Cora's handwriting but signed by Crane. ] 456.15 header ] r w.o. d 490. to James B. Pinker, 17 M a r c h 1899 [In Cora's handwriting but signed by Crane. ] 457.4 t a l < l > o n s 457.20 < 1 7 t h > 20th 457.17 published < I f > 493. to Paul Revere Reynolds, 25 M a r c h 1899 [In Cora's handwriting but complimentary close and signature written by Crane. ] 459.15 notably ] a w.o. i 496. James B. Pinker to C o r a C r a n e , 27 M a r c h 1899 462.3 ms. ] . 498. to Paul Revere Reynolds, 30 M a r c h 1899 463.3 X X I I . ] X X I I , . 499. to Paul Revere Reynolds, 31 M a r c h 1899 463.16-17 dramatizeation ] z w.o. s 463.17 possibility ] possibliblity 463.18 < I > it is 464.14 C e n e m y inD

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501. from Paul Revere Reynolds, 11 April 1899 465.20 c a l l C e c D 503. from Byron Leighton, 19 April [1899] 467.4 you < a n d > 506. from J. K. Peck, 21 April 1899 471.19 C815D 471.28 ChaveZ) 472.1 which < t h a t > 507. from Robert Barr, 25 April 1899 473.8 another ] anothe 508. Cora Crane to James B. Pinker, 25 April [1899] 474.4 give < p u b > 474.6 < f o r > your 510. to Paul Revere Reynolds [April-May 1899] [In Cora's handwriting but signed by Crane.] 474.19 Post. < A > 513. to James B. Pinker, 1 May [1899] 478.8 come < t o > 518. W i l l i a m Howe Crane to Cora Crane, 23 May 1899 482.17 C a m p l e D 520. from Commander J. C. Colwell, 27 May 1899 484.12-13 C ' S e n i o r . . . S . O . P ' D 484.14 g e n e r < a l > C i c D term 521. Joseph Conrad to Cora Crane [29 May 1899] 486.1 < W h e n > Unless 522. Joseph Conrad to Cora Crane, 30 May 1899 487.2 C d i d D Textual Apparatus:

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523. from Henry James [spring-summer 1899] ['Mr. Henry James.' is imprinted on the card.] 526. James B. Pinker to Cora Crane, 27 June 1899 489.8-9 C(the amount . . . Reynolds)!) 529. from Lady Randolph Churchill, 24 July 1899 491.6 both 530. to James B. Pinker [1? August 1899] 492.2 Tuesday ] Tues w.o. Mon 492.3 C2 copies o D 531. to James B. Pinker, 4 August [1899] 493.7 C U . S . D b o o k C O r ' t s 493.10 C l t . . . transaction.D 539. William Howe Crane to Cora Crane, 14 August 1899 498.26 For ] Fro 499.3 might say ] ~ . ~ 499.9 strong ] g t.o. n 499.13 logical ] 1 w.o. an o 499.18 with ] i t.o. o 499.23 allowance 499.26 < t h > that 499.30 C O 500.12 Stephen ] Stephn 500.16 < s h > shall 500.17 < m a > make 500.19 danger ] adnger 500.19 that because ] ~ / ~ 500.23 < e x p e c t > CaskD 540. from W i l l i a m Howe Crane, 14 August 1899 501.5 corn

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541. f r o m E d m u n d Clarence Stedman, 14 August 1899 [After 'will include' (502.6) Stedman deleted from the form letter the following sentence: 'It will facilitate m y labor if you will kindly inform me w h e t h e r y o u r o w n a s s e n t w i l l c o v e r y o u r p u b l i s h e r s a l s o . ' The sentence 'Application . . . permission' was written at the foot of the letter and keyed to the text with a cross hatch. Underneath the word 'permission' Stedman wrote '(over)'. Stedman wrote out '(& kind r e m e m b r a n c e ) ' . ] 550. W i l l i a m H o w e C r a n e to C o r a C r a n e , 3 September 1899 511.13 may ] mayy 511.16 b y ] bynn 512.17 w h e n ] w h e m 551. to E d m u n d C l a r e n c e Stedman, 4 September 1899 [In Cora's handwriting up to and including 'believe m e to b e ' but finished and signed by Crane.] 512.25 < A u g > Sep. 552. f r o m Frederick A. Stokes, 5 September 1899 514.18 < a s k i n g > C m a k i n g D . . . < a t t e m p t . > attempt. 514.28 should ] sh w.o. c 514.30 e x i s < i > t i n g 558. to James B. Pinker, 22 September 1899 518.3 e n c l o s e < e > 518.4 < p r o d > spear 518.7 Reluctant ] Reluctrant 518.10 C t h e H a r p e r s , D 518.11 " L a m p s " ] ~ 519.2 I < b > 560. to James B. Pinker, 23 September [1899] 520.18 C a n d w h e n D 561. f r o m Frederick A. Stokes, 23 September 1899 521.15 < o f > C f r o m M r . D 521.25 < b e > unquestionably C b e D

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521.31 been ] b w.o. v 521.31 words ] d t.o. s 521.31 harder ] h t.o. v 521.32 stories 522.1 did ] id w.o. od 522.6 sales 522.8 o f ] f w.o. n 522.8 Revolution< ; > 522.11 Revolutionary ] first o w.o. i 522.15 also 522.27 etc. ] t w.o. y 523.2 CstandingZ) 523.6 y o u < , > 523.11 Courage" 523.15 please and ] n t.o. d 523.17 latter 523.21 feel ] f w.o. g 562. to Moreton Frewen, 26 September 1899 524.21 I've ] Iv'e 563. to James B. Pinker [28 September? 1899] 525.7 New ] w w.o. partly formed C 564. to Mark Barr, 29 September [1899] 525.12 C m e D 568. to James B. Pinker, 31 September [for 1 October 1899] 528.16 Indians. < i n > 569. from Robert Barr, 2 October 1899 529.15 stories ] stroies 529.15 < h a r p e r > Harper's 529.19 C D having . . . < a > it 529.20 have < g o > . . . < s a b > Can 531.6 had < h a n d l e d > let

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570. to an unknown recipient, 6 October 1899 [In Cora's handwriting.] 532.16 stories ] ie w.o. y 571. C o r a C r a n e to James B. Pinker, 8 October 1899 533.10 manage < t h e > 574. Robert Barr to C o r a Crane, 14 October 1899 535.1 accurate ] accrurate 575. William Howe C r a n e to C o r a Crane, 15 October 1899 [Although the printed text in this edition suggests that William signed his name, he typed it, hence the designation TL.] 536.3 by ] byn 536.19 ] ti 536.26 less and less ] ~ ~ les ~ 536.36 beauties ] beayties 578. to James B. Pinker [23 October? 1899] 539.2 C t w o copies o D 539.8 printing ] second in w.o. ed [Following the complimentary close, Crane wrote ' O v e r ' . ] 583. to James B. Pinker, 4 November 1899 543.12 thirty ] thirtyb 544.16 requests ] reqiests 544.22 C b u t D 544.26 dramatic ] d ~ 586. William Howe Crane to C o r a Crane, 9 November 1899 547.8 < d i d > has 589. f r o m a Boer W a r Correspondent, 16 November [1899] 550.5 < f e > very 595. f r o m George Gissing, 20 November 1899 554.12 w i t h ^illegible cancellation>

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598. to W i l l i a m Morris Colles, 7 December 1899 [In Cora's handwriting.] 599. Cora Crane to James B. Pinker, 7 December 1899 557.13 aside 602. from Charles Woodruff Woolley, Sr., 19 December 1899 560.10 CkinD 603. William Howe Crane to Cora Crane, 22 December 1899 561.6 < c l > claims 561.16 it when ] 561.17 glad ] gald 561.17 had 561.25 allow < y o u > 561.26 < s e n > sent 561.27 Jervis could ] Jervi/vis ~ 562.23 your ] ypur 604. to Mr. and Mrs. Willis Brooks Hawkins, Christmas 1899 [Cora wrote 'England' on the Christmas card. The front leaf of the card, designed with ivy leaves, reads, 'Friendship, like . . . / . . . the Ivy clings/ To Olden Memories,/ . . Ways and Things.' The final ellipsis lacks a period.] 610. to Hugh Frewen, 1 January 1900 569.8 unkind 569.13 you ] y w.o. a 612. Cora Crane to James B. Pinker [2 January 1900] 572.7 < n > statement 572.19 < w i l l you also write a line to> Please 572.19 CsavedD 619. to Curtis Brown, 6 January 1900 576.18 1900 ] 9 w.o. 8

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623. James B. Pinker to C o r a C r a n e , 9 January [for 8 January] 1900 [In the paragraph beginning 'I must have', Pinker started each line with an open quotation mark.] 580.8 h a < v e > C s D 580.8 " M a n a c l e d , " ] 624. to James B. Pinker, 9 January [1900] 581.8 letter ] 1 w.o. n 626. C o r a C r a n e to James B. Pinker [9 January 1900] 582.11 < M o n d a y > Tuesday 583.3 < S a t u r d a y > C F r i d a y D 583.4 < S a t u r d a y > CFridayD 583.10 C f o r D 630. f r o m J. E. Chamberlin, 21 January 1900 585.16 C h a s D 586.3 Cuban ^illegible cancellation> 586.8 Club; < a n y w a y > 632. f r o m Edwin Pugh, 23 January 1900 587.15 three pence ] threepence 587.15 knows ] —, 634. C o r a C r a n e to Thomas Parkin [28 January 1900] 589.5 It's ] Its' 636. to Stephen Crane's Namesake, 31 January [1900] [Both TTs stem from the same holograph once owned by Crane's niece Edith F. Crane. The transcription at MnU is used as copy-text because it more closely resembles the stationery used by the Cranes at Brede Place. The copy-text is emended in one place, which is signaled by an asterisk. The typist of the NSyU version noted that the letter was "written on a correspondence card of Brede, " and the typist of the MnU version stated that Crane had signed the card.]

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731

M n U (copy-text) 590.5-7 T e l e g r a m — C r a n e , / Brede Hill,/ Station—Rye. 590.5 Brede Place, 590.7 Northiam, *590.15 uncle

NSyU

Northian,

638. f r o m Robert B a r r [January 1900?] 591.6 j u s t

591.6 C a f t e r ! ) I left 642. to Elizabeth Jordan, 5 February [1900] 593.13 Feb ] Feb w.o. Jan 644. to James B. Pinker, 5 February [1900] [In Cora's handwriting but complimentary close and signature written by Crane. Crane underscored ' c o m p e l l e d ' (595.15), then cancelled the underlining.]

646. f r o m James B. Pinker, 6 February 1900 597.3 her < n o t e to y o u > < E n c . > [at end of letter] 649. f r o m James B. Pinker, 13 February 1900 598.17 Mr. ] 653. William Howe C r a n e to C o r a Crane, 17 February 1900 601.4 said ] saidt 601.5 w h e t h e r ] w h t h e r 601.7 afraid ] afaird 601.11 does ] Does 601.11 < h e r > hear 601.11 anything ] anuthing. 601.21 C p a y D 601.25 If ] Lf 601.26 of ] og 601.26 greatly ] greatlt 601.29 If ] (f

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602.6 Stephen ] Stephan 602.10 on ] onn 654. Cora Crane to James B. Pinker [20 February 1900] 603.1 < " I f > "And 656. James B. Pinker to Cora Crane, 27 February 1900 604.10 specified ] apecifìed 604.11 < y o u r > book 657. to James B. Pinker [8 March 1900] 605.4 Cor more.D 605.6 CquickD 605.7 < r e s t > CremainderD 658. to James B. Pinker [10 March 1900] 605.22 CdoneD 605.23 CyouD 605.24 £50 ] £ w.o partly formed 5 661. to James B. Pinker, 24 March [1900] 607.12 Grey ] re w.o. er 607.20 But ] B w.o W 608.1 Cheques 662. from James B. Pinker, 27 March 1900 608.7 CyesterDday 608.10-11 Cand . . . Friday D 665. from Kate Lyon, 30-31 March [1900] 610.15 I'll ] 111 610.17 ConeD 610.22 CtheD statement 610.23 CI . . . proofs.D 610.27 CI Ve foundD 611.10 added 611.18 CrepeatedlyD Textual Apparatus: Textual Record

611.25 made ^illegible cancellation> C t h e battleD 611.30 < i n a sense> the 611.33-34 C ( I . . . < F r e n c > Creole . . . believe.)D < a m o n g > 612.13 A u s t r i a < n > 612.16 Kate/ < m y notes on N. 0 . > 666. to James B. Pinker [31 March 1900] 613.6 < o t h e r > cheque 613.7 C t o D Paris 669. f r o m S. M. Williams [5 or 12 April 1900] 615.1 Thursday ] Thurday 670. C o r a C r a n e to James B. Pinker [6 April 1900] 615.13 < T h e . . . > He 672. Kate Lyon to C o r a C r a n e [7-8 April 1900] 617.6-7 C — S o l f e r i n o — D 617.8 C a n d . . . p l a n t . D 617.18 C m e D 673. C o r a C r a n e to James B. Pinker [8 April 1900] 618.10 C t h o u g h t ! ) 674. f r o m John Bass, 10 April 1900 619.8 < t h e > touch 675. C o r a C r a n e to Clara Frewen [11 April 1900] 620.8 ^partly formed o u t > outside 620.25 save ] v w.o. f 620.29 treating ] second t w.o. possible d 621.1 by ] b w.o. possible o 676. C o r a C r a n e to James B. Pinker [11 April 1900] 621.21 C r e m a i n d e r o f t h e D

734

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681. C o r a Crane to James B. Pinker [16 April 1900] [The word 'romance' is written in the margin next to the sentence 'Have . . . yet?'] 682. C o r a C r a n e to James B. Pinker [17 April 1900] 626.2 this < i n > on 686. William Howe C r a n e to C o r a Crane, 21 April 1900 629.1 C t o D 687. f r o m H. G. Wells, 22 April 1900 629.19 CI'11 . . . h a l o D 689. C o r a Crane to James B. Pinker [24 April 1900] 631.10 < o f > over [Cora wrote the words '& a month there?' (631.12) in the margin.] 702. James B. Pinker to C o r a Crane, 7 May 1900 [Pinker wrote a draft of this letter at the end of Cora's 5 May 1900 letter to him.] 703. A l f r e d T. Plant to C o r a C r a n e , 7 May 1900 640.4 < s h o u l d > asked 704. f r o m Mr. and Mrs. Walter C r a n e [8 May 1900] [The names 'Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C r a n e ' and 'Miss R i c h i e ' are handwritten on this preprinted invitation. ] 706. C o r a C r a n e to James B. Pinker [8? May 1900] 641.10 G O I O . 641.20 say, is ] ~ ~ 642.6 < l i f > live 713. Robert Barr to C o r a Crane, 17 May 1900 [Ban wrote the postscript in longhand.] 647.11 < W h > W h i t e 647.13 < s y > style

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735

647.15 hopelessly ] first e t.o. 1 647.25 < d a r n > d a r e n ' t 714. C o r a C r a n e to James B. Pinker [20 May 1900] 648.3 < T h e > " T h e 724. C o r a C r a n e to M o r e t o n Frewen, 3 June 1900 656.18 < h i s > the 656.24 be 725. C o r a C r a n e to M o r e t o n Frewen, 3 June 1900 657.11 not ] t w.o. w 726. H e n r y James to C o r a C r a n e , 5 June 1900 658.6 C ( W h i t m o n d a y ) Z ) 658.17 < t h e > C a n D 658.20 C & leaving . . . o m e n s — D 658.22 < y o u r b e i n g > Crane's 658.33-659.1 C l t m e a g r e l y . . . h i m . D 659.7 C c h e q u e D

736

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Textual Apparatus: Word-Division

Part A records compounds, or possible compounds, hyphenated at the end o f a line in the c o p y - t e x t . T h e form in which they have been transcribed reflects the practice o f the writer in other letters. Part B lists compounds at the end o f a line in the Columbia edition that are hyphenated within a line o f the c o p y - t e x t . E x c e p t for these readings, all end-line hyphenation in this edition may be transcribed as one word e x c e p t for hyphenated compounds in w h i c h both e l e m e n t s are capitalized. As in the Textual Record, each entry begins with a page and line number in the edition. A. End-of-the-Line Hyphenation in the C o p y - T e x t 31. to Lily Brandon Munroe [March-April 1894] 64.22 ever-loyal 119. to Willis Brooks Hawkins, 1 November [1895] 130.17 post-master 152. to Willis Brooks Hawkins [before 15 D e c e m b e r 1895] 154.14 dress-suit

737

170. to Elbert Hubbard [2 J a n u a r y 1896] 168.8 c l e r g y m a n 192. to S. S. M c C l u r e , 27 J a n u a r y [1896] 193.1 Englishmen 206. to the editor of The Critic, 15 February 1896 205.14 saddle-horse 210. to Daisy D. Hill [2 March 1896] 209.23 good-natured 334a. to John Phillips [October 1897] 307.12 mandrake 346. to Paul Revere Reynolds, 20 December [1897] 317.20 book-rights 360. to Paul Revere Reynolds, 31 J a n u a r y [1898] 332.15 meantime 403. Robert B a r r to Cora Crane [27 September 1898] 374.6 put-up 527. W i l l i a m Howe Crane to Cora Crane, 12 J u l y 1899 489.20 something 490.4 something 554. to George W y n d h a m [about 10 September 1899] 515.17 flower-showing 791. to an unknown recipient [?] 692.6 baseball

738

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Word-Division

B. End-of-the-Line Hyphenation in the Columbia Edition 31. to Lily Brandon Munroe [March-April 1894] 63.29-30 grey-headed 57. to Post Wheeler, 22 December 1894 82.17-18 fellow-members 119. to W i l l i s Brooks Hawkins, 1 November [1895] 130.18-19 mill-wright 128. to W i l l i s Brooks Hawkins [8 November 1895] 136.11-12 often-braggart 132. to W i l l i s Brooks Hawkins [11 or 12 November 1895] 140.18-19 " w i t h i n - s i d e " 173. to Nellie Crouse, 6 January [1896] 172.22-23 briar-wood-/{smoking} 177. from Elbert Hubbard, 7 January 1896 176.13-14 school-girl 178. to John Phillips, 9 January [1896] 177.11-12 sit—stills 200. to Nellie Crouse, 5 February [1896] 198.8-9 war-stories 204. to Nellie Crouse, 11 February [1896] 201.10-11 correctly-speeched 201.18-19 poker-playing 202.7-8 properly-born 202.15-16 thick-headedness 331. Cora Crane to Sylvester Scovel, 17 October [1897] 300.3-4 chef-housemaid-/housekeeper-etc. Textual Apparatus:

Word-Division

334. to Paul Revere Reynolds [October 1897] 306.2-3 over-drawn 306.8-9 Twenty-five 366. Harold Frederic to Cora Crane, 8 February 1898 339.24-25 heart-breaking 393. Joseph Conrad to Cora Crane, 27 June 1898 365.26-27 shut-up 447. f r o m Joseph Conrad, 13 January 1899 417.4-5 to-day 454. to Paul Revere Reynolds, 31 January 1899 424.12-13 all-over-/the 455.to James B. Pinker, 1 February 1899 425.7-8 book-rights 522. Joseph Conrad to Cora Crane, 30 May 1899 486.17-18 'Ann-ann' 564. to Mark Barr, 29 September [1899] 526.5-6 well-combined 624. to James B. Pinker, 9 January [1900] 581.3-4 over-drawn 632. f r o m Edwin Pugh, 23 January 1900 587.14-15 type-writing

740

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Word-Division

Index of Correspondents of Stephen and Cora Crane

Asterisk (*) following

number indicates letter in Appendix

Alexander, Eban, FROM, 287-88, 29394 Alfred, TO, 229 Alger, Russell A . , TO, from Cora Crane, 372-73 Allen, Viola, TO, 212, 228 American Press Association, editor (manager), TO, 45-46, 147-48 Appleton, Daniel, TO, 240 Armstrong, Olive (Brett), TO, 6 6 6 * Atlanta Journal, TO, 277-78

Bacheller, Irving, TO, 125, 215 Bacheller & Johnson Syndicate, FROM, 102 Barr, Mark: FROM, 635, TO, 525-26 Barr, Robert: FROM, 340-41, 342-43, 467-68, 473, 504, 529-32, 550, 553, 591; FROM, to Cora Crane, 374-75, 377, 378, 404, 534-35, 646-47; TO, 333-34, 6 8 0 * Barrett, Lillian, TO, 276 Barry, John D . , FROM, 49-51 Bass, J o h n , FROM, 618-19 Bassett, Holmes, TO, 6 6 4 * , 6 6 6 * Bennett, (Arnold) Henry Sanford: TO, 497, 507-8, 651, 6 7 4 * , 679-

A

8 0 * ; TO, from Cora Crane, 6 7 5 * , 682* Boer War correspondent (George Lynch?), FROM, 549-50 Book Buyer, TO, 228 Borland, Armistead " T o m m i e , " TO, 32-33, 33-34, 44-45 B o w e n , F r e d e r i c k L . , FROM, 6 1 4

Brandon, Dorothy, TO, 360 B r i g h t , L . M . , FROM, 5 8 4 B r o s s , E . C . , FROM, 7 0 - 7 1

B r o w n , Curtis, TO, 103, 161, 576-77 Browne, Samuel, FROM, 564 Button, Lucius L., TO, 46-47, 52-53, 61, 66, 78, 96, 100-1, 132, 233, 258

Carter, Imogene (Cora Crane), FROM, 288-89 Chaffee, Mrs. Bolton, TO, 6 8 2 * Chamberlain, S. S., TO, 288 Chamberlin, J . E . , FROM, 585-86 Chambers, Julius, TO, 49 Chap-Book, editor, TO, 146, 147 Churchill, Jennie Randolph, FROM, 491, 494, 495, 495, 533, 540 Claverack College schoolmate, TO, 35-36

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Cochrane, Henry Clay, FROM, 423, 478-79, 563-64 Colles, William Morris, TO, 439-40, 445-46, 458, 556 Colwell, Cdr. J. C., FROM, 483-85 Conrad, Joseph: FROM, 309, 312-13, 315-16, 319-20, 325-26, 328-29, 335-36, 341, 342, 417-18, 516; FROM, to Cora Crane, 330-31, 347, 349-50, 350, 357-58, 365-66, 38385, 386, 387-88, 396-97, 401-2, 485-86, 486-87, 506, 643, 645; TO, 310, 343, 347-48 Cooke, Joseph B., TO, 235 Copeland and Day (publishers): FROM, 75-76, 77-78, 103; TO, 72, 73-75, 77, 80-81, 83, 87-89, 93-94, 100, 104, 111, 117-18, 219, 235 Crane, Edmund B.: FROM, 448-50; TO, 282, 292, 294-95, 296-97 Crane, Stephen (Edmond's son), TO, 590 Crane, Mr. and Mrs. Walter, FROM, 640 Crane, William Howe: FROM, 116, 256-57, 488, 501, 519-20, 546-47, 623; FROM, to Cora Crane, 482, 489-90, 498-500, 511-12, 535-37, 545, 547, 561-63, 596, 601-2, 616, 628-29, 634, 644; FROM, to Paul Revere Reynolds, 390; TO, 224, 264-66, 281, 281-82, 285, 300-3, 416, 429, 446-47, 456-57, 496, 67172* Creelman, Alice, TO, from Cora Crane, 402-3 Critic, The, editor, TO, 204-5 Crouse, Nellie, TO, 162-63, 170-73, 180-83, 184-88, 197-99, 200-204, 207-8 Davies, Acton, TO, 664*, 676* Davray, Henry D., TO, 311, 312 de Camp, Lyda, TO, 280 DeFriese, Lafayette Hoyt, FROM, 638

742 Index of

Correspondence

Delta Upsilon Quarterly, TO, 45 Demorest's Family Magazine, editor,

TO, 230-31 Dick, John Henry, TO, 80 Dixon, the Rev. Thomas, TO, 96 Dunn, J. Nicol: FROM, 599; FROM, to Cora Crane, 639 Eddie (Elisha L. Edwards?), TO, 236 Elliott, George Frank, FROM, 438-39 Ferguson, Arthur D., TO, 59 Ford, Ford Madox, see Hueffer, Ford Madox "Frank", TO, 324 Frederic, Harold: FROM, 334; FROM, to Cora Crane, 338-40 Frewen, Clara: TO, 431, 440, 480-81, 538; TO, from Cora Crane, 570-71, 620-21, 655 Frewen, Hugh, TO, 569-70 Frewen, Moreton, TO, 453-54, 46465, 481, 524-25; TO, from Cora Crane, 362-63, 405, 655-57, 657 Garland, Franklin, TO, 67 Garland, Hamlin: FROM, 65, 66, 68, 314-15; TO, 53, 68-69, 79, 113-14, 242 Garnett, Edward: FROM, to Cora Crane, 346, 400-401, 414; TO, 314; TO, from Cora Crane, 413-14, 41516, 420, 684* Gilliams, E. Leslie, TO, 299 Gissing, George, FROM, 554 Goodhue, E. S.: FROM, 237; TO, 243 Gray, E. L . , J r . , TO, 31 Grover, Edward, TO, 668* Gunther, Caroline, TO, 685* Haggard, H. Rider, FROM, 551 Hale, Edward E., Jr., FROM, 121 Hamilton, James, FROM, 277 Hanson, P., FROM, 527 Harris, Catherine, TO, 671*

Harris, Mr. (Frank Harris?), TO, 29293 Harte, Walter Blackburn, FROM, 251 Hathaway, Odell, TO, 32, 35, 36-37, 43, 67, 73 Hawkins, Willis Brooks: FROM, 113, 138-39, 156-57, 279; TO, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 124, 127, 13031, 132, 135, 136-37, 139-40, 143, 144-46, 146-47, 148-49, 154-55, 157, 158, 163-64, 175, 189, 212-13, 219-20, 225, 225, 267-68, 272, 278, 286, 286, 287 Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Brooks, TO, 563 Hay, Helen, FROM, 358 Hay, John, TO, from Cora Crane, 370-71-, 641 Hearst, William Randolph, FROM, 244 Heinemann, William, TO, 190-91, 206-7 Herford, Kenneth, TO, 548 Herringshaw, Thomas W., FROM, 573 Hill, Daisy D., TO, 208-9 Hilliard, John Northern: FROM, 15354; TO, 99, 165-68, 195-96, 322-23 Hitchcock, Ripley: FROM, 158-59, 176; TO, 81, 95, 97, 98-99, 100, 116, 119, 128, 159, 160, 174, 191, 193, 194, 196, 197, 199-200, 200, 206, 213, 217-18, 218, 224, 235, 238, 280 Howard, Walter, FROM, 509-11 Howells, William Dean: FROM, 52, 54, 62, 75, 110, 188-89, 241, 246; TO, 51, 53-54, 165, 192, 245, 24748, 250 Hubbard, Elbert, FROM, 109-110, 114-15, 116, 120, 132-33, 141-42, 155, 156, 176-77, 210-11, 234; TO, 138, 142, 143, 150, 152, 158, 16869, 204, 229, 304, 322, 331-32, 434-35, 475-76, 483 Hueffer, Ford Madox (Ford Madox Ford), FROM, 432

Huneker, James Gibbons, TO, 67677* Hutchinson, Thomas, TO, 477, 566 Huxton, H. R., FROM, 255, 257 Ingalls, Camilla, TO, 487 James, Henry: FROM, 487, 515; FROM, to Cora Crane, 658-59 Janeway, C. Thomas, TO, from Cora Crane, 685* John (John Scott-Stokes?), TO, 504 Jordan, Elizabeth, TO, 593-94 Kent, C. W., TO, from Cora Crane, 534 Knortz, Karl, TO, 117 Lawrence, Frederic M., TO, 124-25 Lee, John Thomas, TO, 236 Leighton, Byron, FROM, 460, 467, 474 Lemperly, Paul, TO, 244, 252 Leslie, Amy, TO, 268-69, 269, 27071, 271, 297-98 Librarian of Congress, TO, 47 Linson, Corwin Knapp, TO, 56-57, 83, 98, 169-70 Linson, L. S., TO, 69-70 Little, the Rev. Charles J.: FROM, 44243; TO, 429-30 London Daily Mail, editor, TO, 295

Lyon, Kate: FROM, 610-12; Cora Crane, 617

FROM,

to

MacArthur, James, TO, 149 McCawley, Charles L., FROM, 565-66 McClure, S. S.: FROM, 85; TO, 19293, 194 McHarg, Wallis, TO, 670* Maclagen, Dr. J. T., FROM, to Cora Crane, 632, 635 Marriott-Watson, H. B.: FROM, 552; TO, 548-49 Mason, A. E. W., FROM, 652-53

Index of Correspondents

743

Matthews, Brander, TO, 48 Methuen and Company (publishers), FROM, to Cora Crane, 622 Miller, Dewitt, TO, 216, 237-38 Mitchell, Dr. A. L., TO, 157, 160, 195 Morton (room clerk): FROM, 273, 274-75, 275, 275; FROM, to Cora Taylor, 275-76 Moser, James, TO, 78-79 Munroe, Lily Brandon TO, 55-56, 5758, 62-64, 112 New Egan, TO, 320 Newark Sunday Call, editor, TO, 227 New Jersey Historical Society, Secretary, TO, 505 Newman, Victor, TO, 183-84 New York Journal, TO, 258 New York World, TO, 277 Noguchi, Yone, FROM, 259-60 Page, Walter H., FROM, 210, 225-26 Parkin, Thomas: FROM, 578-79; TO, 574; TO, from Cora Crane, 589 Pawling, Sidney S.: FROM, 151; FROM, to Cora Crane, 411 Pease, Margery: TO, 574; TO, from Cora Crane, 431-32, 437 Peaslee, Clarence Loomis, TO, 97 Peck, J. L., FROM, 470-72 Philistine Society committee: FROM, 134-35, 137; TO, 141 Phillips, John, TO, 160-61, 177-78, 307-8, 329 Pike, Charles J., TO, 243-44 Pike, Gordon, TO, 110 Pinker, James B.: FROM, 367-68, 421, 436, 458, 461, 462, 517, 517-18, 539-40, 576, 585, 586-87, 591-92, 592-93, 596-597, 597, 598, 598-99, 600, 603-4, 608; FROM, to Cora Crane, 389, 390-91, 392-93, 393, 394, 394-95, 397, 398, 399, 400, 412, 412-13, 415, 452-53, 461-62,

744 Index of

Corrspondence

469, 489, 555, 579-80, 589-90, 604, 614, 627, 627, 636, 639, 645; TO, 425, 427-28, 433, 441, 457, 478, 490-91, 492, 493, 494, 498, 518-19, 520, 525, 526, 528-29, 539, 543-44, 575, 581, 594, 595, 605, 605-6, 607, 607-8, 613; TO, from Cora Crane, 450-51, 474, 508-9, 527-28, 533, 537-38, 541-42, 542-43, 557, 558, 572-73, 577, 577-78, 582-83, 583-84, 599-600, 602-3, 606, 60910, 615-16, 618, 621-22, 624, 62526, 631, 638-39, 641-42, 648, 652, 654 Plant, Alfred T.: FROM, 421-22, 441, 444-45, 454; FROM, to Cora Crane, 451-52, 640 Pocket Magazine, The, TO, 445 Pope, Charles F., TO, 278 Pugh, Edwin, FROM, 587, 593 Reynolds, Paul Revere: FROM, 256, 455, 465-66, 466-67, 582, 609, 626; FROM, to Cora Crane, 663, 637, 653-54; TO, 254, 305-7, 308, 31718, 320-21, 327-28, 332-33, 336-37, 338, 343-44, 345-46, 349, 359, 359, 360-61, 361, 368, 369, 373, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 385, 387, 41820, 422-23, 424, 435-36, 447-48, 455-56, 459-60, 463, 463-64, 47475; 653-54; TO, from Cora Crane, 371-72, 376, 379-80, 388-89; TO, from William Howe Crane, 390 Richards, Grant, FROM, to Cora Crane, 395-96 Richards, Mr. (reviewer), TO, 170 Robins, Elizabeth, TO, from Cora Crane, 479-80 Roedell, Gustav, A., FROM, 129 Roosevelt, Theodore, FROM, 241, 249-50 St. James Hotel, assistant manager, FROM, 2 7 6

Schuyler, William, FROM, 246-47, 252-53 Scott-Stokes, John, PROM, to Cora Crane, 391 Scovel, Sylvester: TO, 295-96, 345; TO, from Cora Crane, 299-300, 316-17, 356-57 Secretary of the New Jersey Historical Society, TO, 505 Senger, Louis, TO, 95, 148, 150, 153, 176, 178, 179-80 (four postcards), 216, 309, 321 Shaw, George F., FROM, 426-27 Shipman, Mr., TO, 221 Siesfeld, Sadie, TO, 228 Sonntag, Mrs. William, TO, 683* Stedman, Arthur, FROM, 503 Stedman, Edmund Clarence: FROM, 501-2; TO, 512-13 Stokes, Frederick A., Company, FROM, 513-14, 521-23 Taber, Harry P., TO, 243 Taylor, Cora (Cora Crane): FROM, 276; TO, 269-70, 270, 279-80 Thompson, Daniel G., TO, 214 Thompson, Harry, TO, 259 Trent, Helen, TO, 662-63* Trudeau, Edward Livingston, FROM, to Cora Crane, 370 Unknown recipient, TO, 112-13, 134, 199, 364, 367, 434, 532-33, 661*, 662*, 665*, 666-68*, 669-70*, 672-74*, 674-75*, 676*, 677-79*, 680-81*, 683-84*, 685-92*; TO, from Cora Crane, 364

Ver Beck, William Francis "Frank," TO, 47-48 Verdi, P., FROM, 230 Walker, Belle, TO, 253 Walther, Dr. Otto, FROM, to Cora Crane, 642 Welch, J. Herbert, TO, 231-33 Wells, H. G.: FROM, 629-30; FROM, to Cora Crane, 650; TO, from Cora Crane, 623-24, 632-33, 646, 649 Wheeler, Post: FROM, 85; TO, 82-83, 84, 84, 134, 227, 591; TO, from Cora Crane, 588 Whibley, Charles, FROM, 551-52 Whigham, Henry James, FROM, 55556 White, James T., & CO., FROM, 24849 Widrig, J. G., TO, 392 Williams, Herbert P., TO, 239, 239, 240 Williams, S. M., FROM, 615 Woolley, Charles Woodruff, Sr., FROM, 559-61, 575 Wortzmann, Miss, TO, 665* Wrench, I., FROM, 362 Wyndham, George: FROM, to Cora Crane, 636-37; TO, 515-16 Yeonyque, TO, 567 Young, James C., FROM, 650 Young, Wickham W., TO, 102, 125126, 126 Youth's Companion, FROM,

129-30;

TO,

The, editor:

133, 220-21

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General Index

An asterisk (*) preceding an entry indicates that a filli record of correspondence vided in the separate Index of Correspondents of Stephen and Cora Crane. Academy, 317, 624n; Edward Garnett's article on Crane, 316n Adolphus, Gustavus, 610-11, 612n Aguinaldo, Emilio, 619n Aguinaldo Insurrection, Philippines, 618, 619n Akron, O h i o , 101, lOln, 172, 182, 185 Alaska gold rush, 303n Alden, Henry Miller, 62n Aldrich, T . B . , 237 * Alexander, Eban, 288n, 294n, 510 * Alger, Russell A., 372n •American Press Association, 148n Andrew, J a m e s O s g o o d , 471, 472n Anglo-Saxon Review, 491, 491 n, 493, 493n, 538n, 601 * A p p l e t o n , Daniel, 108, 240n Appleton, D . and C o m p a n y , 40-41, 131, 151, 161, 164, 181, 205, 216, 217, 240, 240n, 265, 318, 337, 337n, 416, 428, 428n; contract, 169; financial arrangements, 197, 318n; Ripley Hitchcock as literary adviser to, 81n; The Little Regiment, 175n, 199n; Maggie, 58n, 199n; The Red Badge of Courage, 24, 43, 97, 97n; The Third Violet, 137n, 174, 174n, 226, 226n Arena, 55, 56n, 58, 58n, 107, 167; ar-

is pro-

ticle by Hubbard, 105; Hamlin Garland's review o f Maggie, 87n,

88 Arena C o m p a n y , 64n Arnold, Edward (publisher), 199n, 217, 240, 240n; American manager, 259n Arnold, Edwin Sir, 237, 237n Art Students' League, 23, 42 Asbury Park, N . J . , 21, 22, 27, 28, 40, 55n Athens, Greece, 283-84, 285n, 288n; Crane's view, 285 Atlantic Monthly, 210, 210n, 214, 226, 226n, 337n Author's Club, 24, 214, 217, 502n, 588; dinner, 175, 175n Authors' Syndicate, 369n, 420n, 435, 440n, 455 Autobiographical notes, 165-67, 2 0 4 5, 227, 231-33 Autograph sentiments, 276n Ayres, Nelson, 137 Aziola Club, 112, 113n * B a c h e l l e r , Irving, 2, 82n, 83, 104n, 108, 148, 149, 224, 254n, 666n, 667; and Nigger of the "Narcissus" (Conrad), 310n *Bacheller, Johnson and Bacheller

747

Bacheller (continued) newspaper syndicate, 24-25, 43, 46n, 68n, 114, 188n, 205, 261; Crane's Western tour, 90; " A n Indiana C a m p a i g n , " 226n; journalistic proposals, 291, 302; publication of The Red Badge, 79, 79n, 80n Badenweiler, Germany, 26, 409, 651n Baker, Louise, 130n Baker, Marrion, 94, 95 Balfour, A. J., 151 Barr, Mabel, 407, 526n Barr, Mark, 300, 526n, 535n *Barr, Robert, 2, 291-92, 300, 333n, 343n, 372, 375n, 385n, 407, 408, 496, 496n, 549, 566n, 589, 589n, 647, 654, 679; completion of The O'Ruddy,

2 6 , 4 0 9 , 6 5 2 , 6 5 6 ; WORKS:

"American Brains in L o n d o n , " 473; " T h e Tiresome Ghost of Somberly Hall, Sussex," 535n, 550, 553, 553n Barrett, Lillian, 276n Barrie, J. M., 652 *Barry, J o h n D., 5, 51, 203n Bascom, Henry Bidleman, 471, 472n *Bass, John, 284, 288n, 618-19, 619n Bass, Mrs. John, 293, 618, 619n *Bassett, Holmes, 507, 508n Battle, Sussex, 481n Battle of N e w Orleans, 610-11 Battle of San Juan Hill, 25, 354 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Johnson and Buel, eds., 41, 220n, 666, 666n Becker, Charles, 223 Beeman, N . , publishers, 314, 315n Beer, Alice, 6 Beer, Thomas, 1, 2, 6, 12n, 13n, 29, 40, 41, 25On, 695; and Hubbard, 105; letters in writings of, 661-92; WORKS: " M r s . Stephen C r a n e , " 9; Stephen Crane: A Study in American Letters, 6-10, 15, 35n; " T h o m a s Beer Papers," 6 Beerbohm, Max, 491n 748

Index

of

Correspondents

Bemis, J o h n Floyd, 682, 682n Benjamin, Marcus, 214 Bennett, Arnold, 254n * Bennett, (Arnold) Henry Sanford, 12n, 497n, 684 Bennett, James Gordon, 619, 619n Berg Collection, N e w York Public Library, 173n Berryman, John, 1, 4-5, 6; Stephen Crane, 10 Besant, Walter, 691, 691n Bickford, L. H., 137 Bierce, Ambrose, 108, 566, 678 Bieglow, Poultney, 3 Billman, H o w b e r t , 478, 479n, 563 Binder, Henry, 173n "Biographical Notes for The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography," 248n Black and White, 318n, 353n, 345, 345n, 379n, 457, 457n; "Clan of N o - N a m e T h e , " 458, 458n, 461, 469 Black Forest, m o v e to, 638, 641-43, 646, 65In, 652, 656 Blackwood, William, 2, 336n, 347, 347n, 350 Blackwood & Sons, 365, 386 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 336n, 360, 369n, 379, 379n, 385, 385n, 457, 458, 492n, 55In; publication of Conrad's works, 417, 418n; publication of Crane's works, 373n, 387, 387n Block, Mr. (New York Journal), 609 Bloomington, N . J., 21n Bloomenschein, E. L., 329n Blythe, Samuel G., 137 Boehringer, C., 284, 288n Boer War, 295n, 527n, 549-50, 550n, 562, 562-63n, 602, 609n; Crane and, 548n Book Buyer, The, " T h e Rambler: C o m m e n t s on Stephen Crane and His W o r k , " 695 Bookman, The, 72n, 149, 149n, 206,

304, 304n; biographical sketch of Noguchi, 260n; Crane's poetry in, 331n, 344, 344n; and Davis' w o r k , 303n; photograph of Crane, 168n, 178, 178n, 182, 193, 193n; portrait of Crane, 104 Book News, 244n • B o r l a n d , Armistead " T o m m i e , " 4, 33n, 37n Boston Herald, 177n Boston Transcript, 586 Bound Brook, N.J., 227 * B o w e n , Frederick L., 614n, 657n Bowen, Miss (visitor at Brede Place), 571 Bowers, Fredson, 303n, 344n, 391n, 492n, 543n Bowery, N e w York City, 39, 222, 671 Boxer insurrection, China, 619n Boyd, Ernest, and Beer's biography,

8 Bradley, Will, 344n, 466, 467n Bragdon, Claude, 109, 168n Brains (advertising magazine edited by Willis Brooks Hawkins), 107 * Brandon, Dorothy, 58, 58n, 64, 360n Brandon, Stella, 360n Brede Place, Sussex, 26, 294n, 340n, 346, 362-63, 363n, 405, 405n, 4068, 414, 416n, 420, 429, 440, 45354, 464-65, 480, 481, 485n, 524, 621, 658; bazaar, 563n; Christmas play, 408, 534-35, 535n, 548-49, 550-54, 569, 569-70n, 570-71, 57879, 584; furniture, 655; library, 472n, 529n; m o v e to, 428n, 437; rental plan, 625-26, 627, 631; visitors, 682n Bridgman, L. J., 130n * Bright, L. M., 584n Broadway Gardens ( N e w York City), 223 *Bross, Edgar Clifton, 71 n; God's Pay Day, 70-71, 71n

Brotherton, Mrs., 309n * B r o w n , Curtis, 306, 577n, 583, 588; Contacts, 114n B r o w n , Shipley & C o m p a n y , 572, 573n, 578, 610, 615 B r o w n i n g Club, Buffalo, 154, 171 B r o w n ' s Hotel, London, 676 Bruce, Mitchel, 409, 646, 646n, 655 Bruiler, Professor, 409, 655 Brusie, Sanford, 36, 37n Bryan, William Jennings, 249, 250n Buckley, Dr., A Consumptive's Struggle for Life, 628 Buel, Clarence Clough, 220n Buffalo (ship), 426 Buffalo, N . Y . , 154, 171; Philistine Society Dinner, 107-9, 138-43, 147n, 150, 155-57, 185-86 Buffalo Evening News, 109, 163n Buller, Redvers Henry, 687n Burchett, L. G., 587 Burgess, Gelett, 259, 260n Burgin, George B r o w n , More Memories (and Some Travels), 348n Burke, Lily, 406, 518, 519n * Button, Lucius Lucine, 46n, 163n, 172, 182, 183n, 186, 187

Cady, Edwin H., Stephen Crane's Love Letters to Nellie Crouse, 117n Cahan, Abraham, 245, 246, The Rise of David Levinsky, 245n; Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto, 245, 245n Cameron, Kenneth W., 231 n Campania (ship), 519, 644 C a m p McCalla, Cuba, 353, 427n Carleton, Samuel (pseudonym), 261, 269. See also Crane, Stephen Carman, Bliss, 107 Carr, Louis E., Jr., 23, 24, 72n Carter, Imogene (pseudonym), 25, 288, 288n, 306, 307n. See also Crane, Cora Carter, W. R., 274n General

Index

749

Carteret, George, 559 Cassell's Magazine, 529n Cather, Willa, 24, 90, 254n; " W h e n I K n e w Stephen C r a n e , " 90 Cedar Rapids Saturday Record, 70 Century Magazine, 40, 41, 337n, 423n; editors, 220n; " A M a n and S o m e O t h e r s , " 250n; and " T h e M o n s t e r , " 306n * Chaffee, Mrs. Bolton, 682n * Chamberlain, Samuel S., 264, 288n, 381, 381n • C h a m b e r l i n , Joseph Edgar, 586n * C h a m b e r s , James Julius, 49n Chancellorsville, Battle of, 178n Chandler, L y m a n , 106 * Chap-Book, 106, 146n, 148, 308n C h a p m a n & Hall, Great Battles of the World, 600n Chapman's Magazine, 307n Charles II, king of England, 559 Chatauqua reading circle, East A u rora, N . Y . , 157n Chicago Daily News, 4, 262 Chicago Echo, 182 Chicago Post, 144 Chicago Record, 479n Chicago Record's War Stories by Staff Correspondents in the Field, 479n Chicago Tribune, C u b a n War correspondent, 556n Chicago W o r l d ' s Fair, 48n Christian Advocate, 471 C h r o n o l o g y , 21-26 • C h u r c h i l l , Jennie Randolph, 26, 363, 409, 491n, 493, 493n, 524, 562-63n, 621n Churchill, Randolph, 363n Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, 363n City of Washington (ship), 9, 13n, 392n Clark, Dora, 24, 223, 250n, 266 Claverack College and H u d s o n River Institute, 4, 22, 27-28, 30, 32n,

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Index

34n, 35-36, 212, 218n; Vidette, 22 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 566, 678; see also T w a i n , M a r k Cleveland, C l e m e n t , 644 Clifton Waller Barrett Collection, University of Virginia, 84n C o b b , Frances P o w e r , 529 C o b h , Ireland, 358n * Cochrane, H e n r y Clay, 423n • C o l l e s , William Morris, 440n Collier's Weekly, 337n, 361, 485n; " T h e Blue H o t e l , " 359 Colorado, R a m o n , 123n Colvert, James B., 1, 10 Colvin, Sidney, 511n • C o l w e l l , J. C . , 485n Commodore, 264n; shipwreck, 25, 261-64, 273-77, 278n C o m p t o n , E d w a r d , 646, 647 C o n r a d , Borys, 313n, 326n, 328, 341 n, 342n, 486, 486n C o n r a d , Jessie, 313n, 326n, 341n, 365-66, 486n, 506; Joseph Conrad and His Circle, 506n • C o n r a d , Joseph, 2, 6, 25, 290, 291, 309n, 310n, 314, 316n, 326n, 333n, 336n, 342n, 347n, 368n, 407, 408, 507, 549, 589, 589n, 651, 679; birth of son, 328; collaboration w i t h C r a n e ( " T h e Predecessor"), 325, 326n, 341, 341 n, 348n; relationship with Crane, 312-13, 313n; and aid to Kate Lyon, 384-85; view of " T h e Price of the H a r n e s s , " 419; WORKS: Almayer's Folly, inscription, 309; The Children of the Sea, 310n; " H e a r t of D a r k n e s s , " 418n; Lord Jim, 3 2 1 - 2 2 n , 366n; The Nigger of the '•Narcissus," 290, 310, 310n, review of, 319, 319n; The Rescue, 366n; Tales of Unrest, 418n; " Y o u t h , " 366n C o n r o y (Port Jervis resident), 449 Constantine, Prince o f Greece, 284

Continental Congress, Philadelphia, 21, 227, 227n Copeland, Herbert, 72n Copeland and Day, 72n, 112, 130, 131, 252; publication of The Black Riders, 5, 24, 51n, 64n, 87n, 89n, l l l n ; contract, 169 C o p y r i g h t application, for Maggie, 47 Cornhill Magazine, 398, 398n, 399; " G o d Rest Ye, M e r r y G e n t l e m e n , " 456n, 462, 462n; " H i s N e w M i t t e n s , " 418; " A Self-Made M a n , " 469; " T h e Second G e n e r a t i o n , " 544 Cosak & C o m p a n y , 106 Cosmopolitan, 167, 295n, 308, 308n, 373n; " A D a r k B r o w n D o g , " 556n; " T h e Great Boer T r e k , " 626, 626n, 633; Sullivan C o u n t y sketch, 170n; and title of C r a n e ' s w o r k , 387n C o s m o s C l u b , Washington, D . C . , 208n, 213 Cottage Sanitarium, Saranac Lake, N . Y . , 370n, 511n C o u r t n e y , W . L., 319, 319n Crane, Agnes ( E d m u n d ' s daughter), 124n, 547n Crane, Agnes (William's daughter), 545, 546-47, 547n, 561 Crane, Agnes Elizabeth (sister), 4, 22 Crane, Alice, 559 Crane, Beatrice, 640 Crane, Cora, 26, 248n, 264, 288n, 309n, 334n, 340n, 342n, 519n, 548n, 634n; in Athens, 284; and Brede Place, 363n; " B r e d e Place S c r a p b o o k , " 570n; business arrangements, 395-96, 399-400, 400n, 412-13, 412n, 450-53, 461, 474, 489, 506n, 541-42, 557, 567n, 613, 614, 636; canteen invention, 614, 614n, 657, 657n; carriage accident, 297n, 362-63, 363n; and Crane family history, 560n; and " D a n

E m m o n d s , " 297n; financial p r o b lems, 2, 377-78, 386, 451-52, 469, 508, 537, 541-42, 558, 572, 577-78, 582-84, 615-16, 624-25, 630-31, 638, 641-42, 645; and flyleaf inscriptions, 12n; and Frederic children, 340n, 420; f u n d s for Kate Lyon, 361 n, 384-85n, 402-3, 403n; journalism of, 288-89n, 307n; letters of, 2-4; marriage of, 416n; n o t e b o o k , 510n; Paris trip, 613; p h o t o g r a p h s of, 288, 288n; p r o p o s als for writings, 413n, 415; pseud o n y m s , 25, 263, 288n, 306, 307n; and Stephen's death, 409-10; and Stephen's health, 409, 623-24, 624n, 632; and Stephen's horse, 450n; on Stephen's middle initial, 31n; and Stephen's stay in Havana, 356, 370-76, 379-80, 388-89, 391 n, 682-83; and Stephen's works, 218n; see also Taylor, C o r a Crane, Cornelia (Mrs. William), 266, 266n, 302 Crane, Edith F. ( E d m u n d ' s d a u g h ter), 104n; on C r a n e ' s possessions, 123-24n * Crane, E d m u n d B. (brother), 23, 24, 39, 42, 130, 144-45, 248n, 265, 448-50, 545, 545n, 546, 590n, 664n; death of son, 294, 294n Crane, E d n a (William's daughter), 303; " M y Uncle, Stephen Crane, as I K n e w H i m , " 303n Crane, Elizabeth T o w n l e y (sister), 31n Crane, Esther Williams, 559 Crane, George P. (brother), 265, 546, 547n, 628 Crane, Helen (William's daughter), 294n, 302, 407, 409, 456, 457n, 482, 482n, 488, 489-90, 498-500, 501, 511-12; 545n, 561-62, 601, 621, 628-29, 644; expenses of, 545, 546, 547, 596, 610, 634; finances

General Index

751

Crane, Helen (continued) of, 535-36, 537n; school in Lausanne, 519n Crane, Helen R. (Wilbur's daughter), on financing of Maggie, 41 Crane, Henry, 560 Crane, Jasper (Revolutionary War), 227, 227n, 559-60, 561n Crane, Jasper, Jr., 559 Crane, John, 559 Crane, Jonathan T o w n l e y (brother), 21, 22, 28, 31n, 58, 58n, 265, 266n, 303n, 546, 547n Crane, Jonathan T o w n l e y (father), 5, 21, 27, 31n, 166, 227; death of, 167, 168n; library of, 628 Crane, Josiah, 560 Crane, Mary Fleming (Mrs. E d m u n d B.), 450n Crane, Mary Helen Peck (mother), 21, 23, 27, 167 Crane, Mrs. George, 27 Crane, R. N e w t o n (uncle), 40 Crane, Ralph, 560, 575 Crane, Rebecca, 559 Crane, Sarah, 559 Crane, Stephen, 1-13, 90; agreement with Stokes, 521-23, 529-32, 532n; assessment of o w n work, 195-96, 230-31, 231-33, 285, 324-25; autobiographical notes, 165-67, 168n, 204-5, 227, 231-33, 434, 693-96; Barr's view, 473n; battlefield experiences, 228, 285-86, 324; battlefield sketches, 160-61, 285-86, 324; battlefield sketches, 160-61, 161n, 188n; bicycle ride, 131; biographical chronology, 21-26; and Boer War, 295n, 527-28, 527n, 609; book review, 263; Brede Place, 406-8, 472n; brother's political campaign, 125-26, 131, 136; burial place, 602n; business arrangements, 254, 280, 305-6, 317-18, 320-21, 327, 328n, 332, 336-37, 337n, 343752

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Index

44, 345, 346n, 393-96, 424-25, 42728, 428n, 435-36, 525, 555; carriage accident, 296, 297-98, 297n, 300, 301; character of, 5-6; childhood memories, 689-90, 692; clothes for Philistine Society dinner, 135, 13940, 154, 156; and Cora's writings, 288-89n, 307n; critical success, 55, 58; in Cuba after war, 355-56, 382n; Cuban War, 224, 353-54, 364n, 426, 427n, 439n, 478-79, 681; death of, 409; dog owned by, 46; early writings, 167; editing of works, 173n; employment with Philadelphia Press, 122, 122n; family history, 505n, 559-60; finances of, 2, 11-12, 59n, 66, 66n/ 80, 80n, 148-49, 192-93, 230-31, 262, 318, 318n, 407-8; financial problems, 290-613 passim; friendships, 195; health of, 370, 408-9, 416n, 504, 515, 524, 527-28, 536, 548n, 572, 587, 588, 615-56 passim; Helen Crane and, 519n; and Hilliard, 69396; horse o w n e d by, 197, 197n, 205, 211, 21 In, 448-49, 450n; H u b bard's works and, 168-69; illustrations of works, 56-57n; interview for magazine article, 239n; in Jacksonville, 261-64; j o b applications, 45, 53-54; journalism of, 46n, 9093, 368n; later writings, 407; letters in Beer's biography, 661-92; letters of, editorial practice, 15-19; literary agents, 254n, 256, 361 n, 368, 368n, 387n, 491 n; literary criticism of works, 5, 11, 49-51, 51n, 65n, 72n, 144, 145n, 177n, 234, 234n, 245, 245n, 401 n; literary executors, 265, 267; literary influences, 54n; literary tastes, 566, 677-78, 690-91; loan f r o m brother William, 456, 457n; middle initial, 31 n; musical settings of poetry, 246-48, 252-53; in N e w York City, 39-43, 189,

191, 222-24, 250n; and New York Journal, 258, 258n; payment for works, 116n, 299, 299n, 368n; personality of, 33n, 37n; pets, 295-96, 316; Philistine Society dinner, 1079, 134-35, 137-43, 146, 147n, 150, 152, 152n, 154-57, 162, 163-64, 163n, 164n; philosphy o f life, 180, 186-87, 203; photographs of, 166, 168n, 178-80, 182, 193, 194, 195, 199-200, 204, 209, 227, 228, 284, 288, 288n, 564n; and Pinker, 575, 577-78, 579-80, 582; poetry of, 72, 72n, 106-7, 171, 172-73n, 513n; popularity o f works, 523; portrait of, 83, 84n, 85, 104, 168n, 205n; posessions of, 123-24n, 169, 16970n; proposed Revolutionary War novel, 421 n, 436n, 453, 453n, 519n, 541-42, 560n, 604n; pseudonyms, 23, 41, 261, 269, 665; publication o f poetry, 114, 115, 115n; publishers and, 217; publishing arrangements, 318n, 492-93, 513-14, 518-19, 519n, 521-23, 539; in Ravensbrook, 290-91; relationship with Conrad, 310n, 312-13, 313n, 315, 316n, 319, 319-20n, 325-26, 326n, 348n; relationship with Hubbard, 105-9, 114-15, 116n, 176, 177n; relationship with Amy Leslie, 262, 267-71, 286, 286n, 287, 297-98, 298n; relationships with women, 37n, 55-56n, 57-58, 62, 64, 163n, 172n, 183n, 188n, 203n, 204n, 208n, 212-13, 213n, 262-63, 268-69, 272, 290; repetition in writings, 97n, 233n, 323n; return from Havana, 392n, 41 In, 414, 415, 416; reviews o f works, 87n, 88, 88n, 170; sailboat bought with Conrad, 506n; scholarship, 231-32; schooling of, 27-30; self-evaluation, 97, 99; shipwreck, 261, 263, 273-78; social conscious-

ness, 91-92; social life in college, 35n; sports activities, 196; stamp collection, 302; syndication proposal, 381, 381n, 382; translations of works, 311, 31 In, 321n; trip to Ireland, 538n; trip to Washington, D . C . , 670, 683n; typewriter, 447n; view o f Bowery, 671; view o f culture, 136; view o f English people, 676-77; view o f horses, 127; view o f James, 678, 688; view o f mother, 689-90; view o f reviewers, 80-81, 215; view o f Shakespeare, 662; view o f society, 200-3; view of style, 63; view of success, 231, 233, 323; view of Tolstoy, 677; view o f war, 687; view o f Westerners, 136; war in Greece, 673n, 674; Western tour, 90-93, 114n, 123n, 162, 668-69, 668-69n; Western trip proposal, 45, 46n; and Whibley, 552n; will of, 264-66 Crane, Stephen, W O R K S : Active Service, 11, 26, 303n, 317, 318n, 32In, 332, 333n, 356, 393n, 436n, 445n, 448n, 451, 451n, 454, 455, 459, 460n, 461-62, 462n, 463, 474, 475, 480-81, 521, 522, 562, 572; dedication, 288n, 51 In; inscriptions, 538, 576; serial publication, 478; William Crane's view, 545 "Adventures o f a Novelist," 223; "Ancient Capital o f Montezuma," 91; "And if He Wills, We Must D i e , " 580n, 603, 603n; " T h e Angel Child," 424, 424n, 425, 428, 435, 446, 447, 451, 464, 510, 604n; manuscript, 431, 432n; " T h e Art Students' League Building," 231n; "Battalion Notes," 22; battlefield sketches, 177-78, preparation for, 188n; " T h e Battle o f Forty Fort," 529n; " T h e Battle o f Solferino," 615, 616n, 627, Kate Lyon and, 617, 622n

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753

Crane, Stephen (continued) The Black Riders and Other Lines, 5, 11, 24, 42, 64n, 72-78, 80-81, 107, 120n, 131, 167, 183, 198, 205, 252, 259, 502n, 503, 512; cover design, 79n, 89n, 93, 94, 94n; C r a n e ' s view of, 231, 232-33, 323; dedication of, 88, 89n, 113-114; English edition, 206, 207n, 219n; f o r m a t of, 72n; French translation, 311; French review, 31 In; inscriptions, 103, 110, 114n, 312; literary criticism, 177n; literary influences, 54n; musical settings, 246-47; Philistine dinner m e n u , 108; poetry reading, 203n; prospectus for, 87n; publication of, 80-81, 103n; reading of, 50n; request for p a y m e n t , 235; review copies, 117-18; reviews, 106, 11 On, 111, 140, 144, 172n; trade edition, 11 I n "Black riders came f r o m the sea," 502n; " T h e Blood o f the M a r t y r , " 291, 348n; " T h e Blue Battalions," see " W h e n a people reach the t o p of a hill"; " T h e Blue H o t e l , " 12, 25, 91, 92, 226n, 291, 318, 336, 337, 337n, 338, 338n, 345, 359, 359n, 360, 418, 419, 419n, 420n, 435, 439, 440n, 445, 463-64; Bowery Tales, 333n; " T h e Bride C o m e s to Yellow S k y , " 12, 25, 93, 291, 301, 307, 307n, 320n, 376; financial arrangements, 305; illustrations, 329, 329n " T h e Brief C a m p a i g n Against N e w O r l e a n s , " 542n, 544, 544n, 584, 612n, 626n " T h e B r o k e n - D o w n V a n , " see "Travels in N e w Y o r k : T h e B r o ken-Down Van"; "The Camel," 30; " T h e Carriage L a m p s , " 518; " T h e chatter of a d e a t h - d e m o n f r o m a t r e e - t o p , " 115n, 120, 120n; " A Christmas D i n n e r W o n in B a t -

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tle," 606n; " C i t y of M e x i c o " reports, 91-92; " T h e City U r c h i n and the Chaste Villagers," 543n; Civil War stories, 177-78, preparation for, 188n; " T h e Clan of N o N a m e , " 336n, 379, 383, 419, 420n, 435, 436, 446, 457, 458, 458n, 461, 463, 466, 469, 492n; " C o n c e r n i n g the English ' A c a d e m y , ' " 317, 318n; " C o n e y Island's Failing D a y s , " 577n; " C r a n e at Velestino," 284; " T h e C r y of a Huckleberry P u d d i n g , " 30; C u b a n W a r stories, 26, 509n — " D a n E d m o n d s , " 217, 218n, 297n, 398, 398n; " A D a r k B r o w n D o g , " 556, 556n, 578, 389n; " D e a t h and the C h i l d , " 25, 284, 291, 317, 318n, 320, 321n, 327, 328n, 332, 333n, 336, 337n, 349n, 457n; " A D e s e r t i o n , " 389n; " A Detail," 222-23; " D o n o t weep, maiden, for w a r is k i n d , " 248n, 344n; " E a c h small gleam was a voice," 115n, 120, 120n; " E n d of the Battle," 603n; " A n Episode of W a r , " 130n, 221n; " A n Experiment in L u x u r y , " 92; " A n E x p e r i ment in M i s e r y , " 23, 42, 66, 66n, 92, 105, 577n, 671; "Fast rode the k n i g h t , " 108; " T h e F i g h t , " 540n, 541; " A Fishing Village," 307n, 476n; " T h e Five White M i c e , " 93, 292, 292n, 317, 318n, 320n, 327, 328n, 336, 348n; "Flanagan and His Short Filibustering A d v e n t u r e , " 282n, 457n; " A Foreign Policy in T h r e e G l i m p s e s , " 30, 291 — George's Mother, 23, 24, 79, 79n, 199n, 218n, 249, 259n, 589, 685; inscriptions, 236, 242, 242n, 270, 270n, 574; publication of, 240n; — " T h e G h o s t , " 408, 535n, 57071, 578-79, 589, 589n; contributions, 548-49, 550-54, 552n, 553n,

554n; reviews of, 569-70n — " A god came to a m a n , " 76n; " 'God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlem e n , ' " 425, 428, 435, 446, 447, 450-51, 452, 455, 456, 456n, 457, 458, 462, 462n, 475, 509; "Grand Opera in N e w Orleans," 122n; " T h e Gratitude of a N a t i o n , " 69n; " A Gray Sleeve," 171, 180, 188n; Great Battles of the World, 26, 407, 469, 469n, 493, 493n, 542n, 580n, 592-93, 598, 599n, 600, 600n, 637n; " T h e Great Boer T r e k , " 295n, 626, 626n, 633; "Great Bugs in O n o n daga," 22, 29; " A Great Mistake," 108, 142n, 21 In; " H e n r y M . Stanley," 22; " H e was a brave heart," 129; "His N e w Mittens," 337n, 346n, 361n, 418, 419n, 425, 435, 446, 463-64; " H o r s e s — O n e D a s h , " 188n, 320n; " H o w the Afridis Made a Ziarat," 303n; "I explain the silvered passing of a ship at n i g h t , " 280n, 502n; "I have heard the sunset song of the birches," 108, 172n; — " A n Illusion in Red and W h i t e , " 318n, 361n, 580, 580n; " T h e i m pact of a dollar upon the heart," 331n; " A n Impression of the ' C o n cert,' " 281n; " A n Indiana C a m paign," 210n, 225-26, 226n; "In the Depths of a Coal M i n e , " 23, 42, 92, 169-70n, illustrations, 56-57n; "In the n i g h t , " 146n, 502n; "In the 'Tenderloin,' " 223; "Intrigue" series, 380, 380n; "Irish N o t e s , " 291, 297n, 302, 306, 307n; "I was in the darkness," 246, 247n; " T h e J u d g ment of the Sage," 149n; " T h e Kicking T w e l f t h , " 580n; " T h e King's Favor," 22, 30; " T h e K n i f e , " 508, 509n, 518; "A Lantern S o n g , " see "Each small gleam was a voice" Last Words, 26, 519n, 529n; " A Lit-

tle Pilgrim," 543n — " T h e Little R e g i m e n t " (story), Crane's view of, 205; illustrations, 329, 329n — The Little Regiment, 24, 175, 188n, 193n, 21 In, 217, 226n; format, 174n; inscriptions, 276n, 343, 392; publication of, 199n, 238n; royalties, 428 — " L o n d o n Impressions," 291, 306, 307n; " T h e Lone Charge of William B. Perkins," 369, 369n, 418-19, 435, 455, 492n, 521, 523; " T h e Lover and the Tell-Tale," 446, 447, 448n, 464, manuscript, 43In; " L y n x - H u n t i n g , " 422, 423n, 425, 435, 446, 447, 451, 464 — Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, 5, 11, 23, 24, 30, 40-42, 92, 121, 125n, 167, 168n, 195, 204, 205, 214, 216, 216n, 234n, 248n, 589, 664, 664n, 665, 671; copyright application, 47, 47n; Crane's view of, 198, 232; editing of, 173n; format, 174n; gift copies, 46-47n; Howells and, 42, 62n, 188; inscriptions, 5253, 53n, 59, 59n, 67, 67n, 69, 7879, 96, 96n, 134, 158, 233, 234n, 237-238, 243, 244n, 252, 280, 321; literary criticism, 49-51, 51n, 65n, 87n, 128n; manuscript of, 55-56n; reissue, 64n; preface to, 224, 244n; publication of, 40-41, 58n, 183n, 199n; review copies, 48, 48n, 49, 51-52; revision of, 196, 197, 200, 206, 213, 213n; views of, 206-7 — " T h e Making of the 307th," 490, 490n, 532n; " M a n a c l e d , " 318n, 361n, 580; " A man adrift on a slim spar," 331; " A Man and Some O t h e r s , " 92, 249-50n, 254, 266, 266n, 320n, 358, 358n, C o n rad's view, 315; " T h e Man f r o m D u l u t h , " 567n; "Marines Signaling under Fire at G u a n t a n a m o , " 380n, General

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Crane, Stephen (continued) 385n, 427n, 439n, 479n, 492n; " T h e M e n in the S t o r m , " 42, 56n, 92, 107; " T h e Mexican Lower Classes," 92; " M i d n i g h t Sketches," 266, 318n " T h e M o n s t e r , " 12, 25, 291, 296, 301, 306-7n, 317, 321, 336, 338, 338n, 418, 419n, 425, 446, 463-64; Conrad and, 328, 329n; McClure and, 305, 307-8, 318, 318n, 327, 328n The Monster and Other Stories, 26, 318n, 337n, 349n, 361n, 419n; contract, 455, 455n, 463-64; financial arrangements, 346n; inscriptions, 574 " M o o n l i g h t on the S n o w , " 318n, 361n, 537, 580; " M r . Crane, of H a v a n a , " 383, 383n; " A M y s tery of H e r o i s m , " 188n; " N e b r a s ka's Bitter Fight for Life," 24, 91; " ' 0 1 ' Bennett' and the Indians," 529n; " A n O l d Man Goes W o o i n g , " 307n, 476n; " A n O m i n o u s B a b y , " 56, 56n; illustrations, 56n; " O n c e , I knew a fine s o n g , " 502n; " O n c e I saw mountains a n g r y , " 502n; " O n e came f r o m the skies," 76n; " O n e Dash—Horses," 123n, 185, 188n, 266; " O n the desert," 435n; " O n the horizon the peaks assembled," 246, 247n; " T h e O p e n B o a t , " 12, 25, 261, 263, 282n, 301, 316n, 536-37, Conrad's view, 315; The Open Boat and Other Stories, 266n, 318n, 320n, 358, 376n, 440, 440n, inscriptions, 431; The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure, 25, 188n, 266n, 305, 306n; " O p i u m ' s Varied D r e a m s , " 223 The O'Ruddy, 26, 291, 407, 409, 421 n, 519n, 538n, 541, 542n, 560n, 572, 572n, 581, 581n, 582-83, 598, 605, 606, 607, 613, 636n, 653-54, 756

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691; completion of, 647-48, 656; dedication, 648, 648n; serialization, 573n — "Parades and Entertainments," 23; Pictures of War, 191n, 333n, 367n, inscription, 487; Pike County Puzzle, 24; play fragment, 582, 582n; plays, 557n; " T h e Predecessor," 326n, 341n, 348n, 679, 679n; " T h e Price of the Harness," 336n, 354, 373n, 379, 382, 387, 387n, 396, 397n, 492n, Conrad's view, 419; " A Prologue," 108; " T h e Puerto Rican 'Straddle,' " 355; " Q u e e n s t o w n , " 307n — The Red Badge of Courage, 2, 5, 11, 12, 23-24, 40-41, 42-43, 66n, 68n, 104n, 107, 127, 161, 167, 178n, 181, 204-5, 206, 207, 214, 284, 318n, 333n, 450n, 666n, 672, 685; background material, 41; Conrad and, 310n, 319-20n; Crane's views, 191, 191n, 193, 230-31, 232-3, 233n, 283, 323; editing of, 91, 100, lOOn, 173n; E n glish publication, 151; English reviews, 190, 190-91 n, 322; format, 174n; French translation, 31 In; Hubbard's view, 133; inscriptions, 124, 125, 157, 235, 247, 247n, 392n; literary criticism, 177n, 215n, 234, 234n, 236n, 516n; McClure, and, 66n, 79, 79n, 233, 233n; manuscript, 64n, 189, 189n; Philistine advertisement, 115, 116n, 119; proofs, 116; publication of, 97, 97n; publisher, 108, 142; reviews, 88n, 128n, 131, 140, 144, 145n, 149, 149n, 176n, 183n, 189n; T. Roosevelt and, 223, 249; royalties, 428; sales, 669 success of, 207, 264; — " T h e R e f o r m e r " (lost poem), 68; "Regulars Get N o G l o r y , " 354; " T h e Reluctant Voyagers," 390, 391n, 518, 519n; " T h e Revenge of

the Adolphus," 483-85, 485n; " T h e Scotch Express," 291, 305, 306n, 307, 307n; " T h e Second Generation," 517, 517n, 518n, 520, 526, 544; " A Self-Made M a n , " 398, 398n, 469; " T h e Serjeant's Private Mad-House," 539, 539n; "Should the wide world roll away," 247n; " T h e Shrapnel o f Their Friends," 580n; " T h e Siege o f Plevna," 590; " T h e Silver Pageant," 42, 389n; " T h e Snake," 266; " A soldier, young in years," 69n; " S o m e Curious Lessons from the Transvaal," 295n; "Spaniards T w o , " 385, 385n; " T h e Spirit of the Greek People," 283; Spitzbergen stories, 580, 581, 581n, 592

"There was, before m e , " 247n; "There was a land where lived no violets," 502n; "There was a man and a w o m a n , " 129n; "There was a man with tongue of wood," 76n — The Third Violet, 11, 24, 42, 128, 136, 137n, 144, 145n, 159-60, 161, 164, 164n, 167, 183n, 191, 205, 210n, 214, 226, 257n; inscriptions, 292, 293n; publication, 25, 174, 174n, 199n, 226; royalties, 428 — "This Majestic Lie," 356, 523, 532n; "Three Miraculous Soldiers," 192, 193n; " T o the maiden," 76n, 21 In; "Travels in New York: The Broken-Down V a n , " 23, 39; " T h e Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps," 525, 525n;

"Stephen Crane at the Front for the World," 353; "Stephen Crane Fears No Blanco," 356; "Stephen Crane on Havana," 381n; "Stephen Crane Says Greek Cannot Be Curbed," 283; "Stephen Crane's Own Story," 25; "Stephen Crane Tells of War's Horrors," 284 "Stories Told by an Artist," 42; " T h e Storming of Badajoz," 558, 558n, 576, 577, 584; " T h e Storming o f Burkersdorf Heights," 636n; " T h e Stove," 519n; Sullivan Country Sketches, 23, 30, 39-40, 56n, 64n, 72n, 112, 168n; " T h e Surrender o f Forty Fort," 529n; " A Swede's Campaign in Germany," 613; " A Swede's Campaign in Germany—Leipzig," 612n; " A Swede's Campaign in Germany—Lutzen," 605, 606n, 607, 608, 612n "Tell me not in joyous numbers," 420n; " T h e 'Tenderloin' as it Really is," 223; Tenderloin sketches, 222-23, 244n; " A tent in Agony," 168n; "There came whisperings in the winds," 246, 247n;

" 'Truth,' said a traveller," 87n; "Twelve O ' C l o c k , " 318n, 361n; " T h e Upturned Face," 418n, 543, 544n, 557, 557n, 603, 603n; " T h e Veteran," 194n; "Veterans' Ranks Thinner by a Y e a r , " 69n; " T h e Viga Canal," 92; "Virtue in War," 490n, 517, 521, 523, 526, 532n; "Vittoria," 605, 605n, 612n — "War Is Kind" (poem), 344, 344n; War Is Kind, 26, 76n, 356, 361 n, 368n, 380n, 428n, 466, 467n, 502n, 503, 512; "War Memories," 354, 491 n, 493, 524, 525n, 538n, 580, 602n; war stories, 492, 492n; " T h e wayfarer," 502n; "What says the sea, little shell?" 172n, 176, 177n; inscription, 160; "When a people reach the top o f a hill" ("The Blue Battalions"), 331, 331n; Whilomville stories, 26, 307n, 337n, 407, 424, 451, 463, 464, 492, 494, 498, 508, 519n, 525, 539-40, 541, 542-43, 542n, 688, William Crane's view, 545; " T h e Wise M e n , " 104n, 266, 292, 292n, 320n; " T h e W o o f o f Thin Red Threads,"

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Crane, Stephen (continued) 373n, 387n; see also " T h e Price of the Harness" Wounds in the Rain, 26, 356, 407, 490n, 509n, 519n, 532n, 580, 580n, 592, 595, 595n, 596, 597n; dedication, 409, 630, 631n; publication of, 385n; Stokes edition, 608, 608n Wyoming Valley stories, 528, 528-29n, 537, 542n, 580, 602, 648; "Yen-Nock Bill and His Sweetheart," 223; " 'You Must!'—'We Can't,' " 382n; "You tell me this is G o d , " 435n; "A youth in apparel that glittered," 502n Crane, Stephen (early settler), 166 Crane, Stephen (Edmund's son), 590n Crane, Stephen (Revolutionary War ancestor), 21, 31n, 227, 227n, 505n, 559-60, 561 n Crane, Wilbur "Bert" (brother), 546, 547n Crane, William (Colonial days), 560 Crane, William (Revolutionary War), 227 * Crane, William H o w e (brother), 56, 9-10, 13n, 15, 21-22, 28, 47n, 104n, 220, 261, 262, 264, 265, 285n, 373n, 407, 457n, 482n, 617, 617n; financing of Maggie, 41; and Helen's expenses, 535-36, 537n; loan from, 406; political campaign, 125-26, 131, 136 Crane, William T. (son of Edmund), 294n *Creelman, Alice, 403n Creelman, James, 372, 372n, 374, 375, 377, 378 Crete, 281n, 285 Crisler, Jesse S., " 'Christmas Must be Gay': Stephen Crane's The Ghost—A Play by Divers Hands", 553n Criterion, The, 247n 758

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* Critic, The, 205n Cronje, Andrew, 637, 637n *Crouse, Nellie, 5, 47n, lOln, 109, 163n, 183n, 203n, 204n; photograph, 197, 198 Cuba: attempted trip, 266n, 271; Crane, as correspondent, 25; rebellion in, 261; see also Havana, Cuba Cuban War, 4, 25, 69-70n, 344n, 353-56, 364n, 366n, 452n, 478-79, 565-66, 679, 681, 687, 687n Current Literature, 111, 11 In Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 277n Cushing, Marshall, 137 Cuzco Hill, Cuba, 364n

Daily Chronicle, 569n Daily Graphic, The, 48n Daily Telegraph, 319, 319n Daiquiri, Cuba, 353; landings at, 392n Daly's Theatre, N e w York City, 64n Dartmouth College Library, 4 *Davies, Acton, 664n Davis, Richard Harding, 9, 108, 186, 188n, 301, 303n, 353, 355, 507, 563, 681; "A Derelict," 303n; " O u r War Correspondents in Cuba and Puerto Rico," 564n *Davray, Henry D., 311n Day, Fred Holland, 72n *de Camp, Lyda, 280n * DeFriese, Lafayette Hoyt, 500, 500n Delmonico's, N e w York, 9 Delta Upsilon fraternity, 22, 28, 29, 30, 32n, 36, 37n, 167, 177n * Demorest's Family Magazine, 696n Descriptive symbols, 18 Detroit Free Press, 290, 548n Dewey, George, 532 Diaz Gonsedos & Co., 465 *Dick, John Henry, 80n Dickens, Charles, 691 Dickinson, Emily, 54n, 62n

Dickinson College, 429 District of C o l u m b i a Society o f the Sons of the American Revolution, 505n * D i x o n , T h o m a s , 96n D o d d , M e a d and C o m p a n y , 310n Dolly (Dora, sister o f Jessie C o n r a d ) , 326n, 341 n, 485, 486, 486n D o m i n i c k (Stokes's L o n d o n representative), 427-28, 428n, 591-92, 592n, 595, 596, 597, 598 Doubleday, Page & C o m p a n y , 21 On Draper ( U . S . Marine officer), 566 D r e w Methodist C h u r c h , Port Jervis, N e w Y o r k , 21 D r e w Theological Seminary, 629 D u n m a n u s Bay, Ireland, 297n, 334, 334n * D u n n , J. Nicoll, 599n D u n n e , Finley Peter, 555-56, 556n East Aurora, N e w Y o r k , 105, 108, 157n East Hall, Lafayette College, 28 Echo, 550n Edgar, D r . ( U . S . Marine), 439 Edwards, E l i s h a J . " H o l l a n d " , 88n, 236n Eggleston, E d w a r d , 175n Eliot, T . S., 551-52n Eliot Society, St. Louis, 252 * Elliott, George Frank, 364n, 427, 439n, 479, 565, 566 E m e r s o n , Ralph Waldo, 323; "Intellect," 231 n English, Phebe " P e t e , " 35, 36n, 44, 45n English Illustrated Magazine, The, 171, 173n Ericson, David, 42, 193n Evansville, Ind., 117n Evening Post, N e w Y o r k , 53, 54n; review of The Black Riders, 140 Everett House, N e w Y o r k , 359n Evergreen C e m e t e r y Hillside, N . J . , 26, 602n

Eytel-Hubbe, M a d a m e (school p r o prietress), 511, 512n, 535-36, 545, 545n, 561, 596 Fabian Society, 431n Fairman, Leonard " B i l l , " 268n, 287n * Ferguson, A r t h u r D . , 59n Field, Eugene, 136, 137n, 153 Fishmonger's C o m p a n y , 362 Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 332n Flack, A r t h u r H . , 22, 34n Florida East Coast Railway, 274n Florida Times-Union and Citizen, 373n Flower, Benjamin O r a n g e , 55, 56n Floyd, Col., 220 Flyleaf inscriptions, 12n Follett, Wilson, 7; The Work of Stephen Crane, 8 Forbes-Robertson, J o h n s t o n , 543, 544n, 557n Ford, Ford M a d o x , 2, 6, 25, 290, 291, 314n, 418n; The Cinque Ports: A Historical and Descriptive Record, 432; see also Hueffer, Ford M a d o x Ford, Paul Leicester, Janice Meredith, 629, 629n Fortnightly, 292-93n Forum magazine, 5, 51n, 55 Foster, F. H . , 45n Fra, 107, 109 France, Anatole, 566, 678 Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, 490n; " M o o n l i g h t o n the S n o w , " 537, 538n, 580n; " V i r t u e in W a r , " 518n Frank Leslie's Weekly, 148 Frankel, Albert, 409, 655, 657n Frederic, Barry, 340n, 406, 437, 437n, 519n Frederic, Grace, 496, 496n Frederic, Harold, 2, 6, 25, 263, 290, 291, 292n, 296, 297n, 300, 308, 316, 331, 340n, 361n, 372, 374, 375, 384n, 496, 496n, 500n, 612n, 619, 674, 679, 680n, 680; f u n d for s u p p o r t of children, 402-3, 403n, 404, 420; and " T h e M o n s t e r , "

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Frederic, Harold (continued) 329n; W O R K S : Gloria Mundi, 308n; The Market-Place, 334n; "Stephen Crane's T r i u m p h , " 183n, 189n, 196, 196n Frederic, Helen, 340n, 406, 432n Frederic, Heloise, 340n, 406, 437n, 519n Frederic, Kate, 26; see also Lyon, Kate Fredericksburg, battle of, 177-78, 178n Free verse, Howells' view, 62n, 75 French, Mansfield J., 29 *Frewen, Clara Jerome, 363n, and Christmas play, 570 *Frewen, H u g h , 569n *Frewen, Moreton, 26, 363n, 406, 409, 569n, 640, 656, 657n, 658; and Christmas play, 570n; dedication of Wounds in the Rain, 631n Fritot, Alphonse W., 274n Fryckstedt, O l o v W., "Stephen Crane in the Tenderloin," 266 Gaines, Charles K., 215n Galen, Nina, "Stephen Crane as a Source for Conrad's J i m , " 319-20n Galsworthy, John, 368n Galveston, Texas, 91; Aziola Club, 113n * Garland, Franklin, 63, 64n, 67n * Garland, Hamlin, 2, 5, 22-23, 24, 40, 42, 48, 48n, 49, 55, 56n, 62, 63, 64n, 67n, 108, 136, 153, 167, 195, 246, 249, 252-53, 265, 685; dedication of The Black Riders, 88, 89n, 113-14; review of Maggie, 87n, 88; W O R K S : Prairie Songs, 70, 71n; Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, 315n; Wayside Courtships, 315n Garnett, Constance (Mrs. Edward), 291, 676 * Garnett, Edward, 2, 26, 291, 314n, 316n, 365, 407, 651; letter f r o m Conrad, 328n; " M r . Stephen 760

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Crane: An Appreciation," 314n, 400-1, 401 n, 413-14, 414n; "Stephen Crane: A N o t e Without Dates," 316n Garrett, Biblical Institute, Evanston, 111., 430n Garrick Club, 350 Gatti's, 348n Genesee Hotel, Buffalo, 108, 147n, 155-56 Gentlewoman, The, 221 n George III, king of England, 559 George S. Boutwell (Coast Guard cutter), 263 Germanic (ship), 291 German translation of Maggie, 320n Gibraltar, proposed trip, 587n Gibson, Charles D . , 188n Gilder, Richard Watson, 40, 104n, 220n, 250n, 306n Gilkes, Lillian B., 123n; Stephen Crane: Letters, 2-5 Gillette, William, 557n Gilmour, Alan P., 277 *Gissing, George, 408, 491n, 549, 554n, 570n Glenesk, Lord, 599, 599n Godey's Magazine, 80n Godkin, E d w i n Laurence, 54n Goldsmith, Lew, 561 Goodsall, Charles, 8 Goodwin, Clarence N . , 30 Goodwin, Nat, 557n, 582 Gordon, Frederic C., 42, 89n Gould, H o w a r d , 644 Gower, Liveson, 436 Graham, Robert Bontine C u n n i n g h ame, 417, 418n; W O R K S : Mogreb-elAcksa, 418n; Portrait of a Dictator, 418n; Thirteen Stories, 418n Granett, Edward, 363n *Gray, E. L., Jr., 31n Greco-Turkish War, 25, 58n, 188n, 264, 28In, 283-84, 673n, 674 Greece, Crane's letters f r o m , 5-6

Greeley, 214 Greene, Nelson, 42, 92 * G r o v e r , E d w a r d , 668-69n Guadiana (ship), 281n, 285n, 673n G u a n t à n a m o , C u b a , 25, 353, 364n, 426-27, 565 Gullason, T h o m a s A., " A d d i t i o n s to the C a n o n of Stephen C r a n e , " 69n H a g e m a n n , E. R., 7 * H a g g a r d , H . Rider, 408, 549, 551n; King Solomon's Mines, 551 n; She, 551n Hale, E d w a r d E., Jr., 121n Hale, Philip, 137 H a m i l t o n , C o s m o , 647 H a m m e r s t e i n , Oscar, 679 H a n i n g t o n (U.S. Lt. Colonel), 479, 564 * Hanson, P., 527n Harcourt Brace Jovanovich A l b u m Series, 10 Hardy, T h o m a s , 566, 678 Harper and Brothers, publishers, 26, 317, 345, 346n, 418, 419n, 425, 435, 451; literary advisor, 594n; The Monster and Other Stories, 318n, 337n, '360, 361 n, 455n, 463-64; Whilomville stories, 498 Harper's Bazaar, 603, 604n Harper's Magazine, 62n, 307n, 321 n, 333n, 336-37, 337n, 419n, 422, 423n, 424, 446, 447-48, 448n, 492, 518, 520; " T h e Angel C h i l d , " 510; " T h e Lover and the Tell-Tale," 464; Whilomville stories, 407, 508, 509n, 525, 540, 540n, 542, 543n Harper's Weekly, 111, 11 In, 321n, 333n, 349, 349n; reviews of Crane's w o r k s , 128, 128n H a r r i m a n , Karl E d w i n , 497, 497n, 507 Harris, Frank, 292-93n; Elder Conklin and Other Stories, 293n; My Life and Loves, 292n

Hart, Horace, 529 Harte, Bret, 323 * Harte, Walter Blackburn, 108, 137, 251n H a r t w o o d , N e w Y o r k , 24, 42, 43, 73, 127, 130, 138, 140, 145, 148n, 167, 181, 192, 199, 202, 205, 207, 257, 263, 292n; m o v e to, 123, 12324n H a r t w o o d Association, 104n H a r t w o o d Club, 22, 104n * H a t h a w a y , Odell, 32n H a t h a w a y , Odell, Jr., 32n H a u p t m a n n , Gerhart, Hannele, 69, 69n Havana, C u b a , 9, 25; post war, 35556; poetry written in, 344n * Hawkins, Willis Brooks, 104n, 1078, 109, 143n, 262, 265, 268n, 272n, 286n, 287n, 298n, 563n Haxell's Hotel, L o n d o n , 482 * H a y , Helen, 358n * H a y , J o h n M . , 358n, 371n Hayles, C . , 541 * Hearst, William Randolph, 223, 255, 374, 375n, 679 * H e i n e m a n n , William, Publisher, 2, 5, 25, 142, 151, 151n, 152n, 190, 205, 219, 219n, 240, 240n, 290, 309n, 317, 333n, 350, 374, 375, 376, 380n, 393n, 394, 395, 428, 428n, 453, 674; Active Service, 303n; The Black Riders, 207n; Maggie: A Child of the Streets, 199n; financial arrangements, 391 n; publication of The Red Badge, 43; War Is Kind, 361n, 466 Henley, William Ernest, 323n * Herford, Kenneth, " H e a r d Here and T h e r e , " 548n H e m e , J a m e s A., 63-64; Shore Acres, 64n, 67n H e r r i n g s h a w ' s American Biography, 573 Herzberg, Max, 247n

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Higgins, William, 261 Higginson, T h o m a s W e n t w o r t h , " B o o k and Heart: A Bit of W a r P h o t o g r a p h y , " 234, 234n *Hill, Daisy, 5 Hillhead, W o l d i n g h a m , Surrey, 343n *Hilliard, J o h n N o r t h e r n , 54n, 99n, 137, 196n, 696n; Crane's letters to, 16, 693-96; WORKS: " T h e H i d e o u s ness of War: Stephen C r a n e and the Red B a d g e , " 168n, 693; "Literary N o t e s , " 693-94; "Stephen C r a n e , " 694-95; Hillside, N . J . , 26, 602n H i n d (historian?), 610-12 Hitchcock, Helen Sargent, 173n * Hitchcock, James Ripley, 40-41, 81n, 91, 108, 159n, 168n, 171, 210n, 240n, 265; A u t h o r ' s C l u b dinner, 175, 175n; editing o f Crane's w o r k s , 173n, 199n H o b s o n , R i c h m o n d Pearson, 365, 366n H o f f m a n , Daniel, The Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories, 69n Holder, M a r y , 560n H o l m a n , William Steele, 146n Holmes, Bassett, 507, 508n H o o k e , Charles W . , 267, 268n H o o k e r , Joseph, 178n H o p e , G. F. W . , 506, 506n Horan, M a r y , 356, 380n "Hospital, T h e , " 657, 657n Hotel de D r e a m , Jacksonville, 4, 25, 263, 275n, 340n Hotel Imperial, N e w York, 21 I n Hotel Iturbide, Mexico City, 92, 100 Hotel Louis le Grand, Paris, 407 Hotel Pasaje, Havana, 356, 370, 371, 372, 379, 380n Hotel Tichfield, Jamaica, 361 H o u g h t o n , Mifflin & C o . , 337n * H o w a r d , Walter, 510n H o w e , D r . , breathing tube, 628 * H o w e l l s , William Dean, 2, 5, 22-

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General

Index

23, 42, 54n, 55, 58, 62, 63, 79, 104n, 111, 153, 167, 195, 206-7, 237, 247n, 258n, 265, 566, 678; Lantern C l u b dinner, 220n; " N e w Y o r k L o w Life in Fiction," 241n, 245, 245n; reviews of C r a n e ' s w o r k s , 128, 128n; view of Crane, 65n; view of C r a n e ' s poetry, 62n, 175 * H u b b a r d , Elbert, 2, 105-9, 116n, 137, 143n, 144, 154, 157n, 163, 169n, 177n, 21 I n , 332n, 344, 344n, 483n; and The Black Riders, 11 On; and Crane's poetry, 114-15, 176, 331 n; horse purchased f r o m , 265, 266n; WORKS: Little Journeys, 105, 106, 143, 143n, 211; " A Message to Garcia," 106, 476n, 483n; No Enemy (but Himself), 168-69, 169n; " T h e Rights o f T r a m p s , " 105; A Souvenir and a Medley, 108, 109 H u b b a r d , H o n o r , 169n * H u e f f e r , Ford M a d o x , 25, 314n, 407, 417, 418n, 497, 497n; see also Ford, Ford M a d o x Huling, George, 293n * Huneker, James, 9 H u n t i n g t o n , Robeet, 364n, 479, 564, 565, 566 * Hutchinson, T h o m a s , 477n Idler, 293, The O'Ruddy, 573n "Illustrated Buffalo Express, The," " 'Steve' Crane," 695 Illustrated Magazine, 518 Illustrations, War is Kind, 344n; see also Bradley, Will " I n d i a n s , " 173n Inscriptions, 12n, 97n, 269-70, 276n, 279-80, 282, 342; Active Service, 538, 576; Almayer's Folly, C o n r a d , 309; autograph album, 32-34; The Black Riders, 103, 110, 183, 312; George's Mother, 236, 242, 574; f r o m H e n r y James, 515; The Little

Regiment, 343, 392; Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, 52-53, 53n, 59, 67, 69, 78-79, 96, 134, 158, 233, 23738, 238n, 243, 252, 280, 321; The Monster and Other Stories, 574; The Open Boat and Other Stories, 431; photographs, 194, 195, 227, 228, 288; Pictures of War, 367, 487; The Red Badge of Courage, 124, 125, 157, 235, 247, 278; The Third Violet, 292, 293n; "What says the sea, little shell?" 160 Iroquois Hotel, Buffalo, 108 Irving, Henry, 237, 237n

Jaccaci, August F., 169-70n Jacksonville, Fla., 24-25, 261-64, 672; Hotel de Dream, 4, 25, 263, 275n, 340n; Ward Street, 280n Jacksonville Evening Metropolis, 274n Jacksonville Times-Union, 371 James, Duke of York, 559 *James, Henry, 2, 6, 26, 27, 290, 368n, 385n, 407, 408, 491n, 496, 496n, 507, 548n, 549, 552, 566, 570n, 589, 589n, 658-59, 659, 670, 678; In the Cage, 688 Jefferson, Joseph, 237, 237n Jefferson Market Police Court, 223 Jeffree, Sydney, 640 Jerome, Clara, see Frewen, Clara Jerome Jerome, Jennie, see Churchill, Jennie Jerome Jerome, Jerome K., 290 Jerome, Leonard, 363 Jerome, Leonie, 363n Jewett, Sara Orne, 153 Jewish Daily Forward, 245n Johns, H. B. "Red Sioux," 44, 45n Johnson, Robert Underwood, 220, 220n Johnson, William Andrew, "Reddie," 509, 51On

Johnson, Willis F., 39-40 Jones, Edith Richie, 407, 408 Jones, Will Owen, 94, 95, 96 •Jordan, Elizabeth, 597, 603; "True Stories of the News," 594n Jordan, William G., I l l , 11 In, 473, 473n Junior Order of United American Mechanics, 23, 145n

Katz, Joseph: Stephen Crane in the West and Mexico, lOln, 114n; "Some Light on the Stephen Crane—Amy Leslie Affair," 272n Kauai Kodak Klub, 237, 243, 243n KaufFman, Reginald W., 41 Keio Gijuku University, Tokyo, 260n Kelmscott Press, 105 Kenamore, Jane A., 113n *Kent, C. W., 534n Kettle Hill, Cuba, 354 Key West, Fla., 680 Key West Hotel, Key West, 361 King, Charles, An Army Wife, 282n King, F. H., 204, 205n King's Craftsmen, see Roycrofters Kipling, Rudyard, 207, 532, 566, 648, 656, 678; payment for work, 368n; Captains Courageous, 329n; The Seven Seas, 263 Klondike gold rush, 303n *Knortz, Karl, 117n, 118n

Lacy, Eva, 212 Ladies' Field, The, 584 Ladysmith, battle of, 550n Ladysmith Lyte, 550n Lafayette College, 22, 28-29, 35n, 166 Lake View, New Jersey, 23, 39, 41 Lande, Dora, 321 n Lane, John, 537, 538, 538n General

Index

763

Lantern Club, 24, 82-83n, 104, 104n, 107, 111, 113, 119, 149, 185, 215n, 242, 268n, 303; dinner for Crane, 114n, 220n; and Philistine Society dinner, 146 Lanthom Book, The, 104n, 279n Laredo, Texas, 91 Lark, The, 106, 260n Larkin, J. D . , & C o . , 106 Las Guásimas, C u b a , 25, 353 * Lawrence, Frederic M . , 23, 24, 30, 40, 41, 72n, 125n, 309, 635 *Lce, J o h n T h o m a s , 236n Lee, Robert E., 178n * L e m p e r l y , Paul, 244n * Leslie, A m y , 4, 6-7, 213n, 228n, 262, 266n, 267, 268n, 272, 286n, 287n, 298n, 318n, 337n, 341 n Leslie, Frank, 148 Leslie, J o h n , 363n Leslie, Shane, 363n Levenson, J. C . , 250n, 447n Lewis, Sinclair, Our Mr. Wrenn, 594 Library, The, 90 Lincoln, A b r a h a m , 139n Lincoln, N e b . , incident, 668 *Linson, C o r w i n Knapp, 4, 41, 5657n, 66, 69-70n, 84n, 103n, 114n, 169-70n, 309, 391n; p h o t o g r a p h s of Crane, 168n, 178n *Linson, L. S., 69-70n Lippincott (publisher), 469, 469n, 493, 604; Great Battles of the World, 598, 599n, 600, 600n, 603, 603n Lippincott's Magazine, 107; battle series, 541, 542n, 558, 558n, 580, 580n, 584, 590, 590n, 592-93, 605, 606n, 608, 625, 626n, 627, 631, 636, 636n; " T h e Battle of Solferi n o , " 615, 616n; " T h e S t o r m i n g of B a d a j o z , " 576, 577; " V i t t o r i a , " 605, 605n "Literary C h a t " column, Munsey's Magazine, 177n "Literary N o t e s " column, New Tribune, 176n

764

General

Index

York

* Little, Charles J., 430n Location symbols, 18-19 L o n d o n , Jack, 254n London Chronicle, w a r correspondent, 452n London Illustrated News, 457, 457n, 461, 550n London Morning Herald, 550n London Morning Post, 599n Loti, Pierre ( p s e u d o n y m of Viaud), 677n Lotos, The, 108 Lotus, The, 106, 251, 251n Louis, prince o f Battenburg, Men-ofWar Names, 334, 334n Lowell, A m y , 11, 72n, 107 Lower East Side, N e w Y o r k City, 39 Lucas, E d w a r d Verrall, 417, 418n Lundeluco studio, Port Jarvis, 168n, 194n Lusitania, 106, 483n Lynch, George, 452, 452n, 550; ed., In Many Wars, 355 * L y o n , Kate, 25, 26, 291, 297n, 338, 340n, 361 n, 3 8 4 - 8 5 n , 406, 407, 496n, 610-12, 612n, 616n, 622n, 637n; aid for, 402-3, 403n, 404; Great Battles of the World, 469n

M a b o n , George, 262, 287n * Mac Arthur, James, 149n, 178, 304, 304n, 344 • M c C a w l e y , Charles L., 564 M c C l u g , A. C . , " T h e Red Badge of H y s t e r i a , " 234, 234n McClure, Robert, 305, 307, 308n, 327, 328n, 557 * McClure, S. S., 2, 42, 181, 185, 208n, 233n, 327, 531, 670, 685; and Philistine Society dinner, 108 McClure's Magazine, 56-57n, 169n, 251, 306-7n, 321n, 369, 369n, 380, 380n; C u b a n War correspondent, 353; " T h e Little R e g i m e n t , " 175, 205, 238n; " T h e V e t e r a n , " 194n

M c C l u r e Syndicate and publishing firm, 24, 42, 305-8, 318, 336, 383, 419, 422, 557; and Active Service, 448n, 451n; financial arrangements, 301, 305, 320-21, 332; and " T h e M o n s t e r " , 305, 307-8, 318n; The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure, 349n; and The Red Badge of Courage, 68n, 79, 666n; serialization of The Third Violet, 24 M c C o r m a c k , Ed., 449 M c C r e a d y , Ernest W . , 353 McCumber, Thomas, 9 Maceo, A n t o n i o , 271, 271n Mcintosh, William, 137 Mack (coachman at Brede Place), 464-65, 465n, 524 MacKenzie (Black and White editor), 345 *Maclagen, J. T . , 409, 615, 616n, 624n Macleod, Fiona (pseud, of William Sharp), 437, 437n M c N a b , Reuben, 354 MacPartland (U.S. Marine), 586 Macqueen, J o h n , 396, 397n Mailloux, Stephen, 173n Maine (battleship), 25, 348n Maine (hospital ship), 562-63, 620, 621 n Manchester Guardian, 570n M a n d , Steevens, 549 Manitau (ship), 9, 406, 415 Margaret Fleming (play), 66 Markham, Edwin, " T h e Man with the H o e , " 535n * Marriott-Watson, H . B., 408, 589, 589n; Heart of Miranda, 552n Marshall, E d w a r d , 65n, 104n, 275, 275n, 353, 585, 586n * Mason, A. E. W . , 408, 549, 570, 570n, 571, 589, 589n; Miranda of the Balcony, 552n * M a t t h e w s , Brander, 48n; "In Search of Local C o l o r , " 48n M a t t h e w s , M a r y R., 559

Mattison, Harriet, 27 May, Phil, 48n Melange (Lafayette yearbook), 28-29 M e l d r u m , David, 336n, 347, 365, 379n, 386, 387-88, 397n, 428, 457 Melville, H e r m a n , 11 Mercure de France, 31 I n Merrimac (collier), 366 Methodist C h u r c h : 1844 split, 472n; N e w a r k District, 21 M e t h u e n ' s Publishing C o m p a n y , 395, 396n, 400, 400n, 412, 418n, 421, 436n, 453, 453n, 531, 540, 577, 580, 585, 592; contract terms, 604, 604n; and The O'Ruddy, 582-83, 586; Wounds in the Rain, 509n, 595, 596, 597n Metropolitan Magazine, " T h e M a n f r o m D u l u t h , " 567n Metropolitan M u s e u m of Art, N e w York, 534n Mexico, 24, 91-92, 113, 114n, 162 Michelson, Charles, 356 M i d d l e t o w n , N e w Y o r k , 73 Milford, Pennsylvania, 24, 72n * Miller, Jahu D e w i t t , 216n Miller, Joaquin, 260, 260n Mills, Mrs. (Christian Science practitioner), 340n Minard ( P o r t j e r v i s resident), 449 Minneapolis Tribune, 144 * Mitchell, A. L., 157n, 168n, 194n, 304n Mitchell, Donald G., 153 Mitchell, Silas Weir, 507, 508n; Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker, 508n Monteiro, George, 218n M o n t g o m e r y , C . B., 261 M o o r e , George, 566, 678 M o r g a n , J. P., Sr., 409 Morris, Harrison S., 469n Morris, William, 105 Morrisons & Nightingale, 422n, 433, 436, 441, 451, 461, 469, 489 M o r t o n (room clerk), 273n * Moser, James H e n r y , 79n

General Index

765

* M u n r o e , Lily Brandon, 6, 55-56n, 183n, 360n Munsey's Magazine, 176, 177n M u r p h y , Edward, 261, 263 Nation, 54n National Cyclopedia of American Biography, 248, 248-49n Naval terminology, 483-85 Nebraska, 90-91 Nebraska State Journal, 24, 90 N e e d h a m building, N e w York City, 23, 41-42 Nelson, M r . , 349 Neville, Lieut. (Cuban War), 426 Newark, N.J., 21, 82, 227 Newark Evening News, 13n Newark Morning Register, 40 * N e w m a n , Victor, 184n N e w m a n , William J., 510 New McClure's Magazine, The, 581, 581 n; and The O'Ruddy, 636, 636n N e w Orleans, La., 91 New Review, The, 151, 151n, 188n, 190, 190-ln, 290, 323n; Nigger of the "Narcissus," Conrad, 310n N e w York City, 23, 24, 25, 30, 3943, 189, 191, 207; Bowery, 671; Crane's 1898 visit, 9-10; lodgings, 184n, 234n, 236n; police force, 250n; Tenderloin, 222-24 New York Commercial Advertiser, 445 New York Evening Post: review of The Black Riders, 144; SpanishAmerican War correspondent, 586n New York Herald, 459, 618, 619n; " T h e Clan of N o - N a m e , " 446; Cuban War correspondents, 353, 510n; payment for work, 305 New York Journal, 25, 58n, 257, 258n, 266, 324, 324n, 327, 336, 672; Cora Crane's byline, 288n; Cora Crane's dispatches, 307n; Crane and, 368n, 382, 383, 385; and Crane as war correspondent, 379, 380n, 381, 166

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Index

381n, 609, 609n, 615-16; Cuban War reports, 353, 354-55, 356; foreign correspondent, 275n; GrecoTurkish war dispatches, 283-84; London correspondent, 341n, 372n; Managing Editor, 264, 288n; payment for w o r k , 306; publication of Crane's works, 295n, 307n; Puerto Rican campaign, 25; Tenderloin series, 223, 244n; William Crane and, 562 New York Press, 24, 65, 65n, 79, 167, 221 n, 236n, 265, 306, 317, 327; Cora Crane's columns, 288-89n; and Crane's poetry, 69, 69n; editor, 82n, 103n; "European Letters," 309n; publication of Crane's works, 25, 66, 105, 291, 328n; Sunday editor, 577n New York Sun, 39, 459; drama critic, 664n New York Times, 39; Frederic's report of English acclaim for The Red Badge of Courage, 183n, 189n; "Stephen C r a n e , " Hilliard, 694-95 New York Tribune, 23, 39, 167, 205, 689; Crane as Syracuse reporter, 22, 29-30; reviews of Crane's works, 144, 145n, 170, 176, 176n; Ripley Hitchcock as correspondent, 81 n; Sullivan C o u n t y Sketches, 3940; T o w n l e y Crane's news-reporting agency, 21, 22 New York World, 4, 39, 49n; Crane as war correspondent, 25, 291; and Cuban revolution, 271, 271n; C u ban War reports, 353-55; Howells' essay, " N e w York Low Life in Fiction," 245n; payment for work, 305; press boat, 366n; publication of Crane's works, 318n; Sunday editor, 275n; " T r u e Stories of the N e w s , " Jordan, 594n Nickleman, Henry (pseudonym), 90; see also Cather, Willa

*Noguchi, Yone, 260n Nordrach cure, 409, 641, 642n Norris, Frank, 353 Noxon, Frank, 30, 176, 177n; on Philistine Society dinner, 108; "The Real Stephen Crane," 177n Olympia, 426 Olympian games, Greece, 170 Oxenbridge, Goddard, 363n, 408, 535n, 570 "Oxenbridges of Brede Place," 578 *Page, Walter H., 210n, 226n Paine, Ralph D., 353; Roads of Adventure, 369n Palmer, Frederick, ed., In Many Wars, 355 Parker's Glen, Pa., summer camp, 118 Parker, Hershel, 173n * Parkin, Thomas, 574n, 589n Parshal, Will, 150 Parson, Tommie, 101 Paterson, N.J., 21, 39 * Pawling, Sidney S., 25, 151n, 190n, 290, 390n, 375n, 394, 41 In, 428 "Peanuts" (horse), 197n, 205, 211, 21 In, 265, 266n, 448-49, 450n, 671 Pearson, C. Arthur, Ltd., 348n Pearson's Weekly, 348n Pease, Edward, 43In * Pease, Margery, 431n Pease, Michael, 431, 432n *Peaselee, Clarence Loomis, 29, 30, 97n; letter to, 695; "Stephen Crane's College Days," 205n Peck, A. H., 482, 482n Peck, George L., 470-71, 472n, 520, 520n; Wyoming: Its History, Stirring Incidents and Romantic Adventures, 528n Peck, Harry Thurston, 72n, 96n, 193n, 304n; "Stephen Crane, Au-

thor of The Black Riders and Other Lines," 11 In *Peck, J. L., Luther Peck and his Five Sons, 472n Peck, Jesse Truesdell (mother's uncle), 21, 29, 166, 472n; works of, 471 Peck, Luther (uncle), 536-37, 628, 629n Pelton (creditor), 454 "Pendennis Club, The," 23, 30, 46, 46n, 59n, 125n Pennington Seminary, N.J., 22, 27, 216n Pennsylvania (steamer), 482 Pent Farm, Stanford, 342n Perris, G. H., 368n Perry Mason & Company (publisher), 221n Philadelphia Press, 24, 95, 122n, 689; publication of Crane's works, 123n, 603n; reviews of The Red Badge of Courage, 88, 88n, 215, 215n, 231n; serialization of Red Badge, 79n; Western reports, 91 Philippine Islands, Aguinaldo Insurrection, 620n Philistine, The: A Periodical of Protest, 76n, 105-7, 109, 142n, 211, 21 In, 25In, 304, 331, 434, 435n, 483, 483n; advertisement for The Red Badge of Courage, 115, 116n, 119; publication of poems, 114, 115, 115n, 120, 129, 171, 172n, 331n, 475, 476n; reprint of "Irish Notes" 307n; review of The Black Riders, llOn * Philistine Society dinner, 107-9, 134-35, 137-43, 146, 147n, 150, 152, 152n, 154-57, 168n, 177n, 185-86, 304n, 693; Crane's views, 163-64, 164n; newspaper reports, 163n; New York Tribune and, 176; souvenir menu, 159n * Phillips, John, 161n General

Index

161

Picton, T h o m a s , 612, 612n Pierce, Jennie, 27, 212 • P i k e , Charles J., 234n • P i k e , G o r d o n , 11 On Pike C o u n t y , Pa., 24, 43, 102n, 116n, 120n, 245n Pike County Puzzle, 72n * Pinker, James B., 4, 254n, 297n, 361 n, 368n, 379n, 387, 387n, 398n, 406, 407-8, 413n, 415, 435, 448, 455, 464, 466, 469n, 509n, 521, 523, 531, 532, 532n, 540n, 575, 594, 613n, 622 Pizer, Donald, 173n * Plant, Alfred T . , 406, 492, 555, 558, 581, 604, 607, 608 Player's C l u b , N e w York, 221n Plumber's Trade Journal, Gas, Steam and Hot Water Fitter's Review, 606n Pocket Magazine, 226n Poe, Edgar Allan, bust of, 534, 534n Poe M e m o r i a l Association, 534, 534n Police, N e w Y o r k City, C r a n e and, 250n • P o p e , Charles F., 278n Port Antonio, Jamaica, 681 Port Jervis, N . Y . , 21-22, 27, 56n, 104n, 153, 168n; and C r a n e ' s stories, 446; ice business, 448-49; p h o tograph o f Crane, 194n Port Jervis Union, review of The Red Badge of Courage, 149 Prince studio, Washington, D . C . , 168n Princeton University, 166 Ptolemy, Adoni, 340n Publishers Weekly, 103n Puerto Rico, w a r reports, 355 • P u g h , E d w i n , 408, 549, 589, 589n Pulitzer, Joseph, 355, 409 Punch, 48n P u t n a m , G. P., Sons, publisher, 105,

211 Q u e e n s t o w n , Ireland, see C o b h Quick, J o h n H . , 438, 439n, 479, 479n

768

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Index

Quiller-Couch, A r t h u r T . , 656, 657n Q u i n n , J o h n , 348n Ralph, Julian, 258n, 340, 341 n, 342 Ramee, Louise de la, Under Two Flags, 263 Ravensbrook, O x t e d , Surrey, 5, 25, 290-91, 316, 339, 340n; expenses, 332n; financial problems, 406; rent of, 363n; visitors, 682n " R e d S i o u x , " see Johns, H . B. Reeve, Earl T . " S i o u x , " 36, 37n, 43, 43n Reid, Whitelaw, 23 R e m i n g t o n , Frederic, 353 Review of Reviews, 56 * Reynolds, Paul Revere, 4, 254n, 303n, 3 0 7 - 8 , 318n, 328n, 332n, 333n, 344n, 346n, 356, 369n, 385n, 398, 412, 412n, 413, 419n, 420n, 425, 440n, 448n, 450-51, 452, 457, 461, 462, 489, 491n, 557n, 575, 654 Rhees, William J., ed., Register of the District of Columbia Society Sons of the American Revolution 1896, 505n • R i c h a r d s , Grant, 396n, 399, 400 Richie, Edith, 407, 408, 519n, 526n, 538n, 570, 571, 579, 640 Ridgefield Press, 71 n Riley, James W h i t c o m b , 153 Roberts, Anna, 212 • R o b i n s , Elizabeth, 480n; WORKS: The Convent, 480n; The Magnetic North, 480n; Votes for Women, 480n; " A Lucky Sixpence," 479-80, 480n Robins, R a y m o n d , 480n Roche & Son, 454 Rochester Democrat, 115 Rochester Post Express, 99n, 168n, 196n, 198n; biographical sketch of Crane, 693-94 Rochester Union and Advertiser, 99n, 153, 168n; biographical sketch of Crane, 693 Rockhill, William W . , 293, 294n • R o o s e v e l t , T h e o d o r e , 223, 242,

249-50n, 686, 686n; Rough Riders, 353-54 Rosemont-Dezaley School, Lausanne, 407, 511, 512n, 519n Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas, 113n Rosenthal, Herman, 223 Roseville, N.J., 27 Rough Riders, 353-54 Rowan, A n d r e w Summers, 475-76, 476n; How I Carried the Message to Garcia, 476n Royal General Literary Fund, 652-53 Roycrofters, 105, 106 Roycroft Press, 106 Roycrojt Quarterly, 107, 108 Ruedy, Charlotte (Mathilde), 340n, 406 Rushville Indian, see Reeve, Earl T . Rutherford, Mark (William Hale White), 566n

St. Botolph Club, 586 St. Helena, 638n; trip proposal, 635 St. James Hotel, Jacksonville, 261, 263, 269, 274, 276 St. Marina (hospital ship), 284 Saltus, Edgar, 258n Sampson, William T . , 353, 366n, 680, 681n San Juan Hill, Cuba, 354-55 Santiago, Cuba, 353 Saportas, Frances Cabané, 4-5 Saturday Evening Post, 455, 473, 473n, 474, 475n; " ' G o d Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen,' " 456n, 509, 510n; " T h e Second Generation," 517, 517n, 518n; " T h e Serjeant's Private M a d - H o u s e , " 539, 539n Saturday Review, 293n, 296, 302, 306 Saturn Club, Buffalo, 154 Savage Club, 347n, 348n Schoberlin, Melvin H . , 3-4, 6, 9, 445n; "Flagon of Despair: Stephen C r a n e , " 3-4, 33n, 34n, 37n

* Schuyler, William, Songs from Stephen Crane's "Black Riders," 247n Scorpion (warship), 392n * Scott-Stokes, John, 361n, 384n, 391, 391 n, 504n *Scovel, Sylvester, 353, 355; letters to, 4 - 5 Scribner's Magazine, 169n, 337n, 423n, 540n, 555, 556n; Stevenson's letters, 51 In Scudder, Horace E., 210n Seitz, D o n Carlos, 355; "Stephen Crane: War C o r r e s p o n d e n t , " 355 •Senger, Louis C., Jr., 4, 23, 24, 56, 56n, 66n, 72n, 245n, 257, 263 Seventy-First N e w York Regiment, 354-55 Shafter, William R., 353 Sharp, William, see Macleod, Fiona Shaw, Albert, 55 Shaw, George Bernard, 254n, 385n Shaw, M . J., 426-27 Sheldon (Appleton representative in England), 151 Sherry's, poetry reading, 202, 203n *Shipman, M r . , 221n Shore Acres, H e m e , 63, 64n, 67n Short titles, 19 Shorter (at London Illustrated News), 461 Sicilia, Victor S., 247-48n Skinner, Ernest B., 408, 639n, 640, 644, 658 Smillie, Frederick, 56n Smith, Ernest G., 28 Smith, Hopkinson, Tom Grogan, 685 Smith, Johnston (pseudonym), 23, 41, 665; see also Crane, Stephen Society of the Philistines, 107-8 *Sonntag, Mrs. William, 9, 683n Sons of the American Revolution, District of Columbia Society, 24, 505n Sorrentino, Paul, 4 South Eastern Advertiser, 535n General

Index

169

Spanish-American War, 188n, 291. See also Cuban War Spicer, Capt. (Cuban War), 426 Stallman, R. W., 1, 7, 8, 32n; W O R K S : Stephen Crane: A Biography, 1, 10; Stephen Crane: Letters, 2 - 5 , 10; " N e w Fiction by Stephen Crane", 218n Standard and Diggers News, 550n Stanley, Henry M . , 27 Starr, George E., 277 State Journal, Lincoln, Nebraska, 95 *Stedman, Arthur, 503n *Stcdman, Edmund Clarence, 175n, 502n; American Anthology 1787Ì900, 501-2, 502n; A Victorian Anthology, 501-2 Step-Ladder, 177n Stephen Crane Association o f Newark, N.J., 247n Stephen Crane Newsletter, 3 Stephen Crane Testimonial Fund, 409 Sterrit, Sam, 449 Stevens, Abel, 472 Stevenson, Robert Louis, 510, 51 In, 675, 691; St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England, 656 Stewart, Cora Ethel, 263, 270n; see also Crane, Cora Stewart, Donald William, 264, 270n, 416n * Stokes, Frederick A., Company, 321 n, 361 n, 369, 385, 393n, 407, 419, 427-28, 428n, 447, 456, 475, 493, 508, 518, 519n, 540, 580, 583, 586, 599n; Active Service, 303n, 459; and Cuban War stories, 595, 596 publishing agreement, 529-31, 532n, 541-42, 604; The O'Ruddy, 572, 572n, 602, 636n; War Is Kind, 368n, 466; Wounds in the Rain, 493, 493n, 608, 608n Stone and Kimball (publishers), 148 Strand Magazine, 485n

770

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Strong, Isobel O . , 657n Sudan, English campaign, 302, 303n Sullivan County, New York, 22, 23, 42, 67, 167; Hartwood Club, 104n Sussex Express, Surrey Standard & Kent Mail, 569n Syracuse University, 4, 22, 29-30, 32n, 97n, 166-67, 177n, 2 3 1 - 3 2 , 429, 430n, 472n; roommate, 125n *Taber, Henry Persons, 106, 109, 137, 156, 163, 21 In; letter from Hitchcock, 159n Taber, Isaac W., 329n Tammany Hall, 222 Tauchnitz (German publisher), 428 * Taylor, Cora, 4, 7, 25, 183n, 263, 270n; see also Crane, Cora Tenderloin, New York City, 222-24 Thackeray, William Makepeace, The New comes, 10 Thiebes & Stierlin (publishers), 253 Thies, Albert G., 30 Thirty Fourth Catalogue of Claverack College and Hudson River Institute (1888), 28 Thomas, J . W., 471 *Thompson, Harry, 218n, 259n, 270n Thrall, Charles H., 356 Three Friends (tugboat), 21An, 366n Tillotson's (newspaper syndicate), 517, 518n, 519n, 637; Christmas story for, 606 Time Has Come The (souvenir menu), 159n Times-Democrat, New Orleans, 95 Tolstoy, Leo N., 203, 677 Townley, Charles, 559 Townley, Effingham, 559 Townley, John, 560 Townley, Mary, 559 Townley, Richard, 559 Townsend, Edward, 671 Town Topics, 244n

Travers, J o h n A m o r y , 362 Travis, A b r a m Lincoln, 37n Travis Classical School, Syracuse, 37n Tree, B e e r b o h m , 570n * Trent, Helen, 8-9, 183n Tribune building, N e w York, 262 * T r u d e a u , E d w a r d Livingston, 370n, 409, 51 I n Tuthill, H i r a m B., 34n Twain, M a r k , 27, 104n, 237; see also Clemens, Samuel Langhorne T w i n Lakes, Pa., 43, 72n, 102n, 116, 116n, 245n T y p e w r i t e r , 447n U n c u t Leaves Society, 5, 51n, 203n U n i o n League Club, N e w York, 229 United States Marines, G u a n t à n a m o landing, 353 University Herald, Syracuse U n i v e r sity, 22, 29-30 University of Minnesota, 4 University of Virginia, 84n, 534n University Press of Virginia, 3 Van Doren, M a r k , on Beer's biography, 8 Velestino (dog), 295-96 * Ver Beck, William Francis " F r a n k , " 48n Viaud, Julian, 677n Vidette, Claverack College, 22, 27 Vigiliancia (ship), 392n Villa Eberhardt, Badenweiler, 409 V o s b u r g h , R. G., 41, 42 Wade, J. F., 373n Walker, J o h n Brisben, 308n, 387, 387n Wallenstein, 611, 612n *Walther, O t t o , 643n Ward, M a r y Augusta (Mrs. H u m phry), 6, 507; Robert Elsmere, 508n

Warner, C . D . , 237 Washington, D . C . , 24, 168n, 208n, 213, 214, 216, 219, 670, 683n Watt (Barr's agent), 531 Watts, Doris, 686, 686n Wells, A n n a E., 29 Wells, Catherine, 408 * Wells, H . G., 2, 26, 254n, 290, 408, 409, 549, 570n, 589, 589n, 624n, 630n, 633n, 690-91; The Wheels of Chance: A Holiday Adventure, 497, 497n Wells, Lester G., Stephen Crane's Love Letters to Nellie Crouse, 117n Westminster Gazette, 25, 58n, 264, 296, 302, 306, 369n, 419, 420n, 445, 475, 476n; "Irish N o t e s , " 297n; " T h e Lone C h a r g e of William B. P e r k i n s , " 435 Wharton, Edith, 254n * Wheeler, Post, 4, 40, 82-83n, 104n, 184n, 665; and Crane's pseud o n y m , 41 " W h e n Greek meets G r e e k , " 148 * W h i b l e y , Charles, 551-52n; A Book of Scoundrels, 552n; " M u s i n g s Without Method," 55In * W h i g h a m , H e n r y James, 556n Whilomville (Port Jervis), 26 White, E d w a r d Stewart, 647 White, E u g e n e R., 137, 211n * White, James T . , 248n White, Stewart E d w a r d , 566n, 678n White, William Hale, 566n, 678n Whiteley's (creditor), 451-52, 454 Wickham, Harvey, 28, 102n; "Stephen C r a n e at C o l l e g e , " 33n Wide World Magazine, 413, 413n, 415 Wilde, Oscar, 6, 12n, 507, 6 7 4 - 7 5 William Clarke & Sons, Bankers, 262 Williams, Alexander " C l u b b e r , " 222 Williams, A m e s W . , 55-56n * Williams, Herbert P., " M r . C r a n e as a Literary A r t i s t , " 239n • W i l l i a m s , S. M . , 609

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Williams, Samuel, 559 Windsor Magazine, 531 Winter & Pelton (creditors), 444-45, 454 Witherbee, Sidney A., ed., SpanishAmerican War Songs: A Complete Collection of Newspaper Verse during the Recent War with Spain, 331n Women's Christian Temperance Union, 21 Wyndham, George, 151, 527; The

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Red Badge of Courage review, 5, 190, 190-91n, 207, 322, 323n, 516n * Young, Wickham W., 102n * Youth's Companion, The, 129-30, 130n, 133, 221n, 528, 542, 586, 602 Zara, Louis, 10 Zara, Marlene, 262 Zola, Emile, 254n, 673 Zolnay, George Julian, 534n