Item 8: Letter from Alfred Noyes to Mr. [James Carleton] Young, 1907 June 1
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Series VII: Poetry, 1827-1941
From the Series:
Series VII: Poetry, 1827-1941, is arranged chronologically and features a broad range of mid 19th century to mid 20th century works including poems, booklets, and correspondence of various themes covering the difficult nature of military battles, religious faith, and romance. A main portion of the series highlights poetry and ballads focusing on the natural beauty of the American landscape and contrasting this with the nation's violent past. Featured authors in this series include Fitz-Greene Halleck, an American poet who worked as the personal secretary and advisor to John Jacob Aster, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the most proficient American poets of the 19th century. Halleck and Longfellow's poems cover religious themes that explore the role that faith plays in determination, its relationship to the land, and how it impacts younger generations. William Henry Furness, American poet who was described by his peers as a theologian, transcendentalist, and an abolitionist, is another author in the collection that explores these religious themes without the nationalistic perspective. Finally, the largest outlier of this series is the romantic poem written by a British Major John Andre who was a major in the British Army and head of its Secret Service in America during the American Revolutionary War. Andre’s poem, The Frantick Lover, is included in a larger booklet with an introduction by Howard H. Peckham, historian and an authority on colonial and early American history, who provides background and historical context on the Major and the development of the poem. Central themes of this work include the destructive effect that feelings of jealousy and obsession can have especially when disguised as feelings of love. This work provides an interesting comparison to the other American poets within the collection.
Dates
- Created: 1907 June 1
Creator
- Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958. (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter.
Condition:
Good, slight discoloration.
Measurements:
6 1/16 in. x 4 7/16 in.
Title:
N/A
Description:
Alfred Noyes, 1880-1958, was an American poet who moved back and forth between England and America during his lifetime to lecture and teach at Princeton. This letter was addressed to an unknown ‘Mr. [James Carleton] Young’ from Alfred Noyes that is listing and describing various poems that he intends to “inscribe” hinting at Noyes’ occupation. The ending of the letter mentions working on another book by William Morris that he hopes to complete for another series. This item is crossreferenced with Item 33: Envelope from Alfred Noyes to James Carlton Young, [1907 June 1] found in the Foreign Literary Authors subseries.
Transcription:
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85 Casewick Road
West Norwood
London S.E.
June 1st 1907
Dear Mr Young
I want to thank you very much for your kind letter. It will give me much pleasure & inscribe the books as you suggest. The
Page 2:
list is as follows:- “The Loom of Years” (poems 5/-) published originally by Grant Richards, 1902; but now out of print & rather difficult to secure. (Some of this is included in the American vol.) Poems, 1904 published by Messrs William Blackwood & Sons (London) seven shillings original. “The Forest of Wild Thyme” 1905 (Blackwoods, London.) five shillings. “Drake” an English Epic (Blackwoods,) six shillings 1906
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In America Messrs Macmillan have published a volumed entitled “Poems”, with an introduction by Hamilton Madre 1906. (price 1 dollar 26 cents.) A good deal of that volume is new. ————————————————————————————————— Messr Macmillan are buying out this month in America, a volume entitled “The Flower of Old Japan” & other poems, which contains some work now guide out of himself in this country & also some additions to The
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Forest of Wild Thyme.
I hope to bring out another volume in the Autumn, I am also engaged on a book on William Morris for the “English Mr of Letters” series, which I hope to complete by then.
With kind regards & very many thanks once more I am sincerely yours Alfred Noyes
- Transcription End -
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list is as follows:- “The Loom of Years” (poems 5/-) published originally by Grant Richards, 1902; but now out of print & rather difficult to secure. (Some of this is included in the American vol.) Poems, 1904 published by Messrs William Blackwood & Sons (London) seven shillings original. “The Forest of Wild Thyme” 1905 (Blackwoods, London.) five shillings. “Drake” an English Epic (Blackwoods,) six shillings 1906
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In America Messrs Macmillan have published a volumed entitled “Poems”, with an introduction by Hamilton Madre 1906. (price 1 dollar 26 cents.) A good deal of that volume is new. ————————————————————————————————— Messr Macmillan are buying out this month in America, a volume entitled “The Flower of Old Japan” & other poems, which contains some work now guide out of himself in this country & also some additions to The
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Forest of Wild Thyme.
I hope to bring out another volume in the Autumn, I am also engaged on a book on William Morris for the “English Mr of Letters” series, which I hope to complete by then.
With kind regards & very many thanks once more I am sincerely yours Alfred Noyes
- Transcription End -
Creator
- Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958. (Person)
Repository Details
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Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu