Papers of John Vance Cheney, 1848-1922.

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Papers of John Vance Cheney, 1848-1922.

The collection contains two manuscript poems "Beyond the Day" and "And Ghosts break up their Graves," both with notes in another hand regarding proof and publication in the Atlantic Monthly. In an exchange with Atlantic Monthly editor [Ellery Sedgwick],Cheney submits a poem and states he now understands the line from Chapman's Homer "But age, that all men overcomes, hath made prise on thee"; and Sedgwick returns some submissions with thanks.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Atlantic Monthly

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Sedgwick, Ellery, 1872-1960

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Ellery Sedgwick was editor of The Atlantic Monthly. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1920. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884345 ...

Cheney, John Vance, 1848-1922

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Author and librarian. From the description of Papers of John Vance Cheney, 1862-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80582296 American author and librarian. From the description of Papers of John Vance Cheney, 1848-1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31685645 John Vance Cheney, author and librarian, grew up at Dorset, Vermont, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He found legal work irksome, however and moved to California. From 1873...