Letter 1905 August 2 New York City [to] Editor of the Times Book Review, New York City / Edwin Markham. 1905.

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Letter 1905 August 2 New York City [to] Editor of the Times Book Review, New York City / Edwin Markham. 1905.

Markham is telling the editor that he feels their is hope for his poem Virgilia. and that he has a one good of letters about it, especially from Alfred Henry Lewis, who said it was as good as Tennyson's.

1 p. l leaf ; 18-25 cm.

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life ...

Editor of the Times Book Review,

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Lewis, Alfred Henry, 1857-1914

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Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892

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The recipient was Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria, with whom Tennyson had an extensive correspondence. From the description of Alfred Tennyson letter to Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 1867 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865322 British poet. From the description of Papers, 1831-1909. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188602 Tennyson was Poet Laureate of England during much of the latter part of...