Letter 1910, Dec, 30, New York City to Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / New York American. 1910.

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Letter 1910, Dec, 30, New York City to Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / New York American. 1910.

They inform Mr. Markham, that some publishers have been unfair and unfriendly to their magazine. At the direction of Mr. Hearst, no reviews of books from these firms will be printed. Unless, some book happens to be of some literary importance, then of course they would make proper mention of it. The firms are Dodd Mead & Co, Doubleday & Page, Dutton & Co., and Scribner & Co.

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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