Letters to Randolph Bartlett [manuscript], 1941 November 25 and December 9.

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Letters to Randolph Bartlett [manuscript], 1941 November 25 and December 9.

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Mencken discusses Willard Huntington Wright's "mendacit," his work for the Smart Set and says that Wright had a "great deal of talent" but "had no more character than an alley cat." In the letter of Dec. 9, Mencken mentions suspicions about Wright's death.

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