The collection contains a typescript copy of "The merry circle of flaming rainbow street," with corrections, pen and ink drawings and water color frontispiece and title page by the author. The author notes that "this book was written for children of twelve years of age or more, with the idea of bringing to them some of the classics loved by boys and girls of a former generation." The collection also contains a bound typescript and an unbound carbon copy of "Brick and blade of green," both with frequent handwritten corrections by the author. A letter, 1922 September 26, from John Willard Raught to Linson, disscusses his enjoyment of "Brick and blade of Green" by Linson about a summer's camping in the woods near Ramapo, N.Y., in 1893. A letter, 1922 October 11, from Emile Stange to Linson, also discusses the manuscript which has been forwarded to him by Linson. A typed addendum notes that Stange was the "Impressionist," Reeves the "Decorator" and Linson the "Other Man," adding that Raught is "the Classic of our circle but not with us as a camper." A letter, 1943 February 23, from Stange's daughter, Adele Heitsche, to Linson describes her sucessful search for the manuscript and her delight at reading it, reminiscing about the bravery of her mother in taking a young child into the wilds and cook and keep camp for all of them.
