To George Washington Cable
17 July 1881 • Branford, Conn. (MS: LNT, UCCL 01985)
17 July 1881 • Branford, Conn. (MS: LNT, UCCL 01985)
July 17/81.
My Dear Mr. Cable—
The book has come; I read it last night, & the charm of it, & the pain of it, & the deep music of it are still pulsing through me. I could echo Howells’s strong admirations, now, if he were here. (He spent a day with me last week, & we had much pleasant talk of you & your books.) Howells is still in the mind to go to New Orleans with me in November for the Mississippi trip, & we shall hope to see you then. Maybe you could find time to visit a Creole camp with us.
With sincere thanks, I am
Truly Yours
S. L. Clemens.
MS, George Washington Cable Papers, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, LNT.
Cardwell 1953, 81; MicroPUL, reel 2.
The Cable Papers were acquired in 1944 and after from Mary Cable Dennis and others.