James T. Fields — 8 Feb. 1862
To JAMES T. FIELDS
February 8, [1862], Wheeling
Mr. Fields,
I enclose Mr. Leland’s card. [1] I am afraid you will write me down ‘our troublesome contribution.’ By the way. Mr. Fields, do you publish any but English books? I want some three of four Spanish books for a friend. Nothing “out of the depths” nor yet plays, but novels or biographies and a volume of ballads. Have you any such? Or if not, can you give me the name of them, being a Spanish scholar? I am not one, and don’t know who to ask. I am making an encyclopaedia of you, you perceive.
I meant to have a short story finished by this time but have been playing nurse in a sick room for a month or two. Of course, I’ll be both loyal and true to The Atlantic. How could I help it when you are so kind? Will “Margret” be out this month?
Yours sincerely, R.B.H.
Notes
Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903), editor of Continental Monthly, a pro-Union magazine.
Key Words
Charles Godfrey Leland, Margret Howth
Source
Richard Harding Davis Papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Contributor
S. M. Harris