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Letter, 1896 November 1

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Scope and Contents

Kipling to FND. Rock House. Acknowledges FND's letter of 22 October and its enclosures. Comments on the circular (prospectus), should make more of his father's illustrations, suggests typographical ornaments. Has corrected proof of the Preface. FND can have "Captains Courageous," when published, for the outward Bound Edition, but make arrangements with Watt. Will get out a new volume of tales next year. "The mischief of completely publishing an author who is not completely dead is that the edition must necessarily be incomplete as long as the said author still owns an inkpot." Notion of a set of verses as Introduction to Outward Bound edition has been put aside for the letter of instructions to the native captain, copy for which went by last mail. "It's a heap too grubby to be facsimiled. . . ." Is sending mounted copy of photo, signed; has tried to keep this from leaking out. Concluding comment on "that Meriden-plated Ass Bryan."

Arrangement

Arranged by volume.

Collection History

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Anna Bialek in July and August of 2005. The finding aid was written by Anna Bialek in the summer of 2005, incorporating detailed calendars compiled by Howard C. Rice, Jr., in 1961, which he revised in 1964.

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Credit this material:

Letter; Frank N. Doubleday and Nelson Doubleday Collection, C0162, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (mss): Box 12

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Related Materials

The Ellen McCarter Doubleday Papers (C0747) contains additional Doubleday family papers. Included is correspondence of both Ellen and Nelson Doubleday with Thomas Costain, Noel Coward, Daphne Du Maurier, Edna Ferber, Ellen Glasgow, Sinclair Lewis, W. Somerset Maugham, Kenneth Roberts, Booth Tarkington, and other Doubleday authors; Du Maurier's typescript for a play entitled "Mother" and a photocopy of her notebook for Rebecca (1938); a great deal of social correspondence with English and American friends; correspondence with their children and other family members; correspondence with doctors and others concerning Nelson Doubleday's illness and letters of condolence on his death; and documents concerning the estates of Frank Nelson Doubleday and Nelson Doubleday and various trust disputes.

Bibliography

Former Assistant Librarian for Special Collections Howard C. Rice, Jr., wrote about the Princeton Doubleday collection in two articles in the Princeton University Library Chronicle: Volume XXII (spring 1961), pp. 105-117, and Volume XXIV (spring 1963), pp. 191-196.

Names:
Doubleday, Doran & Company
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924)
Doubleday, Nelson
Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett) (1851-1928)
Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936)
Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936)
Maugham, W. Somerset. (William Somerset) (1874-1965)