Series of original letters to George Madden Martin, 1898-1901

Frank R. STOCKTON

Beschreibung

Series of letters to George Madden Martin about his recipe contribution to Favorite Food of Famous Folk - one dictated letter apparently pre-signed (to "Dear Miss Madden") with recipe, one autograph letter signed (to "Dear Mrs Martin") and one typed letter signed (to "Dear Madam"): 7pp. 8vo, Charles Town &c, February 1898-May 1901. The first slightly torn at a fold, the second in original envelope (stamped and postmarked). George Madden Martin (née Georgia MacKenzie Madden, 1866-1946; married 1892 Attwood Reading Martin) is remembered as the author of Emmy Lou: her book and heart (1902). Her first book, The Angel of the Tenement (1897), sank without trace and her second, unattributed, was the recipe book Favorite Food of Famous Folk: with directions for the preparation thereof given for the most part by the FAMOUS FOLK themselves to the Ladies of the Guild of St. James' Parish Church [in Pewee Valley, Kentucky] (1900). The famous folk, many and various, include the Archbishop of Canterbury (Frederick Temple: "Plain Boiled Neck of Mutton"), Frances Hodgson Burnett ("Yorkshire Tea Cakes"), Charles Dana Gibson ("Eggs à la Virginia"), Edward Everett Hale ("Clam Soup"), Laurence Hutton ("Toasted Marshmallows"), Harriet Prescott Spofford ("Pomme de Terre au Smash - Chili con Carne") and the Right Rev H.B. Whipple (the first Bishop of Minnesota). Also among them is Frank Richard Stockton (1834-1902), author of The Lady or the Tiger? and other stories (1884) and later a favourite of Maurice Sendak. Edited texts of Stockton's letter to "Miss Madden" (who is conceivably not George Madden Martin, but her elder sister Eva Anne Madden, 1863-1958, another member of the parish guild, herself an author of children s stories) and his recipe for "Cold Pink", a confection of cold turkey and cranberry juice, are printed in the book. But was Stockton ever sent a copy of it? He writes on 27 December 1900 from the Grenoble Hotel, New York, saying he would indeed like a copy, but his letter five months later from "my home in the Valley of the Shenandoah" is almost plaintive. "Your letter to me was so genial and generous that I should wish to have a copy of the book, even if I knew nothing about it and had nothing in it." A year again later he was dead. From the collection of Jonathan Gili; bought from Henry Bristow, 1979. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers TM00073

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Titel: Series of original letters to George Madden ...

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Very Good

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