FORREST CRISSEY - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/28/1907 - HFSID 297924

FORREST CRISSEY
Letter to illustrator Orson Lowell, requesting return of a "very mysterious experience" of the fortune-teller Cheiro, which he has decided to publish after all. (His "disgust" with his own story has disappeared upon learning that a publisher wants it.)
Typed Letter signed: "Forrest Crissey", 1 page, 8½x11. Chicago, 1907 December 28. On letterhead of the Saturday Evening Post to "Dear [Orson] Lowell", New York City.In full: "I am writing you in the utmost haste to ask you to send me that copy of that story I wrote in regard to a very mysterious experience of Cheiro, the great palmist. You will remember at the time, I was very much disgusted with this story and determined never to publish it. My mood has changed in relation to the matter and I am going to ask you to send it to me by return mail, as I have a place in view where it can be immediately placed. There is very little news to write, excepting that I am enjoying beyond all expectations the country place that I bought and fitted up at Geneva, Illinois. The pressure of work is something terrific and I must bring this letter to a quick close if I get off the other letters which I must dictate today. I wish you and Mrs. Lowell and the children the happiest New Year you have experienced. Ever and gratefully your friend". FORREST CRISSEY (1864-1943) was a popular American fiction writer whose articles and short stories appeared frequently in Harper's and the Saturday Evening Post. His best known book was Tattlings of a Retired Politician (1904), a collection of fictional letters. Other books included The Story of Foods (1917), When Opportunity Knocks Twice (1914) and The Romance of Moving Money (Brink's), 1934. This letter is addressed to Orson Lowell (1871-1956), whose cartoons and cover art appeared in many leading American magazines, and also commercial ads. Chiero (William John Warner), 1866-1936, was a famed astrologer, palmist, and self-described clairvoyant, who gave readings for President Cleveland, Prime Minister Gladstone, Thomas Edison, Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt and many others. Even confirmed skeptics like Mark Twain vouched for the veracity of the man's readings. Edges frayed and torn. Multiple notches at edges. Multiple mailing folds. Otherwise, fine condition.