JOHN ERSKINE - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/12/1928 - HFSID 72483
Price: $140.00
JOHN ERSKINE
Author and educator John Erskine signed this letter, typed on
Juilliard School of Music stationery, to thank someone at Charles Scribner's
Sons for what he said about Erskine's book The Delight Of Great
Books.
Typed letter signed "John Erskine". 1 page, 8½x11, on
stationery of the Office of the President at the Juilliard School of Music.
November 12, 1928. Addressed to Sterling Baer, Esq. at Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York City. In full: "Dear Mr. Baer Your letter of October 31
greeted me on my return. Thank you many times for what you wrote about the new
book. I prize your opinion, and am much encouraged by what you say. With cordial
regards, faithfully yours". Lightly toned and creased. Folded in half
horizontally and twice vertically and unfolded. Otherwise in fine condition.
Accompanied by: Unsigned original mailing envelope from Juilliard School
of Music stationery. Pencil notations on verso in unknown hand. Postmarked
Grand Central Station, New York, Nov. 13, 1928. Addressed to Sterling Baer,
Esq. at Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City. One 2-cent red-and-white stamp
affixed. Lightly toned, soiled and creased. Torn open at right edge. This letter
is possibly in reference to Erskine's book
The Delight Of Great Books, which was released in 1928. Poet, essayist
and novelist Erskine (1879-1951) published his first novel, The
Private Life of Helen of Troy, in 1925. A professor of literature at
Columbia University, Erskine initiated an honors course in classic texts,
greatly influencing ideas of general education in the U. S. His most famous
essay was titled The Moral Obligation To Be Intelligent. A
composer and music critic, Erskine also served as first President of the
Julliard School of Music (1928-1937).
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