Unable to send new copies of the Standard Oil book [by Ida Tarbell], as the book business has been sold, but Mr. McClure is sending copies from his personal library. Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #147]
Have not seen any of his work for some time. Please ask Mr. Pinker [his agent?] to send some. Can promise a quick reading. Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #153]
Is trying to find out for Mr. McClure who wrote the article on Whistler published in the September, 1896, McClure's. Hopes he will have that information. Willa Cather [Stout #154]
Mr. Gibbon is the best paid of any of their story writers. Please state expectation when sending stories. Sorry Mr. McClure sometimes misplaces manuscripts or is slow to return them, but if sent to her personally they will get prompt attention. Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #155]
Will need the two articles in translation by July 1 and July 15. [Ida] Tarbell is glad to hear of his interest in the Standard Oil book. Mr. McClure would join her in sending greetings, but is in Paris. Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #156]
Very sorry to hear about Mr. Canfield's death. Was delayed in learning of it because in the hospital with mastoiditis. Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #157]
Had hoped to be there for commencement, but is leaving for London on business. Has kept up with Red Cloud schools through brothers and sisters. Remembers with love Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Goudy and Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Case. Mrs. Case, then Miss King, was principal when she first entered the school. Remembers her first teacher and some of her fellow pupils. Always tried to please Miss King, who helped and advised her all through high school—even tried to teach her algebra, an impossibility. Hard to believe it has been nineteen years since she graduated. Best wishes to the new graduates. They should try to live up to their teachers' goals for them. Willa Cather [Stout #159]
Apologizes for having caused Mrs. Hueffer the irritation of a complaint from Joseph Conrad about Cather's attempt to see him. Believed Mr. Hueffer [pseud. Ford Madox Ford] had assured her of welcome. Had hoped to obtain something for publication in McClure's. Is leaving for Paris Saturday [the 22nd] but hopes to see her when she returns. Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #161]
Mr. McClure hopes he will do some articles on Germany while there. Especially interested in something on German railroads. Hopes to see him in Boston in two weeks. Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #170]
Can't use article on Harden [?]. Mr. McClure has commissioned one from William Archer. Appreciates her thinking of them. Willa Sibert Cather [Stout #171]