A Calendar of the Letters of Willa Cather

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To Vilhjalmur Stefansson,  February 24, [1936] ; Dartmouth 

Please come to dinner on Saturday, February 29. Has read his books on the Arctic and wants to have a conversation with him. Formal dress is unnecessary.   Willa Cather 

To Vilhjalmur Stefansson,  March 22, 1934 ; Dartmouth 

Thanks him for the vote, but why the American Philosophical Society? She is not philosophical and cannot make it through five paragraphs of Hegel. Likes Santayana and Bergson, but only because they are good writers. Nevertheless, thanks him for the vote and, if elected, promises to learn a little more.   Willa Cather 


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