Guide to Reading Letter Transcriptions
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| Textual Feature | Appearance |
|---|---|
| passage deleted with a strikethrough mark | |
| passage deleted by overwritten added letters | |
| passage added above the line | passage with added text above |
| passage added on the line | passage with added text inline |
| passage added in the margin | passage with text added in margin |
| handwritten addition to a typewritten letter | typed passage with added handwritten text |
| missing or unreadable text | missing text noted with "[illegible]" |
| uncertain transcriptions | word[?] |
| notes written by someone other than Willa Cather | Note in another's hand |
| printed letterhead text | printed text |
| text printed on postcards, envelopes, etc. | printed text |
| text of date and place stamps | stamped text |
| passage written by Cather on separate enclosure. | written text |
I am giving myself the pleasure of sending you a little book of essays3, not because I think well of the book, but because of one article about friendships in pre-war Boston4 which you might find interesting: "148 Charles Street,"5 on page 52.
At this season of the year I like to remember and think of those old things before 1914, when the world, on both sides of the Atlantic6, was such a delightful place to live in that one was always tormented by indecision as to which of the many delightful places on should spend a passport-less summer.
I wish you, with all my heart, a happy Christmas, and I am ever mindful of kind words from you in days gone by.
Faithfully your friend, Willa Cather Thomas G. Masaryk1 Kindness of the Czecho-SlovakianLegation.
