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Letter from S.R. Crockett to Sam McClure

1001 thanks about Galloway Herd; Men of Moss Hags only published book since Raiders; Lilac Sunbonnet first book in date of writing he cares to own…

Letter from S.R. Crockett to Miss Thornton

Never sends autographs because encourages culprits to persevere on downward way to Gallows, but Miss Thornton asks so prettily cannot refuse

Letter from S.R. Crockett to T. Fisher Unwin

Mr Stead never asked word about Raiders, wouldn't be favourable to penny project; Stead wrote about publishing historical passages (30-40,000 words)…

Letter from S.R. Crockett to Arthur C. Pearson

Greatly obliged for letter about Men of Moss Hags; sees might make effective play; no playwright and unless abler arises must slumber; much obliged…

Postcard from S.R. Crockett to James Hay Thin

Humorous Scots verse: said yestreen Friend James is dead, no more on ham and eggs he'll feed, into Thin air dissolved indeed or gone to Heaven, but…

Letter from S.R. Crockett to T. Fisher Unwin

Athenaeum paragraph is bunkum; fit as fiddle, done nothing but golf since finished Grey Man in September; had cold for week; coming up 11th to be…

Letter from S.R. Crockett to Messrs Skeffington & Son

Arrangements made considerable time in advance; all affairs in hands of Mr A.P. Watt, Hastings House, Norfolk Street W.C.; will see him next week and…

Letter from S.R. Crockett to T. Fisher Unwin

Quite right to keep numbers of large paper edition down to 250; glad to pay twenty guineas for Whistler lithograph, still more gladly make it 30 if…

Letter from S.R. Crockett to T. Fisher Unwin

Called at Savoy for genius at 11:30 AM yesterday; sent up card and waited an hour but genius never came; matter lapses unless hears from him in some…

Letter from S.R. Crockett to unnamed recipient

Delighted to hear proposal in America to preserve interesting birthplace of Edgar Allan Poe (one of greatest geniuses of century, great poet, in his…