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Letter from S.R. Crockett to Ashcroft NobleReviews phenomenal year (100,000 sales); explains Stevenson poem origin; praises Ian Maclaren despite dialect pedantry; values Noble as encourager
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Ashcroft Nobleto believe is a good thing’ (not sure what he’s on about – God? Fairies? Lucid dreaming?) Reads Lionel Johnson in The Academy. AN wrote ‘the Examiner…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Ashcroft NobleThanks for Chronicle article that helped after Scottish criticism; warm invitation to visit
Letter from S.R. Crockett to artist friend (likely E.A. Hornel)Congratulates on exhibition success at Glasgow Art Club; requests promised picture before bringing Lady Beatrice (fiancée) home after mid-March;…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Arthur C. PearsonGreatly obliged for letter about Men of Moss Hags; sees might make effective play; no playwright and unless abler arises must slumber; much obliged…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to Alexander Strachan WattLetter of condolence on death of Mrs A.S. Watt; explains delayed response due to severe malarial fever since Christmas keeping him bedridden and…
Still bedridden but gaining strength slowly; approves Waverley Book arrangements and Rimmer Black offer; notes no need to bind them to £180 spending…
Letter from S.R. Crockett to A.P. Watt (Alex)Agrees Alex should decide all Hodder Williams sixpenny offers and such matters; requests notification of any new stories booked; reports rotten…
MacMillan & Co. to Watt reporting Men of the Moss Hags out of print since 1913 error (cataloguer note: likely meant to report for different date);…
Accepts American cheap editions proposal; humorously notes grumpy mood and bad words arising easily, which physician says indicates improvement