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Wells \n \n 1903-1914"],"title_tesim":["Papers of H.G. Wells \n \n 1903-1914"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Papers of H.G. Wells \n \n 1903-1914"],"text":["Papers of H.G. Wells \n \n 1903-1914","2637","This collection\n         consists of 320 items.","There are no restrictions.","There are ca. 320 items, 1903-1914, chiefly letters of Amy\n         \"Jane\" Catherine (Robbins) Wells, wife of Herbert George Wells\n         (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946), and literary agents\n         and book publishers, concerning the publication, copyright,\n         and translation rights, of her husband's works. Among the\n         correspondents are C. F. Cazenove, G. H. Perris, Arthur Waugh\n         (1866-1943), and Horace Horsnell (1882-1949).","Correspondence, 1907-1914, of the Literary Agency of London\n         on behalf of H. G. Wells, contains letters chiefly of C. F.\n         Cazenove, head of the Agency, with Arthur Waugh, managing\n         director of the publishing house of Chapman \u0026 Hall, Ltd.,\n         E. Clement Scott, acting editor of \n         London Magazine, and other\n         editors and publishers. There are also copies of letters,\n         1910-1914, from Cazenove to H. G. and Catherine Wells. Other\n         letters, 1903-1913, are of G. H. Perris, agent of the Agency,\n         with Filson Young and Arthur Mee (1875- ), literary editors of\n         Daily Mail, London; Clement \n         K[ing]Shorter (1857-1926),\n         of \n         The Sphere, London; and, Eugen\n         Diederichs, publisher, Jena, Germany. There are also copies of\n         letters, 1910-1913, from Perris to H. G. and Catherine Wells.\n         Works represented in this correspondence include: \n         A Modern Utopia, The War in the Air,\n         The New Machiavelli, New Worlds for Old, First and Last\n         Things, The Future in America, and articles or short\n         stories.","Correspondence, 1905-1908, of H. G. Wells with publishers\n         and others, pertain to the publication of his books and\n         articles, and translation rights. On November 18, 1906, Wells\n         wrote to Arthur Waugh, director of Chapman \u0026 Hall, Ltd.,\n         calling his \"publication of \n         The Future in\n         Americaineffectual and unbusinesslike,\" and declaring\n         his intention to pursue a legal opinion on the matter. Waugh\n         answers Wells' accusations in his letter of November 23, 1906,\n         explaining the details of the advertisement and poor sales of\n         the book. A letter, September 17, 1906, from D. W. Sutherland\n         of the \n         Daily Dispatch, requesting that\n         Wells contribute occasional articles on topics relating to\n         socialism. Other requests for articles are from \n         The Daily Graphic, The Evening News,\n         Funk and Wagnalls Company, and \n         The Home Messenger.\n         Correspondence in September 1906 with \n         S[amuel]S[idney]McClure (1857- )\n         concerns an idea for \"a series of papers which give a clear\n         conception of just what Socialism demands of modern\n         civilisation\" to be presented in \n         McClure's Magazine. There is\n         also correspondence, 1905-1907, of L. Simons, editor and\n         director of \n         Wereld-Bibliotheek\n         (World-Library), Amsterdam, Holland, chiefly\n         concerning the translating into Dutch and the publishing of\n         the works of Wells, including \n         A Modern Utopia, The Food of the Gods\n         and New World for Olds, as well as other of his\n         scientific romances and character novels. There is also a\n         memorandum of agreement, September 29, 1905, between H. G.\n         Wells and The Maatschappy Voor Goede en Goedkoope Lectuur\n         (Association for the distribution of Good and cheap\n         literature) at Amsterdam, directors G. Schreuders and L.\n         Simons, concerning the Dutch translations.","There are ca. 230 letters, 1905-1911, of Amy Catherine\n         Robbins Wells and Horace Horsnell with C. F. Cazenove and G.\n         H. Perris, on behalf of H. G. Wells. Horsnell was a critic,\n         playwright, and novelist from Sussex, England, who assisted\n         Mrs. Wells in literary matters concerning the works of H. G.\n         Wells. These letters are quite numerous and detailed in their\n         content pertaining to different aspects of publishing and\n         translating the works of H. G. Wells, contract negotiations\n         between Wells and publishers, and related matters.","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","K[ing]","S[amuel]","S[idney]","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of H.G. Wells \n \n 1903-1914"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of H.G. 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Wells, Accession #2637, Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of H.G. Wells, Accession #2637, Special\n            Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,\n            Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are ca. 320 items, 1903-1914, chiefly letters of Amy\n         \"Jane\" Catherine (Robbins) Wells, wife of Herbert George Wells\n         (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946), and literary agents\n         and book publishers, concerning the publication, copyright,\n         and translation rights, of her husband's works. Among the\n         correspondents are C. F. Cazenove, G. H. Perris, Arthur Waugh\n         (1866-1943), and Horace Horsnell (1882-1949).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1907-1914, of the Literary Agency of London\n         on behalf of H. G. Wells, contains letters chiefly of C. F.\n         Cazenove, head of the Agency, with Arthur Waugh, managing\n         director of the publishing house of Chapman \u0026amp; Hall, Ltd.,\n         E. Clement Scott, acting editor of \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLondon Magazine\u003c/title\u003e, and other\n         editors and publishers. There are also copies of letters,\n         1910-1914, from Cazenove to H. G. and Catherine Wells. Other\n         letters, 1903-1913, are of G. H. Perris, agent of the Agency,\n         with Filson Young and Arthur Mee (1875- ), literary editors of\n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily Mail\u003c/title\u003e, London; Clement \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"King\"\u003eK[ing]\u003c/persname\u003eShorter (1857-1926),\n         of \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Sphere\u003c/title\u003e, London; and, Eugen\n         Diederichs, publisher, Jena, Germany. There are also copies of\n         letters, 1910-1913, from Perris to H. G. and Catherine Wells.\n         Works represented in this correspondence include: \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA Modern Utopia, The War in the Air,\n         The New Machiavelli, New Worlds for Old, First and Last\n         Things, The Future in America\u003c/title\u003e, and articles or short\n         stories.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1905-1908, of H. G. Wells with publishers\n         and others, pertain to the publication of his books and\n         articles, and translation rights. On November 18, 1906, Wells\n         wrote to Arthur Waugh, director of Chapman \u0026amp; Hall, Ltd.,\n         calling his \"publication of \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Future in\n         America\u003c/title\u003eineffectual and unbusinesslike,\" and declaring\n         his intention to pursue a legal opinion on the matter. Waugh\n         answers Wells' accusations in his letter of November 23, 1906,\n         explaining the details of the advertisement and poor sales of\n         the book. A letter, September 17, 1906, from D. W. Sutherland\n         of the \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily Dispatch\u003c/title\u003e, requesting that\n         Wells contribute occasional articles on topics relating to\n         socialism. Other requests for articles are from \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Daily Graphic, The Evening News,\n         Funk and Wagnalls Company\u003c/title\u003e, and \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Messenger\u003c/title\u003e.\n         Correspondence in September 1906 with \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Samuel\"\u003eS[amuel]\u003c/persname\u003e\u003cpersname normal=\"Sidney\"\u003eS[idney]\u003c/persname\u003eMcClure (1857- )\n         concerns an idea for \"a series of papers which give a clear\n         conception of just what Socialism demands of modern\n         civilisation\" to be presented in \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMcClure's Magazine\u003c/title\u003e. There is\n         also correspondence, 1905-1907, of L. Simons, editor and\n         director of \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWereld-Bibliotheek\n         (World-Library)\u003c/title\u003e, Amsterdam, Holland, chiefly\n         concerning the translating into Dutch and the publishing of\n         the works of Wells, including \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA Modern Utopia, The Food of the Gods\n         and New World for Olds\u003c/title\u003e, as well as other of his\n         scientific romances and character novels. There is also a\n         memorandum of agreement, September 29, 1905, between H. G.\n         Wells and The Maatschappy Voor Goede en Goedkoope Lectuur\n         (Association for the distribution of Good and cheap\n         literature) at Amsterdam, directors G. Schreuders and L.\n         Simons, concerning the Dutch translations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThere are ca. 230 letters, 1905-1911, of Amy Catherine\n         Robbins Wells and Horace Horsnell with C. F. Cazenove and G.\n         H. Perris, on behalf of H. G. Wells. Horsnell was a critic,\n         playwright, and novelist from Sussex, England, who assisted\n         Mrs. Wells in literary matters concerning the works of H. G.\n         Wells. These letters are quite numerous and detailed in their\n         content pertaining to different aspects of publishing and\n         translating the works of H. G. 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Clement Scott, acting editor of \n         London Magazine, and other\n         editors and publishers. There are also copies of letters,\n         1910-1914, from Cazenove to H. G. and Catherine Wells. Other\n         letters, 1903-1913, are of G. H. Perris, agent of the Agency,\n         with Filson Young and Arthur Mee (1875- ), literary editors of\n         Daily Mail, London; Clement \n         K[ing]Shorter (1857-1926),\n         of \n         The Sphere, London; and, Eugen\n         Diederichs, publisher, Jena, Germany. There are also copies of\n         letters, 1910-1913, from Perris to H. G. and Catherine Wells.\n         Works represented in this correspondence include: \n         A Modern Utopia, The War in the Air,\n         The New Machiavelli, New Worlds for Old, First and Last\n         Things, The Future in America, and articles or short\n         stories.","Correspondence, 1905-1908, of H. G. Wells with publishers\n         and others, pertain to the publication of his books and\n         articles, and translation rights. On November 18, 1906, Wells\n         wrote to Arthur Waugh, director of Chapman \u0026 Hall, Ltd.,\n         calling his \"publication of \n         The Future in\n         Americaineffectual and unbusinesslike,\" and declaring\n         his intention to pursue a legal opinion on the matter. Waugh\n         answers Wells' accusations in his letter of November 23, 1906,\n         explaining the details of the advertisement and poor sales of\n         the book. A letter, September 17, 1906, from D. W. Sutherland\n         of the \n         Daily Dispatch, requesting that\n         Wells contribute occasional articles on topics relating to\n         socialism. Other requests for articles are from \n         The Daily Graphic, The Evening News,\n         Funk and Wagnalls Company, and \n         The Home Messenger.\n         Correspondence in September 1906 with \n         S[amuel]S[idney]McClure (1857- )\n         concerns an idea for \"a series of papers which give a clear\n         conception of just what Socialism demands of modern\n         civilisation\" to be presented in \n         McClure's Magazine. There is\n         also correspondence, 1905-1907, of L. Simons, editor and\n         director of \n         Wereld-Bibliotheek\n         (World-Library), Amsterdam, Holland, chiefly\n         concerning the translating into Dutch and the publishing of\n         the works of Wells, including \n         A Modern Utopia, The Food of the Gods\n         and New World for Olds, as well as other of his\n         scientific romances and character novels. There is also a\n         memorandum of agreement, September 29, 1905, between H. G.\n         Wells and The Maatschappy Voor Goede en Goedkoope Lectuur\n         (Association for the distribution of Good and cheap\n         literature) at Amsterdam, directors G. Schreuders and L.\n         Simons, concerning the Dutch translations.","There are ca. 230 letters, 1905-1911, of Amy Catherine\n         Robbins Wells and Horace Horsnell with C. F. Cazenove and G.\n         H. Perris, on behalf of H. G. Wells. Horsnell was a critic,\n         playwright, and novelist from Sussex, England, who assisted\n         Mrs. Wells in literary matters concerning the works of H. G.\n         Wells. These letters are quite numerous and detailed in their\n         content pertaining to different aspects of publishing and\n         translating the works of H. G. 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F.\n         Cazenove, head of the Agency, with Arthur Waugh, managing\n         director of the publishing house of Chapman \u0026 Hall, Ltd.,\n         E. Clement Scott, acting editor of \n         London Magazine, and other\n         editors and publishers. There are also copies of letters,\n         1910-1914, from Cazenove to H. G. and Catherine Wells. Other\n         letters, 1903-1913, are of G. H. Perris, agent of the Agency,\n         with Filson Young and Arthur Mee (1875- ), literary editors of\n         Daily Mail, London; Clement \n         K[ing]Shorter (1857-1926),\n         of \n         The Sphere, London; and, Eugen\n         Diederichs, publisher, Jena, Germany. There are also copies of\n         letters, 1910-1913, from Perris to H. G. and Catherine Wells.\n         Works represented in this correspondence include: \n         A Modern Utopia, The War in the Air,\n         The New Machiavelli, New Worlds for Old, First and Last\n         Things, The Future in America, and articles or short\n         stories.","Correspondence, 1905-1908, of H. G. Wells with publishers\n         and others, pertain to the publication of his books and\n         articles, and translation rights. On November 18, 1906, Wells\n         wrote to Arthur Waugh, director of Chapman \u0026 Hall, Ltd.,\n         calling his \"publication of \n         The Future in\n         Americaineffectual and unbusinesslike,\" and declaring\n         his intention to pursue a legal opinion on the matter. Waugh\n         answers Wells' accusations in his letter of November 23, 1906,\n         explaining the details of the advertisement and poor sales of\n         the book. A letter, September 17, 1906, from D. W. Sutherland\n         of the \n         Daily Dispatch, requesting that\n         Wells contribute occasional articles on topics relating to\n         socialism. Other requests for articles are from \n         The Daily Graphic, The Evening News,\n         Funk and Wagnalls Company, and \n         The Home Messenger.\n         Correspondence in September 1906 with \n         S[amuel]S[idney]McClure (1857- )\n         concerns an idea for \"a series of papers which give a clear\n         conception of just what Socialism demands of modern\n         civilisation\" to be presented in \n         McClure's Magazine. There is\n         also correspondence, 1905-1907, of L. Simons, editor and\n         director of \n         Wereld-Bibliotheek\n         (World-Library), Amsterdam, Holland, chiefly\n         concerning the translating into Dutch and the publishing of\n         the works of Wells, including \n         A Modern Utopia, The Food of the Gods\n         and New World for Olds, as well as other of his\n         scientific romances and character novels. There is also a\n         memorandum of agreement, September 29, 1905, between H. G.\n         Wells and The Maatschappy Voor Goede en Goedkoope Lectuur\n         (Association for the distribution of Good and cheap\n         literature) at Amsterdam, directors G. Schreuders and L.\n         Simons, concerning the Dutch translations.","There are ca. 230 letters, 1905-1911, of Amy Catherine\n         Robbins Wells and Horace Horsnell with C. F. Cazenove and G.\n         H. Perris, on behalf of H. G. Wells. 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On November 18, 1906, Wells\n         wrote to Arthur Waugh, director of Chapman \u0026amp; Hall, Ltd.,\n         calling his \"publication of \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Future in\n         America\u003c/title\u003eineffectual and unbusinesslike,\" and declaring\n         his intention to pursue a legal opinion on the matter. Waugh\n         answers Wells' accusations in his letter of November 23, 1906,\n         explaining the details of the advertisement and poor sales of\n         the book. A letter, September 17, 1906, from D. W. Sutherland\n         of the \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDaily Dispatch\u003c/title\u003e, requesting that\n         Wells contribute occasional articles on topics relating to\n         socialism. Other requests for articles are from \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Daily Graphic, The Evening News,\n         Funk and Wagnalls Company\u003c/title\u003e, and \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Home Messenger\u003c/title\u003e.\n         Correspondence in September 1906 with \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Samuel\"\u003eS[amuel]\u003c/persname\u003e\u003cpersname normal=\"Sidney\"\u003eS[idney]\u003c/persname\u003eMcClure (1857- )\n         concerns an idea for \"a series of papers which give a clear\n         conception of just what Socialism demands of modern\n         civilisation\" to be presented in \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMcClure's Magazine\u003c/title\u003e. There is\n         also correspondence, 1905-1907, of L. Simons, editor and\n         director of \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWereld-Bibliotheek\n         (World-Library)\u003c/title\u003e, Amsterdam, Holland, chiefly\n         concerning the translating into Dutch and the publishing of\n         the works of Wells, including \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA Modern Utopia, The Food of the Gods\n         and New World for Olds\u003c/title\u003e, as well as other of his\n         scientific romances and character novels. There is also a\n         memorandum of agreement, September 29, 1905, between H. G.\n         Wells and The Maatschappy Voor Goede en Goedkoope Lectuur\n         (Association for the distribution of Good and cheap\n         literature) at Amsterdam, directors G. Schreuders and L.\n         Simons, concerning the Dutch translations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThere are ca. 230 letters, 1905-1911, of Amy Catherine\n         Robbins Wells and Horace Horsnell with C. F. Cazenove and G.\n         H. Perris, on behalf of H. G. Wells. Horsnell was a critic,\n         playwright, and novelist from Sussex, England, who assisted\n         Mrs. Wells in literary matters concerning the works of H. G.\n         Wells. These letters are quite numerous and detailed in their\n         content pertaining to different aspects of publishing and\n         translating the works of H. G. Wells, contract negotiations\n         between Wells and publishers, and related matters.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["There are ca. 320 items, 1903-1914, chiefly letters of Amy\n         \"Jane\" Catherine (Robbins) Wells, wife of Herbert George Wells\n         (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946), and literary agents\n         and book publishers, concerning the publication, copyright,\n         and translation rights, of her husband's works. Among the\n         correspondents are C. F. Cazenove, G. H. Perris, Arthur Waugh\n         (1866-1943), and Horace Horsnell (1882-1949).","Correspondence, 1907-1914, of the Literary Agency of London\n         on behalf of H. G. Wells, contains letters chiefly of C. F.\n         Cazenove, head of the Agency, with Arthur Waugh, managing\n         director of the publishing house of Chapman \u0026 Hall, Ltd.,\n         E. 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Wells with publishers\n         and others, pertain to the publication of his books and\n         articles, and translation rights. On November 18, 1906, Wells\n         wrote to Arthur Waugh, director of Chapman \u0026 Hall, Ltd.,\n         calling his \"publication of \n         The Future in\n         Americaineffectual and unbusinesslike,\" and declaring\n         his intention to pursue a legal opinion on the matter. Waugh\n         answers Wells' accusations in his letter of November 23, 1906,\n         explaining the details of the advertisement and poor sales of\n         the book. A letter, September 17, 1906, from D. W. Sutherland\n         of the \n         Daily Dispatch, requesting that\n         Wells contribute occasional articles on topics relating to\n         socialism. 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