Mary Day Lanier to Henry Paret

Scope and content:

[Apologizes for not handling his request sooner. Says she has assumed that everything she sent must be accompanied by Sidney Lanier's signature and she can't find anything with his later handwriting. Gives a brief analysis of Lanier's handwriting over the years. Paret may keep enclosed title page to How to Read Chaucer, and envelopes. Suggests he contact Daniel Coit Gilman. Says that How to Read Chaucerwas never completed because Lanier waited to find a publisher before he started.]

Physical description:

ALS, 6 p. w/env

Names:

Mary Day Lanier
Henry Paret
Sidney Lanier
Daniel Coit Gilman

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