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Mary Johnston Papers

This collection of eight items, 1913-1914, chiefly letters from Mary Johnston, concern her work entitled The Witch.A letter, November 7, 1913, to Ferris Greensletof Houghton Mifflin Company, discusses the reception of her latest book Hagar;her progress on a current work entitled "Rhoda Amidon"and her concerns whether or not to continue; her idea "that a strong romance might be based upon the witch persecution either in Englandor America, or in both"; and her concerns over meeting serial demands for The Century and her request for his assistance in communicating with Robert Sterling Yard. A letter, November 10, 1913, states that she is inclined to write The Witchand offers it for a serial; and, that her intent is "still to grind the feminist axe." There is also a synopsis of The Witch.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

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