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Jack London Collection 1914, 1940

[London writes a letter full of literary advice and criticism to a beginning writer who has sent him a manuscript entitled A Journal of One Who is to Dieto review, "as a psychologist and as one who has been through the mill, I enjoyed your story for its psychology and point of view. Honestly and frankly, I did not enjoy it for its literary charm or value. In the first place, it has little literary value and practically no literary charm. Merely because you have got something to say that may be of interest to others does not free you from making all due effort to express that something in the best possible medium and form. Medium and form you have utterly neglected." London goes on to encourage Feckler to put in the proper amount of years into his apprenticeship as a writer, research the magazines to discover what stories are really marketable goods, and invites him to visit at his ranch in California]

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Jack London, Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, California, to Max E. Feckler, 1914 2 p.

[London writes a letter full of literary advice and criticism to a beginning writer who has sent him a manuscript entitled A Journal of One Who is to Dieto review, "as a psychologist and as one who has been through the mill, I enjoyed your story for its psychology and point of view. Honestly and frankly, I did not enjoy it for its literary charm or value. In the first place, it has little literary value and practically no literary charm. Merely because you have got something to say that may be of interest to others does not free you from making all due effort to express that something in the best possible medium and form. Medium and form you have utterly neglected." London goes on to encourage Feckler to put in the proper amount of years into his apprenticeship as a writer, research the magazines to discover what stories are really marketable goods, and invites him to visit at his ranch in California]

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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Jack London Collection 1900 Jan 31

[replies to his publisher's request for biographical information]

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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Upton Sinclair Collection 1905-1957

[Criticizes correspondent's book; recommends that he cut and condense his work; advises him to read La Rochefoucald and House of a Hundred Lightsby T. R. Tourence; discusses Prince Hagen, which was written 2 years ago but rejected 35 times; describes King Midasas book of joy and very boyish, which had not sold 1500 copies; wonders if correspondent is also poor; asks for reply. TN states that the name of work of correspondent have been cut out of the letter to protect his identity.]

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Upton Sinclairto Frank Harris, 1917 1 p.

[Gives permission for quotations from his comments on Harris' work; considers Martin EdenJack London's best work.]

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Upton Sinclairto Frank Harris, 1917 3 p.

[Believes that Mark Twainis "one of the world's half dozen greatest humorists" and three of his books are classics; gives critical appraisal of personalities of Jack London, [Ralph Waldo] Emerson, [Edgar Allan] Poe, and [Henry David] Thoreau; compares his views on marriage and sex to Bernard Shaw's ; says he cannot separate theory and practice like Shaw; hopes to write a book on the subject; disagrees with Harris' assessment of World War I; believes the German aristocracy is much more of a threat than the British; hopes the war results in the overthrow of the German leadership; discusses a speech by Robert Minoradvocating violence; refers to Tom Mooneyand explosion in San Franciscothat killed 9 people during Preparedness Parade, July 22, 1916.]

  1. Letters
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Upton Sinclair Collection 1910-1919

[To Upton Sinclair, in French with typed translation.]

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Upton Sinclairto Jack London, 1910 1 p.

[Includes AN by Jack London, on same page, 1910 Dec 12; asks London to sign [a letter]; London agrees.]

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