My book is written; but I am now very busily revising it. Hedge much prefers what I have read him to the other. He lives just across the street from me, and we have many a cigar and chat. He preaches superb sermons.
Give my heartiest love and remembrances to your wife, and forget not the faithful. I have a line from the Xest of Xtophers the other day, who is painting away for dear life. Tom Hicks, ditto. The latter lives with Charles Dana.
Ever your aff.
G.W.C.
I have unluckily forgotten your no. so I'll put the street, not being quite sure of that!!!
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TRIBUNE OFFICE, N.Y., 19th March, '52.
My dear John,—Your most welcome letter has been received, and its contents have been submitted to the astute deliberations of the editorial conclave. We are delighted at the prospect—but—we do not love the name. 1st. Journal of Music is too indefinite and commonplace. It will not be sufficiently distinguished from the Musical Times and the Musical World, being of the same general character.
2d. "Side-glances" is suspicious. It "smells" Transcendentalism, as the French say, and, of all things, any aspect of a clique is to be avoided.
That is the negative result of our deliberations; the positive is, that
you should identify your name with the paper and called it Dwight's
Musical Journal, and you might add, sotto voce, "a paper of Art and
Literature."