Agnes Darrow.
Dayton, Ohio.
[Of course our remarks about the Mason and Hamlin violated all journalistic traditions. But traditions are so likely to need violation, and diplomacy and caution are such uninteresting qualities! What we feel and tried to say about that piano is that it’s as definitely a work of art as good poetry or good music. Why not say so, quite naturally? We know something of the man who is responsible for its quality of tone; he’s as authentic an artist as those musicians who create on his foundations. Is there any reason why such an achievement is not to be mentioned in a journal that means to devote itself to beauty? Is anything vital ever gained by a cautious regard for “on dit”? Above all, if one can discover no importance in journalistic tradition of that type, why defer to it?—The Editor.]
I haven’t got over your beautiful magazine yet. Don’t let anybody keep you from making it a truthful expression of yourself—but you won’t.
First of all, it’s beautifully made. You couldn’t have done better typographically. It’s the most inviting magazine published. I like the color and the paper label.
Second, its spirit blows keen and with a pure fragrance. If you can continue to show such freshness you will have gone far toward achieving the goal Mr. Galsworthy urges—that “sleeping out under the stars” which cleans our hearts of all things artificial.
With sincerest congratulations,
Henry S.
New York.
I am very much pleased with the first issue of The Little Review. I am very glad to know that such a thing should be started, and it should be both a cause and an effect of better times in literature. I shall do everything I can to make it better known.
William Lyon Phelps.
Yale University.
When I found that the local bookstores had sold out their first orders of The Little Review I was delighted; for it meant folks were interested in the fledgeling. The first number deserves the praise and congratulations of everybody interested in literature; everything in it is fine, even unto the composition of the “ad” pages. With its fresh, cheerful note The Little Review very fittingly comes forth on the first day of Spring. Long may it spread sweetness and light.