Author: SANTAYANA, George
Title: Autograph Letter, Signed
Description: 1928. SANTAYANA, George. AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. A hand-written note, in ink, on a single sheet of water-marked stationery. 6 1/2 X 5 1/4." Sent form Paris, and dated August 25, 1928. It is addressed to Theodore Morrison (American poet, 1901-1988) and is a response to a letter from Morrison requesting a "human or poetical" piece for the "Atlantic Monthly" magazine. As Santayana explains in his polite refusal "..it is hard for me to separate the more agreeable from the more arid side of things, and I am afraid my poppies can grow only amidst the corn -- making both, perhaps, rather weedy.." It is signed "G. Santayana." The letter, folded once in the center for mailing, is very legible and very fine. .

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