Alfred A Knopf Incorporated

January 8th, 1943

501 Madison Avenue
NEW YORK

Dear Dr. Williams,

You were good enough to help me a
while back in connection with Walter Benton's
poems, and so I take particular pleasure in
sending you, under separate cover, an advance
copy of THIS IS MY BELOVED which we are publish-
ing on February 1st.

You will see that we took especial
pains with the production of this book, and I
hope you will agree that Dwiggins, whom I regard
as the most brilliant book designer this country
has ever produced, has really done us all proud.

Dr. William C. Williams
9 Ridge Road
Rutherford, N.J.

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March 16, 1950

Dear Mr. Williams,

Recalling the tribute to Ford Madox Ford that you contributed to the 1942 New Directions anthology, I would like to tell you that we are going to reissue the Tietjens series as one novel - which is the way Ford said it should be read - under the title he proposed, PARADE'S END. It will make a huge book of some 380,000 words, and because of high costs, it is likely to be a labor of love for us. I have been following the trail of Ford enthusiasts - and a fascinating trail it is - to enlist their help if possible. I wonder if you would write me five or ten lines on your opinion of the importance of Ford and / or the Tietjens series. We would like to be able to quote you in our promotion. I am particularly interested in getting opinions on how the novel will be viewed today. You remember that Ford, opportunist that he sometimes was, pressed the middle volumes upon the public as realistic war novels. In this, I think he did himself a grave injustice. Beyond the technical brilliance and the other virtues, the novel stands up for me as the revelation of the declassment of the last Tory. I wonder if this isn't a theme that would fascinate a new generation of readers.

hs;jc

William Carlos Williams, Esq.
9 Ridge Road
Rutherford, N.J.

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October 17, 1955

Dear Dr. Williams,

I have been asked by Mr. Knopf to send you the material
you requested on Wallace Stevens.

The nearest thing to a bibliography is given on the
enclosed biographical sketch from the jacket of his last book, COLLECTED
POEMS. We have no record of his contributions to magazines and fugitive
pieces.

As you know, Mr. Stevens, was seen, and heard from
just as infrequently, so neither Mr. Knopf or anyone else in the
office has any details concerning his last days. If it would be of
help to you I would send you a batch of obituaries and testimonials.

Dr William Carlos Williams,
9 Ridge Road
Rutherford, N. J.