# Was She Justified In Seeking A Divorce?

Why was this American girl forced to leave her brutal Polish husband? Why did Ellen, Countess Alenska, return to New York, seeking to forget? Whispers came all too soon that she had been compromised in the artistic continental society from which she had fled. But in the narrow New York society of the 1870's she was welcomed back, and the whispers of far off Europe ignored, until she and Newland Archer are swept together by mutual attraction, and the old, old question is renewed, shall she create a scandal just because she is unhappy?

All the glamor of the society life of the original Four Hundred is the background for this story, the nights at the opera, the balls, the intimate amusements of the society leaders of the day. Newland Archer's life is spent among them, and Ellen, with her charm of other lands, comes to him as a breath of a new day. But he is engaged to lovely May Welland, a girl of his own circle, and his whole living is firm-rooted in cramped New York. Graphically and with a sure understanding of the moral values of the situation is presented the call of the new things that lure them, these children of New York's Age of Innocence.

## THE AGE OF INNOCENCE

By Edith Wharton

### America's Greatest Woman Novelist

"Our foremost American novelist." — Boston Transcript.

"Paul Bourget calls her the greatest American novelist." —New York Sun.

"A book from our leading novelist's pen is an event." —Philadelphia Public Ledger.

"Mrs. Wharton's touch is the deftest, the surest, of all our American manipulators in the novel form." —The New Republic.

"Each of Mrs. Wharton's later books has represented a new difficulty mastered." —Quarterly Review.

This is a full length novel by the foremost American woman novelist, which in strength and breadth of appeal rivals "The House of Mirth." It is entertaining from the opening scene at the Opera in New York to the last pages laid in Paris. The leading characters appear as living human beings against the keen pictures of society, and the book, as a whole, will take its place beside "The House of Mirth" as the outstanding depiction of New York Society.

"The Age of Innocence" represents Mrs. Wharton's art at its pinnacle. All her splendid abilities find their choicest material in this her greatest novel, and in it she has given the world of readers a book that is unsurpassed for entertaining qualities. $2.00 net.

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# MYSTERY
OF

—A Missing Bride
—Psychic Powers Unchecked

## LUCINDA

By Anthony Hope

Everything is ready for the ultra-fashionable London wedding of Lucinda Knyttett and Waldo Rillington, but the bride has vanished. Circumstantial evidence points to the fact that Arsenio Valdez is connected with her disappearance. Waldo, in a white rage, is eager to start the pursuit of the guilty pair at once, but the outbreak of war just at this time postpones the chase for years. The satisfying solution of the mystery only comes after the bride has passed through many vicissitudes of fate and fortune, and after many misunderstandings have been cleared away.

$2.00 net

## THE GREAT DEMONSTRATION

By Katherine Metcalf Roof

An intriguing story of psychic and spiritual phenomena in which the forces of good and evil come to final grips. Roger and Terry, childhood friends, are both in love with Lucretia. Roger, a disciple of New Thought, who has practised "living in harmony with the law of success," tries to draw Lucretia toward himself by holding the thought that she is his. He succeeds in bringing mental pictures of himself frequently before her mind, but without creating in her any feeling for himself. Then Terry goes to France to fight, and his absence gives Roger his opportunity. From this terrible consequences arise, though, in the end, the force Roger has called upon works out a mysterious and awful retribution.

$2.00 net

## Bubbling over with Jollity and Gay Pluck

### NANCY GOES TO TOWN

By Frances R. Sterrett

The spirit of youth, appealing and brave, is in this book. Nancy Yates has to find means of supporting herself when her father, a country doctor, dies. She decides upon hospital training, and tells her friends that a nurse has great opportunities for securing a "Prince Moneybags" as a husband. Chief among her patients are rich old Myrtice Hawks, who is so delighted with her that she wishes Nancy to be the wife of her nephew, and Andy McNamara, a rival patient, urges his grandson upon her. But from elsewhere, youthful and spirited love comes to her, and who is Nancy that she should resist it?

$2.00 net

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D. APPLETON & COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

29-35 WEST 32ND STREET

NEW YORK

LONDON OFFICE: 25 BEDFORD ST. (COVENT GARDEN)

CABLE ADDRESS, HILANDERO

January 20, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

"The Age of Innocence!"

We have substituted your
reference to Daudet in place of de Maupassant.
The marriage and burial services have been straightened
out. This error has added greatly to my daily cor-
respondence!

Additional errors. I
enclose a list of corrections suggested by some
energetic reader in London. Let me know if you wish
additional changes made.

The enlarged copy of photo-
graph has not been received, but the delays in mail
are still beyond human comprehension.

The book is selling well
and steadily. The salesmen start out again this
month. We are including the novel in our adver-
tisements and announcements, in our January catalogue,
and will keep up a brisk campaign during the spring.
We hope to double the sales before the new year is
out.

"The Glimpses of the Moon."

I enclose contract for the
new book and have arranged dates for payment in ac-
cordance with our letters on the subject. The
bookseller does not pay us for books purchased until
four months after he has received his supply. The
jobbers demand six months' time. I explain this,
not in any spirit of complaint, but so that you will
understand that we are not holding back money after
it has been paid in, but on the other hand, are
sending forward royalties on books sold before they
have been paid for.

The post card makes me champ at the bit.

February 7th, 1921

W. Blaber Esqr
C. P. D. Appleton & Co
25, Bedford Street
Covent Garden
London

Dear Sir,

Will you do me a great favour? I have just
heard through my bookseller, Mr. Bain, that the second
volume of Traubel's Reminiscences of Walt Whitman, which
I have been trying to find for some time, was published
by Messrs. Appleton & Co., and not by Small Maynard &
Co., as I supposed.

Mr. Bain tells me that the London house is in
possession of a copy, but does not care to sell. It
occurs to me that you may not wish to sell to a book-
seller, but that you would possibly consent to part with
the volume to an Appleton author.

If this is the case, would you kindly let me
know?

P.S.- Would you be good enough to have two more copies
of "The Age of Innocence" sent to me here?

February 7th 1921

Rutger B. Jewett Esqr
C/O Appleton & Co
35, West 32nd Street
New York

Dear Mr. Jewett,

I have your letter of Jan. 28th with its many enclosures.

"The Glimpses of the Moon".- With regard to the contract for "The Glimpses of the Moon", I note that the royalty is 30 cents on each volume, and not 25 0/0% on the gross price of each volume. I have left my contract for "The Age of Innocence" at St. Price, but my impression is that in that contract, and in all those that I have made with other publishers, the price has been 25 0/0% on the sale of the volume which would of course make 40 cents a volume at present prices.

Will you be kind enough to let me know if I am mistaken?

"The Age of Innocence".- In view of the continued success of the book, and of the foolish letters which you are receiving, I am almost inclined to write a short preface for the next edition, explaining:

1. That owing to the printing strikes the proofs reached me so late that I was obliged to revise them in great haste.

2. That what I was trying to do, and what I

R.B.Jewett Bagge.

- 2 -

believe every novelist who write an "historic"
novel should do, was to evoke the intellectual,
moral, and artistic atmosphere not of one year
but of ten years: that is to say my allusions
range from, say, 1875 to 1985. Any narrower
field of evocation must necessarily reduce the novel to
a piece of archeological pedantry instead of
a living image of the times.

I have never written a preface to one
of my novels, or publicly discussed my methods of work,
but I am perfectly willing to do this if you think it
advisable?

The anxious critic who thinks that the phrase
"gnashing his eye-glasses" is a misprint, can never
have known Mr. Roosevelt, or watched him in the course
of a heated argument.

Hearst Publications. - It is curious that our letter on
this question should have crossed each other. Many
thanks for giving me a complete list.

My old house here is a great success. It is
not really the "old Château", but a convent of "Poor
Clares" built into the castle walls. The actual castle
is a ruin, in fact only some of the towers of the outer
"enceinte" are still standing. My house had not been
inhabited for 40 or 50 years, but was easy to arrange,
and not even refractory to central heating.

Yours sincerely

P.S. As regards my large photograph, the fault is mine
I had it done and then forgot to send it. Do excuse
me, it goes by this post.

D. APPLETON & COMPANY

February 14, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

Your letter in reference to
the short stories has come. I believe our best plan
is for me to wait until I receive the first story. If
it seems best I can offer it to Vance. My present
feeling is that it may be better business for you to
have the short stories appear in some other magazine,--
not the Cosmopolitan, however. Your suspicion is
correct; this is still a Hearst organ. I shall
write Mr Porter as you suggest.

I am delighted with your idea
of this group of short stories. I know I can sell
them to advantage for you, and perhaps others will come
in time, enough for a connected group to be issued in
book form.

Let me know what price you
place upon the separate stories. I shall try to get
the amount, if possible better it for you.

"The Age of Innocence" is
selling well. We are advertising it, keeping it at
the head of our fiction list, and hope to carry it
forward successfully during the coming season.
Business conditions are bad, and the book trade reflects
the general state of affairs. In spite of this, your
novel has scored a very definite success. No one is
more overjoyed than I at this happy fact.

When does spring come to
Hyères? I hope the frost of which you wrote touched
the flowers but lightly. I wish I could walk that
winding trail, up the hill to Sainte Claire. Thank God,
I can shut my eyes and see it, anyway.

Mrs Wharton
Sainte Claire
Hyères, France

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

35 WEST 32ND STREET.
NEW YORK.

February 15, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

Mrs Jones, Miss Marbury, and I held a three-cornered convention last week. I share your feeling re the fair, though not frail, Elisabeth. She is the twin soul of Lloyd George.

However, I believe that Shubert wishes to produce a dramatic version of "The Age of Innocence" and that Doris Keane desires to come back to the American public in a new play and as the Countess Olenska.

Contracts are now in Shubert's hands for signature. It is a sunny morning and I am in such an optimistic frame of mind that I am even willing to believe Miss Marbury's statement that Zoe Akins is working hard on the dramatization.

Have you received the contracts for "Glimpses of the Moon"?

Mrs Wharton
Hyères
France

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:
"HILANDERO, WESTRAND, LONDON."

TELEPHONE:
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D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

25, BEDFORD STREET,

COVENT GARDEN, LONDON.

Friday 11th. February 1921.

MRS. EDITH WHARTON,
Chateau Sainte-Claire,
Hyeres, (Var)
FRANCE.

Dear Madam,

In reply to your note of the 7th. just to hand,
We have sent you, with our compliments, the second volume
of WALT WHITMAN IN CAMDEN, the work you desire, and
trust it will be of interest to you. This is the only
copy in the London office, and we should be very
reluctant to part with it were it not going where it
will be appreciated.

Very sincerely yours,

Château Sainte-Claire

Hyères, 15 February 1921

W. Blaber Esqr
D. Appleton & Company
25, Bedford Street
Covent Garden London.

Dear Sir,

I have just received the copy of the second
volume of Walt Whitman in Camden, together with your
kind note.

I am really touched at your wishing me to
accept the volume as a gift, and I do so with
pleasure, for I am sure that no one could care to
possess it more than I do.

With my warmest thanks, believe me,

Yours sincerely

D. APPLETON & COMPANY

February 25, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

## The Age of Innocence. -

Why worry about those
idiotic letters? Discovering a misplaced
comma gives infinite satisfaction to the man
who spends (or wastes) his time combing the
printed page for errors.

We have corrected the
mistakes that count, so all editions except
the first two are o.k. Perhaps in our pub-
licity we should have stated that the book
covered the years from '75 to '85. This would
have cheated the "bugs" of the pleasure of dis-
covering discrepancies. I certainly should
not take the trouble to write a preface, which
would never catch up with that first edition
anyway.

## Glimpses of the Moon. -

I made the royalty for "Glimpses of the Moon" identical with that of "The Age of Innocence", namely, 30 cents per copy. This enables us to keep the catalogue price down to $2.00. The original idea in establishing the rate of royalty was to pay 20% upon $1.50, which made 30 cents per copy. Owing to the high cost of manufacturing it is impossible to pay 20% upon the catalogue price and keep that price down to $2.00.

If we raise it to $2.50 it will cut seriously into the sales, as the public will not buy $2.50 novels. The Macmillan people have tried it but not successfully. One or two other publishers made the experiment but were forced to adjust the problem with their authors and have done what we are doing, -- paying

March 4th, 1921

R.B.Jewett Esqr
c/o Appleton & Co
35, West 32nd Street
New York.

Dear Mr. Jewett,

Yours two letters of Feb. 14 and 15 came together, and I am glad to hear from the letter that everything is settled with regard to the dramatization of the Age of Innocence. I wrote you a few days ago to thank you for your share in this masterly negotiation.

With regard to the three short stories about which I wrote to you, the first one, "The Old Maid," has proved such a good subject that it has grown into a short story. I hope you will like it none the less for this change. It is nearly finished, and I expect to be able to send it to you in two or three weeks.

If you offer it to Mr. Vance, I fear I will think that there is a chance of "The Glimpses of the Moon" not being finished. Would it not be better to offer it to some other big magazine? With regard to the price, as it is always somewhat difficult to fix a price on short novels, I have asked my sister-in-law, when the manuscript reaches you, to read it and consult with you about the price, and I have left it with her to decide.

Thanks very much for sending me the review of the book on American short story writers. I had not seen the book or even heard of it, and I own it is a shock to find that my biography is already being written. I may add that, excepting the date of my birth, which I took care to give many years ago to "Who's Who", not a single statement made about me is correct, and most of them are wildly inaccurate.

I hope my big photograph has reached you. I wish I could add to it a photograph of my garden, but the effects of the frosts will not disappear till next year.

Yours sincerely

D. APPLETON & COMPANY

March 8, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

Your letter of February 17 has just come. I am delighted that we were able to help you in the quest for the Traubel volume.

The Age of Innocence. — We have offers of translations of this story which I am sending on to you for your decision. One of the Dutch newspapers, Nieuwe Roterdamsche Courant, offers five pounds for the privilege of running the story as a serial. Mr Blaber adds,

"This amount is extremely small; but it may be an inducement to some Dutch publisher to issue the novel in book form. Moreover, the copyright position with Holland is very unsatisfactory, and we believe the book could be issued in the Dutch language without our consent. Will you kindly let us know if you will accept this offer."

Have you done anything about editions of the story in French or Spanish in book form? I know that as a serial it has been running in one of the Paris magazines.

We had an offer for French and Spanish book rights on a basis of ten per cent, with an advance against one thousand copies. We cannot do anything further about the matter until we hear from you. We do not wish to make a move which may complicate your contract for the serial in the French magazine.

Have you contracted to issue the book in French? If you wish us to arrange for French, Spanish, Dutch, and other translations, just cable me, "ARRANGE TRANSLATIONS". If, on the other hand, the field is not clear and you do not wish us to go

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ahead with translations of the book in other
languages, just cable the one word, "HOLD", and
I shall await a letter giving me further details.

American Edition. - The book has
earned more than the advance royalty, so I have
instructed the treasurer to deposit in your bank
a thousand dollars on account. This will
not be due until May, but I think you will be
glad to take advantage of the exchange so am
advancing the date of payment.

I enclose an account of a battle
between the Authors League and your friend Mr
Hearst.

How beautiful it must be at Hyères.
Spring is in the air, even in this part of the
world. I am eager to get to work again in my
garden.

Mrs Jones seems very well. I lunched
with her on Sunday last.

The photograph has arrived. I am
delighted to have it; many thanks.

Mrs Wharton
Hyères, France

HILANDERO

NEW YORK

Arrange translations except French

Madame Wharton, 53, rue de Varenne, Paris.

March 22nd 1921

Rutger B. Jewett Esqr
C/O Appleton & Co
35, West 32nd Street
New York.

Dear Mr. Jewett,

Your letter of March 8th has just come, and I have
immediately wired as follows:

"Arrange translations except French."

The French translations of my books have always been
published by Plon-Nourrit & Cie, and the arrangement for "The
Age of Innocence" was made with them at the same time as that
with the Revue des Deux Mondes for serial publication.

I should be very much obliged if you would arrange for
translations in other languages.

I have had many offers from the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche
Courant for previous books, and during the war they wrote very
frequently for the right to publish one of my novels, I forget
which. Knowing that the paper was pro-Boches, I wrote to the
editor that I would accept his terms if he could assure me
that the policy of his paper was in sympathy with that of the
Allies, for whom my country was fighting. I received no reply.

In the circumstances, I should prefer to publish in Holland
in another newspaper or magazine, but if the copyright does not
protect me in Holland there is no object in refusing this offer
of the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant. I leave the matter to you
to decide as you think best.

Thank you very much for kindly making an advance of # 1,000
on my May royalty. I appreciate greatly your thoughtfulness in
proposing this in view of the present exchange.

I am finishing the last chapter of "The Old Maid", and

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

35 WEST 32ND STREET,
NEW YORK.

LONDON OFFICE 25 BEDFORD ST. COVENT GARDEN
CABLE ADDRESS HILANDERO

March 28, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

Here is a picture
which may amuse you, that is, if
joy is to be discovered in any-
thing so depressing or depressed.
Perhaps, though, they are only in
earnest.

By all means, send
forward the novelette when it is
finished. I shall try to place
it for you, at a satisfactory figure,
with some good magazine. I
agree with you that it will not be
the wisest policy to offer it first
to Vance.

When will the next
installment of his serial come forward?
He will begin to stir me up before
long.

Yours faithfully,

13 April 1921

Rutger B. Jewett Esqr
c/o D. Appleton & Company
35 West 32nd Street
New York,

Dear Mr. Jewett,

Thank you so much for your note enclosing the delightful picture of the New York Church Parade of twenty-five years ago. The sight of it has completely reconciled me to the present with all its drawbacks.

"The Glimpses of the Moon".- Please ask Mr. Vance not to be discouraged about "The Glimpses of the Moon". If I am behind hand it is all to the good as to the quality of the novel. As I have already told you, I have never been able to write a novel straight on end without a pause which enables me to get away from my work. I have gone back to it now with renewed enthusiasm, and as soon as I have another 25,000 words, I will send them. Half of the book is now written and revised to my satisfaction.

"The Old Maid".- The manuscript was sent to you by hand on April 6th, and I hope soon to hear that it has arrived safely. I think it ought to be easy to place.

May royalty payment.- As I suppose that one or 82,000 will still be due to me next month, in addition to the advance which you have kindly made, I should be much obliged if you would send 81,000 of the amount to my sister-in-law, Mrs. Cadwalader Jones, drawing the cheque in her name. I am notifying her of this request by the same post.

The balance, if any, is to be placed to my credit, as usual, at the Lincoln Trust Company, 204 Fifth Avenue, N.Y.

Yours very sincerely

## Awards of Prizes and Honors.

Columbia University yesterday announced the award of prizes and honors for the year 1921, including the prizes and medals in journalism and letters established under the will of Joseph Pulitzer, founder of the School of Journalism. The honors will be conferred at the commencement exercises.

The Pulitzer gold medal for the most disinterested and meritorious public service rendered by any American newspaper during the war was awarded to The Boston Post for its part in the exposure of the Ponzi frauds. Other awards were:

For the best example of a reporter's work during the year, the test being strict accuracy, terseness, the accomplishment of some public good commanding public attention and respect, $1,000, awarded for an interview with President Wilson published in The New York World on June 18, 1920, to Louis Seibold.

For the American novel published during the year which shall best present the wholesome atmosphere of American life and the highest standard of American manners and manhood, $1,000, "The Age of Innocence," by Edith Wharton.

For the original American play, performed in New York, which shall best represent the educational value and power of the stage in raising the standard of good morals, good taste and good manners, $1,000, "Miss Lulu Bett," by Zona Gale, produced at the Belmont Theatre during the season of 1920-21.

## Sims's Book Wine Prize.

For the best book of the year upon the history of the United States, $2,000, "The Victory at Sea," by Rear Admiral William S. Sims, in collaboration with Burton J. Hendrick.

For the best American biography teaching patriotic and unselfish services to the people, illustrated by an eminent example, excluding, as too obvious, the names of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, $1,000, "The Americanization of Edward Bok," by Edward Bok.

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

March 31, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

The enclosed clipping
will prove to you how wise your
"Age of Innocence" is. Con-
gratulations! I am perfectly
delighted that you have won the
prize and that your bank account
will be benefited with these
Pulitzer dollars.

To think the book might
not have been entered in the race!
I feel as though you had had a
narrow escape from some awful
catastrophe. Well, it is good
luck all around and I am quite as
happy over the results as you can
be.

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

April 4, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

Many thanks for your good
letter of March 22. Rest assured
we shall be on the alert and see that
your work appears in no magazine in
which Hearst has an interest. He
has not bought up all the magazines yet.

I have spoken to two editors
about the short stories and shall hope
to place them for you to your satisfac-
tion when they come. I am glad that
"The Old Maid" is nearly finished.

When shall I tell Mr Vance
that another installment of the novel
will be delivered? It would be well
to have some approximate date to quote
him in case he gets nervous at the
appearance of "The Old Maid."

Did you get my letter in ref-
erence to the book contracts for "Glimpses"?
If the contracts are satisfactory please
return them to me and I will have one copy
signed by the house for your files.

I am off for Washington this

April 21st, 1921

Rutger B. Jewett Esqr
c/o Appleton & Company
35, West 32nd Street
New York,

Dear Mr. Jewett,

Please excuse my long delay in writing to you about
the contracts for "The Glimpses of the Moon".

As a matter of fact, I can only confirm my cable,
sent today, to the effect that the contracts were returned to
you by post some time ago. Unfortunately, I must have sent them
on a day when my secretary was away, for she has no record of
their having gone; but we have hunted for them everywhere in this
house, and moreover, I have a distinct memory of having sent
them.

Apparently they have been lost on the way, and it will
be best to send me duplicates as soon as possible. You may remember
that I did not return the contracts as soon as I received them
because I wrote to enquire if my royalties had not been changed
since "The Age of Innocence", the contracts for which I had left
in Paris.

Your letter of February 25th satisfied me on this point,
and I signed the contracts, and, as I suppose, posted them.

me,

Hoping the delay will cause you no inconvenience, believe

Yours sincerely

P.S.- I shall send you six more chapters of "The Glimpses of the Moon" in about a week.

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

April 29, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

Many thanks for your cable in reference to the contracts for "Glimpses of the Moon." I am sorry they went astray. To date they have not arrived so I am sending duplicates.

The Metropolitan editors promised me a prompt report on "The Old Maid". If they cannot publish it I have two other editors in line.

Did you receive a copy of Temple Thurston's "The Green Bough", a story of the unmarried mother?

Are you at work again upon "Glimpses of the Moon" or have you another short story on your desk?

Mrs Jones tells me you are back at St. Brice and that you have given your home its former name. How I

ROYALTY STATEMENT.

FROM

JUL 1 1920

TO

DEC 3 1920

Mrs Wharton

In Account with D. APPLETON & COMPANY.

29-35 WEST 32ND STREET,

NEW YORK

MAY 1 1921

192

AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF TWO YEARS FROM PUBLICATION STATEMENTS
ARE ISSUED ONLY WHEN SALES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE GIVEN 1/2 YEAR
OR WHEN SPECIAL REQUEST IS MADE BY THE AUTHOR.

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ROYALTY STATEMENT.

FROM

JUL 1 1920

TO

DEC 3 1920

Mrs. Tharton

29-35 WEST 32ND STREET,

NEW YORK

MAY 1 1921

192

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["SAVING\nCOSTS\nLESS\nTHAN\nSINCE", "May 2, 1921.", "Mr. Jewett:-", "Regarding \"Age of Innocence.\"", "We have sold, to April 28, approximately 67,500 copies. Royalties credited on account of these sales amount to . . . . . . . . . . . .

HENRY
ROMEIKE, Inc.

(ORIGINAL)
106-110 SEVENTH AVE.
NEW YORK

ESTABLISHED 1881

From
NORTH AMERICAN
Philadelphia, Pa.

D. Appleton & Co. announce the fourth large printing of Edith Wharton's novel, "The Age of Innocence," and the sixth of Zona Gale's persistently popular story, "Miss Lulu Bett." While it needs no extraneous aid, Mrs. Wharton's book is being advertised by quidnuncs unable conscientiously to accept her study of New York society in the black walnut period, since they fear she mis-states the color of a prima donna's hair, or injects some colloquial phrase not current till later days. Their solicitude is touching.

D. APPLETON & COMPANY

May 3, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

Congratulations upon progress made on
"The Glimpses of the Moon." I know Vance will be
glad to get the next installment when it is finished,
although he has not begun to get nervous yet. That state
of mind comes later.

The editors of the Metropolitan were not
able to use "The Old Maid". Mrs Jones wished to read the
story and make certain corrections in manuscript. It is
now in her hands and I am sending it off to another maga-
zine later in the week.

Here are royalty reports for sales on all
your books for the six months beginning July 1, 1920, ending
December 31, 1920. According to contract, May 1 is the
date for paying royalty for the six months prior to January 1.

"The Age of Innocence" almost earned the
advance royalty by the end of last year. The sales since
then have wiped out this charge for advance royalty and earned
approximately $5,000 over.

You will see from the enclosed memorandum
the exact amount earned to April 28.

The royalty for books sold since January 1,
1921, is not due until November 1, according to contract.
As you know, we have advanced $1,000 on the royalties due
in November. If, however, you run short of funds, let
me know and I shall see that money is deposited in the bank
for you.

"The Age of Innocence" is still selling in
a most satisfactory way. Our travellers are taking it around
the country again, pushing the sale in connection with the new
hooks on the fall list.

Mrs Wharton
St. Brice sous Foret
France

D. APPLETON & COMPANY

June 9, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

Here is your copy of contract
for "Glimpses of the Moon."

**Glimpses of the Moon.** - I am delighted that the story is advancing so satisfactorily. All chapters received are now with the editors of the magazine. They are praying for a happy ending to the story, hoping that your young hero scores heavily with a novel or some book so that he wins not only golden ducats but also his wife and his soul's desire.

Under separate cover I have
forwarded to you a program of the Commencement
exercises of Columbia University.

**The Old Maid.** - I smile grimly at your wonderment. What have the editors of popular magazines to-day to do with "The Scarlet Letter" and "Adam Bede"? These books are vague memories connected with English classes in high school or college.

Like our English cousins, we still
find it difficult to face certain facts frankly.
The existence of the illegitimate child is less real
if not referred to. Adultery is a word which
should never occur except in the Bible. The
New England conscience is not confined to the Atlan-
tic seaboard. Personal contact with those afflicted
with it, however, has convinced me that it seldom
keeps the possessor from transgression, though it
prevents him from enjoying the thing which he has
decided to do.

**Royalties.** - I shall see that additional funds
are paid this month, and cable when deposited.
The retail bookseller has no idea of paying for the
books when he buys them. We are forced to carry

D. APPLETON & COMPANY

May 27, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

Frank Crowninshield brought the "Glimpses of the Moon" chapters safely. Mrs Jones has looked them over and I am sending them on to Mr Vance.

"The Old Maid" has travelled through several editorial offices, but I am making arrangements to-day which will settle her fate. The Red Book, through their agent, Mr Reynolds, has made me an offer which I am accepting.

Mr Harriman, the editor, cannot tell me until next week just how soon he can print the story, as he has made announcement of several long and short serials. He agrees, however, to run the story in three installments, paying for it in three parts, by the end of June, July, and August, enriching you at the rate of $2250 per installment,--$2250 x 3 = $6750 - total.

This is an excellent offer. The price paid is higher than customary and the circulation is through the Middle West primarily, although the magazine is mailed to the Atlantic and Pacific states as well.

Next week I hope to know exactly what months have been selected for serialization. After it has appeared in the magazine, I suggest that we print it as a novelette. We can afford to pay you fifteen cents a copy royalty for this small book, if that is satisfactory to you. Owing to the continued high cost of production, we cannot pay more, without raising the catalogue price beyond a point

Pavillon Colombe

Saint-Brice-s/Forêt (Seine-et-Oise)

May 23rd, 1921.

Rutger B. Jewett Esqr
35, West 32nd Street
New York.

Dear Mr. Jewett,

I have just received, and find your two letters of April
29th and May 3rd awaiting me.

April 29th.-

Contracts for "The Glimpses of the Moon".- I return
them herewith, signed.

The Green Bough.- Yes, I received Mr. Thurston's novel, and I must apologize for not having thanked you sooner. Frankly, I found it less successful than some of his earlier books, one or two which I greatly enjoyed. This time his theme is a big one and he seems to me to have treated it too much as a moralist, and not to have lived into its characters very completely.

May 3rd.-

Royalty Statement.- I am delighted to hear that "The Age of Innocence" is still doing so well, and I hope it will keep going as long as "The House of Mirth". You ask if I should like an advance on the $3,600 owing me in November. If the book continues to do well and it is not inconvenient to you, I should be glad of this sum, or of part of it whenever you can let me have it. It seems probably now that the exchange will drop gradually if affairs go well between the Allies, and I should naturally like to benefit as much as possible by my earnings.

"The Old Maid".- I am so puzzled by the verdict of the Metropolitan Magazine on "The Old Maid" that I despair of ever understanding the point of view of the American public. Have the readers of The Metropolitan never read "The Scarlet Letter" or "Adam Bede" to mention only the two first classics that come to my mind? And how about my own "Summer"?

I think too well of the tale to wish to have it hawked

Rutger B. Jewett Esqr.

- 2 -

about, and if the next editor to whom you offer it is equally
prudish, I should prefer to have you return it to my sister-
in-law. I see by the way that she has not yet given up her idea
of having "The Age of Innocence" dramatized. She is much more
persistent than I am and she also has more faith in the dramatic
possibilities of the novel.

"The Glimpses of the Moon".- Chapters X to XVII inclusive) were
sent to you by hand on May 14th. I hope they will have reached
you when you receive this letter. I am now settled at the Pavillon
Colombe for the summer and hope to get on rapidly with the concluding
chapters.

Believe me,

Yours sincerely

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

May 16, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

Vance of the Pictorial
Review writes that he should have the
complete manuscript of "The Glimpses"
by July. Will this be possible?
I have sent him word that six more
chapters are on the way.

I am working hard to
place "The Old Maid" advantageously.
It has been read to date by the editors
of the Metropolitan, Ladies Home Journal,
and Saturday Evening Post. The editors
are all enthusiastic over the way you
have told the story, but evidently the
theme is too strong for them.

I shall start in this
week on a new trail and report progress
later.

Please let me know as
soon as possible about the date for com-
pleting "The Glimpses." I hope the six
additional chapters are on their way.

June 16th, 1921

Rutger B. Jewett Esqr
D. Appleton & Company
35, West 32nd Street
New York.

Dear Mr. Jewett,

"The Glimpses of the Moon".- Many thanks for your letter of May 27th, just received. I am glad Mr. Crowninshield carried the chapters of "The Glimpses" safely to their destination.

I am sending you by the next post chapters XVIII to XXII inclusive. This leaves about 22,000 to 25,000 words to follow in July. As the book is not to appeah till next year this will certainly give Mr. Vance ample time for his illustra-tions.

The book is turning out to be a bigger and more dramatic thing than I had foreseen, and I think you will like it.

Payment of "The Glimpses of the Moon".- In your letter of Sept. 21st, 1920, you say that Mr. Vance " is willing to paid $5,000 when the first eight chapters have been received, and to pay half the balance when half of the complete manuscript is deliver-ed, and the remaining amount when the finished manuscript has been received".

The first $5,000 were paid, according to agreement, when I delivered the first eight chapters (as a matter of fact, I sent nine). The second payment, of $6,500, was due on receipt of chapter XV, as the total number of chapters is to be XXIX or XXX. I am now sending the manuscript as far as chapter XXII inclusive, so I suppose that Mr. Vance may have already placed in your hands the $6,500. If not, will you put in a claim for it?

"The Old Maid; - I am delighted to hear that "The Old Maid" has at last met an editor who is not shocked by her tragic history, I am very much obliged to you for getting such a good price for the tale. I know that the rate at which storied of this length is always open to debate, as they fall between the long short-story and the novel.

June 16th 1921.

Dear Mr. Jewett,

"The Glimpses of the Moon".- Many thanks for your letter of May 27th, just received, I am glad Mr. Crowninshield carried the chapters of "The Glimpses" safely to their destination.

I am sending you by the next post chapters XVIII to XXII inclusive. This leaves about 22,000 to 25,000 words to follow in July. As the book is not to appear till next year this will certainly give Mr. Vance ample time for his illustrations.

Payment of "The Glimpses of the Moon".- In your letter of Sept. 21st, 1920, you say that Mr. Vance "is willing to pay $5,000 when the first eight chapters have been received, and to pay half the balance when half of the complete manuscript is delivered, and the remaining amount when the finished manuscript has been received."

The first $5,000 were paid, according to agreement, when I delivered the first eight chapters (as a matter of fact, I send nine). The second payment, of $6,500, was due on receipt of chapter XV, as the total number of chapters is to be XXIX or XXX. I am not sending the manuscript as far as chapter XXII inclusive, so I suppose that Mr. Vance may have already placed in your hands the $6,500. If not, will you put in a claim for it?

"The Old Maid".- I am delighted to hear that "The Old Maid" has at last met an editor who is not shocked by her tragic history, and I am very much obliged to you for getting such a good price for the tale. I know that the rate

24 June 1921

Rutger B. Jewett Esqre
c/o Appleton & Co
35, West 32nd Street
New York,

Dear Mr. Jewett,

Many thanks for your letter of June 9th, and also
for your cable telling me that you had kindly advanced
82,000 of the royalties on "The Age of Innocence" due
in October. I am very much obliged to you for making
this advance.

Do you think that "The Old Maid" is long enough
for a volume or do you incline to my idea of writing a
sort of sequel about Clement Spender?

Yours sincerely

D. APPLETON & COMPANY

June 22, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

First, concerning matters finan-
cial. Here is my Filthy Lucre report to date.

Last week we deposited to your
account $2,000, charging the same against the
royalties of "The Age of Innocence."

To-day we are depositing $2,250,
the first payment made by the Red Book for "The
Old Maid."

By the end of the month we hope to
collect and deposit a substantial check from the
Pictorial Review on account of "Glimpses of the
Moon."

We cable you as these special pay-
ments are deposited in your bank, so that you will
know exactly how your account stands.

Mrs Jones writes me that you may
extend the story of "The Old Maid." As a novel-
ette it seems to me complete and perfect. On the
other hand, I can see the advantage from the book-
selling point of view if it can be lengthened with-
out dilution.

As this story will not appear serially
in the Red Book until next year, there is no need
for immediate decision on your part. After you
have finished "The Glimpses of the Moon" there will
be time to develop "The Old Maid" into a longer
story, if you think best.

It occurs to me that there are great
possibilities in your old family doctor. You have
barely sketched him in the picture. I have a feel-
ing that he played a significant part in the lives of

October 3rd, 1921

Walter Blaber Esqr
c/o Appleton & Co
25, Bedford Street
Covent Garden London

Dear Sir,

Mrs. Wharton asks me to say that she received your
note about the photograph for the London Graphic just as she
was leaving for France.

Mrs. Wharton has no later photograph than the one
which you already have, but she sends a snapshot on the chance
that it may be possible to use it.

I enclose herewith the bill for the books Mrs. Wharton
ordered, with her cheque.

Believe me,

5 July 1921

Rutgeff.B. Jewett Esqr
c/o D. Appleton & C°
35, West 32nd Street
New York.

Dear Mr. Jewett,

Payments.- Many thanks for your letter of June 22nd, notifying me that you have placed to my credit $2,000 in payment of royalties on "The Age of Innocence", and $2,250, being the first payment made by "The Red Book" for "The Old Maid".

Thank you very much for cabling as these deposits are made. It is a great help to know when money is deposited, on account of the exchange.

**The Old Maid.**- My sister-in-law's account of my plan regarding "The Old Maid" is not quite correct; at least, I do not remember having told her that I thought of lengthening the story. What I meant to suggest, and what I thought I had also suggested to you, was the possibility of writing the story of Clement Spender, retrospectively as it were. He would come back as an elderly unsuccessful man from Rome, and be obliged to give drawing lessons to meet the expenses of his large family, and he and Delia Ralston would meet, and there would be echoes of the old drama. The story would be about the same length as "The Old Maid" and form a sequel.

**The Glimpses of the Moon.**- Meanwhile I hope you have received chapters XVIII to XXII, which went to you by hand about ten days ago. The work continues to go on rapidly.

Thank you again very much for all the trouble you have taken in placing my novels serially, and believe me,

Yours sincerely

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:
"HILANDERO, WESTRAND, LONDON."
TELEPHONE.
GERRARD 6283.

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

25. BEDFORD STREET,
COVENT GARDEN, LONDON.

Friday, 30th September, 1921.

MRS EDITH WHARTON,
74, Portland Place,
W.

Dear Mrs Wharton,

The literary representative of the London Graphic, Mr James Milne, tells me that they would very much like to have a new photograph of yourself for reproduction in their paper, and if you can spare the time while in London they would be glad to have this photograph taken at their expense by Mr Oppe or any other first class photographer that would suit your convenience.

I do not know whether you can spare the time now; but if not, possibly you would be willing to have one taken on your return to France, and let me have it for them. Mr Milne, who is a great admirer of your work, would like to have the pleasure of getting a few details from you personally for his paper: but I fear the time is too short for this.

Will you let me know by telephone or by a line if you are able to give this matter your attention.

PAVILLON COLOMBE

21st September 1921

Dear Sir,

Mrs. Wharton asks me to enclose herewith the end of
"The Glimpses of the Moon", chapters XXVI to XXIX inclusive.

Will you please ask the editor of the Pictorial Review
to replace the page 132 in the manuscript by the one enclosed
herewith, as Mrs. Wharton has made a few changes and added a
paragraph.

Believe me,

Yours very truly

Secretary.

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Scribner a novel; but as they clung for some\ntime to the idea of my finishing the one of which they had\nalready redd the first chapters, the matter was indefinitely\npostponed. The other day, however, I had a visit from Mr.\nScribner, who expressed himself ready to take another novel.\nI offered him \"A Son at the Front\", as soon as I heard from\nyou that it had not yet been disposed of, and he accepted.\nYou will no doubt be as glad as I am that the matter had\nreached this satisfactory conclusion.", "I am writing to my sister-in-law to let you know when\nshe comes to town, as I want her to make some little verbal\nchanges in the manuscript before sending it to Messrs. Scribner.", "\"The Glimpses of the Moon!\" - I am very glad that chapters XXII to XXV reached you promptly and that you like them. Today I have had the immense satisfaction of cabling you that the book is done and that the last chapters will be posted next week.", {"bbox": [227, 1125,

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

August 9, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

Elizabeth Marbury told Mrs Jones she expected to see you in Paris. What is the present status of the play? If Miss Marbury cannot arrange with a dramatist for a satisfactory production, we may be able to secure a good offer for a moving picture production.

I have done nothing about this as I knew Miss Marbury planned to see you this summer. If, however, there is nothing definite to be hoped for from her, I think something might be accomplished in the film world. Let me know what your plans are in this matter and I shall secure you some offers if possible.

The enclosed clipping from the Boston Transcript is amusing, in view of their hostility to "The Age of Innocence" and their needlessly nasty review of the book when it was published.

Here is a letter from Karl Harriman, the editor of the Red Book Magazine.

D. APPLETON & COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

29-35 WEST 32ND STREET
NEW YORK

CABLE ADDRESS, HILANDERO

July 21, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

"The Old Maid." -- Your letter of July 5th is a relief. I feared the summer's heat had melted what little gray matter I possessed, for I could not see how it was possible to weave Clement Spender through the story without destroying its special flavor. As a sequel, I see possibilities for an excellent tale.

"The Old Maid" is a perfect piece of work as it stands. For book publication it is not the desirable length. The only expansion I see possible, however, would be in the development of the old family doctor. Some day when you have time, look over the manuscript and see if there are possibilities in this idea. As he was in constant touch with the Ralstons and Charlotte, there is chance for additional material here, new matter which would not be extraneous and outside your general scheme for the development of the story.

I like your idea of the Clement Spender story. His fate seems a bit hard, but that is what life would have dealt him, as he was too soft himself to create happiness and was forced to resort to stolen sweets. There is much to be said for the rhinoceros and his tough hide. Fate may kick him hard and pass by, leaving him in blissful ignorance. Clement Spender in spite of his limitations would know himself to be a failure.

"Glimpses of the Moon." -- Chapters XVIII to XXII arrived safely and are with the editors of the Pictorial.

"Short-stories." -- Do not hesitate to send me any short stories. It is a great pleasure to place them for you; I really enjoy the game.

D. APPLETON & COMPANY

July 7, 1921

My dear Mrs Wharton:

Additional chapters of
"Glimpses of the Moon" arrived yesterday, --
a wonderful section of your book, especially
the two chapters where Susie turns her back
on social glory and security and where Lansing
takes an inventory of himself.

The joy found in such pages
is rich compensation for the awful chore of a
desk on a hot July day.

This morning Pictorial came
across with the promised check for $6,500. It
has been deposited to your account and we have
cabled you announcing the fact. Vance sparred
for time. Collections have been very slow. The
bottom has dropped out of the advertising business
and the magazines are feeling poor in consequence.
I am glad we made our contract when conditions
were more favorable.

Later on when your mind returns
to "The Old Maid", let me know what your plans are
for lengthening the story.

There is something grim and
awful in the thought of receiving a prize right
out of the august hands of Nicholas Miraculous
Butler. Your description suggests a picture
of helpless innocence stood up against a stone wall,
waiting for the fatal volley.

Yours faithfully,

Ruger Blunder
Jaworth

Mrs Wharton
St. Brice sous Foret
(S & Ø) France