Paris, August 8th, 1915.

53, RUE DE VARENNE

Dear Robert Grant,

I was so glad to get your cable a few days ago and to know that you are willing to undertake the editing of The Book of the Homeless. Mr. Scribner seems enthusiastic about it, and in your hands and his, and with Berkeley Updike to do the printing, I feel sure of success.

I am sorry you were worried by the torn envelope of my letter. I sent it off in hot haste and had misgivings about the envelope; but luckily your cable reassured me, as you evidently received all the letters I sent you.

I addressed Mrs. Marks's (Miss Josephine Peabody) to Cambridge, Mass., as I was told that was her address; but I wish you would try to find out if my letter reached her, for I admire her work so much that I should be much disappointed if she were not represented in the book.

We are making splendid progress in France, and I hope we shall be equally successful in England and America. I have not had many English answers yet, as I wrote my American letters first in order to gain time; but you will see that my list is already a proud one.

I have reluctantly given up the idea of translating the English articles into French. It would have necessitated sending the American batch to Paris, and there is no time for that. Commercially, it will not matter much, as the principal sale of the book will of course be in England and America, and it is infinitely more important that the French contributions should be translated into English.

Mr. Scribner has sent a very kind cable, saying that he

would make over to us absolutely all the profits of the book; and
the sale of autographs and original sketches ought to bring in a
big sum. I have not yet heard from Mr. Roosevelt, but I feel sure
he will do a preface and a rousing one; and I am not without hope
of getting a few words from General Joffre and perhaps from the
Queen of the Belgians.

Again with all my gratitude for your collaboration,

P. S. If you wish to cable my cable address is :

Wharton, Munroe, Paris.

The Book of the Homeless
(Le Livre des Sans-Foyer.)

To be sold for the benefit of the American Hostels for
Refugees and the Children of Flanders Rescue Committee, founded in
Paris by Mrs. Wharton (in Nov. 1914 and in April 1915) and chiefly
maintained by American subscriptions.

The Book of the Homeless is to be published simultaneously in New York and London, in October 1915.

It is to consist entirely of *original and previously unpublished* contributions from Belgian, French, English, Italian and American authors, painters and composers. Each of the articles contributed will be printed in its original language, and translated (by one of the other contributors) into either French or English, as the case may be.

As far as possible, the painters invited to contribute will be asked to give us portraits of the authors who have consented to give us articles, or else original sketches. The original sketches and autograph articles or musical scores contributed will be sold by auction, in New York, after the publication of the book, for the benefit of the same charities.

Authors are therefore earnestly requested, if it is their habit to write in their own hand, to give their manuscripts for this purpose.

Mr. Roosevelt has been asked to write an introduction.

The volume will be sold entirely for the benefit of the
two charities above-named.

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AMERICAN
HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES

EXECUTIVE BOARD
MRS. WHARTON, CHAIRMAN
GENERAL COMMITTEE
MRS. ROYALL TYLER,
VICE-CHAIRMAN
GENERAL COMMITTEE
MRS. CHARLES SCOTT,
CHAIRMAN CLOTHING
COMMITTEE
MR. CHARLES DU BOS,
CHAIRMAN HOUSEHOLD
MANAGEMENT

(WITH THE FOYER FRANCO-BELGE)

OFFICE : 254. BOULEVARD SAINT-GERMAIN
CLOTHING DÉPOT, 12. RUE BOISSY D'ANGLAS

Hotel Savoy,
Fontainebleau

August 12th, 1916

Dear Robert Grant,

As soon as I received your letter of July 31st, I telegraphed to say that your letter from Falmouth had never reached me. I hope my telegram has not had the same fate, but as I have had no reply, I am sending this letter to say how much I hope you will come to see me for a day or two before you return to America. I think it very important for you to see exactly what the Hostels have been doing with the money collected for us in Boston, and whenever you can come to Paris, I will come up from the country for a day or two.

Unfortunately, I have been rather poorly for the last two months, and am taking a long rest here, with an occasional day in Paris. We are all overworked, and my colleagues need a holiday as much as I do; but fortunately for them, they are younger and stronger.

I saw Dr. Peabody in Paris the other day, and took him to see one of our Model-Lodging Houses and also one of the houses of the "Enfants des Flandres". He seemed to be interested and I hope he will say a good word to our generous Boston donators when he returns home.

TÉL. FLEURUS 05-76

AMERICAN
HOSTELS FOR REFUGEES

(WITH THE FOYER FRANCO-BELGE)

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I was very much distressed by a letter from Mrs. Bayard Thayer the other day, in which she made a vague allusion to the last Hostels report, giving me the impression that the Boston Committee had not added a special report, with a list of subscribers, to the American edition of the report. I had sent full instructions to my sister-in-law last winter, and had asked her to write a full report of the work of the New-York Committee and get Mrs. Thayer to do the same for Boston, as it would have taken too long to wait to have these reports sent out to me here. I cannot think how the misunderstanding has arisen, and Mrs. Thayer is so vague that I cannot make out what has happened; but I have written fully to her and to my sister-in-law, asking them to bring out a new edition of the report at once with the necessary additions. I am so profoundly grateful for all that Boston has done that I am really discouraged at the thought of seeming to be unappreciative.

Please remember me much warmly to Mrs. Grant, and let me say "au revoir" soon.

Your affectionate friend

Edith Wharton

SAINTE-CLAIRE LE CHATEAU
HYERES (VAR)

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January 6th, 1933

My dear Robert Grant,

I am dictating this letter so that if you are
able to read a little by the time it reaches you, you will not
have the trouble of deciphering my script.

Please thank Mrs. Grant for typing the letter from
you which came yesterday. It was really kind of you to think of
letting me have news so soon, and of her to serve as your secretary.
I am perfectly delighted to hear of the success of the operation,
to your eye, which, as you see, confirms what I predicted. I do
hope you will be a reasonable patient, and not try to read and
write too soon. The thought of being able to do so eventually ought
to keep you from being impatient, and I am sure it will.

Gaillard Lapsley, who is one of my usual Christmas
party of old friends, wishes me to say how happy he is to have
such a good report of you, and to add his best New Year wishes
to you both.

I am working away with all my might at my Reminiscences,
for now that I have started I am impatient to see the end, and
get to work on another novel. I shall never feel at home in any
other form of literature, though I have enjoyed resuscitating the
old days more than I should have thought possible when I began.

PAVILLON COLOMBE

SBRICE-SOUS-FORÊT (S&O)

TÉLÉPHONE: SBRICE-SOUS-FORÊT, 12

August 3rd, 1935

Dear Robert Grant,

Please excuse this dictated note. I still have to spare
my eyes, and now that I am getting back to work I cannot write
many letters.

This is just a word to thank you for the copy of "Four-score" with the friendly dedication, which has just arrived. I have sent off the other copy to Mrs. Tyler, who is now at their place in Burgundy. As for the original volume, it has never turned up, and I suppose now it never will. The French post-office is not always to be trusted.

I am interested in what you say of the Howells Medal award. I had forgotten its existence, but quite agree with you I had better be the recipient!! I hope Professor Phelps will be of the same mind.

I am improving slowly but very steadily, according to the
doctors, and to my great joy they now encourage working, and also
motoring. We have had a beautiful summer as far as sunshine goes,
but we had two weeks of intense heat, and now it is as cold as
October. All these vagaries have not agreed with the garden, and
flowers and vegetables are in an unhappy state, but I love this
little place more than ever.

With best remembrances to you both

SAINTE-CLAIRE DU CHATEAU
HYÈRES (VAR)

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April 19th, 1929

Dear Judge Grant,

Your letter to Mrs. Wharton of March 31st has just
reached her.

The news which Mr. Bliss gave you were unhappily quite
true. The severe weather has wrought havoc in Mrs. Wharton's
lovely garden. She has lost practically all her sub-tropical
plants, and her orange trees and lemon trees have suffered
sadly. Nevertheless it is still a perfect paradise, and at
this season of the year especially, when the earth is still
slumbering in the rest of the world, the greenness and the
lovely flowers here seem miraculous.

I am sorry to have to tell you that Mrs. Wharton has
been herself very seriously ill. She had two heart attacks
following one another within a week, and the second one was
complicated by an infection of the throat which threatened
her lungs. I came down here on the 18th of March, and found
her terribly weak, and hardly out of danger. She has been
progressing steadily, though very very gradually, and especial-
ly for the first three weeks after my arrival I could not feel
altogether free from anxiety. But now I am happy to say she
is really convalescent, and her splendid courage and physical
energy will pull her through, I feel certain, so that no evil
effects of this serious test will remain.

Mrs. Wharton is not yet able to attend to her correspond-
ence herself, but your letter will be among the first that
she will read and answer when she has the strength. She must
avoid sustained effort and be very watchful for the smallest
sign of fatigue.

I read with great interest what you say about your
children and grand-children, their excellent health and generous
number. I remember so well the delightful evening I spent in
your house just ten years ago, and all the kindness which I
received there.

My husband has been for the last five years; first,

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Deputy Commissioner for the League of Nations in Hungary with
Mr. Jeremiah Smith, and then (during the last three) Commissioner
for the League. His term finishes on June 30th next, and he is
going to take up the duties of European representative and
adviser for Messrs. Hambros, with offices in Paris. This is a
happy arrangement for us, as it provides him with an occupation
for which the training of the past ten years has fitted him,
and allows us to go on enjoying our ordinary life in France. I
hope so much that I may have the pleasure of seeing you again,
and as circumstances have favoured me this time in bringing me
into touch with you, will you let me hear from you some times?
My address is still; 2I, Quai Bourbon, Paris.

I think I shall be able to leave Edith next week
without any anxiety.

With my kindest greetings, believe me,

BEAUVAYS
1A, RUE DU BIR - PARIS