Autograph letter in ink on paper, signed. 23.3x13.5 cm. (9¼x5¼") paper, mounted to a slightly larger piece of blank paper.

A literary letter of introduction to Richard Watson Gilder, Editor at the Century Magazine, written on behalf of "Mrs. Mary Hartwell Catherwood, whose prose I regard, in point of pure narrative, force, fidelity to life and character, as second to no writer's out of the West. She is visiting the East, and would advise with best editors and publishers regarding unprinted matter in hand; and this I would urge you to examine, assured of your interest..." Mary Hartwell Catherwood (1847-1902) was an American novelist, children's author and short story writer. Provenance: Private Collection of Marcia G. Woods.