[Letter] 1907 January 7 [to] Mr. Markham

Title

[Letter] 1907 January 7 [to] Mr. Markham

Subject

Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. The man with the hoe, and other poems

Description

Coates writes to Markham praising a number of his poems.

Creator

Coates, Florence Earle, 1850-1927

Source

Edwin Markham Archive, Horrmann Library

Date

1/7/1907

Contributor

Wagner College, Staten Island, NY

Rights

Please contact the Horrmann Library at Wagner College for rights to use this digital image.

Format

image/jpeg

Language

eng

Type

Text

Identifier

CoatesF3

Text

January 7/07
Dear Mr. Markham:
The great little book has been duly received, and finding me too ill to rise from my bed, has charmed and strengthened me. How strong the poems are! _How full of a noble and virile humanity! I was familiar with the many, perhaps most, of them; but I have read them all again, with deepened pleasure and appreciation. You did not exhaust your high theme of “The Man With The Hoe” in that single poem, powerful as it is; I hear it again in the “Rock-Breaker” and in “The Man Under The Stone” and feel that it has lost nothing – Were I to select from this volume my favorites in another kind, I should weary you; so let me thank you for all. Please remember me to Mrs. Markham, whom it gave me pleasure to meet at last, and believe me.
Yours with warm appreciation and regard,
Florence Earle Coates
P.S.
I ventured to mail you my lines on the “Alden Birthday;” also, in case you chance to see The Reader Magazine for this month, it may interest you to read the Watts poems which, having just written. I read to you upon the occasion of your one, delightful call.
FEC

Data Digital

2009

Digitization Specifications

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Collection

Citation

Coates, Florence Earle, 1850-1927 , “[Letter] 1907 January 7 [to] Mr. Markham,” Edwin Markham Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://markham.omeka.net/items/show/509.