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June 1968
A Willa Cather Collection
Richard Cary
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under his feet" (p. 283), he can realistically assess life as
com-pounded of two great forces-love and death-and "face with
fortitude the Berengaria and the future"
(p.
283).
A WILLA CATHER COLLECTION
By
RICHARD CARYA
s the end of the past decade approached, the Division of
Rare Books and Manuscripts in the Colby College Library
did not harbor any appreciable amount of Willa Cather
memo-rabilia among its more than fifty special author collections.
Apart from her basal value as possibly the best of America's
female novelists, there were at least two reasons why her works
might have been included:
1)she is buried in nearby Jaffrey,
New Hampshire, thus providing us a regional claim;
2)
she was
a protegee and avowed disciple of Sarah Orne Jewett, without
peer Maine's most perceptive delineatrist. This consociation
in-spired Miss Cather to dedicate 0 Pioneers! "To the memory of
Sarah Orne Jewett, in whose beautiful and delicate work there
is the perfection that endures"; and to compile The Best Stories
of
Sarah Orne Jewett (Boston, 1925), in the preface of which
she declared: "If
I
were asked to name three American books
which have the possibility of a long, long life, I would say at
once, The Scarlet Letter, Huckleberry Finn, and The Country of
the Pointed Firs." Despite these compelling motivations, only
a
few fugitive items of secondary bearing and several letters,
de-sultorily donated, marked the extent of our Cather
holdings-until 1959.
CISlon, and cartons of Cather materials began arriving. Within
three months the individual total had mounted to some three
hundred items. And that was not the end. In the interim Mr.
Ferry has continued to hunt up and remand to us titles that had
previously eluded him and all new relevant publications. Our
Cather collection is now in excess of four hundred items. With
minimal exceptions of gifts from the University of Berlin and
the Colby Library Associates, it is the magnanimous
construc-tion of Patrick
J. Ferry, and we are pleased to acknowledge our
gratitude.
No attempt will be made here to list every particular of this
impressive treasury. Outside of Miss Cather's own writings, only
the more uncommon or potentially useful items are tabulated,
with the object of informing scholars of their presence and
availability. The pages of Colby Library Quarterly are open to
worthy essays on any phase of Willa Cather, biographical,
bib-liographical, or criticaL
BOOKS BY WILLA CATHER
There are 173 varied editions in this category of collected, selected, and individual works, seventy of which are foreign translations.
COLLECTIONS:
The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather. Boston: Houghton Mifilin Co., 1937-1941. 13 vols. Autograph Edition, designed by Bruce Rogers. Edition of 970 copies on large paper, of which this is No. 439, signed by the author.
C0111i1lgy Aphrodite! and Other Stories. New York: Avon Publications
Inc.. 1955. Included here because Miss Cather's story is ac-corded the title of the volume in which also appear stories by Sherwood Anderson, Louis Bromfield, Theodore Dreiser, Edna Ferber, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Steinbeck.
Destini Oseur;: Romanzi e Racconti di Willa Cather. Trans. Maria Gallone, & Fluffy Mella Mazzucato. Milan: Arnoldo Monda-dori, 1956. Contains: Luoy Gayheart, A Lost Lady, Youth and the Bright Medusa, Obscure Destinies, The Old Beauty and Others.
Early Stories of Willa Cather. Selected and with commentary by Mildred R. Bennett. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1957. Inscribed on front endpaper: HInscribed for / Captain Patrick I. Ferry / Sin-cerely, / Mildred R. Bennett/ Red Cloud, Nebr."
In-scribed on flyleaf: "To Patrick Ferry / -appreciatil'ely- / George N. Kates / Santa Fe / April5, '56."
The Kingdom of Art:Willa Cather's First Principles and Critical State-ments, 1893-1896. Selected and edited with two essays and a commentary by Bernice Siote. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press,1967.
The Sculptor's Funeral and Paul's Case. Edited with notes by Hikaru Saito. Tokyo: Nan'un-do, 1956. Nan'un-do's Contemporary Li-brary. The preface and some of the explanatory notes are in Japanese.
Selected Short Stories. Trans. Yukio Suzuki & Masajiro Hamada. Tokyo: Eiho-sha, 1956. Contains: "The Sculptor's Funeral," "Scandal," "Paul's Case," "Neighbour Rosicky."
Selected Short Stories. Trans. Fumi Takano &Isuzu Tanabe. Tokyo: Nan'un-do, 1960. Contains: "Neighbour Rosicky," "The Sculp-tor's Funeral," "A Wagner Matinee," "Old Mrs. Harris," and John Steinbeck'sTortilla Flat.
Selected Works. Trans. Masachi Karita. Tokyo: Arachi Syuppan, 1957. Collection of Contemporary American Literature, vol. 2. Con-tains: Death Comes for the Archbishop, 0 Pioneers!, A Lost Lady, "Paul's Case," "A Wagner Matinee," "The Sculptor's Fu-neral," "The Novel Demeuble," and Commentary.
Willa Cather in Europe: Her Own Story of the First Journey. With an introduction and incidental notes by George N. Kates. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1956. Inscribed by the editor on title page, and by Edith Lewis to Patrick Ferry on front endpaper. Willa Cather on Writing. With a foreword by Stephen Tennant. New
York: A. A. Knopf, 1949. Inscribed on front endpaper: "To Patrick Ferry / from Stephen Tennant / 'It is the stamp of her unchallengeable integrity.' "
Willa Cather's Collected Short Fiction, 1892-1912. Introduction by Mil-dred R. Bennett. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1965. Writings from Willa Cather's Campus Years. Edited by James R.
Shively. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1950. Inscribed on flyleaf: "To Patrick I. Ferry, with sincere / personal regards, as one member of the / 'Cather cult' to another. / Jalnes R. Shively."
INDIVIDUAL WORKS:
Alexander's Bridge. Boston: Houghton MifflinCo., 1912.
2. London: William Heinemann, 1912. AsAlexander's Bridges. 3. Boston: Houghton Miftlin Co., 1922. New edition with
pre-face, v-[ix].
4. New York: Bantam Books,1962. With preface. April Twilights. Boston: Richard G. Badger,1903.
2. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1923. Edition of 450 copies, of which this is No.159,signed by the author.
3. London: William Heinemann,1924.
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Death Comes for the Archbishop. New York: A. A. Knopf,1927. 2. London: William Heinemann,1927.
3. London: William Heinemann, February 1928. New impres.. sion.
4. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1929. Edition of 170 copies on Rives Cream Plate Paper, with drawings and designs by Harold Von Schmidt, of which this is No. 151,signed by the author.
5. London: William Heinemann, [1930]. Edition on large pa.. per, with drawings and designs by Harold Von Schmidt. 6. New York: Modern Library, n.d.
7. December Night: A Scene from Death Comes for the Arch-bishop. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1933.
8. Father ]unipero's Holy Family: Reprinted fronl Death Comes for the Archbishop. Lexington, Ky.: Anvil Press, 1956. Edition of 200 copies.
9. [Arabic]. N.p., n.d. 10. [Bengalese]. N.p., n.d.
11. [Danish]. Doden H enter Aerkebiskoppen. Trans. Ingeborg Simesen. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1934. 12. [Dutch]. De Strijd van de Aartsbisschop. Trans. M. van
Loosdrecht. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, 1954. 13. [French]. La Mort et L'archevegue. Trans. C. Carel;
pre-face by Andre Artonne. Paris: Editions Stock, 1940. 14. [German]. Der Tod kommt zum Erzbischo/. Stuttgart:
Vic-toria,1940.
15. [German]. Same title. Zurich: Benziger Verlag Einsiedeln, 1957.
16. [Italian]. La Morte Viene per L'Arcivescovo. Trans. Ales.. sandra Scalero. Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1956. Col.. lezione Medusa, No.74.
17. [Marathi]. Davachi Manse. Bombay: G. P. Parchure, 1958. 18. [Portuguese]. A Morte do Arcebispo. Trans. Licia de Souza.
Rio di Janeiro: Edicoes Caravela,1958.
19. [Spanish]. La Muerte Viene Bacia a1 Arzobispo. Trans. Ho-racio Laurora. Buenos Aires: Emece Editores, 1944.
20. [Swedish]. Landet Langt Borta. Trans. Siri Thorngren Olin. Stockholm: Hugo Gebers Forlag, 1938.
21. [Tamil]. Madras: Jothi Nilayam, 1958.
A Lost Lady. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1923. First edition of 200 copies on Borzoi all rag paper, of which this is No. 107, signed by the author.
2. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1923. First trade edition. 3. London: William Heinemann, 1924.
4. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. With an introduction by J.B. Priestley.
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6. [German]. Die Frau, die sich verlor. Trans. Magda Kahn. Frankfort: Fisher Bucherei, 1962.
7. [Japanese]. Mayoeru Onna. Trans. Keiko Kuriyagawa. Tokyo: Kenkyusha, 1957. Bound with "Tom Outland's Story," which is Book 2 of The Professor's House.
8. [Swedish]. Ett Forlorat Ideal. Trans. Sigrid Gustafson. Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt&Soners, 1924.
Lucy Gayheart. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1935. First edition of 749
copies on Croxley Rag Paper, of which this is No. 738, signed by the author.
2. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1935. First trade edition. 3. London: C'assell&Co., 1935.
4. [Czech]. Lucy Gayheartova. Prague: Nakladatelske Druzstvo Maje, 1946. Standard Library, Anglo-Americka Knihovna, No.4.
5. [Danish]. Lucy Gayheart. Trans. Ingeborg Simesen. Copen-hagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1945.
6. (Dutch]. Lucie Gayheart. Trans. M. S. F. Wibaut-Bastert. Amsterdam: Wereldbibliotheek, 1953.
7. [German]. Lucy Gayheart. Trans. Elisabeth Schnack. Zu-rich: Benziger Verlag Einsiedeln, 1957.
8. [Japanese]. Wakare no uta. Trans. Naotaro Tatsunokuchi. Tokyo: Mikasa Shobo, 1953. Selections from World Litera-ture, vol. 18.
9. [Swedish]. Av Alit Ditt Hjiirta. Trans. Siri Thorngren Olin. Stockholm: Hugo Gebers Forlag, 1936.
Antonia. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1918. With the signature
of Jean Hersholt on his bookplate. 2. London: William Heinemann, 1919.
3. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1926. With revised introduc-tion.
4. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1949. With an introduction by Walter Havighurst, [v]-xvi.
5. Tokyo: Kinseido, 195-. With introduction and notes by Masajiro Hamada. Modern English Series.
6. Boston: Houghton Miffiin Co., 1961. Sentry Edition, No.7. 7. [Danish]. Undervefs. Trans. Ingeborg Simesen.
Copen-hagen: Gyldenalske Boghandel, 1930.
8. [Dutch]. Mijn Antonia. Trans. J. Wagener-Schilperoort. Antwerp: Uitgegeven bij J. van Tuyl, n.d.
9. [German]. Meine Antonia. Trans. Walter Schumann. Stutt-gart: Engelhomverlag Adolf Spemann, 1948.
10. [Greek]. H. Antonia Moy. Trans. Voylas Damianakoy. N.p.: Ikapos, 1954.
11. [Italian]. La Mia Antonia. Trans. Iole Iannelli Pinna Pin-tor. Turin: Einaudi, 1947.
12. [Japanese]. Watashi no Antonia. Trans. Masajiro Hamada. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo, 1951. Selected Works of the Twen-tieth Century Literature.
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Kawade-Shobo, 1956. With William Faulkner's The Wild
Palms. Collection of the World-Literature.
14. [Russian]. Moya Antoniya. Trans. V. S. Yanovskij. New York: Chekhov Publishing House, 1952.
15. [Spanish]. Mi Antonia. Trans. Julio Fernandez-Yanez Gi-meno. Barcelona: Luis de Caralt, 1955.
16. [Swedish]. Min Antonia. Trans. Aslog Davidson. Stock-holm: Hugo Gebers Forlag, 1939.
My Mortal Enemy. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1926. First edition of 220 copies with format and designs by W. A. Dwiggins, of which this is No. 206, signed by the author.
2. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1926. First trade edition.
3. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1927. Tauchnitz Collection of British and American Authors, No. 4771.
4. London: William Heinemann, 1928.
5. New York: Vintage Books, 1961. Vintage Book, V-200. With an introduction by Marcus Klein, [v]-[xxii].
6. [French], Mon Ennelni Mortel, Trans. J. Balay & J. E. Burton. Paris: Artheme Fayard et Cie., 1935. Les Ouevres Libres, No. 173, pp. [315]-377.
7. [Italian]. Ii Mio Mortale Nemico. Trans. Maria Gallone. Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1946. Collezione Medusa, No. 177.
Not Under Forty. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1936. First edition of 333 copies printed on Nihon Japan vellum, of which this is No. 192, signed by the author.
2. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1936. First trade edition. 3. London: Cassell&Co., 1936.
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Pioneers!. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1913. With the signature of Jean Hersholt on his bookplate.2. London: William Heinemann, 1913. 3. [Chinese]. Kowloon: Platitude Press, 1941.
4. [German]. Neue Erde. Trans. Augusta V. Bronner. Vienna: Amandus-Edition, 1945.
5. [German]. Zwei Frauen. Trans. Wolf & Ursula Hermann. Bremen: Johs. Storm Verlag, 1948.
6. [Italian]. II Gelso Bianco. Trans. Arjo. Turin: S A S Editrice, 1953.
7. [Japanese]. 0 Kaitakusha Yo! Trans. Seikei Okamoto. To-kyo: Karzosha, 1950.
8. [Spanish], Los Colonos. Trans. Antonio Guardiola. Bar-celona: Luis de Caralt, 1956.
9. [Swedish]. Hell, Banbrytare! Trans. Hildegard Wieselgren. Stockholm: C. E. Fritzes Bokforlags Aktiebolag, 1919. 10. [Swedish]. Banbrytare. Trans. Hildegard Wieselgren.
Stock-holm: Saxon & Lindstroms Forlag, 1943, 1944.
11. [Swedish]. 0 Pionjiirer! Trans. Hildegard Wieselgren. Stockholm: Folket I Bilds Forlag, 1948.
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copies on Nihon Japan vellum, of which this is No. 250, signed by the author.
2. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1932. First trade edition. With the bookplate of Jean Hersholt.
3. London: Cassell&Co., 1932. 4. [Arabic]. N.p., n.d.
5. [Czech]. Farmar RosickY. Trans. L. Weinfurterova. Prague: Nakladatel F. Topic, 1933.
The Old Beauty and Others. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1948. 2. London: Cassell & Co., 1956.
3. [Swedish]. Da Basta aren och Andra Noveller. Trans. Nils Jacobsson. Uppsala: Gebers, 1950.
One of Ours. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1922. 2. London: William Heinemann, 1923.
3. [Italian]. Uno dei Nostri. Trans. A. Ph. Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1955. Collezione Medusa, No. 348. ,
Prochainement Aphrodite. Trans. Victor Llona. Paris: Editions du Sagittaire, 1925. Translation of "Coming, Aphrodite!" from Youth and the Bright Medusa. Edition of 800 copies, of which this is No. 215. Les Cahiers Nouveaux, No. 12.
The Professor's House. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1925. First edition of 225 copies on Esparto Paper, of which this is No. 147, signed by the author.
2. New York: A. A.Knopf, 1925. First trade edition. 3. London: William Heinemann, 1925.
4. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. With an introduction by J. B. Priestley.
5. [Danish]. Professorens Bus. Trans. Ingeborg Simesen. Co-penhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1929.
6. [Finnish]. Professorin Talo. Trans. Alex Matson. Helsinki: Tammi, 1950.
7. [Italian]. La Casa del Professore. Trans. Fluffy Mella Maz-zucato. Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1950. I Grandi Narra-tori Italiani e Stranieri, No. 25.
8. [Japanese]. "Tom Outland's Story." Trans. Keiko Kuriya-gawa. Tokyo: Kenkyusha, 1957. Bound with Mayoeru Onna, A Lost Lady.
9. [Swedish]. Professorns Hem. Trans. Jenny Juselius. Stock-holm: Hugo Gebers Forlag, 1927.
Sapphira and the Slave Girl. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1940. First edi-tion of 520 copies on Rives Liampre All-Rag Paper, of which this is No. 153, signed by the author.
2. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1940. First trade edition. In-scribed on front endpaper: "A utographed for / Robert Wil-son, / With good wishes. / Willa Cather."
3. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1940. "Complimentary Advance Copy" printed on front endpaper.
4. London: Cassell & Co., 1941.
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6. [German]. Saphira. Trans. Elisabeth Schnack. Zurich:Ben-ziger Verlag Einsiedeln, 1955.
7. [Swedish]. Sapphira ooh Slavinnan. Trans. Siri Thorngren Olin. Stockholm: Hugo Gebers Forlag, 1941.
Shadows on the Rock. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1931. First edition of 619 copies on Croxley Hand Made Paper, of which this is No. 25,signed by the author.
2. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1931. Edition of 199 copies on Shidzuoka Japan Vellum, of which this is No. 154, signed by the author.
3. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1931. First trade edition.
4. London: Cassell & Co., 1932.
5.. London: Cassell & Co., 1948. Cassell's Pocket Library, No.8.
6.. [Danish]. Skygger paa Klippen. Trans. Ingeborg Simesen. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1939.
[Dutch]. Schaduwen op de Rots. Trans. J. W. Hofstra. Heemstede: Hofboekerij, n.d.
8. [German]. Schatten auf dem Fels. Trans. Elisabeth Schnack. Zurich: Benziger Verlag Einsiedeln, 1956.
9. [Hungarian]. Arnyekok a Sziklan. Trans. Boldizsar Ivan. Budapest: Franklin-Tarsulat Kiadasa, 1936.
10. [Italian]. Ombre sulla Rocca. Trans. Gino de Negri. Milan: Instituto di Propaganda Libraria, 1942.
11. [Swedish]. Skuggor over Klippan. Trans. Siri Thorngren Olin. Stockholm: Hugo Gebers F6rlag, 1940.
The Son!!, of the Lark. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1915.
2., Same edition, with advertisement on verso of title page of three Cather books.
3. London: Cassell&Co., 1938.
4. [Swedish]. Liirksangen. Trans. Hildegard Wieselgren. Stock.. holm: C. E. Fritzes Bokforlags Aktiebolag, 1920. 2 vols. The Troll Garden. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905.
2. New York: New American Library, 1961. With an after-word by Katherine Anne Porter. Signet Classic, CD 31. Youth and the Bright Medusa. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1920.
2. London: William Heinemann, 1921.
ATTRIBLTIONS:
McClure~ S. S. Nly Autobiography. New York: Magazine Publishers, 1914. Special edition for the inspiration of the Field Secretaries of Lewis E. Myers & Co. According to Frederick B. Adams, Jr., ·'This book [is] ostensibly by S. S. McClure, but actually written entirely by Willa Cather. She used to spend several hours at tea with the publisher each week, listening to the story of his life." Interestingly, Colby's volume is inscribed on the front endpaper "To I Miss Dorothy MacKeen / with the best wishes / of the author / S. S. McClure / New York City, June 24, 1941." Milmine, Georgine. The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History
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According to Philip C. Duschnes, "Miss Cather, while an editor of McClure's Magazine, put the material into proper presentation and rewrote it for publication."
CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS
Miss Cather wrote four introductions to books by other authors, and an essay on Katherine Mansfield. These have now been collected, three in their original form, in Willa Cather on Writing, edited by Stephen Tennant, New York: A. A. Knopf, 1949. Colby lacks only her intro-duction to volume 9 of The Work of Stephen Crane.
Defoe, Daniel. The Fortunate Mistress. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1924. Edition of 2500 in The Borzoi Classics, of which this is No. 623. With an introduction by Willa Cather, pp. vii-xiii.
Hall, Gertrude. The Wagnerian Romances. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1925. Preface by Willa Cather, pp. vii-x.
Jewett, Sarah Orne. The Best Stories
0/ . "
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1925. 2 vols. Mayflower Edition, selected and ar-ranged with a preface by Willa Cather, pp. [ix]-xix. Reprinted in Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country of the Pointed Firs, London: Jonathan Cape, 1927, pp. 7-14, The Traveller's Library, No. 28; and in Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country of the Pointed Firs, and Other Stories, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1954, n.p., Doubleday Anchor Books, A26. Miss Cather expanded this pre-face considerably in Not Under Forty, pp. 76-95, but she excised the enthusiastic comparison with Hawthorne and Mark Twain, which is quoted in the first paragraph of this bibliography. "Katherine Mansfield," The Borzoi, 1925. New York: A ..0.'\.• Knopf,1925, pp. 47-49. Miss Cather also expanded this essay for in-clusion in Not Under Forty, pp. 123-147; Stephen Tennant re-printed Parts II and III of this later version in Willa Cather 011 Writing, pp. 107-120.
IN PERIODICALS
Included in this section are the appearances of Miss Cather~snovels in serial form and items not yet collected. Colby has over sixty first ap-pearances of Miss Cather's work in magazines.
"Alexander's Masquerade," McClure's, XXXVIII (February-April 1912), 385-395, 523-536, 659-668. First appearance of Alexan-der's Bridge.
"Ardessa," Century, XCVI (May 1918), 105-116.
"The Bookkeeper's Wife," Century, XCII (May 1916). 51-59. Re-printed in Golden Book, X (November 1929),74-78.
"Consequences," McClure's, XLVI (November 1915),30-32,63-64. "Death Comes for the Archbishop," Forum, LXXVII (January-June
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"Her Boss,"Smart Set, LX (October 1919),95-108.
"A Lost Lady," Century, CV-CVI (April-June 1923), 803-822; 75-94,
289-309.
"Lucy Gayheart," Woman's Home Companion, LXII (March-July
1935), 7, 14, 23, 16, 15. Continued on multiple pages in each instance.
"The Man Who Wrote 'Narcissus,'" Ladies' Home Journal, XVII
(No-vember 1900), 11. About Ethelbert Nevin.
"Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle," Nation, CXVII (September 5,
1923), 236-238. Reprinted in several anthologies but not in a Cather collection.
"New Types of Acting,"McClure's, XLII (February 1914),41-51.
"Plays of Real Life,"McClure's, XL (March1913),63-72.
'The Professor's House," Collier's, LXXV-LXXVI (June 6-August 1, 1925), 5, 24, 22, 28; 30, 24, 22, 22, 22. Continued on multiple pages in each instance.
Soskice, David, "The Secrets of the Schluesselburg; . . . Russia's Most Terrible Political Prison,"McClure's, XXXIV (December 1909),
144-163. With an introduction signed W.S.C., pp. 144-145. "The Star Dial: a Variation upon a Theme of Sappho's," McClure's,
XXX (December1907),202. Poem.
"The Sweated Drama,"McClure's, XLIV (January 1915), 17-28.
"Three American Singers: Louise Homer, Geraldine Farrar, Olive Frem-stad,"McClure's, XLII (December1913),33-48.
"Training for the Ballet,"McClure's, XLI (October 1913),85-95. "Uncle Valentine," Woman's Home Companion, LII (February-March
1925),7, 15. Continued on multiple pages in each instance. "When I Knew Stephen Crane," Prairie Schooner, XXIII (Fall 1949),
231-236. First published in Library, I (June 23, 1900), under the pseudonym of Henry Nicklemann, and reprinted in the Lin-colnCourier (July14, 1900), under Miss Cather's name.
Youvatshev, I. P., "Four Years in the Schluesselburg Fortress,"
Mc-Clure's, XXXIII (August 1909), 399-411. With an introduction signed "Editor," pp. 399-400. For corroboration of authorship by Miss Cather, see the LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS section of this bibliography.
BOOKS AND ARTICLES ABOUT CATHER
Books totally or partly devoted to the life and works of Willa Cather, and articles of biographical or critical nature about her run well over a hundred. References to all of these may be found in existing bibliogra-phies and standard indexes, so will not be repeated here. One item which may escape attention is Willa by Ruth Franchere, a fictionalized
account of Miss Cather's early years, published by Thomas Y. Crowell, New York; 1958.
DISSERTATIONS ON CATHER
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Adams, Theodore Stanford. Six Novels of Willa Cather: A Thematic Study. Ohio State University, 1961.
Bash, James Richard. Willa Cather: A Study in Primitivism. University of Illinois, 1954.
Charles, Sister Peter Damian, Love and Death in the Novels of Willa Cather. University of Notre Dame, 1965.
Curtin, William Martin. The Relation of Ideas and Structure in the Novels of Willa Cather. University of Wisconsin, 1959.
Fox, Clyde Maynard. Revelation of Character in Five Cather Novels. University of Colorado, 1963.
Giannone~ Richard John. Music in Willa Cather's Fiction. University of Notre Dame, 1964.
Lambert, Maude Eugenie. Theme and Craftsmanship in Willa Cather's Novels. University of North C'arolina, 1965.
Meyer, Roy Willard. The Middle Western Farm Novel in the Twentieth Century. State University of Iowa, 1957.
Nestbichler, Paul. Willa Cather als Darstellerin Nordamerikanischer Pionierlebens. University of Vienna, 1944.
Reisch, Ingeborg. Das Plonterideal in der Darstellung der ameri-kanischen Gesellschaft bei Willa Cather und Sinclair Lewis. University of Berlin, 1958.
Schmittlein. Albert Edward. Willa Cather's Novels: An Evolving Art. University of Pittsburgh, 1962.
Throckmorton, Jean LaVon. Willa Cather: Artistic Theory and Practice. 2 vols. University of Kansas, 1954.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Adams, Jr., Frederick B. "Willa Cather, Early Years: Trial and Error," Colophon, I, No.3 (September 1939), 89-100. On April Twi-lights, The Troll Garden,andAlexander's Bridge.
Adams, Jr., Frederick B. "Willa Cather, Middle Years: The Right Road Taken," Colophon, I, No. 4 (February 1940), 103-108. On Alexander's Bridge, 0 Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark,andMy Antonia.
Bennett, Mildred R. Willa Cather's Collected Short Fiction, 1892-1912.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1965, pp. 583-594.
Brown~ E. K. "Willa Cather: The Benjamin D. Ritz Collection," New-berry Library Bulletin, Second Series, No.5 (December 1950), 158-160. Description of this collection in the Newberry Library. Brown, E. K. Willa Cather: A Critical Biography. New York: A. A.
Knopf, 1953, pp. 346-351.
Handy, Yvonne. L'Oeuvre de Willa Cather. Rennes: Imprimeries Oberthur, 1940, pp. 213-222.
Hinz~John P. "Willa Cather in Pittsburgh,"New Colophon, III (1950), 198-207. Check list of Cather writings in Pittsburgh periodicals and newspapers.
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Miss Cather, General," 338-356; III, "Criticism and Comment about Miss Cather, Individual Works," 378-400.
Lewis, Edith. Check list of foreign translations of Cather novels, five typewritten sheets compiled in 1958; also seven additional type-written sheets gathered from other sources by Patrick J. Ferry. Slote, Bernice. April Twilights (1903) by Willa Cather. Lincoln:
Univer-sity of Nebraska Press, 1962, pp. 59-72; rev. ed., 1968, pp. 75-88. Siote, Bernice. The Kingdom of Art: Willa Cather's First Principles and Critical Statements, 1893-1896. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967, pp. 455-477.
Willa Cather: A Biographical Sketch . . . and an Abridged Bibliog-raphy. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1933, 1935, 1941.
LETrERS AND MANUSCRIPTS
CATHER MANUSCRIPT:
Four-page holograph; introduction to I. P. Youvatshev, "Four Years in
the Schluesselburg Fortress," McClure's, XXXIII (August 1909), 399-411. The introduction as published with the article is signed "Editor." This manuscript is signed[WilfaSibert Cather].
CATHER LETTERS:
To Mr. Winter, 2 pp. holograph, November 5, [n.y.l. Thanks him for his letter concerning her book about the untamed prairie country, which she had written for a small audience whose recollection of it would be enhanced by a simple account. Signed: Willa Sibert Cather.
To Everett L. Getchell, 1 p. holograph, January 28, [n.y.]. Suggests that no book should be classified as "Literature" until it is at least a hundred years old. Signed: Willa Cather.
To Mrs. Willianls, 1 p. typed, April 19, 1932. Expresses deep sympathy for the sorrow she is now facing. Signed: Willa Cather.
To unidentified correspondent, 1 p. holograph, November 16, 1939. On the face of an envelope mailed to her in care of Alfred Knopf, Inc., and marked "Please forward / Personal," Miss Cather apologizes for her de-lay in answering the letter as it was sent to the wrong address. "501 Madison Avenue" is rubber-stamped adjacent to and above the Knopf address. Signed: Willa Cather.
To Carl J. Weber, 1 p. typed, November 17, 1941. Discusses letters she received from Sarah Orne Jewett and the value of some of them for their exc'ellent advice to young writers. Signed: Willa Cather.
To Carl J. Weber, 1 p. typed, December 12, 1944. Does not remember writing about her visit with A. E. Housman for any publication, but in-tends one day to compose an accurate account of it. Signed: Willa Cather.
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calling the statement made in Forum of October 1936 absolutely untrue. Signed: Willa Cather.
To Carl J. Weber, 1 p. typed, January 31, 1945. Declares that A. E. Housman was not rude on the occasion of her visit but, on the contrary, very courteous. Objects to further questions on this matter, claiming the right to be reserved about her personal experiences. Signed: Willa Cather.
LETTERS RELATING TO CATHER:
Maxwell Geismar to Patrick J. Ferry, 3 typed notes, one dated Novem-ber 19, 1953. Comments on the similarities and differences between Miss Cather, Ellen Glasgow, and Edith Wharton.
Edith Lewis to Patrick J. Ferry, 45 holograph letters, 1953-1961. Miss Lewis, friend and biographer of Willa Cather, gives numerous insights into her life and works, and criticizes her critics.
Phyllis McGinley to Patrick J. Ferry, 1 holograph postcard, October 30, 1960. A devotee of Miss Cather's fiction, she likes best the stories in Obscure Destinies.
Katherine Anne Porter to Patrick J. Ferry, 1 holograph letter, Novem.. ber 16, 1952. Miss Cather "attracts very interesting people!"
Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant to Patrick J. Ferry, 1 typed letter signed, January 14, 1954. Her favorite among Miss Cather's books is My
An..
tonia; among her short stories, "On the Gulls' Road."
