[ALS 1901 Jan 30, attached to front, Agnes Repplier to [Horace Howard] Furness ; states that the essay has been sold to Harper's [Weekly] and is their property although it has not yet been published.]

[Responds to request for short articles; writes that she is interested in writing on the trials of publisher John Murray , based on her reading of his memoir A Publisher and His Friends . ]

[Accompanies proofs of " Essays in Idleness . "]

[Writes that she is willing to see him if he should call.]

[Thanks her for agreeing to come; invites her for lunch with Alice Warren and Cornelia Frothingham ; writes that this would give her the opportunity to convert to suffragette cause.]

[Expresses sorrow on hearing of her illness, but urges her to join them for a "restful meal."]

[Declines to participate in public meeting opposing "Women Suffrage"; writes that she is opposed to lawlessness but not to suffrage, which she thinks will not do much harm or good.]

[Declines invitation to be guest of Boston Author's Club due to another commitment in Buffalo . ]

[Thanks him for [Harry Ernest] Brittain 's " To Verdun from the Somme "; admires his introduction as well as the narrative itself; describes letter from Hicks critical of Beck and her negative reaction to it.]

[Congratulates him on election to membership in the Societe des Gens de Lettres , of which she had read in the [New York] Times . ]

[Explains provenance of geographical data in a piece on Dr. White, left uncorrected by White family ; suggests emendation.]

[Responds to invitation to contribute to Life's "Dull Number"; hopes that her examples will be understood; mentions [William Jennings] Bryan , Ford, a society for American birth control, and a handbook for communicating with the dead.]

[Regrets that other commitments prevent her contributing new piece for Rees' Modern American Prose Selections ; believes that if previously published work were desired, permission could be obtained.]

[Accompanies piece from March number of The North American Review ; writes that, with her collaboration, they could have "made a classic."]

[Thanks him for sending The Passing of the New Freedom ; expresses admiration for the work; writes she is surprised by election results and expected women to vote heavily for the League [of Nations] . ]

[Appreciates her praise of his book; admires her work as an essayist; shares her surprise at recent election results.]

[Thanks him for " Knights of the Rainbow " and praises his hopefulness.]

[Thanks her for writing from Paris ; regrets she cannot visit because of her work; hopes to see her and Margaret [Ferrand Thorp ?] following her speaking engagement in Summit, New Jersey . ]

[Discusses editorial in the [Philadelphia] Inquirer on Agnes Repplier 's Pittsburgh speech; asks for a copy of the address; asks if she has received a copy of his book [ The Constitution of the United States ].]

[Discusses clipping from the [Philadelphia] Inquirer and his Gray's Inn lectures on the Constitution; mentions rise of the Labour Party in England and the honor he recently received from the English Bar.]

[Praises his Gray's Inn lectures, especially "The Great Convention" and "The Revolt Against Authority"; writes that she is concerned about the English Labour Party; mentions Sir Andrew MacPhail 's comments on Americans' loyalty to their Constitution.]

[Expresses gratitude for her praise; states he received similar letter from [Francesco Saverio] Nitti , the Italian statesman; writes that, if third edition of his work is printed, he intends to add 2 lectures on the United States Supreme Court . ]

[Thanks him for letter and "the gallant Pennsylvania song"; states her willingness to see him if he should call.]

[Writes that she has "emerged" from hospital and both she and her work are less than sprightly; states he may print the pieces she submits or throw them away.]