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MITCHELL, Margaret. Two typed letters signed ("Margaret") to Hershell Brickell, Atlanta, 14 March and 3 May 1938. Together 7 pages, small folio, single-spaced, on her stationery with name embossed in blue at top of each sheet, the first with holograph corrections and postscript, two stamped, addressed envelopes.
14 March 1938: a lengthy letter in which Mitchell opens with remarks about Brickell's criticism: "I did not mean to imply in any way that you were a 'cruel critic'..." She discusses trips to Washington, the Dutch edition of Gone with the Wind and other copyright infringements with foreign editions. Her postscript asks: "Does fifty percent of your fan mail consist of requests that you collaborate on the 'story-of-my-life-which-is-most-extraordinary-and-unusual'?" 3 May 1938: "Ordinarily I do not think that stories based on Negro mispronunciations are very funny, but I have heard one which appeals to me..." She mentions Willie Snow Etheridge's new book and forwards news about friends. "I am glad my remarks on the James Cain-John O'Hara books interested you. But don't get me wrong--I read them in gulps, just as I read 'The Three Musketeers.'" [With:] 2 typed letters and one autograph letter by John Marsh (Margaret Mitchell's husband) to Brickell. Mention Mitchell's health, travels, publication issues. [And with:] 4 telegrams to Hershel Brickell, forwarding condolensces or trying to arrange visits; 4 empty envelopes; 2 letters by Minnie Hite Moody to Brickell and letters to Brickell by Marian Sims, Harris Downey and Lois Cole Taylor. (18)
14 March 1938: a lengthy letter in which Mitchell opens with remarks about Brickell's criticism: "I did not mean to imply in any way that you were a 'cruel critic'..." She discusses trips to Washington, the Dutch edition of Gone with the Wind and other copyright infringements with foreign editions. Her postscript asks: "Does fifty percent of your fan mail consist of requests that you collaborate on the 'story-of-my-life-which-is-most-extraordinary-and-unusual'?" 3 May 1938: "Ordinarily I do not think that stories based on Negro mispronunciations are very funny, but I have heard one which appeals to me..." She mentions Willie Snow Etheridge's new book and forwards news about friends. "I am glad my remarks on the James Cain-John O'Hara books interested you. But don't get me wrong--I read them in gulps, just as I read 'The Three Musketeers.'" [With:] 2 typed letters and one autograph letter by John Marsh (Margaret Mitchell's husband) to Brickell. Mention Mitchell's health, travels, publication issues. [And with:] 4 telegrams to Hershel Brickell, forwarding condolensces or trying to arrange visits; 4 empty envelopes; 2 letters by Minnie Hite Moody to Brickell and letters to Brickell by Marian Sims, Harris Downey and Lois Cole Taylor. (18)