"Off-print" of a Letter to The Nation, by William Ellery Leonard

Writing as Robert Wylie Weldon

Within This Midland City was found a magazine article from The Nation titled "The Man with the Yellow Streak." It describes the feelings that the author had for America's political atmosphere at the end of World War One. A single, folded sheet of paper, it measures 12 inches by 6 inches. The writing in the margins, when compared to the inscriptions in This Midland City and other books in this collection, matches Leonard's hand.


The hand-written notes read (approximately): "The title means - in War-slang - a man who is supposed to be without aggressive moral courage, particularly a pacifist type. Has German war-slang developed it's equivalent? A craven - spirited sort of dog."

Below, the notation continues in reference to 'A fellow townsman': "This person is now the Dean of the College of Letters and Science - In which I serve! You know what Deans (and Chancellors) do!"

Leonard wrote "1920" near the date. And under the name of the writer of the magazine article, Robert Wylie Weldon, he wrote: "My pen-name used in these difficult times. This is an off-print of a letter to the New York Nation - now a leader in intellectual radical opinion."

Price: $2,000.00 for all ten books.