we are still
talking about the pleasure
of having had you, your
dear wife and “Rayfeel”
with us for a few hours,
and your visit will be
long remembered.
I am sending
you today from Harper
& Bros. two little
volumes of my uncle’s
lighter writings – one
the well-known “Prue
and I”, a picture of old
New York, and the other
some letters from Brook
Farm, – an American
experiment in communism
which was to exemplify
Emerson’s teaching: “Plain
living and high thinking.”
To this little rural
colony belonged the intellects of the New England
of these days, with
Emerson nearby in Concord,
as guide philosopher
and friend. My two
uncles, George and James
Burrill Curtis, although very
young men, were of that brilliant
company, and the letters are the
youthful descriptions of that
period of my Uncle George’s
life. His main work was, however,
devoted to political and social
reform and it was as statesman
and reformer that he is perhaps
best remembered, as he used his
pen largely in that field. I
asked Harpers to send you also
a list of William Dean
Howells’ novels.
Mother is sending you at
the same time a little description
of Western life by my brother, who
writes under the pseudonym
“Gregory Marwood”.Das Pseudonym von George DeClyver Curtis lautet korrekt: “Gregory Marword”.The book
describes life on a cattle-ranch
in Arizona; – the juxtaposition
of scholar and cowboy being somewhat novel, the little volume
has a certain charm of its own,
I think. It was written a few
years ago, before my brother took
up his own land-claim in Southern
California; therefore it does not
describe his present surroundings
but those of some years agowhen he was in charge of 1000 head of
cattle belonging to another man. His utterly primitive
mode of existence and the wild expanse of untamed nature seen
through the eyes of a highly cultured man, constituting the unique interest of the book.
I have been poring anew over your
BachInventions, and am waiting
impatiently for the appearance of
the Well-Tempered
Clavichord!
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<dateline rend="align(right)"><date when-iso="1915-08-16">August 16.
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<salute rend="indent space-above">Dear <rs key="E0300017">Master</rs>;</salute>
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<lb/>talking about the pleasure
<lb/>of having had you, <rs key="E0300059">your
<lb/>dear wife</rs> <choice><abbr>&</abbr><expan>and</expan></choice> <persName key="E0300153"><soCalled rend="dq-uu">Rayfeel</soCalled></persName>
<lb/>with us for a few hours,
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<p type="pre-split" rend="indent-3-first">I am sending
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<lb/>lighter writings – one
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Burrill Curtis, although very
young men, were of that brilliant
company, & the letters are the
youthful descriptions of that
period of my Uncle George’s life. His main work was, however,
devoted to political & social
reform & it was as statesman
& reformer that he was is perhaps
best remembered, as he used his
pen largely in that field. I
asked Harpers to send you also
a list of William Dean
Howells’ novels.
Mother is sending you at
the same time a little description
of Western life by my brother, who
writes under the pseudonym
“Gregory Marwood.”Das Pseudonym von George DeClyver Curtis lautet korrekt: „Gregory Marword“.The book describes life on a cattle-ranch
in Arizona; – the juxtaposition
of scholar & cowboy being some- what novel, the book little volume has a certain charm of its own,
I think. It was written a few
years ago, before my brother took
up his own land-claim in Southern
California; therefore it does not describe his present surroundings
but those of some years ago [am linken Rand, längs:] when he was in charge of 1000 head of
cattle belonging to another man. His utterly primitive
mode of existence & the wild expanse of untamed nature seen
through the eyes of a highly cultured man, constituting the unique inter- est of the book. With affectionate greet- ings to you all, – N. C.
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Brief von Natalie Curtis an Ferruccio Busoni (Far Rockaway/N.Y., 16. August 1915), bearbeitet von Christian Schaper, in: Briefwechsel Ferruccio Busoni – Natalie Curtis, hrsg. von Christian Schaper und Ullrich Scheideler, Berlin: Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, April 2023: Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, https://busoni-nachlass.org/D0101922 (31. Oktober 2023: in Bearbeitung)
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<lb/>with us for a few hours,
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<p rend="indent-3-first">I am sending
<lb/>you today from <orgName key="E0600240">Harper
<lb/>& Bros.</orgName> two little
<lb/>volumes of <rs key="E0300962">my <choice><orig>U</orig><reg>u</reg></choice>ncle’s</rs>
<lb/>lighter writings – one
<lb/>the well-known <title rend="dq-uu" key="E0400685">Prue
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<lb/><persName key="E0300963">Emerson’s</persName> teaching: <q rend="dq-uu" source="#E0300963">Plain
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