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                                                                                       622 N. Henry
                                                                                       Madison, Wisconsin.
                                                                                       13 July, 1938

Dear Mr. Anderson,

  I have, of course, an ulterior motive in writing this

short letter on a very hot summer evening.

  First, however, I wish to thank you for your kind

invitation of several months ago to stop in when, and if, I came east. As I am taking work in literary criticism at the University of Wisconsin this summer, I am unable to avail myself of that welcome.

  For the first time I read you recent dramatization

of Winesburg, Ohio underlined I enjoyed it, but think it lacked much of the force and directness of characterization which was so prevalant in the collected tales. Incidentally, is there, if this a fair question, a basis in fact for the tale I like best Death in the Woodsunderlined?

  I am taking one study under Robert D. Jameson, who

said he was slightly acquainted with you in the early and war-time days in Chicago. He doubts, however, any remembrance of him.

  Would you please take the time to write a short note

on your reactions to my short study, whether that reaction be favorable or not, I care not, to each of these (I am applying for a job at each place):

    Pres. R. L. Stuart, Taylor University, Upland, Indiana;
    Pres. H.W. James, New Mexico State Teachers' College, Silver City, New Mexico?
I shall be greatly pleased at any criticism of my study

you care to make to either of these men.

                                                                  Sincerely,
                                                                 Kenneth Davenport