ever get to be books, and mighty few books pay.
I have to go to Pittsburg the first of next week to be gone about 3 or 4
days. If you decide to come here any time after the latter part of next
week I will be ready to meet you. Let me know in advance a day or two.
Gallot is in Grand Rapids--maybe he will run over for a day or two.
In haste and truly yours,
W. S. P.
[It was hard to get O. Henry to take an interest in his
books. He was always eager to be at the undone work, to
be writing a new story instead of collecting old ones.
This letter came from North Carolina. It shows how much
thought he gave always to titles.]
LAND O' THE SKY, Monday, 1909.
My dear Colonel Steger: As I wired you to-day, I like "Man About Town"
for a title.
But I am sending in a few others for you to look at; and if any other
suits you better, I'm agreeable. Here they are, in preferred order:
The Venturers.
Transfers.
Merry-Go-Rounds.
Babylonica.
Brickdust from Babel.
Babes in the Jungle.
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