Seward Collins Letter April 2, 1931

Subject: Rejection of verse and comment on author's rhyming.

April 2, 1931

Dear Mr. Braley:

Many thanks for letting me see this. The sentiments

I agree with. But we use so little verse that I didn't just see

a way to make it fit in.

By the way, you are so careful about rhymes that I

am made to wonder whether you may not actually pronounce "esoterie"

to rhyme with "lyric", a pronunciation my dictionary doesn't

sanction. On the other hand, the two are of course near enough for

most standards.

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Berton Braley

Box 180

Darien, Conn.

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