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Discusses the Bacon bi-lateral cipher and suggests that Mrs. Folger could provide a preface to the abridged "gem" edition of Mr. [Alfred] Dodd's book to "put your library on the right side of the fence, forever." Mentions various Baconians including Dr. Owen and Mrs. Gallup. A newspaper clipping of a review of Alfred Dodd's The personal poems of Francis Bacon is included in this letter and can be found in this file. Letter includes manuscript edits and notes in Howard's hand.
If she knows of someone who is a Baconian, but has not read Dodd's book, [The personal poems of Francis Bacon], she should entreat said person to finance the larger edition of this work. Compares the expression on the Folger Library's Puck statue to Bacon's thought of playing mischief with the public. Included is a long postcript written by Howard discussing Frank H. Simond's Can Europe keep the peace? and a table of contents of the abridged Dodd Edition of the Shakespeare's Sonnets. Also, an excerpt from C.W. Hopper's 160 Sonnets to Shake-Speare containing a sonnet beginning "Three centuries have passed and still your claim."
Asks Folger if he is a Princeton alumnus. If so, Howard would like him to add to a letter concerning a supposed offense committed against Princeton by the Harvard Lampoon. An envelope is included on which a note is written saying that the best way for the Lampoon to atone for the vilification of Princeton would be in leading all college men to end the vilification of "the greatest poet philosopher of all time" [i.e. Francis Bacon].
Indicates that he has heard "nothing but unqualified praise" of Salisbury's portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Folger.
Parker Woodward offers to subscribe £10 if others would raise the rest of the money needed to send J.E. Morgan to London to announce his Baconian discoveries. If he [Woodward?] proves to be reliable, then Howard hopes Folger will help to bring him to New York where the Bacon Society can advise him further. If Folger hears from Howard by cable with the code word "Arcadia," he will know that the manuscripts are available for perusal before others see them. The last paragraph urges Folger to help culturally unite China and America, which would, in turn, "increase your power of helping them to agree on a harmonious policy in China."
Regarding some Bacon manuscripts which Howard hopes to acquire soon and offer to Folger. Includes a clipping from December 6, 1926 which contains an article about European power in China and American diplomacy, entitled "Treat China as One of Us: Anglo-American Lead Wanted."
He is enclosing a notice of a book find. Speaks of the progress of work at the Standing Stone Camp and entreats Folger to come see it, so Howard can sell him a volume. A visit from Folger would help to further his project of creating a Shakespeare memorial in Boston, which Howard asks to be named a Bacon memorial. Includes three photographs of the Standing Stone Camp and a newspaper clipping about the surfacing of a first edition of Bacon's Novum organum.
Speaks of his travels through Winchester, Salisbury, Stonehenge, Wilton, and finally Bath during which there were various occurences which reminded him of the Arcadia cipher. He had a three hour interview with Mr. [William T.] Smedley who disclaimed all faith in Mr. [Orville Ward] Owen and Mrs. Gallup's work. Also mentions Parker Woodward's mistrust of [Walter Conrad] Arensberg's book, The secret grave of Francis Bacon at Lichfield. Mr. Smedley has told him that Mrs. Folger is not a Baconian. Was unaware that Smedley had sold most of his library to Folger. Smedley has told him that Folger is going to found a Shakespeare Memorial in Boston and he would like to suggest that it be a Bacon memorial.
The first biography of Henry and Emily Folger, who acquired the largest and finest collection of Shakespeare in the world. In Collecting Shakespeare, Stephen H. Grant recounts the American success story of Henry and Emily Folger of Brooklyn, a couple who were devoted to each other, in love with Shakespeare, and bitten by the collecting bug. Shortly after marrying in 1885, the Folgers started buying, cataloging, and storing all manner of items about Shakespeare and his era. Emily earned a master's degree in Shakespeare studies. The frugal couple worked passionately as a tight-knit team during the Gilded Age, financing their hobby with the fortune Henry earned as president of Standard Oil Company of New York, where he was a trusted associate of John D. Rockefeller Sr. While a number of American universities offered to house the collection, the Folgers wanted to give it to the American people. Afraid the price of antiquarian books would soar if their names were revealed, they secretly acquired prime real estate on Capitol Hill near the Library of Congress. They commissioned the design and construction of an elegant building with a reading room, public exhibition hall, and the Elizabethan Theatre. The Folger Shakespeare Library was dedicated on the Bard's birthday, April 23, 1932. The library houses 82 First Folios, 275,000 books, and 60,000 manuscripts. It welcomes more than 100,000 visitors a year and provides professors, scholars, graduate students, and researchers from around the world with access to the collections. It is also a vibrant center in Washington, D.C., for cultural programs, including theater, concerts, lectures, and poetry readings. The library provided Grant with unprecedented access to the primary sources within the Folger vault. He draws on interviews with surviving Folger relatives and visits to 35 related archives in the United States and in Britain to create a portrait of the remarkable couple who ensured that Shakespeare would have a beautiful home in America.