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Maria Kennedy Tod praises President Roosevelt’s book The Strenuous Life, which she has just finished reading. Tod is touched by Roosevelt’s “beautiful and far reaching sympathy, particularly evidenced in what [he has] to say about the brave and obscure.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-18
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to receive William T. Hornaday’s book, Awake! America, and glad to see it was dedicated to Augustus Peabody Gardner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-05-22
Theodore Roosevelt asks if Frederick A. Mahan has read his book America and the World War. He agrees with Mahan’s stance on America’s military readiness and condemns President Woodrow Wilson’s and Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan’s policy of American neutrality in the war.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-13
Theodore Roosevelt would like Langdon Elwyn Mitchell to spend a night at Sagamore Hill, along with Thomas Robins, Owen Wister, and Dr. White. Roosevelt agrees with Mitchell’s view about President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan and would rather have Boies Penrose in their place while also believing William H. Taft to be just as bad as Wilson and Bryan. Roosevelt asks Mitchell if he has read Roosevelt’s book America and the World War.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-13
President Roosevelt sends George Meredith a message for his eightieth birthday. Roosevelt believes that Meredith has reached such stature as a writer that as many people in America owe him gratitude as people in England. He praises Meredith’s writing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-09
John Burroughs was very interested to hear Buffalo Jones and the Yellowstone grizzly bears with tin cans stuck on their feet. If President Roosevelt has read any of his latest articles, Burroughs would be glad to receive his thoughts and criticism. Burroughs is considering buying a farm in the southern Catskill region and offers it as a place of rest for Roosevelt and his family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-15
In Anatole France’s new book, Sur la Pierre Blanche, there is a passage which is not flattering to President Roosevelt. George W. Smalley praises Roosevelt’s personal qualities and professional accomplishments and hopes that France will reconsider his assessment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-15
A general review of Theodore Roosevelt’s writings by an author who doesn’t agree with Roosevelt’s politics, but respects him as a writer. The article discusses trying to separate Roosevelt’s various topics into groups, such as politics, social life, history, and sport.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03
The unknown author comments on a newspaper article about the schoolchildren of Kansas City having neglected to celebrate Eugene Field’s birthday. Reflecting on the uselessness of such remembrance after a person has died, he ponders the importance of doing good and building up humanity during one’s lifetime.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11