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Brander Matthews sends a book by French author Ferdinand Brunetière to President Roosevelt, drawing attention to an article titled “L’Ame Américaine.” Matthews comments that though the article is “shrewd and able,” it is also “curiously wrong,” but not more wrong than Americans might be when trying to understand Elizabethan England from incomplete facts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-01
Brander Matthews wishes a happy New Year to President Roosevelt and asks if he has seen certain recent articles and papers. Matthews also suggests the appointment of someone with a “German name would produce a bad effect on the French.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-01
President Roosevelt takes a moment to thank Brander Matthews for the amusing clipping and for suggesting Ferdinand Brunetière’s book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-03
President Roosevelt has not seen the December Political Science Quarterly, and asks Brander Matthews to send it if he has it. Roosevelt does not think American Ambassador to Italy George von Lengerke Meyer will go to Paris for his next post.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-03