Francis W. Halsey to Charles W. Chesnutt, 15 December 1900
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The New York Times
SATURDAY REVIEW
OFFICE OF THE EDITOR
New York, Dec 15, 1900
Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt,
Boston, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I beg this day to send you in another wrapper a marked copy of the latest issue of the New York Times Saturday Review, in which will be found something not altogether uninteresting to you.1
And may I add that, if at any time, you should desire to have any items of general interest to the public printed in The Saturday Review concerning your work, or your interest in literary matters, they would be received with pleasure.
Yours faithfully, Francis W. Halsey Editor THE NEW YORK TIMES SATURDAY REVIEW.Correspondent: Francis Whiting Halsey (1851–1919) was the first editor of the New York Times Saturday Review, a position he held from 1896 to 1902, before that serving as the Times's literary editor. The Saturday Review began in October 1896 as an eight page supplement to the Saturday edition of the New York Times but quickly gained popularity, becoming a stand-alone publication that by 1900 had grown to 56 pages. The next year the Times claimed that it was "the most popular periodical in the world devoted to literature" ("The New York Times Saturday Book Review," New York Times Jubilee Supplement [September 18, 1901]: 25).
1. The December 15, 1900, issue of the Saturday Review included a review of Chesnutt's novel The House Behind the Cedars. [back]
