The Works of George Santayana Volume V, Book Three Herman J. Saatkamp Jr., General Editor William G. Holzberger, Textual Editor Marianne S. Wokeck, Editor Kristine W. Frost, Associate Editor Johanna E. Resler, Assistant Editor To the memory of Daniel and Margot Cory Charles Augustus Strong’s Apartment (third floor, with long balcony) at 9 Avenue de l’Observatoire, Paris. Original photograph, courtesy of Annegret Holzberger, has been altered with her permission. The Letters of George Santayana Book Three, 1921–1927 Edited and with an Introduction by William G. Holzberger The MITPress, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England This publication has been supported by the National Endowment for theHumanities, a federal agency which supports the study of such fields as history, philosophy, literature, and languages. Additional funding was provided by Corliss Lamont, Emil Ogden, and the Comité Conjunto Hispano-Norteamericano para la Cooperación Cultural y Educativa. The endpapers are facsimiles of a letter from Santayana to George Sturgis dated 29 July 1924 in the Sturgis family papers (*89M-56). Publication is by permission of the Houghton Library, Harvard University. A selected edition of The Letters of George Santayanawas published by Scribner’s in 1955. Other letters written by Santayana have been published previously in books and period- icals. All information concerning previous publications is included in the textual notes. © 2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Introduction,” William G. Holzberger. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopy, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this pro- hibition. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Santayana, George, 1863–1952. [Correspondence] The letters of George Santayana / G. Santayana; edited and with an introduction by William G. Holzberger,—Santayana ed. p. cm.—(The works of George Santayana; v.5) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-262-19474-0 (bk.3: hc: alk. paper) 1. Santayana, George, 1863–1952—Correspondence. 2. Philosophers—United States— Correspondence. I. Holzberger, William G. II. Title. B945.S2 1986 vol. 5 [B945.S24 A4] 191—dc21 00—048978 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standards for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48 1984.!∞™ The Santayana Edition Herman J. Saatkamp Jr., General Editor William G. Holzberger, Textual Editor Marianne S. Wokeck, Editor Kristine W. Frost, Associate Editor Johanna E. Resler, Assistant Editor Editorial Board Willard Arnett Douglas M. MacDonald Hugh J. Dawson John M. Michelsen Morris Grossman Andrew J. Reck Angus Kerr-Lawson Beth J. Singer John Lachs T. L. S. Sprigge Richard C. Lyon Henny Wenkart Consultants Jo Ann Boydston Irving Singer Robert S. Sturgis The Works of George Santayana I Persons and Places: Fragments of Autobiography,1986 II The Sense of Beauty: Being the Outlines of Æsthetic Theory,1988 III Interpretations of Poetry and Religion,1989 IV The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel,1994 V The Letters of George Santayana, Book One,2001 The Letters of George Santayana, Book Two,2002 The Letters of George Santayana, Book Three,2002 Contents Book Three, 1921–1927 Preface xi Acknowledgments xix Introduction by William G. Holzberger xxxiii List of Letters lix LETTERS 3 EDITORIALAPPENDIX Textual Commentary 367 Short-Title List 381 Textual Notes 385 Report of Line-End Hyphenation 441 Chronology 443 Addresses 461 Manuscript Locations 475 List of Recipients 479 List of Unlocated Letters 481 INDEX 485