Cary T. Grayson to Frederic William Wile
Title
Cary T. Grayson to Frederic William Wile
Creator
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Identifier
WWP15710
Date
1919 April 1
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
Dear Mr. Wile:
I have received your letter of March 24th and have read it with the greatest interest. What the President is now going through is almost beyond super-human endurance, and I have delayed mentioning to him the subject matter of your letter because of the excessive work confronting him. He has, unfortunately, not had an opportunity to read your book, but he has thoroughly enjoyed all that I have told him about it. Of late he has been so overwhelmed with requests for expressions of opinion that he has been obliged to adopt a rule not to express an opinion on the merits of any book unless he reads the book himself. I feel sure you will understand and appreciate his position.
Your speech “Four Weeks With The President” was excellent, and I told the President all about it. He was very much pleased. You have the happy faculty of stating the facts in such a forceful way, interspersing them with humor and with applicable stories, that it all makes a deep and lasting impression. Your writings and your expressions, I am sure, have done great good in cementing the cordial relations between England and America. This accomplishment should be a great satisfaction to you. I feel sure that your prospective tour throughout the United States will be productive of much good. I am confident that you will have a warm welcome and will meet with success. I hope to be back before your tour is completed and would love to have the good fortune of hearing you.
If there is anything I can do for you at any time, don’t hesitate to call on me.
With warm regards and best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Cary T. Grayson
I have received your letter of March 24th and have read it with the greatest interest. What the President is now going through is almost beyond super-human endurance, and I have delayed mentioning to him the subject matter of your letter because of the excessive work confronting him. He has, unfortunately, not had an opportunity to read your book, but he has thoroughly enjoyed all that I have told him about it. Of late he has been so overwhelmed with requests for expressions of opinion that he has been obliged to adopt a rule not to express an opinion on the merits of any book unless he reads the book himself. I feel sure you will understand and appreciate his position.
Your speech “Four Weeks With The President” was excellent, and I told the President all about it. He was very much pleased. You have the happy faculty of stating the facts in such a forceful way, interspersing them with humor and with applicable stories, that it all makes a deep and lasting impression. Your writings and your expressions, I am sure, have done great good in cementing the cordial relations between England and America. This accomplishment should be a great satisfaction to you. I feel sure that your prospective tour throughout the United States will be productive of much good. I am confident that you will have a warm welcome and will meet with success. I hope to be back before your tour is completed and would love to have the good fortune of hearing you.
If there is anything I can do for you at any time, don’t hesitate to call on me.
With warm regards and best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Cary T. Grayson
Original Format
Letter
To
Wile, Frederic William, 1873-1941
Files
Collection
Citation
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938, “Cary T. Grayson to Frederic William Wile,” 1919 April 1, WWP15710, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.