Call Number:

C1330

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); F. Britten Austin Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1911-1929 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Austin, F. Britten (Frederick Britten), 1885-1941

Form:

Letters and Typescripts -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Consists of selected letters and typescripts of English novelist and storywriter F. Britten Austin.

F. Britten Austin was an English novelist and storywriter.

The collection consists of selected letters and typescripts of English novelist and storywriter F. Britten Austin. There are four letters (1911-1912) which Austin sent to the literary agent James Brand Pinker and one letter (1913) to A. A. Anderson, editor of The Magazine. The typescripts included here are of stories no. 6, "Through the Eyes of Columbus," and no. 8, "At Trafalgar," of Austin's work A Saga of the Sea, which is a collection of short stories of great adventures at sea from ancient Greece to the 19th century ironclad MERRIMAC. Both typescripts contain autograph corrections and are signed by Austin. On p. 37 of "Through the Eyes of Columbus" there is an autograph note from Austin to Edward Newton stating that this is the final original draft of the short story which was to be published by the Saturday Evening Post; the note is dated March 5, 1929.