To William Roscoe Thayer
52 Brattle Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts. March 2, 1898
Dear Mr Thayer,
Would my review of Berenson be signed? If so, I am a little afraid of undertaking it, as he is an old friend of mine and not very tolerant of any diversity of opinion, however qualified with appreciation of what is brilliant and useful in his way of putting things. But if the contribution can be anonymous and I may have the Summer to write it in, I should be glad to have it entrusted to me, as I have the greatest interest in Berenson’s books, and read them with considerable pleasure.
Yours very truly,
G Santayana
From The Letters of George Santayana: Book One, [1868]-1909. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001.
Location of manuscript: The Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge MA