Day: August 10, 2012

Front facade of Houghton Library

You’ve Got Mail: “We cannot feel sufficient confidence in our ability to make a success of your book”

Walter Hines Page is probably best known for his work as ambassador to England just before and during World War I, where he was instrumental in encouraging his long-time friend Woodrow Wilson to join the war effort. But before Page was a diplomat, he was a journalist and publisher, serving as editor of the Forum,…