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OJ 11/42, [20] - Handwritten postcard from Maximilian Harden to Schenker, dated October 13, 1894
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⇧ Deutsche Reichspost Postkarte An: ⇧ Herrn Dr. H. Schenker ⇧ in ⇧ Wien ⇧ Wohnung ⇧ III Traungasse 1 [postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 13/10 | 94 | 4½ -5N. || [postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT | 15.10.94 | 8-10V. || {verso} [in vertical format] ⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor, nein, so tyrannisch bin ich doch nicht, Sie in der Verwerthung Ihrer Arbeiten irgend zu geniren. Geben Sie ruhig dem kleinen Mamooth, 1 was Sie wollen. Die „Zeit“ ist eine böse Enttäuschung. So wenig hätte ich doch unserem H.[ermann] B.[ahr] nich zugetraut. Aber vielleicht wirds d noch besser. 2 © Transcription William Pastille, 2006 |
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⇧ German Imperial Post Postcard To: ⇧ Dr. H. Schenker ⇧ in: ⇧ Vienna III ⇧ Address: ⇧ Traungasse 1 [postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 13/10 | 94 | 4½ -5PM || [postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 15.10.94 | 8-10AM || {verso} [in vertical format] ⇧ Dear Dr. [Schenker] , No, I am not at all so tyrannical as to hamper you in any way from using your own works. You are free to give the little mammoth 1 whatever you please. Die Zeit is a terrible disappointment. I wouldn't have expected so little even from our H[ermann] B[ahr] . But perhaps it will yet turn out better. 2 © Translation William Pastille, 2006 |
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⇧ Deutsche Reichspost Postkarte An: ⇧ Herrn Dr. H. Schenker ⇧ in ⇧ Wien ⇧ Wohnung ⇧ III Traungasse 1 [postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 13/10 | 94 | 4½ -5N. || [postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT | 15.10.94 | 8-10V. || {verso} [in vertical format] ⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor, nein, so tyrannisch bin ich doch nicht, Sie in der Verwerthung Ihrer Arbeiten irgend zu geniren. Geben Sie ruhig dem kleinen Mamooth, 1 was Sie wollen. Die „Zeit“ ist eine böse Enttäuschung. So wenig hätte ich doch unserem H.[ermann] B.[ahr] nich zugetraut. Aber vielleicht wirds d noch besser. 2 © Transcription William Pastille, 2006 |
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⇧ German Imperial Post Postcard To: ⇧ Dr. H. Schenker ⇧ in: ⇧ Vienna III ⇧ Address: ⇧ Traungasse 1 [postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 13/10 | 94 | 4½ -5PM || [postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 15.10.94 | 8-10AM || {verso} [in vertical format] ⇧ Dear Dr. [Schenker] , No, I am not at all so tyrannical as to hamper you in any way from using your own works. You are free to give the little mammoth 1 whatever you please. Die Zeit is a terrible disappointment. I wouldn't have expected so little even from our H[ermann] B[ahr] . But perhaps it will yet turn out better. 2 © Translation William Pastille, 2006 |
Footnotes1 The reference is uncertain. 2 Schenker contributed 43 articles and reviews to Die Zeit in 1895‒96. 3 Probably the scholar of German language and literature, Adolph Gelber (1856‒1923). |
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