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A Split between Nast & Eytinge.
therefore &c., &c. Next day, at the office of the
Illustrated News, Sol (doubtless pulling his mous-
tache and scowling) produced another letter from
Maggie. I shall not take it! said Tommy (ac-
curately informed of the contents of his wife s note;
and having, in addition, devoted himself to inquiries
about Mrs. Sol s character, with odorous results):
the letter did not require any answer! Sol,
indignant, despatches his wife s reply by a boy,
to Nast s residence. Tommy immediately sends off
another, with instructions to Sally not to receive
any letter during that day. But either Sol s
messenger did outrun that of Tommy, or Sally s
curiosity induced disregard of marital behests;
she got the letter and read it. Only one sentence
has reached us: I was amused, wrote Mrs. Mag-
gie Eytinge, at your reason for &c., &c., considering
the character of those with whom you have been
intimately associated with during the last year
or two! Since then a coolness has occurred
between Nast and Eytinge. Poor Sol! what fierce
nocturnal reminders he must be subject to! What
a Nemisis this Allie Vernon business has involved
more than one in! Jim Parton told Haney
this: I can imagine how the latter felt at the
prospect of Allie Vernon s introduction to Sally!
Alf Waud has dropped the Illustrated News,
| Page |
| Title: | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Eighteen: page one hundred and eighty-five |
| Description: | Describes a talk with Jesse Haney about relations between the Nasts and the Eytinges. |
| Date: | 1862-01-23 |
| Subject: | Eytinge, Solomon; Frank Leslie's illustrated news.; Gunn, Thomas Butler; Haney, Jesse; Nast, Thomas; Parton, James; Vernon, Allie (Margaret Eytinge); Waud, Alfred |
| Coverage (City/State): | [New York, New York] |
| Scan Date: | 2010-06-14 |
| Volume |
| Title: | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Eighteen |
| Description: | Includes Gunn's descriptions of the scene in New York at the commencement of the Civil War, his visits to military camps in and around New York City as a reporter for ""The New York Evening Post,"" boarding house life, the shooting of Sergeant Davenport by Captain Fitz James O'Brien for insubordination, and Frank Bellew's marital troubles. |
| Subject: | Boardinghouses; Bohemians; Civil War; Gunn, Thomas Butler; Journalism; Marriage; Military; Publishers and publishing; Women |
| Coverage (City/State): | New York, New York |
| Note: | Thomas Butler Gunn was born February 15, 1826, in Banbury, England, and came to New York in 1849. During the Civil War he worked as a correspondent for the New York Tribune and the New York Evening Post. He returned to England in 1863, and died in Birmingham in April 1903. The collection includes twenty-one volumes of his diaries, including newspaper clippings, letters, photographs, sketches, and various other items inserted by Gunn. Diary entries date from July 7, 1849, to April 7, 1863, and include his experiences with the New York publishing and literary world, his descriptions of boarding houses, his travels throughout the United States, and his experiences traveling with the Federal army as a Civil War correspondent. |
| Publisher: | Missouri History Museum |
| Rights: | Copyright 2010 Missouri History Museum. |
| Source: | Page images, transcriptions, and metadata of the Thomas Butler Gunn diaries have been provided by the Missouri History Museum. |
