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Colby Library Quarterly 313A THOMAS MANN COLLECTION

By RICHARD CARY

Two summers ago, Mr. John Eastman, Jr., of New YorkCity and Skowhegan, Maine, presented to Colby College

his thirty-year .accumulation o,f Thomas Mann literary materials.Among these were seventy-six first editions of Mann's boo'ks inGerman and English, fifty-fo·ur of them presentation copies;eleven periodical articles, nine inscribed by Mann; twelve letters and two postcards written by Mann; a nine-page manuscript of an essay in German, with accompanying typescript inEnglish; letters by Archibald MacLeish and Sumner Wellesconcerning Mann; galley proofs of Felix Krull; a scrapbookof reviews and interviews, and other significant memorabilia.Since that time Mr. Eastman has added seriatim a goodly nunlber of other books, letters, and association items, notably theautographed photographs which are reproduced, reduced in size,in this issue.

The friendship which developed between Mann and Eastmanas a result of the latter's undeterrable quest is recorded in pagespreceding these. The portrait which emerges bears small resemblance to the Mann generally conceived by readers whodid not know him personally. Their impression of the manwho produced such formidable epics as The Magic Mountain,the Joseph novels, and Dr. Faustus is that of an icy, enigmaticOlympian minutely acquainted with the destructive duality ofgood and evil in humankind but unaffected by its writhing consequences. Labeled "a metaphysical pessimist" and likened toDUrer's "Knight between Death and the Devil," this passionlessnlaster of technique and esthetic, this marcher through dourlabyrinths of the psyche, this bleak, unappeasable ironist inspires awe, not love.

For those who saw but did not come to know him, the imageremained the same: dark, narrow face with prominent noseand punctilious moustache, furrowed cheeks, craggy brows, andglittering forehead - more the Mephistopheles than the Faust.And for those who depend on hearsay for judgment, JanetFlanner notifies that he had no intimate friends, that he was

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314 Colby Library Quarterlymore or less "devoid of interest in fiesh-and-blood people."An entire section in Charles Neider's The Stature of ThomasMann is devoted to reminiscences about the Nobel Prize winneras father, brother, and friend. Each chapter strives, in its way,to bring out his gentler graces, his unpretentiousness in private,his pleasure at traditional family celebrations, his little superstitions. Daughter Monika succeeds best at humanizing thetitan but, despite this and other evidence, the stamp of Mannas unapproachable Obermann persists.

Thus, the following descriptive checklist of Mr. Eastman'sgift may serve two useful purposes. The first: to place beforescholars hitherto unknown commentary by Mann. The second:to demonstrate again, and perhaps again bootlessly, ThomasMann's capacity for warmth, humor, and sentiment with"flesh-and-blood people." In his relations with Eastman, Mannevinced these qualities without strain, as the inscriptions reveal. It must have been a supre'me moment for young Jackwhen he discovered that the oracular voice had also anavuncular tone.

Only items in the collection inscribed by Thomas Mann areincluded below. Books and essays written by Mann are listedalphabetically by title; books and articles about Mann, alphabetically by author; letters by Mann, chronologically.

I WORKS BY THOMAS MANN

ADEL DES GESTES: Sechzehn Versuche zum Problem der Humanitat. Stockholm: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1945.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To lack Eastman / with all my best Christmas wishes! /These essays will appear in English / very soon and I shallsign them / for you, young friend and collector, / as well.I Pacif. Palisades, Calif. / Dec. 18, 1946 / Thomas Mann.

ANSPRACHE 1M GOETHEJAHR. Frankfurt am Main: SuhrkampVerlag, 1949.

Inscribed on front endpaper:lack Eastman / freundlich zugeeignet / Thomas Mann.

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Colby Library Quarterly 315BEKENNTNISSE DES HOCHSTAPLERS FELIX KRULL. Amsterdam:

Querido Verlag N.V., 1937.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To Jack Eastman / This is a little more than the / storywhich you may read in / the volume "Stories of ThreeDecades." / Paci!. Palisades / Febr. 16, 1947 / ThomasMann.

THE BELOVED RETURNS. LOTTE IN WEIMAR. New York: AlfredA. Knopf, 1940. Translated from the German by H. T.Lowe-Porter. Limited, signed edition; copy 287 of 395.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To lohn Eastman, jr. / who deserves such a fine edition /Paci!. PaUse Cali! / May 17, 1943 / Thomas Mann.

Autographed on colophon page:Thomas Mann.

BEMiiHUNGEN: Neue Folge der Gesammelten Abhandlungen undkleinen Aufsatze. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1925.

Inscribed on front flyleaf:To Jack Eastman, / the insatiable collector of / T. M.editions / with sincere respect for his stubbornness / P. P.Feb,. 16, 47 / Thomas Mann.

DIE BETROGENE: [Lausanne: F. Wahli, 1953.] A folio 91page facsimile of the manuscript, and of Thomas Mann'ssignature O'D front flyleaf. Copy 166 of 400.

"The Bible,," Good Housekeeping, CXIX (August 1944), 17,141.

Inscribed below byline:I think this is the complete englisch version of the manuscript / you possess. Obviously the editor couldn't bringhimself to cut it. / Thomas Mann.

EIN BRIEFWECHSEL. Zurich: Verlag Oprecht, 1937.

Inscribed on title page:1 have written many things against / the Nazi-plague~ but

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316 Colby Library Quarterlythese few / words made their way around the / earth and1 think they will remain· . .. / To Jack Eastman / ThomasMann.

BUDDENBROOKS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Translated from the German by H. L. Lowe-Porter.

Inscribed on front endp,aper:To John Eastman / a good reader / from / Thomas Mann.

CWLDREN AND FOOLS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928.Translated from the German by Herman George Scheffauer.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To lack Eastman / with all my good wishes / ThomasMann.

THE CITY OF MAN: A Declaration on Wo,rld Democracy. Issued by Herbert Agar, Frank Aydelotte, G. A. Borgese,Hermann Broch, Van Wyck Brooks, Ada L. Comstock,William Yandell Elliott, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, C'hristian Gauss, Oscar Jaszi, Alvin Jo'hnson, Hans, Kohn,Thomas Mann, Lewis Mumford, William Allan Neilson,Reinhold Niebuhr, Gaetano ,Salvemini. New York: Viking Press, 1941.

Autographed on front endpaper:Thomas Mann.

DEUTSCHLAND UND DIE DEUTSCHEN. Stockholm: Berm an nFischer Verlag, 1947.

Inscribed on front flyleaf:This is a layer of Dr. Faustus / whom you do not know,poor fellow! / Hasten to become a member of the / Bookof the Month Club who made / it its choice for one of thenext / months! / (1 like this sort 01 co'rrespon- / dence inthe form of informal de- / dications.) / To Jack Eastman/ Pacif. Palisades / July 28, 1948 / Thomas Mann.

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Colby Library Quarterly 317DOCTOR FAUSTUS. The Life of the German Composer Adrian

Leverklihn as told by a Friend. New York: Alfred A.Knopf, 1948. Translated from the German by H. T.Lowe-Porter.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To Jack Eastman I hoping that he may not yawn I somuch as the American reviewers I Pacif. Palisades, Calif.I 4 November 1948 I Thomas Mann. -'

DOKTOR FAUSTUS. Das Leben des deutschen Tonsetzers AdrianLeverkiihn, erzahlt vOln einem Freunde. Stockholm:Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1947.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To Jack Eastman I cordially I (amplification of this dedication I follows in the English edition) I P. P. 2 XII 47 IThomas Mann.

DOKTOR FAUSTUS. Das Leben des deutschen Tonsetzers AdrianLeverkiihn, erzahlt von einem Freunde. Stockholm:Bennann-Fischer, 1947. Manufacture'd in the UnitedStates of America. Reproduced from the typescript.Copy 9 of the first 50 issues, signed.

Inscribed on front endpaper:You are quite a frivolous prodigal, my I dear Jacky, tospend so much money I for this cross-breed of a boo'k andof I a manuscript which you even can not read. / But Ilike this sort of squandering, I find I it very moving andam sincerely proud / of it. Thank you for your faithfulness/ / To Jack Eastman I Pacif. Palisades, Calif. I Nov.6, 1947 I Thomas Mann.

Autographed on page following title page:Thomas Mann.

"Dostoevsky - in Moderation," in THE SHORT NOVELS OF

DoSTOEVSKY (New York: Dial Press, 1945), vii-xx.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To Jack Eastman I with heartiest greetings / from Fjodorand Thomas I Pacif. Palisades I 29 Jan. 1946.

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318 Colby Library Quarterly"The End," Free World, IX (March 1945), 15-18.

Inscribed at head of title:To Jack Eastman / who wants to have this melancholypiece too / in his collection. / Thomas Mann.

DER ERwaaLTE. [Frankfurt am Main]: S. Fischer Verlag, 1951.

Inscribed on front endpaper:This was done by a better / writer than the teller of / thatstory HThe Holy Sinner," / whom I will not blame. / ToJack Eastman / with all my good wishes / Oct. 28, 1951 /Thomas Mann.

ESSAYS OF THREE DECADES. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To Jack Eastman / with cordial Christmas wishes / P. P.7 XII 47 / Thomas Mann.

"Foreword," in Hermann Hesse, DEMIAN (New York: HenryHolt & Co., [1948], v-xiv.

Inscribed on front endpaper:I like to bow and to admire / and so do you. Let usthis / time appreciate and admire / together! / To JacREastman / Pacil. Palisades / 28 July 1948 / ThomasMann.

"Foreword," in Gordon Kahn, HOLLYWOOD ON TRIAL. The Storyof the Ten Who Were Indicted (New York: Bani & Gaer,[1948]), v.

Inscribed at end of Foreword:Short and pithy! / To the UnAmerican / Committeeright into its heart! / To Jack Eastman / T. M.

"From: Diaries, (1933-1934)," Twice A Year, XIV-XV (FallWinter 1946 - 1947), 39 - 50. Translated' by RichardWinston.

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Colby Library Quarterly 319Inscribed at head of title:

To Jack Eastman / these notes de profundis / ThomasMann.

"Germany and the Germans," Yale Review, XXXV (December 1945), 223-241.

Inscribed at head of title:To Jack Eastman - with my regrets, that / these poorinscriptions for the time being must / take the place ofletters. I am too pressed to / write. / Thomas Mann.

DIE GESCHICHTEN JAAKOBS. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1933.

Inscribed on front flyleaf:lack Eastman / dem getreuen Leser und findigen / Sammler, der diese raren Aus- / gaben aufzutreiben wusste /Pacif. Palisades / 22 Sept. 1946 / Thomas Mann.[Jack Eastman, faithful reader and collector, who easilyfound and who knew to pick up these rare editions.]

DAS GESETZ. Los Angeles: Privatdruck, der pazifischen Presse,[1944]. Limited, signed edition; copy 125 of 500.

Inscribed on front endpaper:The jokes of a poet are more serious than / the gravity ofa philistine. / To Jack Eastman / Tlwmas Mann.


GOETHE UNO DIE DEMOKRATIE. Zurich: Verlag Oprecht, [1949].

Inscribed on half-title page:Dem jungen Freunde und treuen Leser / Jack Eastman /mit allen guten Wunschen / Thomas Mann.

"In My Defense," Atlantic Monthly, CLXXIV (October1944), 100-102.

Inscribed at head of title:Once for all and never again! / To Jack Eastman /Thomas Mann.

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320 Colby Library Quarterly"Israel Stands Before Pharao,h," Accent, III (Spring 1943),

171-174. Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter [froom Josephthe Provider].

Inscribed at head of title:This is a nice little scene, even separated from / the whole./ To Jack Eastman / Thomas Mann.

JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936.Translated from the German for the first time by H. T.Lowe-Porter.

Inscribed on front flyleaf:To John Eastman jr. / friend of literature I with mywarmest greetings / Pacif. Palisades, Calif. / May 7, 1943I Thomas Mann.

JOSEPH, DER ERNaHRER. Stockholm: Bermann - Fischer Verlag,1943.

Inscribed on front endpaper:This is the gayest volume of the I fo;ur, gayer in Germanthan in I English, though English is gayer / than German.I To lock Eastman / P. P. Dec. 7, 1942 / Thomas Mann.

JOSEPH IN AGYPTEN. Wien: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1936.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To Jack Eastman / from / Thomas Mann I 7 XII J947.

JOSEPH IN EGYPT. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938, 2 vols.Translated from the German for the first time by H. T.Lowe-Porter.

Autographed on front flyleaf, vol. 1:Thomas Mann.

Autographed on half-title page, vol. 2:Thomas Mann.

"The Joseph Novels," Atlantic Monthly, CLXXI (February1943),92-100. Translated by Konrad Katzenellenbogen.

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Colby Library Quarterly 321Inscribed at head of title:

To Jack Eastman / Thomas Mann.

JOSEPH THE PROVIDER. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944.Translated from the German for the first time by H. T.Lowe-Porter.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To my young friend / Jack Eastman / hoping that he willenjoy / these serious jests / Paci!. Palisades / June 26,1944 / Thomas Mann.

DER JUNGE JOSEPH. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1934.

Inscribed on front endpaper:Undoubtedly, it has more melody than / any translation.Either you should / learn German or I should le'arn towrite English! / To Jack Eastman / Thomas Mann.

DER KLEINE HERR FRIEDEMANN. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1925.


LEIDEN AN DEUTSCHLAND. TagebuchbUitter aus den Jahren 1933und 1934. Los Angeles: Privatdruck, der pazifischenPresse, [1946)]. Limited, signed edition; copy 53 of 500.

Inscribed on front endpaper:Dear young friend~ / I am glad to inscribe for you this /small book that contains a piece / of personal history andthat shows / how mother Germania is wont to trouble /her sons. - This is not a book meant / for a large public but for a circle of / friends which includes / Jack Eastman / Pacific Palisades, Calif / 24 July 1946 / ThomasMann.


LISTEN, GERMANY! Twenty-five Radio Messages to the GermanPeople Over BBC. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943.

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322 Colby Library QuarterlyAutographed on front endpaper:

Thomas Mann.

LOTTE IN WEIMAR. Stockho'lm: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1939.

Inscribed on front endpaper:Dies ist ein ausserordentlich / deutsches Buch, dar! aberin / Deutschland nicht gelesen verden. / Dass ein jungerAmerikaner mit- / ten im Kriege mit einem fUTcht- / bargewordenen Deutschland nach / der deutschen Ausgabevon "Lotte / in Weimar" verlangte ist ein / schonesZeichen geistiger Freiheit. / An lack Eastman / Pacif.Palisades / Neujahr 1945 / Thomas Mann.[This is an unusually German book, but it may not beread in Germany. That a yo'ung American, in the midstof the war with a Germany become terrible, wanted a German edition of Lotte in Weimar is a beautiful sign ofspiritual freedom.]

THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927, 2vols. Translated frolm the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter.

Inscribed on half-title page, vol. 1:To John Eastman jr. / a faithful friend of my work /Pacif. Palisades / May 17, 43 / Thomas Mann.

Autographed on half-title page, vol. 2:Thomas Mann.

A MAN AND HIs DOG. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.Translated by Herman George SchefIauer.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To lack Eastman / who indefatigably finds out / morebooks to be signed / with kindest personal regards /Thomas Mann.

MARIO UND DER ZAUBERER. Ein tragisches Reiseerlebnis. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, [1930].

Autographed on front flyleaf:Thomas Mann.

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Colby Library Quarterly 323MEINE ZEIT. Vortrag Gehalten in der Universitat Chicago, Mai

1950. [Amsterdam]: S. Fischer Verlag, 1950.

Inscribed on front flyleaf:This man means well, too, / especially for such, a good /old young friend as / Jack Eastman / P. P. Oct. 28, 1951/ Thomas Mann.

NEUE STUDIEN. Stockholm: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1948.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To lack Eastman / with friendly greetings / UDostojewski"and "Nietzsche" / are layers of "Faustus." / Pacif. Palisades, Calif. / Nov. 4, 1948 / Thomas Mann.

NOCTURNES•. With Lithographs by Lynd Ward. New York:Equinox Cooperative Press, Inc., 1934. Limited, signededition; copy 637 of 1000.

Autographe'd on colophon p,age:Thomas Mann.

NOVELLEN. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1922, 2 vols. Copy 21of 150.

Inscribed on front flyleaf, vol. 1:So schon gebunden besass ich / aUe meine Bucher. 1933sind / sie buchstablich zum Teufel ge- / gangen. DosWiedersehen mit dem / blauen Leder hat mich gefreut.Und / Ihnen gonne ich den Besitz, guter / lack! / Pacif.Palisades, Calif. / den 22 Sept. 1946 / Thomas Mann.[As beautifully bound were all the books I owned. In1933 they literally went to the devil. I have enjoyed seeing once more that blue leather. And I gladly grant youthe possession, good lack.]

Autographed on colophon page, vol. 1:Thomas Mann.

Inscribed on front endpaper, vol. 2:lack Eastman / Zugeeignet / von / Thomas Mann.

Autographed 00 colo~phon page, vol. 2:Thomas Mann.

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324 Colby Library QuarterlyQKKULTE ERLEBNISSE. B·erlin: Alf Hager Verlag, [1924].

Limited, signed e.dition; cOlpy 39 of 300.Inscribed on front flyleaf:

This is a fine boo'k indeed! Is it / written as well as it isprinted and / bound? Don't say anything, young man,you cannot judge! But a piece / of experience it isrendered faithfully. That's why it is amusing - if notworthy / of such an outfit. / To Jack Eastman, the great/ collector / Pacif. Palisades, Calif. / 28 July 1948 /Thomas Mann.

Autographed on frontispiece portrait of TM by Karl Dannemann:

Thomas Mann.Autographed on colophon page:

Thomas Mann.

ORDER OF THE DAY. Political Essays and Speeches of Two Decades. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Translatedfrom the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter, Agnes E. Meyer,and Erie Sutton.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To John Eastman, jr. / with the kindest regards / Pacif.Palisades, Calif. / May 17, 1943 / Thomas Mann.

PAST MASTERS AND OTHER PAPERS. London,: Martin Seeker,[1933]. Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To the good reader / Jack Eastman / with kindest regards/ 18 XI, 44 / Thomas Mann.

THE PERMANENT GOETHE. Edited, Selected and with an Introductio,n by Tho,mas Mann. New York: Dial Press, 1948.

Inscribed on front endpaper:This is not my best homage to / Goethe, but it is one ofthem after / all and I enjoy it more than / any Philologistever did to see my mortal name connected with his / Immortality. / To Jack Eastman / Pacif. Palisades / 24 July1948 / Thomas Mann.

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Colby Library Quarterly 325PFITZNERS PALESTRINA. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1919.

Inscribed on front flyleaf: , ,Very rare! / I wouldn't write it today, but / it's well written. / To lack Eastman, / great collector / Thomas Mann/ 7 Dec. 1947.

"Richard Wagner and The Ring of the Nibelungen," Decision,III (January-February 1942), 7-19. TraI1Jslated by HelenT. Lowe-Porter.

Inscribed at head of title:Even today this seems to me a nice / analysis and apology./ To lock Eastman / Nov. 18,44/ Thomas Mann.

"Roosevelt," Free World, IX (May 1945), 17-18.

Inscribed at head of title:To lack Eastman / as a handshake / Thomas Mann.

ROYAL HIGHNESS. A Novel of German Court Life. New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Translated from the German byA. C'ecil Curtis.

Autographed on title page:Thomas Mann.

A SKETCH OF My LIFE. Paris: Harrison, [1930]. Translationby H. T. Lowe-Porter. Copy 519 of 695 on Van Gelderpaper.

Inscribed on front endpaper:Yau may take this as a rather helpful/supplement to mywritings - so far / as it goes. Time will bring some /additional fragments of this kind. / To lack Eastman /Pacif. Palisades / 28 July 1948 / Thomas Mann.

STORIES OF THREE DECADES. New York: Alfred A. Kno1pf, 1936.Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter.

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326 Colby Library QuarterlyInscribed on front flyleaf:

To John Eastman jr. / with sincere wishes for his I happiness / from / Thomas Mann.

THE TABLES OF THE LAW. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945.Translated by H. T. Lowe-Porter.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To my young friend and faithful/reader. / John Eastman jr. / who will recognize behind the jokes / and jestsof this story its hidden / seriousness whose aim is the defense / of human civilization. / Pacif. Palisades, Calif. /Dec. 8, 1945 / Thomas Mann.

THIS WAR. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Translatedfrom the German by Eric Sutton.

Autographed o,n front endpaper:Thomas Mann.

THE THOMAS MANN READER. Selected, Arranged, and Edited byJoseph Warner Angell. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,1950.

Inscribed on front flyleaf:To lack Eastman / with kindest regards / Thomas Mann.

"Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Befo·re Me," in Armin L.Robinson (editor), THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Ten ShortNovels of Hitler's War Against the Moral Code (NewYork: Simon & Schuster, 1943), 3-70. Translated byGeorge R. Marek.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To my young friend and most / receptive reader / JohnEastman / with cordial wishes / Pacif. Palisades / Ian. 5,1944 / Thomas Mann.

THREE EsSAYS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter.

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Colby Library Quarterly 327Inscribed on front endpaper:

To John Eastman / from / Thomas Mann.

THE TRANSPOSED HEADS. A Legend of India. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. Translated from the German byH. T. Lowe-Porter.

Inscribed on front endpaper:To lohn Eastman, jr. / grateful for his interest / Pacif.Palis. Calif. / May 17, 1949 / Thomas Mann.

UNORDNUNG UND FRiiHES LEID. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, [1926].

Autographed on half-title page:Thomas Mann.

"War and the Future," Decision, I (February 1941), 11-18.

Autographed on frontispiece portrait of TM by Rudolf vonRipper:

Thomas Mann.

"What Is German?" Atlantic Monthly, CLXXIII (May 1944),78-85.

Inscribed at head of title:A very fragmentary answer / to the question! / ThomasMann / (Bad writing paper).[Mann's parenthetical remark is to explain his pen blottingthe overly absorbent war-issue paper on which the articleis printed.]

YOUNG JOSEPH. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. Translated from the German for the first time by H. T. LowePorter.

Autographed on front flyleaf:Thomas Mann.

DER ZAUBERBERG. Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1924, 2 vols.

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328 Colby Library QuarterlyInscribed on front endpaper, vol. 1:

To lack Eastman / from / Thomas Mann.

Autographed on front endpaper, vol. 2:Thomas Mann.

II WORKS ABOUT THOMAS MANN

Joseph Gerard Brennan. THOMAS MANN'S WORLD. New York:Columbia University Press, 1942.

Inscribed on front endpaper:uPossible que j'ai eu tant d'esprit?/" / To lack Eastman /18 XI 44 / Thomas Mann.[Mann seems to be twitting the author's statement in theIntroduction: uHis histo'ry is one of a spirit born to aromantic heritage and powerfully stimulated by it - aspirit which gradually becomes aware of its own romanticinclinations and, subjecting them to critical analysis, allows some to die away after working them out in creativeproducts, and guides others into new directions."]

David Daiches, Review of JOSEPH THE PROVIDER, A c c en t, V(Autumn 1944),58-59.

Inscribed at end of review:Now, then, every thing seems to be all right, / thank youso much for your benevolence! / T. M.[Mann seems to be addressing the reviewer's highly laudatory last paragraph.]

Albert' Guerard, "What We Hope from Thomas Mann,"American Scholar, XV (Winter 1945-1946), 35-42.

Inscribed at head of title:Don't hope too much! - But this is a fine / article, greatlysuperior to the banal/denunciation of Mr. Peyre - doyou remember? / To lack Eastman / Thomas Mann.[In May 1944 Mann's "What Is German?" appeared inthe Atlantic Monthly. It evoked a number of letters tothe editor (July 1944), notably that of Professor Henri

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Colby Library Quarterly 329Peyre which accused Mann of influencing his readers toHdissociate the German people from the Nazis." Mannwrote "In My Defense" for the October issue, scoring the"political bias of Professor Peyre," who had the last wordin this logomachy in a December letter which concludedthat Uthe great German writer" was "guilty of a discreetsin of onlission."]

Henry Hatfield. THOMAS MANN. Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions Books, [1951].

Inscribed on front endpaper:He means well, this man, and / he is right with his "be_tween / tradition and experiment." / To Jack Eastman /with friendly greetings / Oct. 28, 1951 / Thomas Mann.

Viktor Mann. WIR WAREN FliNF. Biidnis der Famiiie ?viann.!(onstanz: Sudverlag, [1949].

Inscribed on front endpaper:An Jack Eastman / in Vertretung des entschwundenen /Autors / Thomas Mann.

Charles Neider (editor). THE STATURE OF THOMAS MANN.

New York: New Directions, [1947].

Inscribed on front endpaper:This strange book has amazed / and irritated many people - a / certain sort 0/ people. Perhaps / it was notwise to publish it. / It is just a book for friends, a / bookfor you. / To Jack Eastman / Pacif. Palisades, Calif. /July 28, 1948 / Thomas Mann.

Walter H. Perl. THOMAS MANN, 1933-1945. Yom deutschenHumanisten zum amerikanischen Weltbuerger. NewYork: Verlag Friedrich Krause, 1945.

Inscribed on verso of title page:This is quite good, not very / good, but pretty good. / ToJack Eastman / the hero of this nice booklet. / T. M.

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330 Colby Library QuarterlyHarry Slochower, "Mann's Latest Novels," Accent, IV (Au

tumn 1943), 3-8.

Inscribed at head o,f title:To lack Eastman I who is interested not only in what Iwrite, but also in I things intelligent people write on me.I T.M.

Harry Slochower, "Tho'mas Mann" in No VOICE Is WHOLLY LOST

'(New York: Creative Age Press, [1945]), 332-367.

Inscribed in top margin, p. 332:This marks my way pretty well. But the whole I bookindicates a way - and my place is on the end where ittranscends into something I new. I T. M.

Harry Slochower. THOMAS MANN'S JOSEPH STORY. New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1938.


ill FROM THOMAS MANN'S LIBRARY

Stanton Lawrence Wormley. HEINE IN ENGLAND. Chapel Hill,N. C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1943.

Penciled notes in Mann's handwriting on the front endpaper,marginal pencil scarings, and occasional underlining ofwords and phrases in the text.

IV LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPT BY THOMAS MANN

Typed letter signed (TLS) fro:m Pacific Palisades, California,March 31, [1943], 1 p. (Regarding the English editionof the final volume of the loseph sto,ries, and inscribingand remitting Eastman's books via the po,stal system.)

TLS froim Pacific Palisades, California, December 27, 1943,1 p. (Refers to his meeting with Eastman during TM'srecent trip east.)

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Colby Library Quarterly 331TLS from Pacific P'alisades, Califo1rnia, May 11, 1944, 2 pp.

(A gift of the nlanuscript of "Vom Buch der Bucher undJoseph" to Eastman.)

TLS from Pacific Palisades, California, May 27, 1944, 1 p.(Regarding Mann's article "The Bible" in Good Housekeeping magazine.)

TLS fro'm Pacific Palisades, California, July 5, 1944, 1 p.(Concerning Eastman's annual award of a set of Mannbooks to a student at Deerfield Academy for meritoriousachievements. )

TLS from Pacific Palisades, California, November 13, 1944,1 p. (About the two most recent presidential candidates,and the typescript of the English translation, "The Bible.")

Typed copy of letter now at Deerfield Academy, Massachusetts, from Pacific Palisades, California, March 6, 1945,1 p. (On the occasion o,f the presentation of an awardfor excellent achievement in the field of literature to amember of the senior class, established by John Eastman.)

TLS from Pacific Palisades, C'alifornia, August 18, 1945, 2 pp.(TM has returned from a six-weeks lecture tour to Washington, New York, and Chicago. Is now devoting himself"to the extensive novel upon which I have embarked ,solate in life.")

TLS from Pacific Palisades, California, February 15, 1947, 1 p.(Reluctantly declines to attend graduation exercises atDeerfield Academy, for his time o,n the east coast is limitedbefore he sails for Europe.)

TLS from Pacific Palisades, California, November 13, 1950,1 p.. (Apologizes for meager inscriptions in book due towork on a novel, and gives an opinion on the Koreanwar.)

Holograph letter signed "T. M." from Pacific Palisades, California, November 27, 1950, 1 p. (Thanks Eastman forthe return of a book as a gift.)

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332 Colby Library QuarterlyTLS from Pacific Palisades, California, October 27, 1951, 1 p.

(Congratulates Eastman on his engagement, and characterizes critics of the New Yorker and the Nation as"quite lukewarm and unsusceptible to the pleasure" ofThe Holy Sinner.)

Holograph postcard from Pacific Palisades, California, n.d.:"Heartfelt thanks! / Thomas Mann." (Eastman's note:"Sent to me, when I was in Okinawa, in August 1945.I think it must have been in response to my letter of birthday congratulations.")

Holograph postcard from Erlenbach, [Zurich], January 6, 1954.(Thanks for the Christmas card, and felicitations for theNew Year.)

Manuscript in German of the article "Vom Buch der BUcherund Joseph," which appeared as "The Bible" in GoodHousekeeping magazine, 9 pp. Inscribed in bottom margin of last page: "This manuscript I dedicate to myyoung /friend John Eastman. / Pacif. Palisades, May 9,1944 / Thomas Mann."

Typescript, English translation of above article, 7 pp.

V PHOTOGRAPH OF THOMAS MANN

Photo-portrait by G. Gottlieb. 71h x 9~ inches.

Inscribed in bottom margin:To Jack Eastman with thanks for his / wide-awake interest/ Thomas Mann.

Editor's note: This tabulation includes all of Mr. Eastman'sgifts of Thomas Mann autograph materials to date. To keepthe current record complete, two contributions by other friendsare hereby noted:

1) From Mr. H. W. Pier:

JOSEPH IN EGYPT. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938, 2 vols.

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Colby Library Quarterly 333Translated from the German for the first time by H. T.Lowe-Porter.

Inscribed on front endpaper, vol. 1:To Mr. H. W. Pier / with kindest personal regards /Princeton 27 IV 39 / Thomas Mann.

2) From the Colby Library Associates:

THAMAR. Los Angeles: Privatdruck, der pazifischen Presse,[1942]. Limited, signed edition; copy 40 of 250.

Autograph on colophon page:Thomas Mann.

I wish also to acknowledge the aid of my colleague, ProfessorHenry O. Schmidt, for patient deciphering of Mann's Gothiccacography and for providing translations where they seemedhelpful.

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