James Edwin Creighton an Vaihinger, Ithaca (NY), 2.10.1897, 2 S., hs., Briefkopf Cornell University, | Ithaca, N. Y.
, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen, Aut. XXI, 5 g, Nr. 2Oct[ober] 2nd 1897My dear Professor Vaihinger:It is a long time since I have heard of the Kant-Studien. I returned the corrected proof sheets of my article as early as possible, and hoped that it would appear in July or August. But no further news of it has reached me.
I have noted several articles and one or two books, of which I shall be glad to send you an account at an early date. Ladd’s book entitled Philosophy of Knowledge is perhaps the most important. I hope that you have not accepted a review of this book from any of Ladd’s colleagues or former students. For Ladd (this of course, is editorial confidence) is a most persistent advertiser, and tries to extend the reputation of his books by having them reviewed by his friends. That is something which I am sure is unknown in Germany.
Did you receive Major’s work on The Principle of Teleology in the Critical Philosophy? I asked him to send you a copy. It is a doctor’s dissertation, and contains nothing ‘epoch-making’, but I am sure that the author would be much pleased to have some notice of it appear in the Kant-Studien.
I have tried to bring Kant-Studien to the notice of scholars whom I met this summer during my vacation, and hope that there may be some results from my efforts. It seems to me that it might be worth while to have a regular agent in this country from whom the journal could be ordered. It is much easier for American readers to order their journals in this country. Gustav E. Stechert, 9 East Sixteenth St. New York deals largely in French & German books & periodicals and is well known. If you and the publishers of Kant-Studien think it worth appointing such an agent, you would find Mr Stechert a good man, and a trust worthy man.
With Kindest regards, Yours Very Sincerely,
J. E. Creighton.long timevgl. Creighton an Vaihinger vom 11.11.1895my articlevgl. Creighton: The Philosophy of Kant in America. In: Kant-Studien 2 (1898), S. 237–252.Ladd’s bookvgl. Creighton an Vaihinger vom 15.11.1897. Die Rede ist von George Trumbull Ladd: The Philosophy of Knowledge. An Inquiry into the nature, limits, and validity of human cognitive faculty. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1897.from any of Ladd’s colleagues or former studentsvgl. Georg Trumbull Ladd an Vaihinger vom 3.6.1897Major’s workvgl. Creighton an Vaihinger vom 15.11.1897a regular agentvgl. Vaihinger an Creighton vom 15.10.1897 und Creighton an Vaihinger vom 15.11.1897.Gustav E. Stechert, 9 East Sixteenth St. New Yorkmit Blaustift unterstrichen