Is it this one?

"During 1916 he offered another project to Macmillan, a ten-volume
anthology of world poetry, for which he composed a thoroughly impressive
scenario in the office of the literary agent A.P. Watt.  Unfortunately he
included in it the statement 'It is time we had something to replace that
doddard Palgrave.'  As the Macmillan fortunes were founded on the success
of Palgrave's 'Golden Treasury', they turned down the proposal."
Humphrey Carpenter, A Serious Character, part 2 Chapter 18, pp.308-309.

Carpenter cites Noel Stock's biography as the source: the beginning of
chapter 12 of that book describes the same story, adding that after being
rejected by Macmillan Pound tried to interest OUP, but was again rejected
on the grounds of wartime restrictions (this was 1916-17).  No indication
if the outline survives.



At 07:26 23/08/03 -0400, Tim Romano wrote:
>Too bad there's no such thing as an APB for this sort of thing. Any way to
>track it down? Who might that "respected agent" have been?  Pound also took
>the idea to an academic press who had "challenged Palgrave". But they
>rejected the ambitious 12-volume plan,  replying that they'd be interested
>in doing something 'more in the nature of gems'. (LE18).  Would this have
>been Oxford University Press?
>Regards
>Tim Romano
>
>At 06:11 PM 8/21/03, Tim Redman wrote:
>>I haven't seen it, but it certainly would be interesting.
>>
>>Cordially,
>>
>>Tim Redman
>>
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>>In How to Read, Pound mentions a 12-volume anthology of the poetry, in
>>which each poem would contain an invention, "a definite contribution to the
>>art of verbal expression."  He writes that his outline for the project
>>contained over 300 items, and that he had shown it to a respected agent.
>>Has this outline survived?
>>
>>Regards
>>Tim Romano
>>
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