In this letter to Edwin Emery Slosson, literary editor of The Independent (New York City), author Frederick Funston writes regarding Slosson's favorable review of Funston's recently-published book, Memories of two wars; Cuban and Philippine experiences, and offers his own comments on the book.

Slosson graduated from the University of Kansas in 1891. This collection consists of the 1924 Commencement address, information about the E.E. Slosson scholarship, a Graduate Magazine, Texas papers, and accounts of early Kansas.