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EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED, 4 PP. 8VO., CONCORD, MARCH 14, 1857. TO PUBLISHER RH DANA
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描述
- To publisher R.H. Dana, allowing use of quotes, advocating for him to publish Whittier and questioning the authorship of a poem in the "Home Journal".
Autographed letter signed ("R.W. Emerson"), 4 pp. 8vo. (8 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.; 225 x 180 mm), Concord, March 14, 1857.
拍品資料及來源
Emerson is asked to recommend other's works for publication, but mostly declines: "I do not remember to have met lately with any short poems that touch me." However, he does remember Old Wine, Old Books, Old Friends, and that "it should by all means be preserved," though he questions that the author who claimed credit for it, a Mr. Messinger, actually wrote it. He suggests Dana solicits another from Messinger to prove his suspicions: "pray ask him to write another as good."