3 pp. 8vo
1878 · Cambridge, Mass
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Cambridge, Mass, 1878. Bifolium. 3 pp. 8vo. Minor dustsoiling. Bifolium. 3 pp. 8vo. A terrific Longfellow letter. In part:
"It gives me very great pleasure to sign the paper that has been sent me. But as I am not a British subject, I think Lord Beaconsfield [Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli] will smile when he reads my name. No matter if he does, provided he smiles on the paper.
It was not without emotion I saw the name of George Cruikshank. I remember him so well in 1842, when he was in full power and activity. I sat beside him at dinner at Dickens's, in Devonshire Terrace. [Clarkson Frederick] Stanfield was also there, and [Daniel] (truncated)
"It gives me very great pleasure to sign the paper that has been sent me. But as I am not a British subject, I think Lord Beaconsfield [Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli] will smile when he reads my name. No matter if he does, provided he smiles on the paper.
It was not without emotion I saw the name of George Cruikshank. I remember him so well in 1842, when he was in full power and activity. I sat beside him at dinner at Dickens's, in Devonshire Terrace. [Clarkson Frederick] Stanfield was also there, and [Daniel] (truncated)