American poet and educator (1807-1882) Autograph letter signed. Cambridge/Mass. 8vo. 4 pp. Double sheet.
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Thanks the German translator of the Divina Commedia for the delivery by his Berlin publisher. So far, he has only read the preface. „Your illustration of the ,majestätischen Wellenschlag des Dante’schen Verses’ is very striking and beautiful. The verse has a stately music of its own, and the translator who does not keep step to it fails to render one of Dante’s chief characteristics […]“ - He thanks for the praise of his own translation of the Commedia into English.