amerikanischer Schriftsteller (1807-1882). Eigenh. Unterschrift auf Albumblatt. ohne Ort. Quer-kl.-8vo. 1 p.
150 €
(102431)
American poet and educator (1807-1882) Autograph letter (fragment). [Boston. 12mo. 2 pp. (19 lines).
750 €
(88901/BN58881)
The letter with New Year wishes was probably addressed to a British friend, as Longfellow mentions his astonishment that Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is little published in England: "A new interesting book, just published here in Boston, but not yet published in England except in old magazines. How is it that a writer of so much power as De Quincey is so much neglected in his own country?". - From 1851 Ticknor, Reed and Fields of Boston published the collected works of Thomas De Quincey, starting with his most famous work, "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater".
Longfellow also mentions Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Charles Lloyd, friends of De Quincey's, as well as a mutual friend or acquaintance who came to Boston "and has brought out six or eight extremely interesting volumes". - With a collector's note in pencil. Traces of folds. A minor tear to the fold and some browning..