LETTER: Autograph letter signed, "L.M. Child." to "Dear Friend, James Russell Lowell, January 9, 1844, New York.
ALS. "L.M. Child." to "Dear Friend, James Russell Lowell, January 9, 1844, New York.
Child writes to Lowell thanking him for sending her a copy of his book:
It was indeed a real well of refreshment to my thirsty spirit; and I opine that it will be so to many. It is a prodigious improvement on the first volume, which I also liked much.
...Ever since I read your poems, I have been half [ ] to try my hand at poetry...
She praises specifically his "A Legend of Brittany," sends her "best love" to Maria, adding, "Her image is always in my heart. After writing about a local event-"I was glad to hear that the citizens tuned out to escort William White in Watertown..."-she devotes a page and half to suggesting he "take Oceola as a subject for an epic, providing many of the details he would need. She concludes with a reference to the gratitude of one John Hopper "that you should think of him in the distribution of your books."
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