Nov 20, 2014 - Sale 2367

Sale 2367 - Lot 278

Price Realized: $ 312
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Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. Autograph Letter Signed, "Henry W. Longfellow," to an unnamed recipient ("My Dear Sir"), asking that he attend, and encourage others to attend, a course on German literature to be delivered by his friend, [Emmanuel] Vitalis Scherb. 4 pages, 8vo, written on a folded sheet; horizontal folds. Cambridge, 10 March 1852
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"I am going to ask a favor of you . . . for my friend Vitalis Scherb . . . . He promises to deliver in Philadelphia a short course of Lectures on German Literature, beginning next week; and I want to bespeak for him a good word from you with your friends on this subject; hoping that you may also be able to attend his course and to induce others to do the same.
". . . He is a man of very gentlemanlike manners and very superior talents; . . . I am sure you will not be sorry to hear his discourse on Klopstock, Göthe and Schiller.
". . . [W]ill you speak with Mr. Ingersoll on this subject. . . ."