LOWELL JAMES RUSSELL Autograph Letter Signed JR Lowell to Ca

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"A COMPARISON WITH TENNYSON IS NOT TO MY ADVANTAGE" LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL. Autograph Letter Signed, "J.R. Lowell," to Canon Frederic William Farrar ("Dear Canon Farrar"), stating that comparing Tennyson to himself is not advantageous, sending a transcription from memory of a poem [not present], and, in a postscript, adding that he likes Tennyson's verses. 1 page, small 8vo, ruled paper; horizontal folds. Np, 7 May 1883

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". . . [A] comparison with Tennyson is not to my advantage. I have no copy of the verses at hand but I believe that I have reconstructed them correctly from memory. As a mnemonic device rhyme has its advantages, after all! . . ." The postscript: "Writing in haste I find I have not said how much I like Tennyson's verses. I think better of my judgment in choosing the measure I did now that it is confirmed by a master."