TAYLOR BAYARD Autograph Letter Signed to My dear Ward

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"SHAKESPEARE WAS . . . ONLY ACCIDENTALLY A POET" TAYLOR, BAYARD. Autograph Letter Signed, to "My dear Ward," returning a theater ticket, and remarking upon authors and their social circles. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank, monogrammed stationery; minor chipping and toning at edges, folds. (MRS) "Irving House," 22 May 1872

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". . . Conant gave Mrs. S. a ticket for the 'platform,' but as the one you send for Lilian says 'balcony,' I'm afraid she would be separated from Mrs. S. and should not like her to be in the crowd alone. . . . . For my part I am not disappointed. The society in which 'Maria' moves must be conciliated, even at the expense of authors. Shakespeare, you know, was a man of society and only accidentally a poet."