. The youth of James Whitcomb Riley; fortune's way with the poet from infancy to manhood. i ajp, fc<4r l. The Second Letter fkom Longfellow(over) Ub( & wJf„ do s \Xj • -«WO JxJS- Vi «J) A(J»v ft. ;\ \ ^A/C Ojvw £>U> V»A*-«_ f^y* <V-fcVj©^c •_ , •VSrv A-*^, LIGHT AND COUNSEL FROM THE WISE 321 absence. She wanted to feel the presence of the handthat had fashioned so many beautiful messages. Andyou are going away with the Graphics? I am sorry. I cant quite make it clear,It seems so horrid queer. I wish I might whisper to you all the rare diamonds ofthought Hope flings at my feet


. The youth of James Whitcomb Riley; fortune's way with the poet from infancy to manhood. i ajp, fc<4r l. The Second Letter fkom Longfellow(over) Ub( & wJf„ do s \Xj • -«WO JxJS- Vi «J) A(J»v ft. ;\ \ ^A/C Ojvw £>U> V»A*-«_ f^y* <V-fcVj©^c •_ , •VSrv A-*^, LIGHT AND COUNSEL FROM THE WISE 321 absence. She wanted to feel the presence of the handthat had fashioned so many beautiful messages. Andyou are going away with the Graphics? I am sorry. I cant quite make it clear,It seems so horrid queer. I wish I might whisper to you all the rare diamonds ofthought Hope flings at my feet to-day. While struggling with his new poem and doubting inhimself what to do for a living, Riley was prompted tocall at the post-office and this is what he found: Cambridge, Nov. 30, Dear Sir: Not being in the habit of criticising the productionsof others, I can not enter into any minute discussion ofthe merits of the poems you send me. I can only say in general terms that I have readthem with great pleasure, and think they show the


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