. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; a biographical sketch. Upon that table are two famous belonged to Coleridge, and bears his A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. 259 name upon an ivory plate. The other wasCrabbes, and was given by Crabbes son toThomas Moore, and by him to S. C. Hall,who also possessed that of Coleridge. , in 1872, sent both to Longfellow, to-. gether with Moores waste-paper basket, bythe hands of General James Grant Wilson has lately printed the letterwhich he received from Longfellow in re-turn1 : — Tour letter and the valuable present of Mr. Hall have
. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; a biographical sketch. Upon that table are two famous belonged to Coleridge, and bears his A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. 259 name upon an ivory plate. The other wasCrabbes, and was given by Crabbes son toThomas Moore, and by him to S. C. Hall,who also possessed that of Coleridge. , in 1872, sent both to Longfellow, to-. gether with Moores waste-paper basket, bythe hands of General James Grant Wilson has lately printed the letterwhich he received from Longfellow in re-turn1 : — Tour letter and the valuable present of Mr. Hall have reached me safely. Please accept mybest thanks for the great kindness you have shown 1 The New York Independent, April 6, 1882. 260 HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. in taking charge of and bringing from the OldWorld a gift so precious as the inkstand of thepoet who wrote the 4 Rhyme of the Ancient Mari-ner. Will you be so good as to send me the pres-ent address of Mr. Hall ? I wish, without delay,to acknowledge this mark of his remembrance andregard, and am not sure where a letter will findhim. The general impression of that room isfixed in memory as upon a photographersplate ; but it was so crowded with objectsof interest that an enumeration would be dif-ficult. Every one will remember the crayonportraits before referred to, the fine bust ofProf. G. W. Gree
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