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dence lying too far out of my route. From Paris I came through Belgium to this ancient city of Boppard, where I have remained stationary since the first of June. With kind remembrances to Mrs. Quincy and your family, Very truly yours Henry W. Longfellow. Harvard College Papers [Ms.], 2d ser. XI. 153. It is interesting to note the manner in which this appeal was met by the economical college. Henry W. Longfellow, Esq. Sir,—I perceive with great regret, by your letter of the 3d Inst. that, although you have followed with due precision the prescriptions of the German Doctor who corpus recenti sparget aqua, convalescence is not yet attained, but that the water spirit has announced that another year is required in order to obtain the full benefit of his draughts and ablutions. The fact is a source of great sorrow to your friends and of no less embarrassment to the Corporation of the College. The granting the leave of six months absence was effected, not without difficul
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to be gone. To avoid a possibility of fatigue we took three days to come to this place—a distance of only forty miles; and on our arrival here Mary was in excellent spirits and to all appearances very well. But alas! the same night she had a relapse which caused extreme debility, with a low fever, and nervous headache. This was on the 23d October. In a day or two she was better, and on the 27th worse again. After this she seemed to recover slowly, and sat up for a the first time on the 11th, though only for a short while. This continued for a day or two longer, till she felt well enough to sit up for nearly an hour. And then she was seized with a violent rheumatism, and again took to her bed from which she never more arose. During all this she was very patient, and generally cheerful, thoa at times her courage fainted and she thought that she should not recover,— wishing only that she could see her friends at home once more before she died. At such moments she loved to re
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y cannot but hope, however, that the evils le fears may be avoided, or if not, that they may be compensated by equivalent advantages. Saml. A. Eliot I J. A. Lowell, CommitteeHarvard College Papers [Ms.], 2d ser. XIII. 13. A year later than the above correspondence, the subject was evidently revived on the part of the governing powers of the College, and we find the following letter from Professor Longfellow:— Cambridge, Sept. 25, 1846. dear Sir,—In answer to your favor of the 18th inst. requesting my opinion on certain points connected with the Studies of the University, I beg leave to state; I. In regard to the advantages and disadvantages of the Elective System. In my own department I have always been strongly in favor of this system. I have always thought that the modern languages should be among the voluntary or elective studies and form no part of the required Academic course. As to the Latin and Greek. I have many doubts; but incline rather to the old system,
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uring all this she was very patient, and generally cheerful, thoa at times her courage fainted and she thought that she should not recover,— wishing only that she could see her friends at home once more before she died. At such moments she loved to repeat these lines [by Andrews Norton], which seemed to soothe her feelings:— Father! I thank thee! may no thought E'er deem thy chastisements severe. But may this heart, by sorrow taught, Calm each wild wish, each idle fear. On Sunday, the 22nd, all her pain had left her, and she said she had not felt so well during her sickness. On this day, too, we received a letter from Margaret, which gave her great pleasure, and renovated her spirits very much. But still from day to day she gained no strength. In this situation she continued during the whole week—perfectly calm, cheerful and without any pain. On Friday another letter came front Margaret, and she listened to it with greatest delight. A few minutes afterwards a letter from y<
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as we now know that it was, but a portion of a larger design. Various things came in the way, and before The Divine Tragedy appeared (1871) he had written of it, I never had so many doubts and hesitations about any book as about this. On September 11 in that year he wrote in Nahant, Begin to pack. I wish it were over and I in Cambridge. I am impatient to send The Divine Tragedy to the printers. On the 18th of October he wrote: The delays of printers are a great worry to authors; on the 25th, Get the last proof sheet of The Divine Tragedy; on the 30th, Read over proofs of the Interludes and Finale, and am doubtful and perplexed; on November 15, All the last week, perplexed and busy with final correction of The Tragedy. It was published on December 12, and he writes to G. W. Greene, December 17, 1871, The Divine Tragedy is very successful, from the booksellers' point of view—ten thousand copies were published on Tuesday last and the printers are already at work on three thousa
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Various things came in the way, and before The Divine Tragedy appeared (1871) he had written of it, I never had so many doubts and hesitations about any book as about this. On September 11 in that year he wrote in Nahant, Begin to pack. I wish it were over and I in Cambridge. I am impatient to send The Divine Tragedy to the printers. On the 18th of October he wrote: The delays of printers are a great worry to authors; on the 25th, Get the last proof sheet of The Divine Tragedy; on the 30th, Read over proofs of the Interludes and Finale, and am doubtful and perplexed; on November 15, All the last week, perplexed and busy with final correction of The Tragedy. It was published on December 12, and he writes to G. W. Greene, December 17, 1871, The Divine Tragedy is very successful, from the booksellers' point of view—ten thousand copies were published on Tuesday last and the printers are already at work on three thousand more. That is pleasant, but that is not the main thing. T
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ontributions, but begins with his first published volume.] 1830. Elements of French Grammar. Translated from the French of C. F. L'Homond. Portland. [Editor.] Manuel de Proverbes Dramatiques. Portland. With a long preface in French by the Editor. [Editor.] Novelas Españolas. Portland. With an original preface in Spanish. 1831. Origin and Progress of the French Language. Article in North Am. Rev., 32. 277. April. 1832. Defence of Poetry. North Am. Rev., 34. 56. January. History of the Italian Language and Dialects. North Am. Rev., 35. 283. October. Syllabus de la Grammaire Italienne. Written in French. Boston. [Editor.] Cours de Langue Francaise. Boston. [Editor.] Saggi dea Novellieri Italiani d'ogni Secolo: Tratti daa piu celebri Scrittori, con brevi Notizie intorno alla Vita di ciascheduno. Boston. With preface in Italian by the Editor. Spanish Devotional and Moral Poetry. North Am. Rev., 34. 277. April. 1833. Coplas de Don
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hat nothing but Nature can qualify a man for knowledge. Whether Nature has given me any capacity for knowledge or not, she has at any rate given me a very strong predilection for literary pursuits, and I am almost confident in believing that, if I can ever rise in the world, it must be by the exercise of my talent in the wide field of literature. With such a belief, I must say that I am unwilling to engage in the study of law. Again on December 31 he writes to his father, by way of New Year's gift, Let me reside one year at Cambridge; let me study belles-lettres, and after that time it will not require a spirit of prophecy to predict with some degree of certainty what kind of a figure I could make in the literary world. If I fail here, there is still time enough left for the study of a profession; and while residing at Cambridge, I shall have acquired the knowledge of some foreign languages which will be, through life, of the greatest utility. The answer of the father is to
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icipated from change in your vote where respectfully suggested. Very respect'y yr Obe Ser.t Henry W. Longfellow. Harvard College Papers, 2d ser. VII. 1. Boston, Jan. 1, 1834. [Error for 1835.] Hon. Josiah Quincy: Sir,—Placing entire confidence in the assurances of the President and Fellows of Harvard University in reference to my election to the Smith Professorship of Modern Languages and Belles Lettres in that institution, which assurances were communicated to me in yr favor of 1st January, together with their Vote upon the subject,—I have the honor to inform you, that I shall sail for Europe in the month of April next, and remain there till the summer of 1836. Very respectfully Henry W. Longfellow.Harvard College Papers, 2d ser. VII. 10. Portland, February 3, 1835. His first book, in a strict sense, published before his departure, was his translation of the Coplas of Jorge Manrique (1833), in which were added to the main poem a few translations of sonnets, the who
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t delightful surprises! In the midst of life's most trivial occupations,—as when we are reading a newspaper, or lighting a bed-candle, or waiting for our horses to drive round,—the lovely face appears, and thoughts more precious than gold are whispered in our ear. The test of popularity in a poet is nowhere more visible than in the demand for autographs. Longfellow writes in his own diary that on November 25, 1856, he has more than sixty such requests lying on his table; and again on January 9, Yesterday I wrote, sealed, and directed seventy autographs. To-day I added five or six more and mailed them. It does not appear whether the later seventy applications included the earlier sixty, but it is, in view of the weakness of human nature, very probable. This number must have gone on increasing. I remember that in 1875 r saw in his study a pile which must have numbered more than seventy, and which had come in a single day from a single high school in a Western city, to congratu
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