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My dear Sherman
Thanks for
your note & for the 8th
vol. (which I will acknowledge to
the publishers, as requested).
It seems to me a marvel
of skill, especially in the way
you have kept the war-flavor
of the epoch; though I don't
quite see why you name
1880 as the hither limit.
It's pleasant to feel, too,
that the real vigor & freshness
of our literary movement
is kept through this period,
& that no apology is need
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Of course no two people will select
alike & I was sorry that you did
not add Warton's "All's well" (alias
Bugle Notes") to his "Ideals" ( not
Ideal.) But I think you have
a genius for selection. How
exquisite that "Ten Thousand" of
poor Brownlee Brown's — worthy
to be placed beside Emerson's
"Daughters of Fire." I add a few
suggestions.
Ever cordially
T. W. Higginson
