ALS signed “Henry W. Longfellow,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, March 17, 1874. Letter to British poet Alfred Austin, in part: "I have had the pleasure of receiving your friendly letter, and the two volumes of poems which you have been kind enough to send me…You may be sure to find in me a sympathetic reader, not a carping critic. And yet I read slowly, and therefore, do not postpone writing to you till I shall have finished the volumes, for fear of unintentional delay. I have read enough, however, to admire the spirit in which you write, and to foresee that I shall like these books. Thank heaven they are not of the lurid kind! I have seen so much of that lately that I am almost afraid to open a new book." In very good to fine condition, with irregular toning and old adhesive residue to the final page only. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Longfellow's hand. Best known for his prose idylls celebrating nature, Alfred Austin was named poet laureate of England in 1896.
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