Letter from R. Shelton Mackenzie to A. H. Dooley (19th Century American writers : letters, manuscripts, & correspondence)

Letter from R. Shelton Mackenzie to A. H. Dooley

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R. SHELTON MACKENZIE, (OF "THE PRESS") No. 1712 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Aug 5 1876 Dear Sir, Thoreau has been so tremendously over praised by the New England critics, or rather puffers, that I have never been able to take kindly to him. I admire Shelley beyond all modern poets, except Byron, but have not published my own estimate of his wondrous genius. As for Byron, I doubt whether he stands a jot lower than Shakespeare. Your oblige R. Shelton Mackenzie A. H. Dooley Esq

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My own personal recollections, not to appear until after I am dead (and I am now 67), will probably occupy my little leisure through the coming time.

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A. H. Dooley Esq Bookseller Terre Haute, Ind.

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