Letter from William Dean Howells to Edmund Clarence Stedman

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4 Louisburg Square, Boston, Sept.24, 188[0?]

My dear Stedman:

I have been reading your paper on [Longfellows?] work a curious [?][Sch?], for I lived over the whole course of my liking for the [verse?] and the man as I read. I believe I should on the whole rate him higher than you do; with all his simplicity (and even superficiality as regards passion) he was such a [underline]great[/underline] artist. I think that whoever [else?] of our day shall live to after times he is

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[underline]sure[/underline] of [surviving?]. Those later sonnets! - I don't dispute your estimation, and your criticism has a reverent beauty that I should not know how to praise [aright?]

You remember, you dear, good fellow, that I too was once a poet! That is very good of you - very friendly and sweet! I [made?][every?] wish to see you and thank you.

I hope you are well.

Yours sincerely

W. D. Howells

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