Dear Sir,—I have to inform you that “the pretty little poem” to which you allude in your letter is not, as you suppose, of my composition. The author is unknown to me. The poem is very pretty.
Yours, &c.
JOSEPH C. MILLER.
JOSEPH C. MILLER.
The writing of Miss Gould resembles that of Miss Leslie very nearly. It is rather more petite—but has the same neatness, picturesqueness and finish without over-effeminacy. The literary style of one who writes thus is sure to be forcibly epigrammatic—either in detached sentences—or in the tout ensemble of the composition. Paper very fine—wafered.
LETTER XXVIII.
Dear Sir,—Herewith I have the honor of sending you what you desire. If the Essay shall be found to give you any new information, I shall not regret the trouble of having written it.
Respectfully,