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Call Number: MS P311
Contains 3 Results:
From: Brown, E Lakin, To: "Bayard Taylor, Esq,", February 8, 1875
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Precis: Concerning reading verse, I agree with your Atlantic Monthly article "Autumn Days in Weimar" [?], and enclose my 1870 essay from the Kalamazoo County School Journal.
Dates:
February 8, 1875
From: Taylor, Bayard, To: "My dear Sir" [presumably Brown], March 19, 1875
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Begins: "Your letter was mislaid during my absence..."
Precis: I agree with the article you forwarded; no actor, etc, in this country reads English blank verse correctly, and it's not taught properly in schools. "The absence of a rhythmical ear among us ... accounts for much bad taste as well as bad poetry."
Dates:
March 19, 1875
From: Taylor, Marie, To: "Mr. E. L. Brown,", January 4, 1882
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Precis: My husband's letter expresses an opinion important to him, and has [now?] been copied: I return it with thanks.
Dates:
January 4, 1882