Letter, 1905, Dec. 9, New York, to Bliss Carman.

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Letter, 1905, Dec. 9, New York, to Bliss Carman.

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Thanks Carman for favorable notice of his poem. Discusses his poetry, poetic forms, Walt Whitman and John Burroughs. Mentions other poems by him which he thinks may be of interest to Carman.

2 p. ; 26 cm.

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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