Letters, 1815 Dec. 3-1829 Sept. 5, Boston and Rio de Janeiro, to George Ticknor, Göttingen and Boston.

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Letters, 1815 Dec. 3-1829 Sept. 5, Boston and Rio de Janeiro, to George Ticknor, Göttingen and Boston.

Asks him to write something for an unnamed periodical; comments on souvenir collecting, N.A. Review; mentions some favorable comments on one of Ticknor's literary critiques.

5 items. 25 cm.

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Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

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George Ticknor (1791-1871), educator and author, served as the first Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard from 1817 to 1835. After his arrival at Harvard, Ticknor became disenchanted with the school curriculum, characterizing the College as a well-disciplined high school, and began an effort to reorganize the College around four main goals: the division of students in courses according to academic proficiency and merit; the division of the ...

Tudor, William, 1779-1830

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