New-York: August 18. 1844My Dear Friend,
With this letter I take the liberty to mail you a number of the "Columbian Magazine," in which you will find a paper on "Mesmeric Revelation". In it I have endeavoured to amplify some ideas which I suggested in my last letter.
You will observe many corrections & alterations. In fact the article was wofully misprinted; and my principal object in boring you with it now, is to beg of you the favor to get it copied (with corrections) in the Brother Jonathan--I mean the Boston Notion--or any other paper where you have interest. If you can do this without trouble, I would be very deeply indebted to you. I am living so entirely out of the world, just now, that I can do nothing of the kind myself.
In what are you occupied?--or is it still the far niente? For myself I am very industrious--collecting and arranging materials for a Critical History of Am. Literature. Do you ever see Mr Hawthorne? He is a man of rare genius. A day or two since I met with a sketch by him called "Drowne's Wooden Image"--delicious. The leading idea, however, is suggested [page 2:] by Michael Angelo's couplet:
Non ha l'ottimo artiste alcun concettoTo be sure Angelo half-stole the thought from Socrates.
Che un marmo solo in se non circunscrivaHow fares it with the Biography? I fear we shall be late.
Most truly your friend.
Edgar A Poe
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