
I have just. got your complete works—Ed 1871 and would like to ask you why you did not reprint the preface to the first edition? I have only read extracts from that preface and should like to have seen the whole—reprinted—I suppose I can not get the old Ed now at the stores.
I saw the other day that Mr Swinburne said he enjoyed your
"Song from the Sea" more
than any of your works. Did he mean Sea Shore Memories No 1—? The poem
of yours that I read over with the most satisfaction is your Burial Hymn of
Lincoln—But as my opinion is not worth anything,
being a boy—I should not have entruded intruded
it upon you—If you are pressed by time, even then I should like to
hear from you—just a word—

P. S. Do you know where I could get a 1st Ed with preface—?
