In order to avoid any misconception, the Publishers think it advisable
to announce that the present Edition of the "Biglow Papers" is issued
with the express sanction of the Author, granted by letter, from which
the following is an extract:--
"CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS,
_14th September, 1859_.
"I think it would be well for you to announce that you are to
publish an Authorized Edition of the 'BIGLOW PAPERS;' for I have
just received a letter from Mr. ----, who tells me that a Mr. ----
was thinking of an edition, and wished him to edit it. Any such
undertaking will be entirely against my will, and I take it for
granted that Mr. ---- only formed the plan in ignorance of your
intention.
"With many thanks, very truly yours,
"J. R. LOWELL."