EDWARD EVERETT wrote:
I fully concur with the opinions expressed by Mr. Irving on the subject
of a collective edition of your narrative and descriptive writings.
While I am not familiar with all of them, from those which I have read
and from his emphatic and discriminating commendation, I am confident
the series would be welcomed by a large class of readers. You have
explored nooks in our scenery seldom visited, and described forms of
life and manners of which the greater portion of our busy population are
entirely ignorant.