Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
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The dean of American drama critics appeared in the "New York Tribune" from 1865 to 1909 and published numerous volumes of essays, stage history, verse and critical studies. AQS, 1p, 7½" X 5", n.p., 1892. Very good. Minor age toning; mounting traces on verso. Four-line tribute to Shakespeare: "Sweet bell of Stratford, tolling slow, / In summer gleaming's golden glow, / I hear and feel this voice divine, / And all my soul responds to thine." In his usual light purple ink. To the right of this quatrain is a black wax seal whose impression is faint and whose significance warrants research. An attractive, unusual piece.