HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. Autograph Letter Signed, "O. W. Holmes," addressed to "Gentlemen," thanking them for sending Jean Ingelow's Stories Told to a Child. 2 pages, single 8vo sheet. Boston, 8 March 1866 E200/300 ". . . One must wish to be a child

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. Autograph Letter Signed, "O. W. Holmes," addressed to "Gentlemen," thanking them for sending Jean Ingelow's Stories Told to a Child. 2 pages, single 8vo sheet. Boston, 8 March 1866 E200/300 ". . . One must wish to be a child again only to hear such stories with the unspoiled ear of childhood . . . There is no fame that wears better than that of one who can win the heart of children . . . when they have forgotten what they read in the light ofthe midday of life, they will still remember what they read in the twilight of its morning."