To Mr. Sibbald

SIR, So little am I acquainted with the words and manners of the more public and polished walks of life, that I often feel myself much embarrassed how to express the feelings of my heart, particularly gratitude:— "Rude am I in my speech, And little therefore shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself—" The warmth with which you have befriended an obscure man and a young author in the last three magazines—I can only say, Sir, I feel the weight of the obligation, I wish I could express my sense of it. In the mean time accept of the conscious acknowledgment from, Sir, Your obliged servant, R. B.