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 300 FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS. [1855,

TO F. B. SANBOBN (AT HAMPTON FALLS, N. H.). CONCORD, February 2, 1855.

DEAR SIR, I fear that you did not get the note which I left with the Librarian for you, and so will thank you again for your politeness. I was sorry that I was obliged to go into Boston almost immediately. However, I shall be glad to see you whenever you come to Concord, and I will suggest nothing to discourage your com ing, so far as I am concerned; trusting that you know what it is to take a partridge on the wing. You tell me that the author of the criticism is Mr. Morton. I had heard as much, and in deed guessed more. I have latterly found Con cord nearer to Cambridge than I believed I

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should, when I was leaving my Alma Mater ; and hence you will not be surprised if even I feel some interest in the success of the &quot; Har vard Magazine.&quot;

Believe me yours truly,

HENRY D. THOREAU.

At this time I was under engagement with Mr. Emerson and others in Concord to take charge of a small school there in March ; and did so without again seeing the author of &quot; Wai- den &quot; in Cambridge. Soon after my settlement at Concord, in the house of Mr. Channing, just