Letters of Emily Dickinson
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&Previous editions are cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed.. This volume contains the letters of Emily Dickinson, compiled shortly after her death by her close friend, Mabel Loomis Todd. The volume is a reprint of the 1951 edition from World Publishing Co., Cleveland. The original edition was published by Roberts Brothers, Boston, in 1894. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONNOTES ON THE PRESENT TEXTSymbols Used To Identify ManuscriptsSymbols Used To Indentify PublicationLETTERS1."...the Hens lay finely..." Letters 1-14 [1842-1846]2. "I am really at Mt Holyoke..."Letters 15-26 [1847-1848] 3. "Amherst is alive with fun this winter" Letters 27-39 [1849-1850] 4. "...we do not have much poetry, father having made up his mind that its pretty much all real life." Letters 40-176 [1851-1854]5. "To live, and die, and mount again in triumphant body... is no schoolboy's theme!" Letters 177-186 [1855-1857]6. "Much has occurred...so much that I stagger as I write, in its sharp remembrance." Letters 187-245 [1858-1861] 7. "Perhaps you smile at me. I could not stop for that My Business is Circumference." Letters 246-313 [1862-1861]8. "A Letter always feels to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend." Letters 314-337 [1866-1869] 9. "I find ecstasy in living—the mere sense of living is joy enough." Letters 338-431 [1870-1874] 10. "Nature is a Haunted House—but Art—a House that tries to be haunted." Letters 432-626 [1875-1879]11. "I hesitate which word to take, as I can take but few and each must be the chiefest..." Letters 627-878 [1880-1883]12. "...a Letter is a joy of Earth—it is denied the Gods." Letters 879-1045 [1884-1886]PROSEFRAGMENTSAPPENDIXES 1. Biographical Sketches of Recipients of Letters and of Persons Mentioned in Them 2. A Note on the Domestic Help 3. Recipients of LettersINDEXINDEX OF POEMS
