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“I think it would be well for you to announce that you are to publish an Authorized Edition of the ‘Biglow Papers;’ for I have just received a letter from Mr. ——, who tells me that a Mr. —— was thinking of an edition, and wished him to edit it. Any such undertaking will be entirely against my will, and I take it for granted that Mr. —— only formed the plan in ignorance of your intention.