[skrevet på samme papir som med samme håndskrift, formentlig Robert Watts - og kan derfor sættes til samme dato!]
to Longfellow
My dear and highly esteemed friend and poet!
A talented young Dane, the editor of "Dagens Nyheder", Mr. Robert Watt, is going to visit America for the first time; I send you through him my kindest regards.
[overstr: He will happy by making your acquaintance and]
He will be happy by making your acquaintance and I shall be so by [overstr: learning] hearing news from you when he returns. I hope that you have got a copy of my "Collected works" from Hurd & Houghton; at least I have expressed a wish that you should have them send [!] and I hope that you will have a spare moment to glance at them.
My latest story "Lykke Peer" you will not find there, but it is in Scribners "Illustrated Magazine". /
If not great [overstr: wawing] rolling Ocean was between us and I was not 67 years old, then I should arrive in your mighty country some pleasant summerday. As it is, I can only send a letter and the kind regards
of
your friend and admirer
Hans Christian Andersen