J. R. Lowell to Howells

Cambridge, Monday, Aug. 1860.

My Dear Young Friend,-- Here is a note to Mr. Hawthorne, which you can use if you have occasion.

Don't print too much and too soon; don't get married in a hurry; read what will make you think, not dream; hold yourself dear, and more power to your elbow! God bless you!

Cordially yours,

J. R. Lowell.

[Howells]

-from The Friendly Craft: a Collection of American Letters edited by Elizabeth Deering Hanscom, Ph.D. (New York: Macmillan, 1908) p. 188.