In 1939 Columbia University Press published the acclaimed first volume of TheLetters of Ralph Waldo Emerson which presented a deeply personal portrait ofthe rea... » 

In 1939 Columbia University Press published the acclaimed first volume of TheLetters of Ralph Waldo Emerson which presented a deeply personal portrait ofthe real Emerson previously unknown to the American public. Through theseletters readers gained a new insight into the mind of this seminal figure inAmerican literary and intellectual history. Now for the first time readerscan find Emersons best letters distilled in one volume. Distinguished Emersonscholar Joel Myerson has selected 350 letters written between 1813 and 1880that best represents the scope of Emersons correspondence. «