[6] In a late anthology, this poem of Willis is included under the melodramatic title _Two Women_. An author’s choice of a title is almost as much to be respected as his text. In this instance, Willis’s own selection was not only much the better, but it is interesting as probably suggested to him by lines that were favorites of his in Longfellow’s translation from Uhland:-- “For, invisibly to thee, Spirits twain have crossed with me.” [7] See also his paper on _The American Drama_, for an elaborate review of _Tortesa_, which, with all its defects, he thought the best American play. [8] See Gill’s _Life of Poe_ for a fac-simile letter of Willis to Poe. [9] An allusion to the interlocutors in Willis’s _Cloister_ and _Cabinet_, dialogues between the editors of the _Mirror_ in not very successful imitation of the _Noctes Ambrosianæ_. [10] Cambridge, January 13, 1844. [11] J. Addison Richards visited Idlewild to make sketches for his illustrated article in _Harper’s Magazine_ for January, 1858, _q. v._ for a full description of the place. [12] Lady G. Fane and Mrs. Clifford. APPENDIX. BIBLIOGRAPHY. The following is a list of the first editions of Willis’s books. In a few instances these were published first in England. In such cases the London edition only is given. Most of his later works were published simultaneously, or nearly so, in England and America. In such cases only the first American edition is given. Of the various collective editions of his verse, published since 1844, only the final and most complete is mentioned, viz., the Clark & Maynard edition of 1868 (No. 29). No really complete edition of Willis’s writings has ever been printed. The first collective edition which laid claim to being complete was entitled: The Complete Works of N. P. Willis. 1 vol., 895 pp. New York: J. S. Redfield, 1846. The thirteen volumes in uniform style, issued by Charles Scribner from 1849 to 1859, form as nearly a complete edition of Willis’s prose since 1846 as is ever likely to be made. 1. Sketches. 96 pp. Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1827. 2. Fugitive Poetry. 91 pp. Boston: Peirce & Williams, 1829. 3. Poem delivered before the Society of United Brothers, at Brown University, on the Day preceding Commencement, September 6, 1831, with other poems. 76 pp. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1831. 4. Melanie and Other Poems. Edited by Barry Cornwall. 231 pp. London: Saunders & Otley, 1835. The first American edition was published by Saunders & Otley, at New York, in 1837, and contained some additional pieces. 242 pp. 5. Pencillings by the Way. 3 vols. London: Macrone, 1835. This was an imperfect edition. The first complete edition was published by Morris & Willis, in the “Mirror Library,” New York, 1844. 6. Inklings of Adventure. 3 vols. London: Saunders & Otley, 1836. 7. Bianca Visconti; or, The Heart Overtasked. A Tragedy in Five Acts. New York: Samuel Colman, 1839.