"The autographs here included are, you will perceive, the autographs of our principal _literati_. They will prove interesting to the public. It would be as well to insert the letters in your Messenger, with facsimiles of the signatures. Of my own letters eliciting these replies I have unfortunately preserved no copies." Here Mr. M. handed us the MSS. {206} "Mr. Joseph S. Miller"--we began, deeply penetrated by his kindness. "Joseph _T_. Miller, if you please," interrupted he, with an emphasis on the T. "Well, sir," said we--"so be it; Mr. Joseph V. Miller, then, since you will have it so, we are highly sensible of your noble, of your disinterested generosity. We are ----" "Say no more," interrupted our friend, with a sigh--"say no more, I beseech you. The MSS. are entirely at your service. You have been very kind to me, and when I forget a kindness my name is no longer Joseph W. Miller." "Then your name _is_--is positively Joseph W. Miller?"--we inquired with some hesitation. "It is"--he replied, with a toss of the head, which we thought slightly supercilious--"It is--Joseph X. Miller. But why do you ask? Good day! In a style epistolary and non-epistolary I must bid you adieu--that is to say I must depart (and _not_ remain) your obedient servant, Joseph Y. Miller." "Extremely ambiguous!" we thought, as he whipped out of the room--"Mr. Miller! Mr. Miller!"--and we hallooed after him at the top of our voice. Mr. Miller returned at the call, but most unfortunately we had forgotten what we had been so anxious to say. "Mr. Miller," said we, at length, "shall we not send you a number of the Magazine containing your correspondence?" "Certainly!"--he replied--"drop it in the Post Office." "But, sir," said we, highly embarrassed,--"to what--to what address shall we direct it?" "Address!" ejaculated he--"you astonish me! Address _me_, sir, if you please--Joseph Z. Miller." The package handed us by Mr. M. we inspected with a great deal of pleasure. The letters were neatly arranged and endorsed, and numbered from one to twenty-four. We print them _verbatim_, and with facsimiles of the signatures, in compliance with our friend's suggestion. The dates, throughout, were overscored, and we have been forced, accordingly, to leave them blank. The remarks appended to each letter are our own. LETTER I. _Philadelphia_, ----. _Dear Sir_,--I regret that you had the trouble of addressing me twice respecting the Review of your publication. The truth is it was only yesterday I enjoyed the opportunity of reading it, and bearing public testimony to its merits. I think the work might have a wider circulation if, in the next edition, it were printed _without_ the preface. Of your talents and other merits I have long entertained a high opinion. Respectfully, your faithful servant, [Illustration: Robert Walsh] JOSEPH A. MILLER, ESQ.