Elizabeth Barrett to Thomas Westwood, 7 January 1842:
'Miss Barrett -- inferring Mr Westwood from the handwriting, -- begs his acceptance of the
unworthy little book [Barret's An Essay on Mind] he does her the honour of desiring to see [...]
Will he receive at the same moment, the expression of the touched & gratified feelings with
which Miss Barrett read what he wrote on the subject of her later volumes [...] she is thankful
for what he said so kindly in his note to her'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Manuscript: Letter
Elizabeth Barrett to Thomas Westwood, 5 February 1842:
'I [italics]was[end italics] and [italics]am[end italics] very grateful to you for the gift of your
poems [...] my pencil has marked my favourites. I like, among others, that song with the
pretty wild measure, about the summer, and the song to spring about the "bright-vein'd
flowers"'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
Elizabeth Barrett to Thomas Westwood, 11 January 1844:
'I have [...] read your volume through [...] I have several favourite poems -- the "Invocation"
[...] & "Spring" [...] & the "Mill-song," & the Wind, & the "Parlour Fire," .. but my favourite in
the whole book, I think, must be confessed to be the "Birth song of the Flowers."'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
