[AMERICAN & EUROPEAN AUTHORS]. LONGFELLOW, H.W. ALS to J.E. Montgomery, Cambridge, 11 June 1872. 3 pp., 8o. "...I have no gift for the kind of composition required on such occasions..." -- LONGFELLOW. Autograph quotation signed, n.p., June 1866. 1 page, 8o. Four line stanza ending "The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful rustling in the dark." -- ANDERSON, Hans Christian. Autograph address panel signed, n.d. 1 page, oblong, neatly mounted. -- HOLMES, O.W. ALS, Boston, 16 September 1872. 1 page, 8o, light stains. Thanks for an honour. -- CLARKE, James Freeman (1810-1888). AMS entitled "Solar and Lunar Myths in Mother Goose," n.p., n.d. 1¾ pp., 4o. Quoting various nursery rhymes and showing "the mythical character of Mother Goose as an epitomy of Nature worship..." -- HARTE, Bret. 3 ALS to Montgomery, Glasgow, March-May 1884. Together 5pp. Friendly correspondence. -- Also a TLS of H. Van Dyke, and printed TLS of Helen Keller. Together 10 items. (10)