WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF. Autograph manuscript verses signed ("John G. Whittier"), Amesbury, Mass., 11 March 1890. 1 page, 4to, purple ink Five couplets ('oft quoted by a late, great bookman, formerly of East 57th Street): "Alas for maiden, alas for Judge For rich nephew and household drudge!...For, of all the sad words of tongue and pen The saddest are these: 'Is it in?'" -- WHITTIER. Autograph quotation signed ("John G. Whittier"), Amesbury, 11 July 1884. 1 page, an oblong, purple ink. "O Land of lands! To thee we give Our hopes, our prayers, our service free: For thee thy ones would nobly live, Or, if they need, would die for thee!" (2)