[Typee by Herman Melville]@TWC D-Link bookTypee INTRODUCTION TO THE EDITION OF 1892 21/32
At the same time, there always has been a steady sale of his books in England, and some of them never have been out of print in that country since the publication of 'Typee.' One result of this friendship between the two authors was the dedication of new volumes to each other in highly complimentary terms--Mr.Melville's 'John Marr and Other Sailors,' of which twenty-five copies only were printed, on the one hand, and Mr.Russell's 'An Ocean Tragedy,' on the other, of which many thousand have been printed, not to mention unnumbered pirated copies. Beside Hawthorne, Mr.Richard Henry Stoddard, of American writers, specially knew and appreciated Herman Melville.
Mr.Stoddard was connected with the New York dock department at the time of Mr. Melville's appointment to a custom-house position, and they at once became acquainted.
For a good many years, during the period in which our author remained in seclusion, much that appeared in print in America concerning Melville came from the pen of Mr.Stoddard.
Nevertheless, the sailor author's presence in New York was well known to the literary guild.
He was invited to join in all new movements, but as often felt obliged to excuse himself from doing so.
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