Among the autograph letters in the collection of Fernando Palha, now in the Harvard Library, is one by George Ticknor to Francisque Michel. The letter is in French in Ticknor's own handwriting, on note paper 4½ by 7 inches. The letter is interesting as showing Michel's appreciation of Ticknor's recently published History of Spanish Literature, as well as Ticknor's eagerness to see the Cancionero de Baena as soon as it should appear, and his kindly interest in Francis J. Child, then a young student in Europe.