My family paid to have it printed and finding no one else was buying it, bought up the entire edition.

Finding the first edition had gone so quickly, I urged them to finance a second one, and when they were unenthusiastic I was hurt.
Several years later when I found the entire edition in our attic, I understood their reluctance.

The reason the book did not sell is, I think, because some one must have read it." In the summer of 1882 Richard went to Boston, and in the following letter unhesitatingly expressed his opinion of that city and its people.
BOSTON, Wednesday.
July 1882.
DEAR FAMILY:-- I left Newport last night or rather this morning.

I stopped at Beverly and called on Dr.Holmes.

He talked a great deal about mama and about a great many other things equally lovely in a very easy, charming way.
All I had to do was to listen and I was only too willing to do that.
We got along splendidly.