I have only read the reviews of it, and they are so enthusiastic that I must have the whole thing quick.
It was such a fine thing to do about Poe, and to give those other two fetishes the coup de grace.

It reads splendidly and I want it all.
What did Dad think of the Inauguration article?
I send you all my dearest love and will have lots to tell you when I get back this time.
God bless you all.
DICK.
Richard left Florence the latter part of May, and went to London where he had made arrangements to report the Queen's Jubilee.

He began his round of gayeties by being presented at Court.

The Miss Groves and Miss Wather to whom he refers in the following letter were the clerks at Cox's hotel.
LONDON, June 2nd, 1897.
DEAR FAMILY: I was a beautiful sight at the Levee.

I wore a velvet suit made especially for me but no dearer for that and steel buttons and a beautiful steel sword and a court hat with silver on the side and silk stockings that I wore at Moscow and pumps with great buckles.