We have none such in America." And as they only go abroad to get letters they will hereafter go to Rittenhouse Square and I will write letters to them from London.

All this shows that a simple hurriedly written letter from Richard Harding Davis is of more value than all the show places of London.

It makes me quite PROUD.

And so does this: "'Gallegher' is as good as anything of Bret Harte's, although it is in Mr.Davis's own vein, not in the borrowed vein of Bret Harte or anybody else.

'The Cynical Miss Catherwaight' is very good, too, and 'Mr.
Raegen' is still better." But on the other hand, it makes me tired, and so does this: "'The Other Woman' is a story which offends good taste in more than one way.