But our departure will probably be determined by an answer from the landlord of the Hotel de Minerva, to whom Mr.Lewes has written.

We have very comfortable quarters here, out of the way of that English and American society, whose charms you can imagine.

Our private dinner is well served; and I am glad to be away from the Chiaja, except--the exception is a great one--for the sake of the sunsets which I should have seen there.
"Mr.Lewes has found a book by an Italian named Franchi, formerly a priest, on the present condition of philosophy in Italy.

He emerges from its depths--or shallows--to send his best remembrances; and to Bice he begs especially to recommend Plantation Bitters.
"I usually think all the more of things and places the farther I get from them, and, on that ground, you will understand that at Naples I think of Florence, and the kindness I found there under my small miseries.

Pray offer my kind regards to Miss Blagden when you see her, and tell her that I hope to shake hands with her in London this spring.
"We shall obey Mr.Trollope's injunctions to write again from Perugia or elsewhere, according to our route homeward.