They lament that his habits of seclusion keep him much ignorant of the real wants of England and the world.

Living in this region, which is cultivated by small proprietors, where there is little poverty, vice, or misery, he hears not the voice which cries so loudly from other parts of England, and will not be stilled by sweet poetic suasion or philosophy, for it is the cry of men in the jaws of destruction.
It was pleasant to find the reverence inspired by this great and pure mind warmest nearest home.

Our landlady, in heaping praises upon him, added, constantly, "And Mrs.Wordsworth, too." "Do the people here," said I, "value Mr.Wordsworth most because he is a celebrated writer ?" "Truly, madam," said she, "I think it is because he is so kind a neighbor." "True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home." Dr.Arnold, too,--who lived, as his family still live, here,--diffused the same ennobling and animating spirit among those who knew him in private, as through the sphere of his public labors.
Miss Martineau has here a charming residence; it has been finished only a few months, but all about it is in unexpectedly fair order, and promises much beauty after a year or two of growth.

Here we found her restored to full health and activity, looking, indeed, far better than she did when in the United States.

It was pleasant to see her in this home, presented to her by the gratitude of England for her course of energetic and benevolent effort, and adorned by tributes of affection and esteem from many quarters.