I wish much that some of those of New York who have taken an interest in him would provide there a nook in which he might find refuge and solace for the evening of his days, to sing or to work as likes him best, and where he could bring up two fine boys to happier prospects than the parent land will afford them.

Could and would America but take from other lands more of the talent, as well as the bone and sinew, she would be rich.
But the stroke of the clock warns me to stop now, and begin to-morrow with fresher eye and hand on some interesting topics.

My sketches are slight; still they cannot be made without time, and I find none to be had in this Europe except late at night.

I believe it is what all the inhabitants use, but I am too sleepy a genius to carry the practice far.
LETTER IX.
WRITING AT NIGHT .-- LONDON .-- NATIONAL GALLERY .-- MURILLO .-- THE FLOWER GIRL .-- NURSERY-MAIDS AND WORKING-MEN .-- HAMPTON COURT .-- ZOOeLOGICAL GARDENS .-- KING OF ANIMALS .-- ENGLISH PIETY .-- EAGLES .-- SIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM .-- KEW GARDENS .-- THE GREAT CACTUS .-- THE REFORM CLUB HOUSE .-- MEN COOKS .-- ORDERLY KITCHEN .-- A GILPIN EXCURSION .-- THE BELL AT EDMONTON .-- OMNIBUS .-- CHEAPSIDE .-- ENGLISH SLOWNESS .-- FREILIGRATH .-- ARCADIA .-- ITALIAN SCHOOL .-- MAZZINI .-- ITALY .-- ITALIAN REFUGEES .-- CORREGGIO .-- HOPE OF ITALIANS .-- ADDRESSES .-- SUPPER .-- CARLYLE, HIS APPEARANCE, CONVERSATION, &C.
Again I must begin to write late in the evening.

I am told it is the custom of the literati in these large cities to work in the night.