And the Century and other Clubs made me free of them.

And of course Longfellow, Bryant, Fields, Biglow, O.W.Holmes, and many others, opened their houses and hearts to me.

And I met and dined in company with General Grant and all sorts of other celebrities,--and so did all I hoped to do.

Going south, Brantz Mayer at Baltimore, my cousin the Rev.Dr.Tupper (Bishop of the Baptists), and many others are memorable.

Stay, I will give a casual extract from my home-letter, No.