The Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley (Volume 3) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1900. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Church "--London in winter--Lady Marian Alford--Hengler's Circus--The Eastern Question--Sir William Hareourt's speech-- Letter to Dr. O. W. Holmes--Marriage of Lady Vernon Har- court in Westminster Abbey--The Turco-Bussian War--Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lome--Letter from Dr. O.W. Holmes-- Reverence for the past--Death of Mr. Turner Sargent--Letter to Mr. H. Cabot Lodge--Death of Admiral Davis--Letter to Dr. O. W. Holmes on the death of his son-in-law and of Turner Sargent --English politics--The Eastern Question--Visits to the Duke of Somerset at Bulstrode and to Mr. L'Estrange at Hunstanton-- Miss Martineau's autobiography--Kingston Russell--Rumors of war between England and Russia--Extract from Dean Stanley's sermon--Conclusion. The winter of 1872-73 Mr. Motley passed at Bournemouth, where he was seriously ill from the rupture of a blood-vessel in the lungs.] To Dr. 0. W, Holmes Tankerville, Bournemouth, January 26, 1873. My Dear Holmes: I am your debtor for two delightful letters, 16th November and 26th December. Your account of the great fire 1 was most interesting. It is exactly this kind of calamity which makes an exile, and almost an outlaw, feel specially homesick. One wishes to share in the common sorrow, and exchange sympathy with those who are hit hardest and those who have escaped. As I understand the matter, it is hardly the very poor that have most suffered, but the rich, who can bear it, as the saying is, although I never saw a rich man yet who enjoyed losing two or three hundred thousand dollars, nor do I see why he 1 In Boston. 1873] GREAT FIRE IN BOSTON 289 should. I should suppose people of limited incomes, who had good dividends from insurance stock, which they looked on as regularly productive as the milchcow or the pump, and who n...