536 LETTERS TO DARWIN AND OTHERS. [1865, 



spondent traveling in the South. I post some num- 

 bers to your address, and I will send some more if 

 you care to see them. Otherwise the numbers are 

 thrown aside, for I do not keep them. 



Even here we have the same sort of liking for 

 Palmerston which the mass of English have, and no 

 better reason to give for it ; and we look with a sort 

 of fascinated interest upon Gladstone, and expect to 

 see him premier before long, in a year or two, and we 

 wonder how he will get on in so critical a position as 

 he will be in. Goldwin Smith I met, but saw not very 

 much of. He was in very delicate health. Eraser I 

 did not see, though he was my father-in-law's guest, 

 and was very much liked by all. Both had troops of 

 friends. Mrs. Gray and I were in the country when 

 Eraser was at Mr. Loring's house on the shore. 



The short space left on my sheet must be all devoted 

 to an earnest exhortation for you to follow your two 

 friends' example. Come over and see us, and make 

 our quiet house your home, from which you can travel 

 as much as you like and see the country in this inter- 

 esting phase. Pray think of it seriously. The expense 

 need not be great. 



Mrs. Gray, with kindest remembrances, seconds my 

 request, and wishes it extended to Mrs. Church. 



Cordially yours, ASA GRAY. 



TO CHARLES DARWIN. 



May 15, 1865. 



Your kind letter of the 19th ult. crossed a brief note 

 from me. I am too much distracted with work at this 

 season to write letters on our affairs, and if I once be- 

 gin, I should not know where to stop. You have always 

 been sympathizing and just, and I appreciate your 



