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Clan-na-gael and how intimately Parnell was connected 

 with them; and to reflect that Gallaher and other dyna- 

 miters are now in prison. ... I think it will do good in 

 this pause. The atrocity of the Dynamiters makes one 

 nearly condone any amount of treachery on his part. 

 President Andrew Johnson openly sympathised with the 

 first Fenian raid into Canada, and returned all the arms 

 into the hands of the Fenians. Le Caron was the cause 

 of the entire failure of both raids. He thinks the Secret 

 service is much underpaid. The book makes me wish to 

 read again his cross-examination and ParnelTs. 



Nov. 1, 1892. 



Crabb Robinson's Diary is a blessing and I can talk with 

 him for a few minutes any time and feel refreshed. I 

 almost think he will set me reading the Excursion / . . . 



His prosaic moderation does so suit me, and Miss 's 



gush and repetitions do so not suit me, but there is a good 

 deal that is interesting in her book. 



