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training normal teachers. It is all gratuitous and was 

 quite interesting to me, though the ideas about wom- 

 en's education were so limited as compared with ours 

 that I was a little puzzled. But the whole visit was 

 pleasant, and there was so much warm expression 

 from one or two of the professors about Agassiz. It 

 carried me back to old times. The httle town of Fon- 

 tenay is very picturesque, and the park and garden 

 attached to the school were charming. 



In her diary, after noting the visit to Fontenay-aux- 

 Roses, Mrs. Agassiz adds : " It touches me to see how strong 

 the feeling about Agassiz is wherever education is going on." 



Harvey* s Hotel, Curzon Streety London, May 27 

 Of all the time-devouring places London is the most 

 exasperating. I have not been able to write a home 

 letter since I came, and now I can barely do more than 

 copy the entries in my little diary, only just to say 

 where I have been. 



On arriving here I found a cordial note of welcome 

 from Lily Harcourt, asking me to lunch the next day. 

 You have no idea how affectionate she was — full of 

 the old memories, the days of her mother and father 

 and our relations in the past. She is a very lovely, 

 loyal friend. The limch was the usual family lunch, so 

 that it gave me a very pleasant opportunity to see 

 her husband and her son. 



" The Bully'' Cambridgey June 1 

 Thus far had I written, but the fates intervened and 

 I was interrupted, and never could catch on again. So 



