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corned, and it was doubtless the fruit of Mrs. Agassiz's life- 

 long habits of adaptation that she accepted the charms of 

 Arlington Heights with the appreciation that she expresses 

 in the following letters. 



TO MRS. JAMES T. FIELDS 



Quincy Street^ Cambridge^ April 1, [1905] 

 My Well-Beloved Friend: The glimpse of Sarah 

 [Jewett] and yourself in that dear South Berwick note 

 from you took me down to the riverside and gave 

 me all the country sights and sounds in which you 

 are rejoicing. I too have had a lovely visit with 

 my Emma and I understand from the few lines for 

 her in your note how well you know our lives to- 

 gether, between music and books and the mingled 

 past and present which we share. You w^ill have heard 

 perhaps that I am again leaving my beloved Nahant 

 this summer and going to my niece Lisa Felton, who 

 has a dear little nest on Arlington Heights command- 

 ing one of the finest views I know. Night is really a 

 revelation of Heaven trembling with countless worlds 

 above you — but I will not try to describe it though I 

 wish you could see (it) with me. 



I went there last year at the command of the phy- 

 sicians — "high and dry," — such was the air they 

 ordered and it certainly proved most salubrious, — 

 beside its beauty in point of situation. 



I am just now expecting my son from across the 

 water. He has had an enchanting winter on the Nile; 

 after seven winter voyages of most laborious work 



