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Lord Macaulay, and those who remember his charm- 

 ing and brilliant conversation will understand how 

 short the drive to London appeared. 



We sometimes went to see Miss Lydia White, 

 who received every evening ; she was clever, witty, 

 and very free in her conversation. On one occasion 

 the party consisted, besides ourselves, of the Misses 

 Berry, Lady Davy ; the three poets, Rogers, William 

 Spencer, and Campbell; Sir James Macintosh, and 

 Lord Dudley. Rogers, who was a bitter satirist 

 and hated Lord Dudley, had written the following 

 epigram : 



Ward has no heart, 'tis said ; but I deny it. 

 He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it. 



I had never heard of this epigram, and on coming 

 away Lord Dudley said, "You are going home 

 to sleep and I to work" I answered, " Oh ! you 

 are going to prepare your speech for to-morrow." 

 My appropriate remark raised an universal laugh. 



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Mr. Bowditch, of Boston, U. S., who died in 1838, 

 left among other works a " Commentary on La Place's 

 Mdcanique Celeste" in four volumes. While busily 

 occupied in bringing out an edition of the " Physical 

 Sciences," I received a letter from his son, Mr. H. 

 Bowditch, requesting me to write an elaborate review 

 of that work, which would be published in Boston 



