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and sent me a copy of their Journal when it 

 tained anything which might interest me. I was 

 elected an honorary member of the Geographical 

 and Statistical Society of New York, U. S. on the 

 15th May, 1857, and on the 15th October, 1869, 

 I was elected a member of the American Philo- 

 sophical Society at Philadelphia, for Promoting 

 Useful Knowledge. I shall ever be most grateful 

 for these honours. 



While living in Florence, many years after, an 

 American friend invited me to an evening party to 

 meet an American authoress who wished particu- 

 larly to make my acquaintance. I accordingly 

 went there on the evening in question, and my 

 friends, after receiving me with their accustomed 

 cordiality, presented me to the lady, and placed 

 me beside her to give me an opportunity of con- 

 versing with her. I addressed her several times, 

 and made various attempts to enter into con- 

 versation, but only received very dry answers in 

 reply. At last she fairly turned her back upon 

 me, and became engrossed wvith a lady who sat 

 on her other side, upon which I got up and left 

 her and never saw her again. A very different 

 person in every respect was present that even- 

 ing, as much distinguished by her high mental 

 qualities and poetical genius as by her modesty and 



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