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wanderings with modesty and accuracy, and 

 without ' brag,' had a great interest for him, 

 and with the authors of some of them he made 

 personal acquaintance, or entered into corre- 

 spondence. 



The language that had secured his early 

 love, found, of course, a place of honour on his 

 bookshelves. ' Don Quixote,' in various new 

 editions, appeared there in due course, but 

 perhaps the old well-worn Spanish copy, with a 

 list, in his own hand, of the famous books which 

 had wrought havoc in the brain of their more 

 famous reader, remained his chief favourite. 



When in the harbour of Vigo the pitiless 

 rain came down day after day and visits ashore 

 were impossible, my brother, in the saloon of 

 the ' Glowworm,' which more resembled a 

 naturalist's den than the ordinary yacht 

 ' drawing-room,' read and re-read the old story 

 with appreciative comments, and spoke with the 

 familiarity of friendship of the noble hidalgo 

 and his proverb-making esquire. 



One of the latest additions to his book- 

 shelf in 1896 was a book on ' Ethnology,' by 

 Professor Keane, edited by Dr. Gruillemard, and 



