LETTER No. VIII. 



[1886. 



IN A SUBURBAN GARDEN. 



" And so you have a garden of your own, and you plant, 

 and are dirty and amused. Are you not ashamed of your- 

 self?" 



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" Dear ! how charming it must be to walk out into one's 

 own garding and sit on a bench in the open air, with a 

 fountain and leaden statue, and a rolling stone, and an 

 arbour ! Have a care of sore throats, though, and the agoe" 

 Grays Letters to Rev. Norton Nicholls. 



AM, as you know, a busy City man ; 

 the never-ending duties of business 

 keep me at my desk for ten hours 

 a day often more, seldom less ; so, you see, 

 my angling experiences are limited to two or 

 three weeks in a year. But my suburban 

 garden is with me all the year round not 

 that I see very much of it, the. City mill is too 

 exacting. 



During the winter months, when all out- 

 side is cold and dreary, when the sky is leaden 

 and the sun never shines, I am contented 



