104 THE EULQGY OF RICHARD JEFFERIES. 



condition. But there is the same to be said 

 of all. If men are to rise, it must be done by 

 themselves, for the whole world will never 

 raise, or better appreciably, those who will not 

 raise themselves." 



You have already seen the letter written in 

 May, 1873, in which he speaks despairingly 

 of his efforts and his ill- success ; in fact, he 

 allowed a whole year to elapse without follow- 

 ing up the advantage and experience acquired 

 by these letters. It seems incredible. Mean- 

 while he was muddling his time, and perhaps 

 his money, in bringing out things from which 

 neither money nor honour could be expected. 

 The first of these was the little book I have 

 already noticed, on reporting and journalism. 

 It would be curious to learn the pecuniary 

 result of this volume. 



The next volume was a " Family Histor}^ of 

 the Goddards of North Wilts." Now, if the 

 Goddards were anxious to have their history 

 written, they might have paid for it. Perhaps 

 they did pay for the work, but I find no record 

 of their doing so. Perhaps they thought that 



