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template, because I am myself hoping, in the course of a 

 year, to republish these articles, along with an equal bulk of 

 matter on the same topic, in the shape of a volume on 

 education, and I was thinking of exporting part of the 

 edition to the United States, or else agreeing with an 

 American house to reprint it. 



With many thanks for your expressions of sympathy and 

 offers of aid, believe me, dear sir, faithfully yours, 



Herbert Spencer. 



With this correspondence began the friendship 

 which was one of the warmest in Youmans's life, and 

 which gave added zest to all his subsequent labours. 

 As the friendship began long before there was any 

 adequate recognition of Spencer's genius by the pub- 

 lic, Youmans was able to render him great service. 

 His aid was from the outset important in a material 

 sense, and of still higher value was his intelligent and 

 enthusiastic sympathy. 



Mr. Spencer's first idea was to have his projected 

 series of books published in Boston ; and there was 

 some talk of Messrs. Ticknor & Fields — then at the 

 Old Corner Bookstore — undertaking to conduct the 

 series in case subscriptions enough should be received. 

 But when, in the course of i860, Mr. Spencer's book 

 on Education, above referred to, was offered to Tick- 

 nor & Fields, they declined to publish it, which was, 

 of course, a grave mistake from the business point 

 of view. Youmans, however, was not sorry for this, 

 for it gave him the opportunity to place Spencer's 

 books where he could do most to forward their 

 success. 



Allusion has already been made to his chance visit 

 to the house of D. Applcton & Co. in the days of his 

 blindness. It was an auspicious event for all con- 



