2IO Reminiscences of 



of study in London, and we came to witness a spec- 

 tacular play called America. Before long after the 

 commencement the Prince of Wales came in with 

 a party of men, occupying the royal box opposite. 

 Soon an equerry of the Prince came over and re- 

 quested the company of Mr. Ward in the royal box. 

 When he returned some time after, I asked him if 

 there was anything unusual, which he answered 

 smiling, saying, nothing in particular, excepting 

 that the Prince had a garden party coming off the 

 following afternoon at Marlborough House, to which 

 he had asked some American visitors, among whom 

 was a charming young Miss C, to whom he asked of 

 Mr. Ward to give some attention. 



Poor "Uncle Sam" died a few years after on the 

 Mediterranean, on his way back from Italy, where he 

 had gone to visit his sister. 



When I last left him he was writing his remi- 

 niscences, which probably he never completed. These 

 would be of great interest, and possibly may have 

 been completed, and may appear at some later period. 



IN London — ^and I am referring to the old city 

 limits and not the expanse included in the new 

 growth of surprising extent— there are several asso- 

 ciations of ancient date known as guilds, survivors 

 of former useful purposes in promoting the interests 

 of certain trades, known as the tailors, bakers, skin- 

 ners, fish mongers, brewers, etc., the skinners being 

 those who dealt in hides. 



These originally were of modest pretensions, de- 

 signed to protect by mutual support particular trades. 



