536 LETTERS TO DARWIN AND OTHERS. [1865, 
spondent traveling in the South. I post some num- 
bers to your address, and I will send some more if 
you care to see them. Otherwise the numbers are 
thrown aside, for I do not keep them. 
Even here we have the same sort of liking for 
Palmerston which the mass of English have, and no 
better reason to give for it; and we look with a sort 
of fascinated interest upon Gladstone, and expect to 
see him premier before long, in a year or two, and we 
wonder how he will get on in so critical a position as 
he will be in. Goldwin Smith I met, but saw not very 
much of. He was in very delicate health. Fraser I 
did not see, though he was my father-in-law’s guest, 
and was very much liked by all. Both had troops of 
friends. Mrs. Gray and I were in the country when 
Fraser was at Mr. Loring’s house on the shore. 
The short space left on my sheet must be all devoted 
to an earnest exhortation for you to follow your two 
friends’ example. Come over and see us, and make 
our quiet house your home, from which you can travel 
as much as you like and see the country in this inter- 
esting phase. Pray think of it seriously. The expense 
need not be great. 
Mrs. Gray, with kindest remembrances, seconds my 
request, and wishes it extended to Mrs. Church. 
Cordially yours, Asa Gray. 
TO CHARLES DARWIN. 
May 15, 1865. 
Your kind letter of the 19th ult. crossed a brief note 
from me. I am too much distracted with work at this 
season to write letters on our affairs, and if I once be- 
gin, I should not know where to stop. You have always 
been sympathizing and just, and I appreciate your 
