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co very " of England — not the England which was 

 so frequently depicted, as the cruellest and foulest of 

 tyrants, but the England of to-day, the true mother 

 of free nations greater than herself. 



This speech was heartily applauded, everybody 

 singing " He's a jolly good fellow." Then pro- 

 cessions were formed, and we three, individually 

 and collectively, shook hands with over two thousand 

 of those worthy people, more than one of whom Mr. 

 Chamberlain, with his marvellous memory for faces, 

 recalled having met in their boyhood at Birmingham 

 schools. It had been a strenuous day altogether, 

 and we retired to rest thoroughly exhausted and 

 worn out. 



The next morning we drove in two carriages, 

 accompanied by Clipperton, Mr. Lees, Mr. Wil- 

 liams, and Mr. Lucas, to the office of the late Mr. 

 George W. Childs, the opulent proprietor of the 

 Public Ledger, one of the largest and most influ- 

 ential newspapers of Philadelphia. Mr. Childs 

 received us himself, and showed us an interesting 

 collection of pictures and other curios in his private 

 office, which was quite a museum in its way. Mr. 

 Childs, a gentleman rather short in stature, but a 

 very agreeable personality, was a very remarkable 

 and enterprising man. When Dean Stanley visited 



