Your good letter came four days ago—Herb's has also reached me—both warmly appreciated & thanked—I keep well—am still here in C. but shall go off somewhere soon—Dr Bucke's book will be first published in England—Josiah Child, (at Trübner's) will have some copies in a very few days, (to enter one at Stationers' Hall, London, to secure the English copyright: & to make the first sales)—You will see your pen & thought are in it—Herb's picture intaglio forms the frontispiece—Mrs Stafford is about as well as usual again. It is a very warm Sunday afternoon—as I write up in my third story south room—
W W