Brooklyn, N. Y. March 15.
We have had cold & spiteful weather all the time of my visit here—over a month—& I have not had my usual outdoor enjoyment, loafing about &c—have been indoors most of the time—I also caught cold just on coming here, & it has bothered ever since.
How are you, dear friend? & how is 'Sula—dear friend, too—Write me a few lines, John—let me know how Chauncey is getting along—if he finds any difficulty—but I guess not—I guess he is getting along well—Is there any thing new among my friends there in Wash'n?
I have got out my new edition, from same plates as the last, only all bound in One Vol.—neatly done in green cloth, vellum—looks the best & most ship-shape of any edition yet—have not added any of my later pieces in this—leaving them to some future issue—
Rec'd a letter from Mrs. Gilchrist in England—she has been reading "Wake Robin" & takes to it greatly—says Rossetti dined at her house not long since—(You know she is the authoress of the "Woman's Estimate," in the Radical)—
John, I think it likely I shall return about the 1st of April—Mother has had a bad spell for three days, but is about as usual again, yesterday & to-day—direct to me here—
Love to all, Walt.