, the Abbey,
their lodgings, the Houses of Parliament--the Pavilion Music Hall--the
Tower--no to none of these--"To the Post Office." That is what my
mother and sister did! After this when they hint that they would like
to go again and say "these muffins are not English muffins" and "do you
remember the little Inn at Chester, ah, those were happy days," I will
say, "And do you remember the Post Office in Edinburgh and London. We
have none such in America." And as they only go abroad to get letters
they will hereafter go to Rittenhouse Square and I will write letters
to them from London. All this shows that a simple hurriedly written
letter from Richard Harding Davis is of more value than all the show
places of London. It makes me quite PROUD. And so does this:

"'Gallegher' is as good as anything of Bret Harte's, although it is in
Mr. Davis's own vein, not in the borrowed vein of Bret Harte or anybody
else. 'The Cynical Miss Catherwaight' is very good, too, and 'Mr.
Raegen' is still better."

But on the other hand, it makes me tired, and so does this:

"'The Other Woman' is a story which offends good taste in more than one
way. It is a blunder to have written it, a greater blunder to have
published it, and a greater blunder STILL to have republished it."

I suppose now that Dad has crossed with Prince George and Nora has seen
the Emperor, that you will be proud too. But you will be prouder of
your darling boy Charles, even though he does get wiped out at
Seabright next week and you will be even prouder when he writes great
stories for The Evening Sun.

RICHARD.

The Players,

16 Gramercy Park.

24th, 1891.

DEAR FAMILY:

I had a great day at the game and going there and coming back. I met a
great many old football men and almost all of them spoke of the "Out of
the Game" story. Cumnock, Camp, Poe, Terry and lots more whose names
mean nothing to you, so ignorant are you, were there and we had long
talks. I went to see Cleveland yesterday about a thing of which I have
thought much and talked less and that was going into politics in this
country. To say he discouraged me in so doing would be saying the rain
is wet. He seemed to think breaking stones as a means of getting fame
and fortune was quicker and more genteel. I also saw her and the BABY.
She explained why she had not written you and also incidentally why she
HAD written Childs. I do not know as what Cleveland said made much
impressi