treated as if he had shown a greed which required to be
repressed. It came out, subsequently, that the letter had been written
by an underling, but when Earl Russell was appealed to, he would only
promise a salary when Dr. Livingstone should have settled somewhere! The
whole transaction had a very ungracious aspect.

Before publishing his book, Dr. Livingstone had asked Sir Roderick
Murchison's advice as to the wisdom of speaking his mind on two somewhat
delicate points. In reply, Sir Roderick wrote: "If you think you have
been too hard as to the Bishop or the Portuguese, you can modify the
phrases. But I think that the truth ought to be known, if only in
vindication of your own conduct, and to account for the little success
attending your last mission."

We continue our extracts from his Journal:

"_26th April_, 1865.--In London. Horrified by news of
President Lincoln's assassination, and the attempt to
murder Seward."

"_29th April_.--Went down to Crystal Palace, with Agnes, to a
Saturday Concert. The music very fine. Met Waller, and lost a
train. Came up in hot haste to the dinner of the Royal
Academy.... Sir Charles Eastlake, President; Archbishops of
Canterbury and York on each side of the chair; all the
Ministers present, except Lord Palmerston, who is ill of gout
in the hand. Lord Russell, Lord Granville, and Duke of
Somerset sat on other side of table from Sir Henry Holland,
Sir Roderick, and myself. Lord Clarendon was close enough to
lean back and clap me on the shoulder, and ask me when I was
going out. Duke of Argyll, Bishops of Oxford and London, were
within earshot; Sir J. Romilly, the Master of the Rolls, was
directly in front, on the other side of our table. He said
that he watched all my movements with great interest.... Lord
Derby made a good speech. The speeches were much above the
average. I was not told that I was expected to speak till I
got in, and this prevented my eating. When Lord John Manners
complimented me after my speech, I mentioned the effect the
anticipation had on me. To comfort me he said that the late
Sir Robert Peel never enjoyed a dinner in these
circumstances, but sat crumbling up his bread till it became
quite a heap on the table.... My speech was not reported."

"_2d May_.--Met Mr. Elwin, formerly editor of the
_Quarterly_. He said that Fors