associations, the residence of Mr. Charles McLaren, a member
of parliament. Opposite me at dinner sat a bright young girl
tastefully attired; on my right the gentleman to whom she
was engaged; at the head of the table a sparkling matron of
twenty-five, one of the most popular speakers here on the
woman suffrage platform. The dinner-table talk was such as
might be heard in any cultivated circle--art, literature,
amusements, passing events, etc., etc.--and when the repast
was finished, ladies and gentlemen, in full dinner dress,
went off to attend an important school-board meeting, our
host to preside and the young lady opposite me to make the
speech of the evening, and all done in as matter-of-fact a
way as if the party were going to the opera. Members of
parliament and lord-mayors preside and speak at all their
public meetings and help in every way to carry on the
movement, giving money most liberally; and yet how seldom
any of our senators or congressmen will even speak at our
meetings, to say nothing of sending us a check of fifty or a
hundred dollars. I trust that we shall accomplish enough
this year to place the women of republican America at least
on an even platform with monarchical England. With sincere
wishes for the success of the convention, cordially yours,

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.

LONDON, January 10, 1883.

DEAR MISS ANTHONY: I was very glad indeed to receive notice
of your mid-winter conference in time to send you a few
words about the progress of our work in England. I believe
our disappointment at the result of the vote in Nebraska
must have been greater than yours, as, being on the spot,
you saw the difficulties to be surmounted. I had so hoped
that the men of a free new State would prove themselves
juster and wiser than the men of our older civilizations,
whose prejudice and precedents are such formidable barriers.
But we cannot, judging from a distance, look upon the work
of the campaign as thrown away. Twenty-five thousand votes
in favor of woman suffrage in the face of such enormous odds