transmit to you a vote of thanks for the money generously donated
by you, through our Commander, as our quota of the proceeds of your
lecture in this city; and also the best wishes of the comrades of
this Post for you personally, and for the success of your lecture
tour from sea to sea. Yours in F., C. and L.,

Edward F. Rollins,
Adjutant of Post.

We have said the lecture was a success, and as an evidence of the
appreciation by the audience of its subject, and the manner of its
delivery, together with the friendly feeling manifested towards the
lecturer, we adduce the following:

Department of Mass.,
"Grand Army of the Republic."
Boston, _June 16th, 1876._

To _Captain Willard Glazier:_
Dear Sir and Comrade:

The undersigned comrades of "John A. Andrew" Encampment, Post 15,
Department of Massachusetts, G. A. R., desire to testify to the
pleasure afforded them by your lecture delivered at Tremont Temple
on May 8th; also, to return their thanks for the liberal donation
presented to this Post; and at the same time to express the hope
that you may be successful in your object and journey.

[Signed.]

Theodore L. Kelly, _Commander_. Thomas Langham.
Edward F. Rollins, _Adjutant_. J. Henry Brown.
W. Brooks Frothingham. George W. Powers, _Chaplain_.
James T. Price. Robert W. Storer, _Q. M. S._
Frank Bowman. Oliver Downing.
Theodore L. Baker. James Mclean.
William S. Wallingford.

Before proceeding with our account of the journey, let us dwell for a
moment upon the features of the lecture prepared by Willard Glazier for
delivery at Boston. As might have been expected, it was a
military-historical lecture, adapted to the understanding and taste of a
mixed and educated audience, and was written in the same earnest,
original, patriotic and rousing style that characterizes his writings
throughout. Some parts of this lecture, in our opinion, are worthy of
comparison with the oratorical deliverances of eminent and practised
lecturers, and that the reader may judge for himself if the "Echo