r clothing or food before the use of money. We saw a
beautiful ebony altar piece with gold & silver figures raised upon
it. It was intended for a chapel of one of the former kings; but he
afterwards altered his plan & erected a large church,--so that it
has never been used.

I fear, my dear Aunt, you will find this all very stupid & tedious,
& will not thank me much for the _copious_ extracts from my poor
little journal. I flatter myself, however, you will take an interest
in all that we do & see, so I give you the best descriptions in my
power. Copenhagen appears like a different place to us, from what it
did when here before. Henry would like to pass the winter here, he
is now so charmed with it. We have a much pleasanter situation, than
when here before, & coming from Sweden any place would be quite
delightful. Indeed it seems now quite like London--the cries remind
us of that city & it appears almost as noisy. How different from our
first impression of Copenhagen! but then we were direct from London
& after that immense and overpowering place everything seems dull
and lifeless. We shall probably leave here this week Thursday, &
shall take these letters to Hamburg with us, with the hopes of
sending them directly to America from there. Henry sends books to
the college from here, but it is so uncertain when they go I do not
like to leave my letters. How lonely you will be without Sammy this
winter; I feel very glad he has entered as Freshman, for we shall
have him a year longer with us. Give much love to all from us--Clara
is very well and seems very happy. She enjoys travelling very much,
& is just as good & excellent a girl as ever--Henry desires very
much love to Aunt Lucia--accept much from your ever affectionate

MARY.

To MISS LUCIA WADSWORTH, Portland, Me.

{30 _Life_, i. 205; also _Harvard College Papers_ [MS.], vi. 290.}

{31 _Harvard College Papers_, 2d ser. vii. 1.}

{32 _Harvard College Papers_, 2d ser. vii. 10.}

{33 The journal is missing from the MS., having doubtless been retained
by the father. A long extract from it will be found in the _Life_, i.
216.}

CHAPTER IX

ILLNESS AND DEATH OF MRS. LONGFELLOW

This series of happy travelling narratives was suddenly interrupted by
the following letters, now first pri