A very able man here, Dr.Lindsay Alexander, an Indpendent, has just dedicated a book (a good one) to Dean Ramsay, with a flattering dedication.

But I don't expect to hold on _much_ longer.

I feel changed, and at times not equal to much exertion.

It was a terrible change for me to lose my companion of twenty-nine years, and I have never, of course, recovered that loss.

It is a great point for a person like me to have three nieces, quite devoted to care of me and to make me happy: cheerful, animated, and intelligent, pretty also--one of them an excellent musician, and _organist_ to our amateur choir for week days in the chapel.