83/88 40.] [Footnote 114: Godkin had joined the staff of the _Daily News_ in 1853. He had travelled extensively in America in the late 'fifties and was thoroughly well informed. From 1862 to 1865 his letters to the _Daily News_ were of great value in encouraging the British friends of the North. In 1865 Godkin became editor of the New York _Nation_.] [Footnote 115: W.E.Forster said of her, "It was Harriet Martineau alone who was keeping English opinion about America on the right side through the Press." The _Daily News_ Jubilee Edition, p. |