Mr.Garrison and other friends had provided us with a large number of letters of introduction, and they had also sent letters to other persons in different parts of the United Kingdom, apprising these people of our coming.

Very soon after reaching London we were flooded with invitations to attend all manner of social functions, and a great many invitations came to me asking that I deliver public addresses.

The most of these invitations I declined, for the reason that I wanted to rest.

Neither were we able to accept more than a small proportion of the other invitations.

The Rev.Dr.Brooke Herford and Mrs.Herford, whom I had known in Boston, consulted with the American Ambassador, the Hon.