My dear Miss Smith,

It is as pretty and as touching as possible, and we felt it very much, both the waiting, and the old dog coming home to us, in a very way you cannot know. But the very feelings it excited (though we are strangers to all who sailed in that expedition) made us doubt whether the facts be not too recent for treatment in anything like fiction. The numbers were too few for ... continue reading

My dear Miss Smith,

Thanks for the continuation, some of which we like very much, but I have a good deal to say about it, which is all the easier to do, as you tell me you were thinking of making some alterations in the re writing. First - to begin with what struck us in its order. Grandpapa’s account of his own youth is a little dull and I do not think his history of ... continue reading

My dear Miss Smith

I am glad I know you are at home that I may send you not lost but found. I have, as you desired me, taken great liberties with the correction. I think that what I have chiefly to observe is that you have here and there made it obscure by elliptical writing, and that you must beware of now which comes very often over, and I used, by my home critic, to ... continue reading

My dear Miss Smith,

Many thanks for your scrupulous honesty. The Websters are safe come, and I will write about them as soon as I can, but perhaps there may be a little delay - as I am going out for the whole day today, and we have a friend staying with us, so I may not have time to read or write this week.

I am very glad to see them however - and look forward ... continue reading