* _Observations on the Growth of the Mind,_ by Sampson Reed,
first published in 1825. A fifth edition of this thoughtful
little treatise was published in 1865. Mr. Reed was a graduate
of Harvard College in 1818; he died in 1880, at the age
of eighty.
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I need not tell you, my dear sir, what pleasure a letter from you
would give me when you have a few moments to spare to so remote a
friend. If any word in my letter should provoke you to a reply,
I shall rejoice in my sauciness. I am spending the summer in the
country, but my address is Boston, care of Barnard, Adams, & Co.
Care of O. Rich, London. Please do make my affectionate respects
to Mrs. Carlyle, whose kindness I shall always gratefully
remember. I depend upon her intercession to insure your writing
to me. May God grant you both his best blessing.

Your friend,
R. Waldo Emerson




II. Carlyle to Emerson

5 Great Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London
12 August, 1834

My Dear Sir,--Some two weeks ago I received your kind gift from
Fraser. To say that it was welcome would be saying little: is