I would give to have with me a novel of Howells' that I had not
read."

"Goodness gracious! You don't mean to say that you have read
_everything_ he has written?"

"Certainly I have, and I am reading one now that is coming out in the
magazine; and I don't know what I shall do if I am not able to get the
magazine when I go to Europe."

"Oh, you can get them over there right enough, and cheaper than you can
in America. They publish them over there."

"Do they? Well, I am glad to hear it."

"You see, there is something about American literature that you are
not acquainted with, the publication of our magazines in England,
for instance. Ah, there is the breakfast gong. Well, we will have to
postpone our lesson in literature until afterwards. Will you be up here
after breakfast?"

"Yes, I think so."

"Well, we will leave our chairs and rugs just where they are. I will
take your book down for you. Books have the habit of disappearing if
they are left around on shipboard."

After breakfast Mr. Morris went to the smoking-room to enjoy his cigar,
and there was challenged to a game of cards. He played one game; but his
mind was evidently not on his amusement, so he excused himself from any