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4 town? . They were very cordial are determined to get me away from the hotel I spent the evening there talking family affairs,
auld lang syne? glaciers wild gardens adventures etc till after 11, then returned to the hotel. Here are a few flowers that
I picked on the Castle Hill on my walk with Douglas for Helen Wanda. I pray Heaven in the midst of my pleasure that you are
all well Edinburgh is apart from its glorious historical associations far the most beautiful town I ever saw I can not conceive
how it could be more beautiful. In the very heart of it rises the great castle hills glacial sculptured wild like a bit of
Alaska in the midst of the most beautiful architecture to be found in the world. I wish you could see it, you will when the
babies grow up. I think you had better send your letters hereafter to the care of the London, Paris, American Bank Limited
London, England, I shall have them forwarded from there. in margin: Love to all. Hello Midge, How do you feel, illegible
Wanda. Goodbye. J.M. 1 Dunbar Scotland July 6, 1893. Dear Louie I left Liverpool Monday morning, reached Edinburgh
early the same day, went to a hotel, then went to the old book publisher David Douglas to whom Johnson had given me a letter.
He is a very solemn looking dignified old Scotchman of the old school, an intimate friend crony of John Brown who wrote Rab
his friends , knew Hugh Millar Walter Scot indeed all the literary men was the publisher of Dean Ramsays R illegible of Scothst
life character etc, He had heard of me through my writings after he knew who I was burst forth into the warmest cordiality
became a perfect gushing fountain of fun, humor, stories of the old Scotch writers, Tuesday morning he took me in hand, led
me over Edinburgh, took me to all the famous places celebrated in Scots novels went around the Cotton? Hill the castle, into
the old churches so full of in margin: 696