... of a visit. He dropped in upon us in a neighborly way, and was received with immense hospitality. At that time, though a young man, he was in the meridian of his fame, and his popularity, in the United States as in England, was unbounded. We greeted him with a perfect furore of enthusiasm. There were some people who thought we rather over-did the matter. They said we went down upon all-fours, as it ...