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1 Atlantic Monthly, November, 1863; Works, vol. VIII. pp. 1-38. Slidell did not return to the United States; he died in London in 1871.
2 He dined with the Saturday Club April 27, 1861. Agassiz, referring to Longfellow's absence from the club since his wife's death, wrote to Sumner, Dec. 20, 1863: ‘Longfellow promised to come back to the club next Saturday. I wish you were with us; we shall drink your health. Answer in thought when you go to your dinner that day, the 26th of December.’
3 This club is commemorated in Adams's ‘Biography’ of Dana, vol. II. pp. 162-170, 360.
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