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ost valuable information as to its universities and teachers. But, unluckily, Mr. Ticknor was not aware of the fact, and the conversation did not take such a turn as to open the subject; and so the opportunity passed by unimproved, to his great regret when he learned what he had lost. His letters during this journey form a natural sequel to the autobiography. They were all written to his parents, except one to his friend, Mr. Edward T. Channing. To Mr. E. Ticknor. New York, December 31, 1814. I devoted the greater part of this morning to Fulton's steam machinery. The first and most remarkable, of course, is the ship of war, which, instead of being called a frigate, is, in honor of its inventor, called a Fulton, and instead of an appropriate appellation is numbered 1; so that the mighty leviathan I went to see this morning is the Fulton, No. 1. It is, in fact, two frigates joined together by the steam-enginery, which is placed directly in the centre, and operates on th