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in French, and three editions carried away in a few months. They are preparing, I am told, a fourth edition. It was a great enjoyment to Mr. Ticknor to renew in Boston his personal intercourse with the distinguished man whom he had learned to love and venerate in his home at La Grange. He had the pleasure of receiving General Lafayette, more than once, as his guest, and after one of these occasions he writes thus to his friend Daveis:— To C. S. Daveis, Portland. Boston, September 28, 1824. I wish with all my heart, my dear Charles, that you had come up to see us when the old General was here; and if I had at all anticipated what kind and degree of excitement his visit would produce, we should have sent some special summons to fetch you. But the whole affair was unexpected. I mean the popular enthusiasm, which made everything go so warmly and heartily, and gave the whole tour for ten days the appearance of one continued and beautiful festival, which every heart shar