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determined, feeble as he was, to make up the deficit in the lecture-field. He therefore sent this letter to the Boston Lyceum Bureau:-- Washington, 13th May, 1873. My dear Redpath,--Nobody is authorized to act as my agent; nor do I remember any communication with the New York Bureau. I should like to lecture next autumn, if consistent with my health; but this is still uncertain. I congratulate you on your return home, which is a surprise. I supposed you would give a month to Vienna and the national honor. Sincerely yours, Charles Sumner. On his last visit to Boston, in the autumn of 1873, his reception was almost an ovation, and in delightful contrast with that of the preceding year. He was greeted everywhere with enthusiasm, and pressed on every hand to honor literary and political re-unions with his presence. At a public dinner just before his last departure for Washington, he said in reference to Mr. Wilson the vice-president, sitting near him: He is under