Chapter 12: Dred, 1856.
- Second visit to England. -- a glimpse at the queen. -- the Duke of Argyll and inverary. -- early correspondence with Lady Byron. -- Dunrobin Castle and its inmates. -- a visit to Stoke Park. -- Lord Dufferin. -- Charles Kingsley at home. -- Paris revisited. -- Madame Mohl's receptions.
After reaching England, about the middle of August, 1856, Mrs. Stowe and her husband spent some days in London completing arrangements to have an English edition of “Dred” published by Sampson Low & Co. Professor Stowe's duties in America being very pressing, he had intended returning at once, but was detained for a short time, as will be seen in the following letter written by him from Glasgow, August 29, to a friend in America:--