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for two notes of her brother for $123 dated about 1859 . . . having long held them as worthless, this being with compound interest at perhaps 4 pr. ct.
though the notes were without interest. . .Great surprise.
In June the invalid was transported to
Dublin, and in July made the following note:—
July 30.
Sent to printers first (new) instalment of narrative. [ “Cheerful Yesterdays.” ] . . . Collapse. . . . This involves putting back on milk diet and cessation of drives for a time.
Giving up autumn journey part planned.
Giving up (probably)winter lecturing.
Giving up (probably) England next year.
Very possibly semi-invalidism for the rest of my life.
Still this to be quietly faced and recognized.
However, these anxieties proved needless, as the next year saw him sufficiently recovered to embark for
Europe.
It pleased him to find that during the year in bed he had earned more by writing than in several previous years.
In April of this year (1896) he made a list of books read in the previous six months—forty-two in all. He also noted that in seven years he had read four hundred and seventy-nine books.
Giving away books was another source of pleasure, those given to different libraries during his life amounting to ten thousand volumes.
He also gave to the
Gray Herbarium of Harvard College his botanical notebooks
