I tire of country life, and visit America, and its principal
cities—I return to England; make an excursion to Jersey, then
settle down in Grosvenor Street—I am invited to take charge of
Lord Ripon’s health and move to Putney Heath—At his death I
take a house in Spring Gardens—Later, I settle at Roehampton,
for some years, and for some more years in Parson’s Green;
finally I move to St. John’s Wood, and there I remain—Such are
the gaps to be yet filled in with travels many, and adventures
few, of forty more years—Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence at Boston—Their
ministerial residence in London—Mr. Lawrence a man of the
world, Mrs. Lawrence a lady of the United States—Her estimate
of Sir Charles Lyell’s progress towards civilization—Mr.
Prescott—I am asked to give a lecture—The medical men of
Boston—Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft—A visit to Quebec—A party at
the Governor-General’s—Mr. Lawrence—Messrs. Middleton at New
York—_Terrapine_ at Philadelphia 188