To his Sister, Miss J. Dewey.
ST. DAVID'S, Oct. 13, 1880.
DEAREST SISTER,--Why do you tell me such "tells," when I don't believe
a bit in them? However, I do make a reservation for my preaching ten
years in New Bedford and ten in New York. They could furnish about the
only "tells" in my life worth telling, if there were anybody to tell
'em. Nobody seems to understand what preaching is. George Curtis does
his best two or three times a year. The preacher has to do it every
Sunday.
I agree with you about Bryant's "Forest Hymn." I enjoy it more than
anything he ever wrote, except the "Waterfowl."
Yours always,