the white crown he wears. From this circumstance I fear your eyes are looking inward all the time. Now I should like to be with you if I could be there & with your father at the same time for to me those lakes with their beautiful surroundings, of gardens, hillsides, & far off the mountains gathering it all into their delightful embrace seemed to me a portion of the paradise of the blest. I do hope you fell in with pleasant people –for you do need some human sympathy everywhere. At home we are all pretty well altho’ your father has felt the heat this summer very much & has been unwilling to stir from home. At one time his lassitude seemed so great that I was quite anxious about him, but he is

better now & able to do his usual work. He is still much engaged with Quaternans & is preparing some college lectures. He was much interested in your star work & thinks a great deal of it, & will write you himself about it. He would like to know if he shall communicate it to the Academy. The Observatory appointment is not yet made- Mrs. Winlock has left & when we went to see her yesterday in her new house she told us everything was suffering for want of care. She said how much she wished you were to have the place & spoke of the high estimation in which you were held by Winlock & how much he was attached to you. We saw William who seems perfectly devoted to his mother. He took the whole charge of the moving, put down

the carpets, hung the pictures, etc. & in every way seems very capable & energetic & what a sweet face he has & delightful manners. The house they have bought for her is an entirely new one, leading off from Chauncy St., near the Arsenal. It is very complete of its size, & neatly finished in hardwood, & looks very comfortable indeed. It cost only $7.500 & she has somewhat over 25.000 left for her support. She speaks of renting two of her rooms but I hope she will not be obliged to do that. She seems now composed & tranquil, but looks changed & sad enough.