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Glasgow, July 20th 1880
My dear Jervey
I have deferred you 'til' I could locate some where long enough to write more than a mere reminder but it seems as though I am fated to be hurried---to be moved on from place to place without a breathing spell. Yet we are not "doing" Europe---but somehow we have everyday some where to go, which consumes the day, and at night we are fagged out. I want to write you a good long letter and shall do so---as soon as I get settled somewhere, but tonight ( 12.M) I am compelled to scribble
a breif howdydo & good night, for I must rise at six tomorrow to start for a Clyde tour. We reached here at 4 & Love Love the City. Bret Harte is Consul here---saw him today, for an hour only---as he is gone to London, not to return 'til' I am gone. Had a letter from [Hennessey?] full of gush, &c. I don't "tie to him" "very tightly anymore. "He soured on me," as the Arabs say. Our trip over was like a carol sail , & our tour of Ireland from the extreme [south?] to the northernmost end of the isle was very pleasant,
marred only by the fogs and rain which thrive there.Today we have had a full feast of sunlight. You know more about Europe than I can possibly tell you, & shall merely state the fact that we are all well & [thriving?] That not a day has passed but I have mentally said "now I must writ Jervy" & as it turned out, you know now I didn't 'till' now. We shall remain here a few days & then go to Edinburgh for several more prior to our English tour. I expect to be in London about the end of August & after a Couple of weeks there to go to catch a glimpse of the Passion
Play, which I desire to see as a study, not for curiosity. Have not yet written to either Launt or Boughton---indeed have had no chance to write anything that could be called a letter. This scenery so far is behind [America?]--as you doubtless know, but of course, antiquity & association render it very interesting. We have worn our winter clothing ever since we left New York. This is really a note to let you know that you are not forgotten & that I still live. You shall have a letter before many days pass. But don't wait for that---write soon & often
Love to all. Ever yours---Booth