sent her himself. She is very proud of it I assure you. They
live very retired, not wishing to mix with fashionable society,
which they regard in its true light; still they have some friends
among the nobility who know how to value them.

STOCKHOLM, August 5, 1835.

MY DEAR MOTHER,--I hope you have received my letter to you from
London ere this. We sent letters home from here July 21st by Capt.
Symons directly to Boston--it was as soon as possible after our
arrival; among them Henry sent a letter to his father, & I to Mary,
Sam & Anne. I was quite delighted to receive a letter from Mary &
Sam--hope they will write me often. Since our last letters we have
removed our lodgings to "No. 5. Clara Soedra Kyko Gatan." We have
more rooms but not as good ones as in the Droteninggatan. We have
made some very pleasant acquaintances here. July 15th we dined at
Mr. Arfwedson's--the father of the gentleman who married an American
lady. Mr. A---- resides at Liston Hill in the Park--he has a little
English cottage, built by Sir Robert Liston, formerly English
minister to this court. It is a sweet spot--the Maeler flows almost
directly beneath the windows of the cottage--a little flower garden
is upon its banks, & a fine grove of trees in the rear of the
cottage. Mr. Arfwedson is a fine old man--his wife has been dead
several years. The only ladies present were our countrywoman Mrs.
A---- & the eldest daughter of Mr. Arfwedson--the wife of Baron
S----. She is a very delicate and graceful lady, was dressed very
tastefully & altogether unlike the Swedish ladies we had before
seen. Mr. A's second daughter is just married to a brother of her
sister's husband who is also a Baron. They went immediately to
Copenhagen, we have not therefore seen her, but have heard much of
her great beauty. There were a number of gentlemen present at
dinner, several of which were English. The dinner table was by far
the prettiest we have seen in Sweden.... The dessert plates were
very beautiful, white china--upon each of which was a different
flower elegantly painted. After coffee the gentleman proposed a
drive to Rosendale, a little palace in the park. It is the favorite
spot of king Bernadotte. We first went to the splendid porphyry
vase, which stands in the centre of the flower