[78] The old inn at which he and the Fields had formerly stayed.

[79] “E Pluribus Unum,” Political Essays, pp. 67, 68. Printed first in the Atlantic Monthly, February, 1861.

[80] Despatch No. 132, dated 26 February, 1881.

[81] Foreign Relations, 1881, p. 543.

[82] The title of the act, called sometimes the “coercion” sometimes the “protection” act, was “An act for the better protection of person and property in Ireland.”

[83] Mr. Frelinghuysen had succeeded Mr. Blaine as Secretary of State.

[84] The New York Tribune, 5, 6 April, 1882.

[85] The Spectator, 1 August, 1891.

[86] Letters, ii. 293, 294.

[87] The Athenæum, 22 August, 1891.