[75] Knowing his veneration for that noble lady, I had written to tell her of his condition, and to ask her to give him this last pleasure of a few words. The response was such as few but herself could write. This letter was not to be found after my father’s death, and I can only conjecture that it must either have been given away by himself (which is most improbable), or was appropriated by some unauthorised outsider.
[76] So Sir M. E. Grant Duff well calls it.
[77] Academy, 19th March, 1890.
[78] He was much pleased, I remember, by a letter he once received from a kindly Franciscan friar, who wrote: “You may rest assured that the Beato Odorico will not forget all you have done for him.”
[79] F.-M. Lord Napier of Magdala, died 14th January, 1890.
[80] This notice includes the greater part of an article written by my father, and published in the St. James’ Gazette of 18th January, 1886, but I have added other details from personal recollection and other sources.—A. F. Y.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR HENRY YULE’S WRITINGS
COMPILED BY H. CORDIER AND A. F. YULE[1]