1648.—Monday, October 19, 1868.
B.E. N. (my second).—What is your opinion of Christopher Columbus’s egg trick?—E. W.
1649.—Tuesday, October 20, 1868.
E.E. N. (My third).—I know that Christopher Columbus’s egg trick was only symbolical, and not real. E. G. G. is, or ought to be, at Southampton.—E. W.
1650.—Thursday, October 29, 1868.
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1651.—Wednesday, November 4, 1868.
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1652.—Friday, November 6, 1868.
B.E. N.—You know what happened to my money and papers in the heart of the city of London. It is utterly impossible to mistake the power that I have to contend with; even here, with success unexpected, unexampled, and unprecedented, i.e., for Vulcan’s head clerk; for me, “Le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle!”—CYGNE.