Chapter 35

RETURN FROM CALIFORNIA.

Returns to the East by the "Iron Horse."--Boston _Transcript_ on the journey on horseback.--Resumes literary work.--"Peculiarities of American Cities."--Preface to book.--A domestic incident.--A worthy son.--Claims of parents.--Purchases the Old Homestead, and presents it to his father and mother.--Letter to his parents.--The end 431