CHAPTER XII.

1875.

Letters from Mrs. Sherman and the General--He Tells Me He is Writing His Life--The Negro Question--A Chateau by Lake Zurich--I Write a Book on Switzerland--Also Write a Play--A City of Dead Kings--Go to London--Meet Colonel Forney--Dinner at George W. Smalley’s--Kate Field--Visit Boucicault--Conversations with the Newer Shakespeare--The Beautiful Minnie Walton--Breakfast at Her Home--Professor Fick--His Home Built in the Old Roman Wall--Lectures-- Holidays at the Consulate--Mrs. Congressman Kelley--A Student Commerz--Beer Drinking--Dukes of the Republic-- Duels--Letter from General Sherman--Prussian Army Maneuvers. 104