IRVING

thanking him for the genealogical table of my family which you have had the kindness to send me, and gratified by the assurance you give me that the persevering and laborious research of which it is the fruit has been to you a labour of love. My nephew has given me a most interesting account of his visit to the Orkneys, of the highly cultivated and intelligent society he found there and of the great hospitality he experienced from yourself and others..., he goes on to say that he has asked his publishers to put up for you a copy of my work, which I beg you will accept as a testimonial of my high respect and regard and my gratitude for the genealogical chain by which you have 'connected me so closely with Orkney'..., together with the complete set of his works that he is referring to, 15 volumes 8vo., blue morocco with gilt tooling, Putnam, New York, 1856, 2 sides 4to., Sunnyside, 16th March