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FOOTNOTES:[A]Pückler-Muskau.[B]Quoted from Mr. Emerson's reminiscences.[C]Cabot, a well-known Boston patronymic.[D]Mrs. Story, wife of the eminent sculptor.[E]Wet-nurse.[F]Mrs. Story.[G]Cathedral.[H]Foreigners.[I]Mrs. Story's reminiscences.[J]James Freeman Clarke.The following supposed typographical error has been corrected:Beethoven, Romaic poetry => Beethoven, Romantic poetryHerrman => HermanAbroad and at Home => At Home and Abroad[etext transcriber's note]
[A]Pückler-Muskau.
[A]Pückler-Muskau.
[B]Quoted from Mr. Emerson's reminiscences.
[B]Quoted from Mr. Emerson's reminiscences.
[C]Cabot, a well-known Boston patronymic.
[C]Cabot, a well-known Boston patronymic.
[D]Mrs. Story, wife of the eminent sculptor.
[D]Mrs. Story, wife of the eminent sculptor.
[E]Wet-nurse.
[E]Wet-nurse.
[F]Mrs. Story.
[F]Mrs. Story.
[G]Cathedral.
[G]Cathedral.
[H]Foreigners.
[H]Foreigners.
[I]Mrs. Story's reminiscences.
[I]Mrs. Story's reminiscences.
[J]James Freeman Clarke.
[J]James Freeman Clarke.
The following supposed typographical error has been corrected:Beethoven, Romaic poetry => Beethoven, Romantic poetryHerrman => HermanAbroad and at Home => At Home and Abroad[etext transcriber's note]