Note 61 — XXI. “BY THE WAY.”

Among the cablegrams that cast English shadows upon the tour was the announcement of Charles Reade’s death. This had already been preceded by obituary notices of Blanchard Jerrold. It was followed, at a later date, by the chronicle that Henry J. Byron had also “joined the majority.” The sudden death of the Duke of Albany was chronicled by the leading American newspapers, with touching sentiments of sympathy for the Queen of England.