Please to give my love to Aunt Lucia & say to her I shall write her very soon. Be so kind as to give much love to all the family for me, & accept much love & respect for yourself & Mr Longfellow from Your ever affectionate MARY ---- MY DEAREST MOTHER,--As a little blank space is left, I will fill it with a postscript.--We have just returned--that is to say, day before yesterday,--from a visit to the University of Upsala, and the Iron mines of Dannemora;--of which Mary will give you a description all in good time. We already begin to think of leaving Stockholm--and shall probably take the steamboat to Gothenburg in about three weeks.--For my own part, I should like to go sooner if we could. I am disappointed in Sweden. The climate is too cold and unpleasant. I want a little warm sunshine. Something that I can feel, as well as see. From Gothenburg we shall go to Copenhagen, and after passing a month there, take steamboat to Stettin, and so to Berlin. We shall not return to the _North_ again but pass the next summer in Germany and France. Much love to all. Very affectionately your Son H. W. LONGFELLOW MRS. STEPHEN LONGFELLOW, Care of Hon. Stephen Longfellow, Portland, Maine, U. S. of America. [TO] HON. STEPHEN LONGFELLOW, PORTLAND, MAINE, U. S. OF AMERICA. COPENHAGEN, September 21, 1835. MY DEAR SIR,--Henry has consented that I should copy a few pages of his journal for you; but I could not prevail on him to grant this, till I promised again & again for you, that you would not on any condition, allow it to go out of your house. The _children_ can read it there; & I will ask of you the same favor for my father and my sisters, for I know they will take much interest in it. If it cheers a lonely winter's evening, or cheats you of a few melancholy hours, I shall feel most amply repaid for the trouble I have taken. We have regretted much to hear of your feeble health, but hope that your journey has quite renovated you. I [was] delighted to receive a second letter from Mrs. L[ongfellow], in a p[ackage] of letters which reached us a few days since. She is very kind to write me, & I shall not fail to write her, as often as possible, while absent. With this you will receive a letter for Aunt Lucia. I shall answer Mrs. L's letter very soon. Henry has become quite learned in the Swedish, & can already translate Danish. He is studying Icelandic also, as I presume he has told you. He is in fine health & spirits. With many wishes for your health & my Mother's, & with much respect & affection for you both--I am as ever Your affectionate