There are many letters extant from Mary Howett to Miss Mitford, and we should like to give the following written in February, 1836: “This new edition of _Our Village_ I have been coveting ever since I saw the advertisement of it, and I will tell you why. It is one of those cheerful, spirited works, full of fair pictures of humanity which, especially when there are children who love reading, and being read to, becomes a household book, turned to again and again, and remembered and talked of with affection. So it is by our fireside, it is a work our little daughter has read and loves to read, and which our little son Alfred, a most indomitable young gentleman, likes especially.... He is as yet a bad reader and therefore he is read to; and his cry is ‘Read me the _Copse_!’ or ‘Read me the _Nutting_,’ or a ‘_Ramble into the Country_!’ “Such, dear Miss Mitford, being the case when I saw the new edition advertised, I began to cast in my mind whether or not we could buy it, for perhaps you know that _literary_ people, though _makers_ of books, are not exclusive _buyers_ thereof, you may think then what was my delight—and the delight of us all—when a parcel came in, the string was cut, and behold it contained no other than those long-coveted and favourite volumes! Thank you, therefore, dearest Miss Mitford; you have conferred a benefit upon our fireside which will make you even more beloved than formerly, for now we shall always have you at hand.” Miss Mitford held communion either personally or by correspondence with several warm-hearted Americans, besides her friend Mr. James T. Fields. George Ticknor, the celebrated author of _The History of Spanish Literature_, and a partner in Mr. Fields’ publishing firm, when on a visit to England in 1835, made a pilgrimage with his family to Three Mile Cross. He writes in his diary of this visit:— “We found Miss Mitford living literally in a cottage neither _ornée_ nor poetical, except inasmuch as it had a small garden, crowded with the richest and most beautiful profusion of flowers. She has the simplest and kindest manners, and entertained us for two hours with the most animated conversation, and a great variety of anecdote, without any of the pretensions of an author by profession, and without any of the stiffness that generally belongs to single ladies of her age and reputation.” Writing to her afterwards he says: “We shall none of us ever forget the truly delightful evening we spent in your cottage at ‘Our Village.’” Daniel Webster, the orator and patriot so greatly valued in the United States, also made his appearance in Three Mile Cross, together with some members of his family, in their transit from Oxford to Windsor.