Excerpt from Letters of John Hay and Extracts From Diary, 1908, Vol. 2I wish you could have been here and eaten grapes with me during the past week. They are of a most exquisite avor and sweeter than I have ever seen them anywhere in the world. Especially the much abused Catawba, which people were thinking of ploughing up, has nobly asserted itself and produced a superb vintage. We are now through, and ready for the frost when it comes.The weather is lovely. The great river is wrapped at daybreak in a morning gown of fog, but soon brightens up, and the light has a regular spree on the many-colored foliage of the hills and the islands.I am doing nothing and find it easy to take.

I walk a great deal and eat for several. I have gained two pounds in weight the first week.I have a very cordial letter from H saying he thinks my decision the best one; that the publication in the Magazine will not hurt the book, but will be a positive advantage to it. So my mind is at rest on that score.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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