Stoddard spent Saturday at Nahant with William Dean Howells. They had a most pleasant meeting. Howells talked Stoddard into beginning his novel without delay. He likes the idea of Stoddard's going abroad for a while and recommends that Stoddard settle in New York. Stoddard received a letter from James Greenleaf Whittier. :: X-3-h A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.