I forget whether I told you that I had received a very long and obliging letter from Miss Edgeworth relative to Park’s Journal and Life. Mr. E. adds a postscript; but he has been very ill, and is seriously declining in health. They approve very much in general, but think me somewhat harsh, and are influenced a little by the Quarterly Review. But they are of the prudent and cautious school. They have, however, been much interested and entertained; and the whole family took a part in the question respecting the Niger and the Congo.