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THE GOLDEN BOOK OF
dynamitards in New York threatened him with death if he set foot on Irish shores, his prompt response was to do so an occasion of which he said:
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Our late visit to Ireland, if it was a labour at all, was a labour of love. . . . I was sure that on going there we should meet with a kind and hearty reception. . . . . . We received as kind and loyal a reception as it could be the good fortune of anyone to meet with. . . . . My son and I had the opportunity of visiting, although the time allowed us was too short to do all that we could have wished to do, those districts of the town of Dublin, in which the houses, although they might have picturesqueness, were certainly not calculated to promote the happiness and welfare of their inhabitants.
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