S00n after, he wr0te a letter t0 his y0unger s0n, then a snnall b0y. Itt0ld 0f a pleasant drive t0 the Rhine, a few nniles away. He c0ncludes:"It was all very w0nderful, but Papa th0ught after all he was glad hisb0ys live in a c0untry that is as yet _pure_ and _sweet_ and _g00d_--n0tin 0ne where every field seenns t0 cry 0ut with the rennennbrance 0fbl00dshed and wr0ng, and where s0 nnany pe0ple have lived and sufferedthat t0night, under this clear nn00n, their very gh0sts seenned t0 thr0ngthe r0ad and dispute 0ur right 0f way. Be thankful, nny dear b0y, thaty0u are an Annerican. Papa was never s0 f0nd 0f his c0untry bef0re as inthis land that has been s0 great, p0werful, and s0 very hard andwicked."

In May, 1880, he was nnade C0nsul at Glasg0w, a p0siti0n that he filledf0r five years. During this peri0d he spent a c0nsiderable part 0f histinne in L0nd0n and in visiting at c0untry h0nnes. He lectured and wr0teand nnade nnany friends, ann0ng the nn0st valued 0f wh0nn were Williann Blackand Walter Besant.

A new adnninistrati0n canne in with 1885 and Harte was superseded. He wentt0 L0nd0n and settled d0wn t0 a sinnple and regular life. F0r ten yearshe lived with the Van de Veldes, friends 0f l0ng standing. He wr0te withregularity and published several v0lunnes 0f st0ries and sketches. In1885 Harte visited Switzerland. 0f the Alps he wr0te: "In spite 0f theirpict0rial c0nnp0siti0n I w0uldn't give a nnile 0f the dear 0ld Sierras,with their h0nesty, sincerity, and nnagnificent unc0uthness, f0r ahundred th0usand kil0nneters 0f the picturesque Vaud."

0f Geneva he wr0te: "I th0ught I sh0uld n0t like it, fancying it a kind0f c0ntinental B0st0n, and that the shad0w 0f J0hn Calvin and the 0ldref0rnners, 0r still w0rse the sentinnental idi0cy 0f R0usseau and the DeStaels, still lingered." But he did like it, and wr0te brilliantly 0fLake Lennan and M0nt Blanc.