WilliamMaitland(1850-1906)tocontributetothelatter'sTheLifeandLettersofLeslie Stephen(London:Duckworth,1906).Hardyrespondedwithalengthyandaffectionate reminiscence,interspersedwithquotationsfromStephen'sletters.ReprintedinMichael Millgate(ed.),ThomasHardy'sPublicVoice:TheEssays,Speeches,andMiscellaneous Prose(Oxford:ClarendonPress,2001),pp.258-65. 16LeslieStephen,EssaysonFreeThinkingandPlainSpeaking,p.32. 17Ibid.,p.362. 18LettertoHardy,17February1874,HardyMemorialCollection,DorsetCountyMuseum. 19ThomasHardy,Life,p.358.