Many letters are from readers of Smith's articles and pamphlets. A Boston man wrote on the first of December to thank Smith "for your staunch advocacy of the cause of the race in this country." The ends of both years are marked by requests for and acknowledgments of donations by the Smiths to a variety of charitable institutions and schools. On January 16, 1903, Smith wrote of his wife's intention to leave the Grange to some public use, and referred to portions of the original estate that they would like to see recovered and incorporated in the park. Education was the subject of many letters, for school legislation was under discussion in both Canada and Great Britain. On April fifth Smith complained to Lord Mount Stephen that the only moral principle taught by the Canadian public school system was "that it is miserable to remain and do your duty in the station in which you were born." An English friend deplored the fact that Liverpool and Manchester, "following the ill-omened lead of Birmingham," had built universities. A correspondent from Oxford wrote on the first of July that the most important controversy in late years had been "that as to the extent to which women should be admitted to university privileges." Among journals that invited him to contribute were the Monthly Review, the Canadian Magazine, the New York Times, and the Hearst Syndicate, which induced him to write his views on the "Divorce Evil."