Sunday, 15 September 1861
Wrote letters answered
1 Mrs. Bergmann ――――――――――
2 S.W. Clowes ―――――――――――
3 Dalziell. ― posted from 9 Pelham Pl. ― with 14 ˇ[drawings for] woodcuts. ――
4 Augustus L. Egg ――――――――――
5 James B. Edwards. ――――――――― 19th
6 C. Fortescue ――――――――――――
7 Lucy Goldsmid ―――――――――― 17th
8 John Gould ―――――――――――― []1
9 John Harford ――――――――――――
10 George Kokali ― posted from 9 Pelham Pl. ―――
11 Ellen Newsom ――――――――――― 19th
12 Admiral Robinson ―――――――――――
13 Lady Westbury ――――――――――――
Finish all day ― but cloudy & windy & cold ― & at night showery.
Letter from Dalziell with 13 proofs of cuts. Wrote all the morning.
At 3.30 walked to Hastings ― G. Scrivens, & from 4 to 5 talked & read. ―
Dinner, only Mr. & Mrs. G.S. ― good & pleasant, & also the evening.
Rainy at setting off ― but it cleared. ―
Oh! that noisy sea!
Too maw weex hear! O mi i!
oh love of change ― oh changeful life!
[Transcribed by Marco Graziosi from Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng. 797.3.]
- The date is blotted. [↩]