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Took away 1 girl photo (Miss Etty P) 1 fireman & 1 Grenadier.
Tuesday 26 Nov '95.
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Name of model given by Miss Rose: Clara Wilding.
Tuesday January 1
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk before breakfast. Went to P.O & got
Davison's address. After back. Breakfast. In morning wrote labels. Letter from
F.C.B approving of cartoon last week. Altered camera etc etc. M had carriage
at 11.0 & took Maud to her Uncle's, Edwin Herapath. Lunch. Long afternoon
at labels. Did drawer of Statesmen. After Roy went out on his cycle in the
morning, back for lunch. Very cold at night. M, Roy & self dined together. Roy
tidied box of counters & played game of draughts after. Beat him. Bed at
12.30 after snooze.
Wednesday January 2
Stafford Terrace. Overslept. Up 8.30. Walk with Tip. Paw bad. Breakfast.
After pasted & wrote labels & at 12.30 took photo of M in cloak from Barkers
& after in her silk one. Lunch. Angry with Roy for untidiness & not wishing to
learn French. Tip having his paw in poultice. Mademoiselle Jackymot here. In
afternoon at 4.0pm Roy & self walked up to the Garrick Club. Gave Cole
Xmas box. Called Lincoln & Bennetts. After went to Evered's lamp shop in
Drury Lane, No 50. Walked past it into Wych Street. Selected a lamp etc. Roy
got onto bus in Fleet St to go home. At 7.15 on to Punch dinner. The 1st of the
yr. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, A à B, E.I.M (late) B.P, H.W.L & A.G. Long
discussions. Cut made up from "Who said Rats". Self got Harcourt & Sleeping
Trade. Suggested by self. Drank orangeade after dinner. Left with J.T
11.0pm. Gave Xmas Box to sergeant, waiters & cabman. Home at 11.45.
Read & bed after.
Thursday January 3
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Got on mare hoping to ride. Got as far as past
Albert Hall. Turned back on acct of frost. Breakfast. After Roy went out on
cycle. Sent round for Stace. Got to work & skemed subject of Harcourt as
Fairy Prince & Sleeping Beauty. At 12.45 photod Stace in medieval costume
& cloak. Gave him 7/6. Developed plates & also those of M taken yesterday &
Xmas tree. 1st used rocker with pendulum. Doubtful success. Lunch. After
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rest got to work at 4.0pm & worked to dinner time. Got figure of girl enlarged
& outlined. Dinner & quiet evening after, Roy playing draughts &
backgammon. Taught Roy backgammon for 1st time. Bed after. New lamp
used for 1st time. Gave a brilliant light. Carriage could not be used on acct of
frost. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Miranda Newman.)
Friday January 4
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Went for walk with Tip. Breakfast. Bright day.
Coldish. Worked hard all day on drawing of Harcourt as Fairy Prince &
Sleeping Beauty. Dined at 8.30pm. Backgammon after with Roy. Rest till
1.30am when to bed tired. Birthday. Letter from Violet Jameson. Spent
birthday in unusually hard work all day.
Saturday January 5
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk with Tip. After got to work & did not finish
drawing until 1.45pm. Bothered & late. Lunch at 12.30. Doubts about
Pantomime. M & Mite went in carriage at 2.0pm to the Private View of the Old
Masters. Put things away & dressed & left with Roy (after cup of tea) at
3.45pm in carriage (mare). Put down at the Academy & took bus to the
Lyceum. Saw Mr Hurst about Pantomime. Settled for Monday. Bought two
brushes for Roy 6/6. Called Garrick. Wrote letter to C.P.Levilly. Saw Gilly
Farquhar. After called Camera Club. Gave Barker 5/s & booked Studio for
Wednesday the 16th. Billiard room full. Left letter at Prince of Wales's
Theatre. Walked home. Bought sausages. Jola's L'argent German sausage at
Crofts & fruit & lobster. Home 6.0pm. Cut labels. Dined 7.45pm. Lobster.
Game backgammon after. Bed 12.30am. M took Tip to Jarvis's a dog doctor.
Sunday January 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Put on riding things. Walked to top of hill.
Found freezing hard. Breakfast. Could not ride. Cut labels & wrote many up to
12.0. Went for walk with Roy round the Round Pond. Lunch 1.30. M & Maud
had been to church & Granny's. Very good bubble & squeak. After Mr & Mrs
Charley Burnand called in afternoon after lunching at the Boughtons. No one
else. Very cold & freezing. Wrote diary & letters after 5.0pm. M, Mite, Roy &
self & Evelyn Coward dined at 8.0, keeping my birthday. Goose & had
crackers afterwards. Something at this dinner upset me. After resting bed at
12.30am.
Monday January 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Very cold. Went for walk before breakfast.
After 2 sets of 'Times' sent. Wrote India & Spanish labels & at 12.0 dressed.
Roy went to see Tip. Lunched at 12.30pm & after Roy & self left for
Pantomime at Lyceum. Roy took buss to Mansions. After got cab & saw
carriage waiting for Dora. On to Lyceum. Waited for M to come up. Bitterly
cold. Saw Santa Claus & Robin Hood & the Babes in the Wood. Children
clever little women. Dogs of Lauri very good. Alice went. Out at 5.10. Got
carriage in King St. Roy & self had tea at Garrick. Disputed 1d for milk. After
called Camera & Waukenphast & walked home getting sausages & crab.
Before dinner Mite wrote bogus letter to Guthrie to the Novelty Theatre. Dined
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8.0pm & had 3 games of backgammon with Roy. Beat him. Bed at 12.0.
Livery & very cold.
Tuesday January 8
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Dull raw cold morning. A little upset & bilious.
Why? Walk before breakfast up hill & down. M in bed. After wrote labels etc &
lighted M's fire. Pollock called on Roy. After went on writing etc etc. Prepared
for dinner at home. At 7.0pm Harris a brother of the last came to wait. At 8.10
dinner at home which went off well. Mite went to children's party at Arthur à
Beckett's. Roy dined with us at side table. Cold day & evening. Sir H Bergne
liked room. All left by 11.30pm, Fritz & Miss Rose Innes the last. (Plan of table
seating.) Home dinner of eight. Miss Eykyn, Fritz Jackson, Sylvinia Rose
Innes, Sir Henry Bergne, Mrs S, Bret Harte, Lady Bergne, self. Roy at side
table.
Wednesday January 9
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Usual walk. Cold & frost. In morning wrote labels
etc. Letters. M in bed. Lunch. After put things in order etc. Very great
darkness almost fog. Very black. At 5.15 Roy & self started to walk west.
Posted letters & called & saw Poggums. Vulgar little girl calling 'Gows!'
Walked by Brompton Road & on to Strand. Let Roy look at Edison's
Kinetiscope. Roy bothering about brown boots. He got on bus near St
Clement Danes. Walked on to Punch dinner. Lawrence B, E.I.M (late) H.W.L,
A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur & R.L. Good dinner. Both cartoons soon made
up. Self got Ameer of Afganistan, J.T got Manchester & also India quarreling.
Left Table earlier & came home by buss. Home 11.15. Mite out at the Harry
Dickens's. Waited for her. Home 12.10. Bed after. (Cutting glued in: Letter to
Westminster Gazette from F.C.Burnand.)
Thursday January 10
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Intended to ride. Could not. Hard frost. Usual
walk. Breakfast. Terrible indigestion all day. Skemed Ameer & Halsbury
smoking. At 11.30 Stace in yard & photod him 3 plates. One of self after. Had
pier glass taken into yard. Developed & dried. Got print & after drew Lord
Halsbury in outline. Dinner at 6.40 & after went in carriage with Maud & Roy
(driving Cob) to the Prince of Wales's Theatre & saw Arthur Roberts in
Claude Duval. Burnand, Mrs B & Frank in box opposite. A.R very good in
barmaid scene. Left at 10.45. Thought had dropped glove. Hansom home.
Paragraph in Westminster about Punch dinner at Lord Rothschild's. (Red ink
across page: Went to see Arthur Roberts at Prince of Wales's Theatre.)
(Cutting glued in: Punch staff at Lord Rothschilds? Hoax letter. Death of Mary
Shield.)
Friday January 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Holland Park. Very cold &
freezing. Dark dull morning could hardly get print of photos taken yesterday.
At work 9.45. Finished at 11.0 small drawing of Lord Halsbury smoking. After
began drawing of Ameer of Afganistan. Worked till 7.30pm when dressed &
went with M in carriage to Colin Hunter's to dine. Very cold & freezing hard.
Good dinner. M a Mr Ness. After looked at pictures. Alfred Parsons there, &
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Tom Graham. Rest all strangers. Jock Hunter's pictures not bad. Left 11.25 &
home. Very cold.
Saturday January 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Usual walk. Man had finished the drain at side of
pathway in Holland Walk. Worked from 9.30 to 1.15pm & finished drawing of
Ameer before Glass. Was to have skated. Roy & Maud back from Long
Water. No one allowed on the ice. Put things away & made labels in the
afternoon. Tea. Had my hair cut at Belshaw's, full of news. Dressed & dined
6.45. Cold evening. M & self left in carriage at 7.35 & drove to Lyceum for 1 st
night of King Arthur. Roy went to Criterion Theatre. Had front row of stalls.
Duke & Duchess of York there. Many friends. Abbeys just behind us. Sir
Whittaker Ellis next to me. Went out & found Roy. He came in for last act.
Speech from Irving. Over 12.15. Round at back 12.30. Hosts of friends.
Arthur à Beckett feeding grossly. Saw Brandon Thomas & many others. Miss
Stannard etc etc. Forbes Robertson very good as Lancelot. M tired. Left at
1.45. Met Beatty Kingston, said it was snowing & no cabs. Not true. Got a four
wheel cab & home at 2.15am. Read & to bed at 2.45am. Great night. Roy
enjoyed it. (Red ink: M caught nasty cold & in bed next week for days.) (Red
ink across page: 1st night of King Arthur at the Lyceum. M & self went & Roy
after.)
Sunday January 13
Stafford Terrace. Up late, 9.30am. Very tired. Down breakfast. After made
labels & then went for walk at 11.50 with Roy. Great thaw. Wet & sloppy.
Walked to bridge at Serpentine & back by Long Water. Mite at her Gd
mother's at Albert Hall Mansions. Lunch, M, Roy & self. After long afternoon
at labels & letters. Roy at Club. At 4.30 Sylvinia Rose Innes called & is now
talking Psychology. Stayed till 6.45pm. Dressed 7.15 & at 8.0 Hamilton
Langley & Midge dined with us. Quiet dinner. They left at 11.0. Hamilton
looked older. Bed 12.0.
Monday January 14
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Wet & frost nearly gone. Out for usual walk. Gave
M cheque. After finished some labels etc etc. In afternoon began drawing for
Englishwoman on large scale. At 5.0 Mr Blathwayt called for 2 nd interview.
Devoured tea. Tea was bitter. Dressed 6.15 & left at 6.30 in carriage for the
Bristol to dine with Miss Rose Innes. There punctually. Kept waiting ¼ hr.
Carriage to call for Roy & to take Maud to the Rawlinsons. Met Mr & Mrs
Oswald Crawfurd, Bret Harte, Miss Rose Innes, Mr Hermann Herkomer & one
other lady. Had most excellent dinner & enjoyed it immensely. Drank red
wine. After good cigar from Bret Harte. Went on to see ‘Case of Rebellious
Susan’ at the Criterion Theatre. Home with Miss Rose Innes in a four wheel
cab. Bed 12.30. Found Roy up & Maud back. (Red ink across page: Dined
with Sylvinia Rose Innes at the Bristol & saw ‘Case of Rebellious Susan’
afterwards.)
Tuesday January 15
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Usual walk. After decided to ride. At 11.0 did so,
Roy & self. Dull wet morning. Went thro' Row & round inner ring of Regents
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Park. Lost way. Home at 1.0. After lunch skemed heading for Englishwoman
& made tracing, M had bad cold coming on. Lady Bergne called. At 6.30 Tip
brought back by man. Better & very pleased. Left home at 8.10 in cab & drove
to Savoy Theatre & out to banquet to Beerbohm Tree. Lord Russell presided.
Many there. Sat next Campbell Praed & Marshall Hall. Fair dinner. Drank
Claret. Left at 12.15 & on to Garrick. Saw Beatle & Little, Furniss in distance.
Left at 1.30 & home by hansom. Pinero's speech the best, Lord Russell dull,
Tree poor. Bed 2.0am. (Red ink across page: Dined at Savoy. Banquet to
Beerbohm Tree. Garrick after.)
Wednesday January 16
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk with Poggums, 1st time since back.
After breakfast at 10.0 started for Camera Club. M had bad cold come on.
Got Club at 10.25. Up in Studio. Took about 30 photos from Mrs King. Out at
1.30 & on to Garrick. Met Spottiswood. Lunch. Talk to Sir William Marriott &
Cecil Clay after. At 3.15 Roy came to Club. Played 200 up at Camera Club.
Good table. Out 4.45 & took hat back to Lincoln & B's and cloak to Lewis &
Allenby's & then on to Turkish baths. Roy & self had bath. Weight 11.13½
before, 11.12 after. Out 6.50. Roy home by buss, self on to Punch dinner. Phil
A, E.I.M (late & worried) B.P, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self & Arthur à B. Got cut of
Harcourt & Morley as King Arthur & Sir Bedevere, Tenniel France. Left at
9.45. Wet. On to Lyceum Theatre. Saw Bram Stoker. Prince of Wales there.
Went into Dress Circle. Awfully hot. After to stalls. Saw King Arthur 2nd time.
Out & on to Garrick. Wrote Mrs May & then home after lemon squash. (Red
ink: Cob fell down at the Stores.) (Red ink across page: Photod Mrs King at
Camera Club.)
Thursday January 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. Sent Otley for armour to May's. At
11.45 Stace round. Had skemed King Arthur & Sir Bedevere. Otley back
11.30. Photod Stace & after Roy in shirt of mail etc. Developed them & got
prints. After lunch also developed many photos taken yesterday. M up in bed
all day. At 5.0 got to work & drew in Harcourt & Morley. Worked till 8.0 when
dressed & dined, Mite, Roy & self. After played 2 games of backgammon.
Roy won both. Nostril painful. Used Vinolin. Bed 12.30.
Friday January 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual ride. Slight frost. After back fast.
Developed photos & then went to work at Harcourt as King Arthur. Also
printed a good many photos. Lovely bright sun all day. M in bed up to
afternoon. Down in drawing room at 5.0pm. Dined at 8.45. After played Roy 2
games of backgammon. Won both. Mite out to dine with Miss Rose Innes &
went to hear Prof Dewar's lecture. Sat up. Mite back at 12.0 precisely. Bed
after. Mite in M's room.
Saturday January 19
Stafford Terrace. Up later. 8.30. Usual walk. Breakfast. After got to work at
9.45am & went on all morning with drawing Harcourt as King Arthur & Morley.
M in bed. Finished 1.45pm. Lunch. At 2.0 carriage up & Roy & Maud went to
the Avenue Theatre to see 'The Lady Slavey'. Dressed & left by cab at 3.25.
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Raining. Yohé good. Hamilton, Dora & Midge in box. Roy thought he saw Mr
Ainger. After drove to Conduit St & saw Abbey's frescoes of The Quest of the
Holy Grail. Marvellous. Saw Fagan & many others. Very heavy rain. Home at
6.0. M in bed. Bathed photos. Wrote diary & letters etc etc. Dined at 8.0pm. M
in bed. Played Roy backgammon. Beat him. Letter from Pennell from Daily
Chronicle about cartoon. (Red ink: Heavy wet in afternoon. M in bed.) (Red
ink across page: Went to see 'The Lady Slavey' at Avenue.)
Sunday January 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Very late. Beautiful warm morning. Showery. At
11.0 Roy & self rode up Roehampton Lane & over Wimbledon, past Barkers
& Putney Hill home. Saw Adrian Jones. Lovely on Wimbledon. Worth 5£ note.
Free from P entirely. Home 1.0. M down. Lunch. After got ready & went to
skate at Niagara. Great success. Saw heaps of people, Tates, Sterne etc,
Boughton, Mrs Stannard & Mrs McTear etc. Enjoyed it immensely. Roy
delighted. Saw Campbell Praed, Humphreys, little Carn, Grossmith etc etc,
Delarue. Left at 6.45. Cab home. Adams & Woodruffe & Russells had called.
Quiet dinner. M's cough bad. Played Roy 3 games backgammon. Roy won 2.
st
Bed 12.0 exactly. (Red ink: Most lovely ride. 1 skate at Niagara.)
Monday January 21
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.20. Usual walk. Saw Bob Coward. How tall? Breakfast.
M down. Dark dull day. Roy off to Mansions. Sent Otley for Condal W.
Indexed diary etc etc. Got to work cover of Englishwoman at 11.0am. After
enlarged 2 photos. Over exposed them. After enlarged Maud Easton in chair
taken Sep (blank) '91. Gave it 9 minutes with small stop. Which was right?
Roy went to Mansions in morning. At 7.30pm dined. Hamilton Langley dined
with us. M out in carriage at 2.30pm. At 9.20 Roy, Hamilton Langley & self
went to the Pavilion. Poor show. Heard Bessie Bellwood. Knowles, an
American I heard at the Tivoli. Also an Egyptian giant. Very cold. Back
11.30pm. Had left key at home. (Red ink: Went with Langley & Roy to Royal
Pavilion.)
Tuesday January 22
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Usual walk. Just beginning to snow which turned
into a heavy snow storm & lasted all morning. Went on to work at cover for
Englishwoman. M's cough very bad. Could not get print of photos etc. Lunch.
Roy went to Club. Worked till 8.0. Messenger fom Edmund Evans came at
5.30. Dined quietly at 8.15, M, Maud, Roy & self. After played Roy 5 games of
backgammon. Won three & lost two. Bed twelve. (Cutting glued in: Value of
personal estate of James Renton. Note on loose sheet of paper: Afgan
Uniform, Ameer etc. Ill.L.News May 23 1885.)
Wednesday January 23
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Usual walk. Snow bad & melting. Tip's foot bad
again. Yelled out at boys. Met Pepys Cockerell. Breakfast. Roy a spot on his
nose. At 10.0 a very heavy thunderstorm came on. Vivid lightning, heavy
snow. M said it was the coals next door. M & Mite cleaning silver & furniture.
Got to work & finished drawing for Englishwoman at 12.30. Never sent for it.
At 1.0 dressed. Lunch. M & Mite back. Roy & self left at 2.30 & went by Met
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Rly to Temple. Walked back to Buckingham St. Called on Mr Pennell &
settled for cartoon. Out & played Roy 2 games at billiards at Camera Club.
Roy won both. Out at 5.0. Bought Munchen calendar. Roy home by buss.
Bath. Weight 12.1 & 11.13½. Saw Mocatta & Bastard. On by buss to P.D.
Waited reading 20 minutes. F.C.B, J.T. self, R.L, A à B, B.P & E.I.M, late,
A.G. Very long discussion on big cut till 10.0pm. Got Oyster for self. Col
Welby's cut to be used. Took buss to Lyceum at 11.0. Met Roy. Went to
Garrick. Supper. Saw Beetle, Cumming Macdona, Carr etc. Out 12.20 &
home 1.0. Roy to bed. (Red ink: Finished cover for Englishwoman.)
Thursday January 24
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Walk. Cold raw morning. No letters. After
breakfast wrote letters & Roy's cheque, £82.13.5. Heavy rain & miserable
morning. Bother with Victor lamp. Roy good all day & went out with Tip in the
wet. Lunch. After skemed drawing of Lobster, Oyster & coals. Got a lobster &
2 Oysters from Slater's & photod them at 2.0pm. Rain & cold. Worked in
drawing room after. At 7.45 dressed & went up with Maud to dine at the
Joachims. Dull dinner. Very cold. Took Mrs Boughton in. Talk of the Lewis's
lost money. Met Tuers & Pike QC, Harry Dickens etc. Left at 11.0. Home by
carriage. Slept in chair till 1.0pm. (Red ink: Roy returned to Eton. Gave him
£4.0.0 Photod 4 plates of Roy at 2.0pm.) (Red ink across page: Dined at Mr
Joachims. Very cold.) (Cuttings glued in: Death & Obituary of Lord Randolph
Churchill. James Hall Renton’s will.)
Friday January 25
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Usual walk. Slight frost. After printed lobster.
Wrote letters & got to work at 11.0am on drawing of Lobster Doctor & Sick
Oyster, Crab Nurse. Worked all day up to 8.30pm when dined. M all day with
her mother up to 7.15pm. Mite had a snuffly cold come on & went to bed at
8.0pm. Quiet evening after. Letter from Tuer etc etc. Bed 12.0am. (Cuttings
glued in: Lord Randolph Churchill's will.)
Saturday January 26
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Usual walk. Cold hard frost. Worked & finished
Lobster & Crab at 12.0. Skemed picture for Daily Chronicle & at 1.0 photod
Otley in suit of armour from May's. Stace at 2.15 after. These photos nearly
spoilt by being put to dry in a frost. All starred all over. Hurried lunch. M out in
carriage. Developed photos. Very cold in hut. After up in Maud's room. Mite ill
with sore throat & feverish. Miss Rose Innes called & left at 7.15. Dinner 8.0.
Quiet evening. M slept in Maud's room. Very cold at night. (Red ink: Hard day
photographing armour. Intensely cold. Mite in bed with cold.)
Sunday January 27
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. Usual walk. Met Otley. Round by Hornton St. Mite
slightly better. Very cold hard frost. Photos nearly spoilt. Tidied letters and put
photos to print. Wrote diary etc. At 1.45 Mr Wheat & sister called & stayed to
lunch. Miss W pretty girl but wilful. Going to be a hospital nurse. Left at 3.15
in carriage to go to skate at Niagara. Had delightful afternoon. Saw Harold
Powers etc, Delarues, Tates. Also Princess of Pless. Left at 6.50 & cab
home. Very hungry. Stokes had called, M said looking stout & bloated. Wheat
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stayed till 6.0pm. Dined 8.0pm. At 8.30 Sylvinia Rose Innes called to say
goodbye before leaving. Went up to Maud's room. Left at 11.0pm. Read in
the Sunday Sun about Austin Dobson's book. Intensely cold. Went up to bed
12.0. M not in bed. x. (Red ink: 2nd day's skate at Niagara. Mr Wheat & sister
lunched. Mite in bed with cold.)
Monday January 28
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Heavy snow. Usual walk. Good breakfast. Clock
run down on landing. After wrote diary & letters etc. Put panel in sideboard in
dining room & generally tidied up etc. Up to lunchtime. Got prints of armour in
blue. After rested. Drew plans for shelter in yard & box for photo hut. M out at
3.0 in carriage. Doze till 4.30pm. Tea & after got to work on drawing for Daily
Chronicle. Evelyn Coward came in. M at her mother's. Worked till 8.0pm &
dressed & dined. Very cold in evening. Read book on Thibet. Bed at
12.15am. Cold. (Red ink: Death in Paris this evening of Marshal Francois
Certain Canrobert. Born 1809, sub Lieut 1832. Last Marshal of France.)
Tuesday January 29
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Usual walk. Very cold hard frost. Good
breakfast. After decided to photo self in armour. Otley round & put it on self.
Took about 11 photos all no good. Very good. Spencer came in & stayed. He
came into yard & helped. After developed same. Not much good. At 4.30 got
on to work again with drawing. Bother with figure. Mite still up in her room.
Quiet dinner M & self. Read Thibet after. Snooze & bed. (Red ink: Photod
self in armour. Failure. Very cold. Spencer called.)
Wednesday January 30
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Walk. After breakfast got to work on drawing for
Daily Chronicle. Mite down. Worked till 5.30pm when changed & decided to
walk to 'Punch' dinner. Started at 5.50pm. Walked as far as top of Strand in
fur coat. Very cold. Bought for 30/s a black Waterbury watch. Took buss to
Bouverie St. Punch dinner, F.C.B, J.T, self, R.C.L, A à B, E.I.M (late) B.P,
A.G. Talk & chaff. Got subject of Emperor of Russia, J.T Ld Rosebery as
pavement artist. Talk of names on Punch table. A number of Lika Joko
produced. Furniss alluded to me as slave of the camera & mere copyist. Left
at 11 with J.T in cab & home. Frost after but had thawed in afternoon. Looked
at paper & bed at 12.30pm. (Red ink: Bought Waterbury watch.) (Cutting
glued in: Death of Andrew Skene.)
Thursday January 31
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with Tip. After breakfast got to work &
skemed drawing of Emperor of Russia, Bear & 'Le sabre de mon Père'. Otley
round at 11.0 put armour on one arm & photod him. After with sabre. Snow
showers. Difficulty to photo. After lunch enlarged photo of Otley & also
armour. Broke hour glass. Got to work at 5.0pm & put in outline. Tabs came &
dined & spent the evening. (Red ink: Very cold. Photod Otley with sabre.)
Friday February 1
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Tabs in spare room. Walk. Tip not so well.
Back. After breakfast got to work on Emperor of Russia & Sword of his
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Father. Mite at work. Got on. At 1.0 Miss Hepworth Dixon called & said they
did not like the drawing for the Englishwoman. Great bother. She stayed to
lunch & M took her off in carriage. Tabs left at 11.30 in cab. Worked up to
8.30 pm when dined. M read Captain Bowers book on Thibet. Quiet dinner.
Snooze after & bed at 12.0am. Thaw & cold again after. Sir Richard
Webster's at home. Persuaded Maud not to go. Very cold. (Red ink: Miss
Ella Hepworth Dixon called & objected to drawing done for Englishwoman.
Oh! what a surprise.) (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam Mary Thorneycroft.
Times 1 Feby '97.)
Saturday February 2
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk. Tip difficult to get along. Very ill. Cold &
hard frost. After breakfast finished drawing of Tzar of Russia & Bear. Finished
at 12.0. After tidied up. M & Mite went off in carriage at 12.0. Lunch. After up
in Mite's room & rested & read books. Mrs Galbraith called & brought flowers.
At 5.30pm got to work & began 2nd drawing for Gentlewoman, I mean
Englishwoman. Worked till 8.15pm. Hamilton Langley came & dined with us.
Drank Burgundy. Stayed till 11.30pm. When left dozed till 1.0pm. Bother with
stove in morning. Smelt dreadfully. Letter from F.C.B about Phil May. (Red
ink: Langley dined.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Adelaide Montefiore.)
Sunday February 3
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Walk. Difficulty to get Tippoo along. Met
Alfred Parsons. After breakfast I got on with 2nd drawing for Englishwoman.
Bother with head. M at her mother's. Lunch. Work after lunch till 3.30. Got
head so so. After dressed. Many called. Mr Bret Harte, Mrs Galbraith,
Hubbard Farquhar, Miss Coward, Mr Blair, Dietz etc. Left at 4.30 & went to
rink. Skated till 6.50 & enjoyed it immensely. Saw Mrs Turquand, Mrs McTear,
A.Stuart Wortley etc etc. Cab there & back. Home 7.30. Dressed. Hamilton
Langley to dinner. 2 bottles Perinet. Wrote 5 or 6 letters after dinner & diary.
(Red ink: Cold day. Many callers. 3rd day's skate at Niagara. Langley dined.)
Monday February 4
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk. Cold. After breakfast went on &
bothered with 2nd drawing for 'The Englishwoman'. M in bed. Worked until
3.0pm when finished it. After dressed hurriedly & went to skate on the Long
Water. Very pretty girl, lovely large eyes. Met Mrs Shakespeare & Miss Lewis.
Knocked down by an awkward brute. Left at 4.40 & walked home. M & Mite in
carriage to Mansions etc. Tea & got to work at 5.30 on cartoon for Daily
Chron'l. Worked till 8.30 when dined. Walked across the Round Pond frozen
over. Snooze in chair & bed 12.30. Wakeful at night. (Red ink: Skated on
Long Water 1st time. Before breakfast went to Alfred Parsons to look in
Abbey's studio for Screen, could not find it.) (Cutting glued in: Death of
Frederick Willis.)
Tuesday February 5
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Bath frozen for 1st time. Out with Tippoo & met
Mr Coward. After Brek't wrote orders & letters & Mite doing her drawing for Mr
Fowler. Went on to work all day at drawing for Daily Chronicle. Took out chain
armour & lengthened the legs. Galbraith called in the morning. M at home.
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Many called. Mrs Godefroi. Worked up till 8.30pm when dined quietly &
snooze. Tip very ill & sick, sent him round to stables. (Red ink: Mr Barr paid
amount into L & County Bank £323.17.5. Edith Buckmaster married to Mr
Sismé at Ramsgate. Maud did not go.)
Wednesday February 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After got on with drawing (usual walk 1st time
without Tip.) for D.C. Put in Magog & Gog, St Pauls etc. Began to shade in
afternoon. Slipped & fell heavily in the dining room at lunch time. Hit my
cheek on chair. Worked till 6.0 when changed & took train to Blackfriars.
Punch dinner. Phil May's 1st dinner. Phil A, L.B, E.I.M (not late) B.P, E.T.R,
Hy W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, G du M & Phil May. Good dinner. I
suggested cut of Elephant & Bottles for Amendments. Got Rochefort & Trente
et Quarante for self. Talk to May after. Left at 11.0 with Tenniel. Put down
corner of Garrick St. Went to Club & wrote many letters. Left at 12.30am &
home by cab. Most bitterly cold night. (Red ink: Phil May joined the 'Punch'
staff and dined for first time.)
Thursday February 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. After breakfast got to work on
drawing for Daily Chronicle. Pennell sent at 11.30am. Sent boys back.
Finished at 3.0pm. Sent the drawing off. Then dressed & took buss to corner
of Kensington Gardens. Went to skate at the Long Water 2 nd time. Ice crisp.
Girls had skating quadrilles. Left at 5.10 & walked home. After dressed & left
at 6.30 to go to dine with the Galbraiths at the Bristol. M & Mite went on in the
carriage. Good dinner. Mr Blair there. Mrs Galbraith not well. Went after to
Daly's Theatre and saw 'An Artist's Model'. Dreadfully poor stupid play. Went
to sleep. Bother about carriage after. Last to leave. Angry. Home at 12.0.
Most bitterly cold. Posted letter to Golden. (Red ink: Dined at the Bristol with
the Galbraiths. Went to see 'Artist’s Model' afterwards.)
Friday February 8
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk as usual. Very cold. Put coat on. Back &
looked out after breakfast & skemed subject for Monte Carlo & Rochefort
playing Trente et Quarante. No photo. Worked all day. Got it out & up to
7.30pm. At 7.0 Golden came. After octagon dinner of eight. Mrs Galbraith
could not come. Good evening. 2 Champagne, Lanson, 4 of Corton
Burgundy. Bitterly cold night. Slept in chair after till 2.30am dash it. Bed. M
awake. Thermometer outside bathroom stood at 18º. (Plan of table seating)
Self, Evelyn Coward, Mr Blair, Mite, H.Langley, M, Mr Galbraith, Midge.
Saturday February 9
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. Bitterly cold. Put coat on. Back &
at 9.30 went on with drawing of Henri Rochefort at Monte Carlo. Hindered.
Maud went to Long Water. Finished 1.15. M & Mite & Evelyn Coward off in
carriage to Drury Lane for Pantomime. Changed things & packed & left at
2.40 in cab for Garrick. Cold bitter. Left bags & on to Drury Lane. Large box.
Langley, Galbraith, Blair, Mite, E.C, M & self. Saw Pantomime for 2nd time.
Campbell never sang his song on Mrs Chant. Left 4.50. On to Garrick & had
tea. Wrote to Pennell. Left at 5.10 for Victoria. Slightly warmer. Down to
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Brighton. Cold in carriage to self. Got to the Bedford Hotel at 7.30pm. Met
Captain Stopford & Gerald Ansdell. Went up to dress. Ward turned up after.
Dined 8.15. Good dinner. Drank Champagne. Smoke after. Up to room at
12.30am. Read till 1.30am when to bed. (Cutting glued in: Death of Jane
Way.)
Sunday February 10
Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Waked at 8.0. Down at 9.0 & out at 9.15 with Leslie
Ward for walk up & down. Bitter wind & clouds of blinding dust. Breakfast at
10.0. Giant appetite. Fish & ham & eggs. Smoke after & walk with Captain
Stopford & Ansdell & Ward. Driven back by wind. Went on pier. Lunch at
2.10. Washed, shaved & changed. After smoke again walked. Met Horace
West & his father. After walked by self to Coastguard House. Dust dreadful.
Could not find Black's house. Met pretty girl. 'Shall be frozen'. Back at 5.30.
Walked 1.35 minutes. Up in room & wrote 11 letters & down to dinner 8.5pm.
Put on smoke jacket. Mixed a salad. Punch & turtle soup. After slow evening
smoking. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: At Brighton.)
Monday February 11
Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Cold at night. Waked at 7.0. Curious dream of Tabs.
Packed & down at 9.0am. Met Hartree & Capt'n Stopford. Stroll as far as Old
Ship. Bought Telegraph. Back. Letters from M & Joseph Pennell. Breakfast
by self. Leslie Ward & Ansdell went up early. Talk to Hartree after. 1 st issue of
Illustrated Daily Chronicle. Burne Jones design out. Left in fly at 10.30. Up to
town. Stupid porter. London 12.40. Drove to Kensington. M & Mite upstairs.
Room being done. After lunch went at 3.0pm in carriage to skate on Long
Water. Met Ethel English. Also Little. Left 4.45 & walked home across the
Round Pond. Tea. Bathed prints. Very cold in drawing room. Orton came in
with a letter. Dressed & dined 8.0pm. Bother about wine & Burgundy. Bitterly
cold. Bed at 12.0am.
Tuesday February 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. x. Down 8.45. Walk with Tip. Very cold again.
Breakfast. Evelyn Coward in at 9.45. Most lovely bright sunny winter's day.
Mite went to Long Water. M & self after by buss. Saw Mrs Kemp Welch
running. Got M on the ice. Skated with Mite. After saw Ethel English. Walked
home at 12.15. Met Sir Guy Campbell. Lunch by self. Mite went to the
Galbraiths. Carriage back & took me to Earls Court Station. Took ticket to
Wimbledon Park, ½ an hour to wait. Saw Mrs Peckham & monkey of a
daughter. After good skating. Curling & hockey etc. Met Richards. Left &
caught 4.39 home (going 17 after hour & 47.) Got home to tea. Ethel English
there & Mr & Mrs Fowler after. Wrote many letters & dined at 8.0pm. Quiet
dinner after. (Red ink: Skated at Wimbledon Park & on Long Water in
morning.) (Cutting glued in: In Memoriam Charles Jecks.)
Wednesday February 13
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk. Very cold & foggy. Back. In morning
turned very dark did not go out. Wrote letters & made sketch for bathroom
window box. Lunch. Came down with a little candle. Had 3 candles on table.
After at 3.0 dressed & left at 3.30 with M in the carriage. Put down corner of
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Serpentine. Walked diagonally across it past island & to top. Many skaters.
Walked on to top of Strand. Left watch for ring. After to Turkish bath, hair cut
& shave & bought razor. Weight 12.2, 12.1 after. Had soft fingered
shampooer. Out at 6.45 & on by buss to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A'aB,
R.L, L.B, E.I.M, P.M, B P, E.T.R, H.W.L & A.G. Long discussion after. Tenniel
got cut of Wales & Goat, self Plumber Joe C. Left at 11.0 with J.T. Very
slippery. Home by cab from Isthmian. Wind changed to south at 4.0pm but it
got colder than ever before. Home 12.0. Read Westminster & bed after.
Thursday February 14
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. x. Walk. Turned colder again & hard frost.
Breakfast. After skemed cut of Chamberlain as Plumber. At 10.30 photod
young man from Nash's. Great difficulty to develope them. No water & hypo.
Broke jug & altogether made a mess of it. Mite & Evelyn Coward went skating
in the morning. After lunch at 2.20 Mite & self drove to Ranelagh & skated on
Barn Elms water. Saw Miss Phillips & Mrs Hastings. Intensely cold. Left at
4.15. Cab fetched us home. M & Miss Gill out. Letter from Mr Wimpey. After
got to work & drew out Chamberlain as Plumber. Dined at 8.0pm. Gave up
idea of going to Garrick Theatre. Quiet evening & bed at 12.15am. (Red ink:
Skated on Barn Elms March 16 1886. Roy hurt his head. Also Sunday
January 2, 1887. Robin.)
Friday February 15
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk. After got to work & worked all day on
drawing of Chamberlain as Plumber. Mite went to skate with Mrs
Nemmard(sic) at the Botanical Gardens. Back at 6.0pm. 2/6 for cab. Miss Gill
back to tea. Dined at 8.30pm. Had left figure to shade only. Put some wrong x
lines in just as M came down for dinner. Very cold still tho' not so bad.
Saturday February 16
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & usual walk. Still hard frost. After breakfast got to
work & finished drawing of Chamberlain as Plumber at 12.15am. Mite went to
skate. Dressed & took cab to Long Water & took 12 plates. Very pretty girl
skating. Back at 2.0 walking. Had lunch & after rested. Took photo of icicle
outside & made up mind to go with M & Mite in carriage at 3.30pm. Put down
Serpentine. Skated till 4.50. Walked home past Tuer's tennis court. After tea
read & at 6.45 dressed. Left at 7.10 & buss to Princes Gate. Walked on the
Serpentine the whole length. Skaters with lanterns & torches. Great sight.
Flying crowds of revellers. Walked up to top of Piccadilly when took cab to
Union Club & dined with Mr Routh. Mr Hutton only one other. Delightful
Chambertin. Good dinner. Hutton defended Miss Piercy & solicitor who acted
towards her case there after dinner. Played 2 games of 64 up. Routh & self
won both. Left 12.20am. Walked to Garrick. Had lemon squash. Saw the
brothers Grossmith. Left at 2.0am & home 2.30. Bed about 2.50am. (Red ink:
Met Arthur Hutton, Barrister, & Arthur Newton, Solic'r, Marlborough St.) (Red
ink across page: Dined with Henry Routh at the Union Club.)
Sunday February 17
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30. Slight head. Went for usual walk. Thermometer
25º outside window. Mite went to church. After fog came on. Rested & after
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put photos away and did my skates straps & sharpened them. M went out
with Poggs & Miss Gill. Evelyn Coward here at 1.0am. Lunch. After rested.
Mite went off to the Galbraiths at 3.0. Self left at 3.50 & took hansom to skate
at Niagara. Met Mite & Mrs G. Saw Grossmiths, Phil May & wife, Harold
Powers & many others. Man with fair beard the Duc d'Orleans. Lockwood
skating at Buckingham Palace grounds. Lady Colebrook & daughter of Lord
Alfred Paget's. Stayed till 6.50 when had cab home. No one had called except
the Langleys & Galbraiths. Quiet dinner. Burgundy. Maud's mimicry. Slept
after & bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: Skated at Niagara. (Cuttings glued in:
Death of Catherine Chester.)
Monday February 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk. Still freezing. Breakfast. No letters. Mite
went off at 10.15 with Evelyn Coward. Self followed at 11.0. Real good skate.
Met Bobby Lowe, Miss Rhodes, Colonel Weymss etc. Thaw set in rapidly
whilst on the ice. Left at 1.15. Home. M bothered about blue cloak being
spoilt. Looked up & dated photos etc. M to go out 3.30. Went with Mite & M
as far as Albert Hall. Went to Long Water & skated from 4.0pm to 5.20. Met
Searle & daughter. Had very good skate. Walked home across the Round
Pond. Mite home. Dressed. Had tea 6.0pm. 7.0 M back. Cried about her
mother. Read till dinner & wrote letters. After at 8.0 dined & quiet evening.
Good Punch. Lamp smelling. Bed at 12.15am. Frost again at night. (Red ink:
Walked 8 times over the frozen Round Pond up to today.)
Tuesday February 19
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Walk. After breakfast dated Birch's model.
Wrote letters. Put chains on coats & at 11.15 went with Mite to skate. Took
buss & got on ice at 11.40. Ice not so good. Pretty frozen & broken up. Met
Miss Taylor, Lowe etc. Mite & Miss McQueens. Left 1.15 & walked home with
Schmaltz. Lunch Mite & self. M at 58 A.H.M. Sent Otley to Stores. M back
3.0pm. Left at 3.30pm & went by buss etc to skate again at Long Water. Saw
boys skating well, Lowe etc. 2 very pretty little girls, Zoe. Went on to 5.0 when
left. Walked home. Tea. After Mr Fowler came & talked. Dressed 7.5pm &
went with M in the carriage to dine at the Steinkopffs. Slow dinner. Took Mrs
Rawlinson in. Mrs Crackenthorpe opposite never said a word to Mr
Rawlinson. M had German friend. Met Baumann. Out at 11.0 & drove home.
Hard frost. Rest & bed at 1.0am. Ball next door music up to 2.0am. (Red ink
across page: Dined at Edward Steinkopffs, 47 Berkeley Square.)
Wednesday February 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk. Warmer. 35º. Pipe burst. No water in
W.C. After breakfast sent Otley to Nash's. Plumbers round. Evelyn Coward
here at 10.30. Went to Long Water. Met H.Langley. Thaw. Ice going & sloppy.
Skate with 2 Miss McQueens. Mite fell. Shin muscle ached very much. Left
12.45. Goodbye to Lowe. Home 1.0. Wrote diary. M's head & eyes bad.
Lunch. After at 3.30 left in the carriage & called at Burnand's to enquire how
he was. Put down at Knightsbridge. Bus to Charing X. Row with woman about
watch. Got in a temper. Turkish bath at 5.45. Weight 12.3½, 12.1½. Out 7.0 &
on to Punch dinner. Burnand away ill. A à B, J.T, self, Reed (next to me)
E.I.M, P.M, B.P, H.W.L, A.G. Good dinner. Got cut of Jonathan taking Eagle
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to be gilt to John Bull. Left with Tenniel. Put down Isthmian. Sent Partridge his
cheque for 20.000 good wishes & Pomade Hongroise. Home & bed at 1.0am.
(Red ink: The great frost broke at last early today. 11 times across Round
Pond.) (Red ink across page: Last morning's ourdoor skating on Long
Water.)
Thursday February 21
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. After skemed subject & at 11.30
photod Stace for John Bull & Pot of Paint. Also went round to Nash's shop &
photod carpenters & painters shop. M & Mite out to lunch. M at A.H.M, Mite at
Miss McQueens'. Rest & at 4.30 got to work. Could not get Langley for
Yankee. Dined at 7.0 & after went in the carriage to St James's Theatre &
saw Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of being Earnest'. Very good witty &
brilliant dialogue. Saw Galbraith & Harry Livesey. Also Harry Newton. Out &
home by carriage. Felt a nasty snuffly virulent cold come on in the evening.
(Red ink: Went to St James's Theatre.)
Friday February 22
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. walk. Got to work. Langley round at 10.30.
Photod him for Yankee & developed 3 plates. Got platinotype prints. Galbraith
called & asked Mite to go to Savoy & after to Haymarket Theatre. Spencer
called. M round at Gardens. Worked all day up to 9.0pm when dined. Cold
very bad. Mite back at 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Death & Obituary of
Edward Pigott.)
Saturday February 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. After got to work at 9.30am &
finished drawing of John Bull gilding Yankee eagle. Finished 1.45pm. Lunch.
M & Mite had gone in carriage to Gaiety Theatre to see 'The Shop Girl'. Went
at 3.0 after them. Hobart Farquhar in the box. Out 5.20. Walked to carriage.
Sent M & Mite home. Club. Saw Bancroft. Heard of poor Pigott's death.
Walked after writing 3 letters to ½ way down Row. Carriage met me. Bought
fruit & haddock. Home. Rest & read. Dressed 7.40 & dined quietly. Quiet
evening at home & bed at 11.0pm. M knocked twice. (Red ink: Went to
matinée of 'The Shop Girl'.)
Sunday February 24
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. M did not do her duty, no persuasion availed.
Walk. After Mite went to church. Put stop to brass plate on door etc. After
rigged up camera & printed one dozen or rather took one dozen of photos
from Lehmann's Japanese book. Fine morning. 45º. M out with Poggs. Effie
Harrison in to lunch. Felt cold on chest come on after lunch. Richard
Richardson & Marshall called. Tea. Did not go to Niagara. Dressed at 7.15 &
went with M & Mite to dine at the Moultons. Good dinner. Took Mrs Armstrong
in. Justin McCarthy. Man with a wig (clever) & wife. Young Cassell there. Miss
Thomson. Left 11.30 & home. Mrs Armstrong told me about Mr Eliot living in
the Albany 96 years of age. Walked across the ice at Thames in 1814. (illeg)
the Queen. (illeg) of Cossacks on Blackheath. Home. Read The Body
Snatcher. Bed 12.30am. Cold on chest very bad. (Red ink across page: Dined
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at the Fletcher Moultons. Met Mr & Mrs Armstrong.) (Cutting glued in: Death
of Marion Harding.)
Monday February 25
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Down 9.15. Usual walk. Greatcoat. Worry
letter from F.C.B. Cold on chest bad. Wrote letters etc & sent Otley back with
armour etc skates to be ground. Tip washed. Had great day tidying drawers
etc etc. Cold dull day all day. Looked in vain for book with article on English
Humourists. M & Mite out. Quiet dinner & evening. Cold bad. Roy wrote to
come home next Saturday. My cartoon came out in the Daily Chronicle, very
good.
Tuesday February 26
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk after. Printed photos etc etc in morning.
Finished photoing Lehmann's Japanese book after lunch. M & Mite out in the
carriage. In afternoon sent Otley with book for Lehmann & with message for
Ld Rosebery & to get box of sweets. Wrote letters & finished tidying drawers
etc. Rest in afternoon. Miss Clarke & Effie Harrison called. Squared prints &
dressed & dined 8.10pm. Quiet evening. Bed at 11.45pm. Sent for Bank
Book, about £900 in credit.
Wednesday February 27
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Mite in bed unwell. Usual walk. Breakfast.
After wrote letters & printed photos. Sent phos to Mrs King & Maud Rose.
Man came to put up window sill in bath room. Knocked a hole in the wall.
Lovely bright sunny morning. Sent cheque for £21.19.2 for Parish Taxes. In
afternoon went with M in carriage. Put down at top of Park. Very cold. Walked
on to Turkish bath. Hair cut. Weigh 12.3 & 12.1. Long talk with fat Frenchman
in smoking room. Out at 7.0. Got in buss & got out & in to buss again. P.D. No
Burnand. Phil A, R.C.L, P.M, E.I.M, late, H.W.L, A à B, J.T, self & B.P.
Suggested both cuts. Very annoyed at having cut of Hyena changed.
Lehmann dictatorial & Milligan emphatic. Left with J.T at 11.0 & home. Cold
getting better.
Thursday February 28
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk & after got to work & skemed subject of
Harcourt & Morley hunting. Sent to Stace. Did not use him. Took 9 photos at
stable with hand camera from Otley & after developed & enlarged them. Man
from Ewarts mending pipe etc. Got to work at 4.30pm & worked to 7.50. After
Evelyn Coward, Hobart Farquhar & Jacomb Hood dined with us quietly. 1
bottle of Champagne, 1 Burgundy. Settled to go to Carmencita on Saty. Hood
left at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Evelyn Coward, Farquhar & Jacomb Hood dined
with us.)
Friday March 1
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk. Back & after breakfast got to work on
drawing of Harcourt & Morley hunting. Worked hard all day & finished at
9.30pm. Dined. Cheque sent from Daily Chronicle arrived last night. Men
doing the cats' shelter outside. Snowy dark day. They finished at 6.0pm.
(Cutting glued in: Death of Frederick Chapman.)
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Saturday March 2
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Tired. Walk. After in morning put things straight
etc. At 11.30am, 12.0, went for ride on Cob. Very cold. Met Col Rich. Ride &
talk. Back. Lunch. Roy home from Eton. After had cab to Gaiety Theatre &
saw Shop Girl 2nd time. Very good. Out & to Garrick. Tea. Saw Bertie Hare.
Walked to ½ way down Piccadilly. Sausages. Buss home. Dressed. Jacomb
Hood dined & M & Roy on in carriage to Palace Theatre. Saw Carmencita.
Langleys there also. Very cold. Sandwiches & bed. Roy very good & well.
(Red ink across page: Roy back from Eton. Went to see The Shop Girl.
Jacomb Hood dined & we went to Palace Theatre to see Carmencita.)
(Cuttings glued in: Death of Ismail Pasha. Death of John Blackie.)
Sunday March 3
Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0am. Roy in bath. Walk. Very cold. Frost. Sausages &
German ditto after. Put things straight. Printed photos etc etc. Cleared hut. M
out. Photod 2 little girls at 1.0pm. Lunch. After cigar & rest. Went at 3.30pm to
Niagara. Met Mrs Russell & also Powers, Montague Guest etc & many I
knew. Robson Rooses. Good hard skate. Left at 7.0 & back by Met Rly.
Home 7.25. Read. Roy dressed & put on my smoke jacket. Good dinner.
Pine. 3 games backgammon & bed 11.30. Very cold. Nightmare. (Cuttings
glued in: Death of Sir Geoffrey Hornby. Death of John Maxwell.)
Monday March 4
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Roy in bath. Walk. Very cold. Snow on the
ground. Roy back to Eton at 9.30am. Wrote letters. Thermometer broken in
drawing room. Very much annoyed. Pottered all day putting things straight
etc. M out in carriage. Heard of Mr Chapman's death. Quiet dinner M, Mite &
self. Pineapple. Read Genl Marbot's memoirs. Bed at 11.45. (Red ink: Roy
went back to Eton from his Exeat.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of William
Bennett. Death of James Anderson. Will of James Anderson proved. Times
Friday Apl 19.) (Red ink: Death of James Anderson, Tragedian. Mr Anderson
was attacked by footpads some time before the above in going from the
Garrick to the Bedford Hotel & seriously hurt. Written Sunday 11 Oct 1903 on
reading his Life.)
Tuesday March 5
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. Breakfast. After put photos away
etc. 1st day of Hackney Horse Show. Mite had the carriage at 12.0 noon &
called at Gardens hoping to get Con to photograph. After Miss Wallace & Bill
Weigall called. Miss Gill to lunch. Began the article for Mr Fowler & wrote a lot
up to 8.15pm when dressed & dined. Quiet evening.
Wednesday March 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. Breakfast. After printed photos
etc. At 12.0 Con came round. Man from Elliot & Fry here at 11.0 & took many
photos of me at work. Upset room & did not finish till 1.15. After lunch photod
Con & Mite for Mite's drawing up to 3.0pm. Did not develope them. After
dressed & left in buss at 4.30pm & went to Turkish Bath. 12.4, 12.2½. Met
B(?) McLean. Out at 7.0pm & bus on to P.D. F.C.B back. J.T, A à B, R.L, P.A,
E.I.M late, P.M, B.P, H.W.L. Arthur idiotic chaff about my hunter & Harcourt.
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Very angry with him. Left with J.T after suggesting both cuts. Home. Alice
sitting up with cap off waiting to go to fetch Mite who was at dance at Mrs
Cameron Corbetts. Went to bed 12.30am. Mite home 1.45.
Thursday March 7
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Usual walk. M in bed. Skemed cut of Cricketers.
Otley at 11.0 put on flannels & photod him for Stoddart & Giffen, Lion &
Kangaroo. After developed 6 photos & also 5 of those taken yesterday.
Hardly any water. Plumber at work. Got plates & put them to dry. Rest after &
got to work at 4.0. Drew out cut. M read Genl Marbot's memoirs. Quiet dinner
at home, M, Mite & self, & bed after. (Cutting glued in: Death of John
Livesey.)
Friday March 8
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Usual walk. After got to work on drawing of
Stoddart & Giffen cricketers. Worked all day & finished at 9.0pm when dined.
Lobster. Quiet dinner & bed after. Gillyflower in to lunch again. Came in &
shewed me M's cape. (Cuttings glued in: Death of Mary Corbould. Death of
Isabella Wyvill.)
Saturday March 9
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Usual walk. Breakfast. After went round to
Pembroke Gardens to look at a sale. A sell. Nothing worth having. Burst pipe
at door. Home. A beastly morning, rain & muggily cold. Could not ride. Put all
photos away. Felt tired & slack. Eat wonderful lunch. Curry. In afternoon
rested in bedroom & looked over all Pall Mall Budgets etc. Dinner at 6.45 &
went after to Lyric Theatre. M, Mite in carriage, self by buss. Saw 'His
Excellency' for 2nd time. Lady McKenzie in box opposite. Barrington forgot his
words. Home by carriage. In morning room. Letter from Vaus etc. Mite hard at
work on her drawing. (Red ink: M, Mite & self went to see 'His Excellency' at
the Lyric Theatre in the evening.)
Sunday March 10
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk at 9.0 took Pogs. Back & breakfast. At
10.45 rode Cob to Camera Club. Fine delightful morning threatened showers.
At 12.0 photod Miss Rose about 30 photos. After out & lunched at 2.45 on
cold beef & stilton chese. Met Dr Burney Yeo. At 4.0 on to Niagara. Good
skate. Met Mr Beddington, Miss & Mrs Russell, Miss Roose, Lady Morel
Mackenzie etc etc. Talk to Campbell Praed & left 6.50. Back home by 7.30.
Col Welby & also the Cohens had called. Quiet dinner. Bottle of Lanson. Very
tired. Lamp smoked. Bed 11.50pm. (Red ink: Last piece of huge icycle
melted.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Alfred German Reed. Death of Sophia
Orlebar.)
Monday March 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50am. 1st ride before breakfast since (blank). Met
McNamara & after Pepys C who had the influenza. Parsons etc. Back 9.30.
After printed blue photos, did a lot. Otley round & cleared out cupboard in roof
& took things down. Decided to ride after lunch. Rode mare at 3.0 till 5.30.
Saw the Oxford & Cambridge boats practising. Went thro' Richmond Park &
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across Wimbledon home. Nearly rode over a man at foot of Putney Bridge.
Saw 4 of the Cambridge crew walking, one with hooked nose, another in
specs. Changed things at 6.0 & down & wrote letters & diary. Quiet dinner, M,
Mite & self. Bottle of Champagne (yesterday) Bed after reading Genl Marbot's
memoirs. (Red ink: 1st spring ride in Park after frost.)
Tuesday March 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Very cold. Had only one
vest on. Saw Pepys C. Home. Felt like influenza. Shocked to see poor Taff
Reed's death in Times. Sunny morning. Printed many blue photos. Lunch. Mr
Fowler called in afternoon. Delighted with Maud's drawings. Long jaw to me
after. Quiet dinner. After at 8.30 M, Mite & self went up in carriage to Savoy
Theatre & saw 'The Chieftain'. Very dull. Saw Adams. Home by four wheel
cab. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink: M, Mite & self went to the Savoy Theatre & saw
'The Chieftain'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Elizabeth Trynham.)
Wednesday March 13
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode mare in the Park at 8.30am. Met
Coward. Saw the Duke of York riding. Walked home with Pepys C. After
breakfast wrote letters etc. Man cleaning hut. Lunch. Sent pattern shirts off.
Galbraith childen in to tea. Left at 4.45. Buss to Lincoln & Bennetts. Ordered
hat. On to Turkish bath. Weight 12.4½, 12.2½. Familiar fat Frenchman with
shampooer. Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, R.L, A à B, P.M, B.P. Guthrie &
Millikin ill. Sugested cartoon of Speaker's Chair. May related experiance with
Carmencita last Sunday evening. Left with J.T 11.0 & home. Cats outside.
Sent cheque in morning for £567.1.0 to Henderson. Bed at 12.45. Frost at
night.
Thursday March 14
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. Rode mare in Park. Foggy & cold. Saw Beadle
& wife. Back & looked out dolphins. After changed & at 11.25 took cab to
Brompton Cemetery & attended poor Taff Reed's funeral. Saw Henry Reed &
his son. Out & called Gay's arranged for lesson on tricycle on Monday with
B.P. Buss home. Bright sun. At 1.0 skemed subject of Spencer & Britannia on
Dolphin. At 2.0 photod Otley & M. Developed & put to print at 5.0. M out in
carriage. Worked on Lord Spencer & Britannia. Got it in outline after. At 8.0
quiet dinner, M, Mite & self. Snooze in chair & bed 11.30pm.
Friday March 15
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode in Park on Cob. Saw Ames, looked
gigantic, 6ft 9ins. Met Alfred Parsons. Back & got to work on drawing of Lord
Spencer & Britannia on a Dolphin. Worked hard all day. Finished at 9.45pm
when M & self dined quietly. Mite went to dine at the Steincopffs & had dance
after. Enjoyed herself immensely. M went to bed. Sat up & let Mite in at
1.0am. Bed after. M never woke.
Saturday March 16
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with Tip. After breakfast at 10.45 rode
Cob. Called on Galbraith. After met them in the Park. Good ride. Saw also
Lockwood & Finlay, Alexander. Wyndham left £58000. Home. Changed.
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Lunch. At 2.0 the carriage. Walked as far as L & City Bank to Avenue
Theatre. Saw Yohé in Dandy Dick Whittington. Langleys there. Out 5.20. Had
Turkish bath. 12.4 ½, 12.2 after. Home by buss. Dined quietly. Rather a
headache. Sleepy after dinner. Bed at 11.30pm. (Cuttings glued in: Death of
Corney Grain. The Times Monday 18th. Obituary Corney Grain.) (Red ink:
Died 5.30pm in peace. Born Oct 26 1844. School in England '54 - 58,
Germany '58 - 60, Paris '60 - 62. Called to Bar '66. Practised till 16 May 1870.
Joined German Reeds.)
Sunday March 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. Down. No walk. Breakfast at 8.45. Mite to
church. Got on mare at 9.30am. Walked up Campden Hill. Lovely day
morning. Meet at Parsons'. Frank Mellor, Henschel, Shakespeare, Sargent,
Jacomb Hood, Herkomer & self. Eight. All went pounding down Hammermith
Road. Hard ride thro' Richmond Park & Wimbledon Common. Had drink at
the Robin Hood Gate. Hood & Shakespeare left & went along road. Caught
them up after at stables 12.15. Home. Spencer & Hilda at gate. Bath.
Dressed. At 1.40 went in cab, M, Mite & self to Moultons & lunched. Met
Justin McCarthy, Mrs Oswald Crawfurd, Sir James Robinson & member of
Parliament. Good lunch. Up in drawing room. Met Cassell & nephew. Talk.
Out. Cab to Niagara. Skated from 5.30pm to 7.0pm. Met many I knew. Lady
Lepel Griffen, Miss Maple etc. Shocked to hear of poor Corney Grain's death.
Met Campbell P. Back by 7.15 underground. Home dinner, Campbell P,
Pepys Cockerell & Hamilton Langley. Good dinner. All stayed till 12.10am.
Very tired. (Red ink across page: Lunched at the Fletcher Moultons. Campbell
Praed & Cockerell & Langley dined. Great gallop in Richmond Park & Niagara
after.)
Monday March 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Tired & stiff. Rode Cob at 8.30. Met George
Holland & Doctor. Brisk ride. Back 9.20. After put all photos away etc. Photod
Maud & little girls at 12.30 am & Marie Buhler. Lunch. At 2.15 went by buss to
Gay's & had lesson on bicycle. Got on better than Partridge. Thro' cemetery.
Saw poor Taff's grave, all levelled over. Home 4.0 by buss. At 4.30 Mr Brooke
Smith called. Bore & undecided young man. Tea. After at 5.30pm developed
9 plates taken in the morning. M back 6.0. Rested. Wrote diary. At 7.30
dressed, & dined quietly M, Mite & self at 8.0pm (Cuttings glued in: Death of
Pricilla German Reed. Born Jany 2, 1818. Death of Sarah Dalby.)
Tuesday March 19
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & rode Cob in the Park. Met Beadle etc. After
home. Looked up drawings to send to Academy. Fox's man called at 1.15pm.
Also sent prints. Lunch. After looked over St Pauls. Wrote letters. Heard of
Mrs Geman Reed's death. After at 6.15 dressed & left to walk towards
London. Met Luke Fildes. On in carriage & dined with the Galbraiths at the
Berkeley. Fair dinner. After to Prince of Wales's to see Gentleman Jack.
Arthur Roberts as hansom cabman. Poor. Went to the Garrick & back. Home
by 4 wheeler. Damp evening. Rode with Sir William Dalby & Doctor in the
morning. (Red ink: Dined with the Galbraiths at the Berkeley. Went to see
Gentleman Joe at Prince of Wales's Theatre.)
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Wednesday March 20
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode Cob in the Park. Good sharp ride. Rode
with D'Arcy & daughter etc. Home 9.25. Breakfast. After began drawing of Sir
George Lewis. Worked till 1.0pm. Lunch at 2.20. Went & had 2 nd bicycle
lesson. Got on all right. Back by buss. Changed. Packed Mite's drawing up.
Tea. On by cab to Turkish bath. 12.3, 12.2. Out 7.10 & on to P.D. Phil A,
E.I.M (late) Phil M, E.T.R, A.G, B.P, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B. (The rest of this
page is obliterated by the cutting glued in: Funeral of Corney Grain.)
Thursday March 21
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Collry wobbles. Rode Cob. Damp morning. Met
Beadles & Lockett. Back 9.30. Death of the Duchess of Leinster. After
skemed subject for Duke of Cambridge as Drum Major & Herbert Gladstone.
Photo came at 11.0. Wrote letters. Also skemed cartoon for Weighing
Machines. At 2.0 photod Otley & Stace & self in bearskin shako. Developed &
rested. After at 4.30pm got on with fancy portrait of George Lewis. Dined at
8.30pm. M, Mite & self & quiet evening afterwards. Bed 11.30. (Red ink:
Death of the Duchess of Leinster.)
Friday March 22
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode Cob in the Park. Lovely morning. Met
Dalby etc, Pepys Cockerell walking. Back & got on & finished Fancy P of
George Lewis by 11.0 when after began cartoon of Duke of Cambridge as
Drum Major. Worked till 8.45. Decided to finish in the morning. Mite went to
dine at the Roger Wallace's & then on to see Gentleman Joe for 2nd time. M
took Mite's drawings to Mr White & saw him & Miss Dixon. After dinner
snooze & bed at 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Death and Obituary of John
Bell.)
Saturday March 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.30am down to work at 6.45. Worked till 9.15 on
drawing of Duke of Cambridge as Drum Major. After at 9.45 in again &
finished at 11.30am. Rode on Cob at 11.50. Long rambling talk with Heathorn
on Burnand etc. Saw Mrs Turquand & Peter Reed. Back to lunch 1.30. After
changed & went to have 3rd bicycle lesson at 2.50. Met Bernard Partridge.
Pretty girls from carriage with man like Captain Uniacke. Back 4.0. After read
book & developed 16 plates Miss Rose. After dressed at 6.0. Dined 6.30 at
home & went by 4 wheel cab to Lyceum. Had large box to left. Saw King
Arthur, M. Mite & self. Bram Stoker very attentive & got us cab to private door.
Home at 11.40. Gale & wet. Gave cabby 4/s. Bed at once. (Red ink: M, Mite
& self went to Lyceum Theatre for King Arthur. Big box.) (Cutting glued in:
Death of Mary Jeanneret.)
Sunday March 24
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.45. x. Walk with Tip. Great gale of wind. Breakfast.
Decided not to ride. After put up hour glass, cupboard & thermometer in yard
& developed 1 doz of Roy taken January 24. Miss Lockyer here with Mite.
Pasted obituary slips in diary. Lunch 1.45. Tip ill & very thin. Rested after
lunch. Headache from being in hut. At 3.30 dressed & left by 4.10pm for
Niagara. Met Campbell Praed. Introduced to Mr Bagg. Saw D'Arcy etc. Not so
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many there & slower. Mrs McTear. After back 6.40 & home. Tip sick.
Dressed. Wrote 3 letters & after at 7.45 left in carriage with Cob & drove to
Heilbuts. Good dinner. Dagonet '74. After left at 11.0. Drove home by cab.
Slept in chair till 1.0am. (Plan of table seating) Mrs Gilgood, Mr Lucy, Mrs
C.Mathews junr, Marcus Stone, M, Mr Gilgood(sic) Mrs Stone, J.de la Rue,
Lady Seton, Sam Heilbut, Mrs C.Mathews, L.S, Mrs A.De la Rue, G.
Alexander, Mrs (blank), Mr Dresden, Mrs Alexander, W.Mathews, Mrs H, Sir
B.Seton. (Red ink: Dined at Sam Heilbut's.)
Monday March 25
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. In Park at 8.35 on mare. Met Dr Dash & had
sharp canter 3 times up & down. After saw De la Rue. Out. Breakfast. Lovely
morning. Trees blown down in Park from yesterday's gale. Evelyn Coward in
& asked Mite to go to Brighton on Thursday. At 12.45 photod Otley & Stace &
self for cartoon for Mr Brooke Smith. Lunch. Miss Ritchie called. After
developed prints or rather negatives. Out of hut at 3.0. Rested 3.30. M, Mite
out in carriage. Sent organ man away. Read Marbot. Felt tired & seedy.
Dated & put away photos. At 6.0 got to work on cartoon for Brooke Smith.
Worked up to 7.45. Dressed & at 8.15 George Nicol dined with us & stayed
after dinner until 12.0am. (Red ink: George Nicol dined with us.)
Tuesday March 26
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. At 8.30 on mare & rode in the Row. Met Alfred
Parsons. Out at 9.20 & home. Breakfast. Cockerell sent a bottle of oil. After
printed off negatives taken yesterday. Sun at 11.0 & got on with drawing for
Brooke Smith. Lunch. At 2.15 left & on to buss. Walked round by Lleweny
House. Looked very shabby & wanted painting. On to Gays 2.50. Met B.P.
Roy's cycle not ready. Had boss of wheel stripped in screw. Rode on lady's
cycle. Did not get on so well. Rain came on. Home 5.50. After read & worked.
Mr Fowler called, Miss Ritchie etc. Worked up to 7.50. Dressed & Mrs
Galbraith dined with us. Left at 11.15. Bed 12.0. Sleepy. (Red ink: Mrs
Galbraith dined with us.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Leonard Jerome. Death
of Hermione Crinnery.)
Wednesday March 27
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Pouring wet morning & dull. Nevertheless rode
mare 8.30. Called on Mrs Galbraith & on & called Peals. The only man in the
Row except one groom. Home 9.15 changed everything. Breakfast, after
wrote letters for 2 hours. Academy labels etc etc & sent them off. Got to work
12.15pm till 1.45. Mite at lunch. M at her mother's. M back at 3.30pm. Dull
dark & wet. Dressed & left by buss for Turkish bath at 4.0pm. Got to bath
4.45. Conjuror in buss, Devine. Weight 12.5, 12.2½. Hair cut. Good bath. Out.
Called & paid 5/s for photos of Guardsmen at Gregory's, 51 Strand. After
Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, E.T.R, R.L, A à B. E.I.M (late) Phil May, B.P,
H.W.L, A.G. Told Arthur to go to a barnyard not as a Cock but as a Hen. After
left with Tenniel at 11.0 & home by 12.0 Mite out & just home from the
Leech's.
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Thursday March 28
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Mare 8.25. Called for Mrs Galbraith & rode 5
times up & down. Saw Galbraith in cab. From Scotland. Back at 9.45.
Breakfast. After expected Brown. Wrote letters. Skemed subject of Emperor
William & Bismarck & at 12.0 photod Otley & Stace. Developed them & put to
dry at lunch. Put out to print & at 3.25 went for fifth lesson on cycle. Got on
Roy's machine. Better. Back 3.45. Mite & M left, Mite for Brighton at 4.0pm.
Rested till 5.0 & got to work from 5.0 to 8.30 on drawing of Bismarck &
Emperor William. Dined quietly M & self. M to bed.10.30, self 12.0am. (Red
ink: Rode with Mrs Galbraith. Mite went to Brighton with Cowards.) (Cutting
glued in: Death of Henry Pemberton.)
Friday March 29
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. x. Out at 8.15 on mare. Wet. Called at 40 Queen's
Gate & on to Park. No one I knew. Twice round & home. Letter from Tuer with
cheque. Letter from Mite. After got to work all day on drawing of Emperor of
Germany & Prince Bismarck. (Presenting sword). Miss Wheat came to lunch
& went out with M in carriage in aftrnoon. M back at 6.0. Worked till 9.0pm
when knocked off & dined. Half bottle of Burgundy. Snooze & bed early after.
M read 2nd Vol of General Marbot's Life after. (Cutting glued in: Death of
Viscount Clifden.) (Red ink: Viscount Clifden lived at Dumpton Park 1888-9,
1889-90 etc. Was a crank & objected to vaccination. Only 25 or 26 when at
Dumpton.)
Saturday March 30
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.0. Work 7.15 till 9.0 on drawing of Germany & Prince
Bismarck & after breakfast till 11.45. Tidied up, did not ride. Wet cold
showers. Rested after lunch. Did not go to Oxford & Cambridge Boat race. M
out in carriage till 6.0pm from 3.30. Tenniel show at F.A.Socy. Rested in chair
in day nursery. Cold. Slept 1 hr. After at 5.15 worked till 8.0 on cartoon for Mr
Brooke Smith. Dined, ½ bottle of Burgundy. Smoke & bed at 12.0am. (Red
ink: Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race. Oxford won by 2¼ lengths. Sir John
Tenniel's private View at Fine Art Socy. Roy confirmed at Eton by Bishop of
Oxford.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Admiral Lord Alcester. Death of General
Sir G.Chesney.)
Sunday March 31
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15. Colder. Out for walk with Tip. M in bed. Breakfast.
After wrote many letters. Sent an order on the Bank to pay ground rent to
Davis when due. Wrote letters till luncheon time. Dressed & at 12.40 went out
& got hansom cab with difficulty. Drove to Sir Bruce Seton's & had good
luncheon. Met Dr Lennox Browne & others. Rawlinson of Tattersalls. House
crammed with pictures. Signed book & left at 3.45 in carriage. Drove to
Niagara & skated. Saw Hungarian lady & Campbell Praed, Armstrongs etc.
Out at 6.40 & home. Met Mr Sladen on the stairs. Mr Lacy & Richardsons had
called. Quiet dinner with M & bed after. (Red ink: Lunched at Sir Bruce &
Lady Seton's.) (Cutting glued in: Critique of 'The battle of Dorking' by Sir
George Chesney.)
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Monday April 1
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode Cob in the Park. Went well. Back.
Breakfast. M in bed. After breakfast dressed & prepared to go to town. Just
going out when received impudent letter from Fred Davis. Answered it & left
11.30 in cab taking photo case. Called Camera Club. Put plates in slides. On
to Garrick. Wrote Davis again & others. Saw Lawrence Bradbury. Lunch. Cold
beef. Saw Evans & Jones & Stone looking older. Out 1.40 & on to C.C.
Smoky stove. At 2.30 took 40 photos Miss Green. (Red ink:1st time. Miss G
an adept). Modest girl. Out at 4.30. Washed & on to Turkish bath. Weight
12.3, 12.1½. Otley brought bag. Out 7.30 & on to Hotel Metropole. Gordon
dinner. Met Lord Duncannon (Ponsonby that was) Tenniel, Albert à Beckett
etc. Sat next Charles Keene's brother. Long talk. Eat snake at dinner. Glee
singing. Out 11.15. Called for bag at Camera Club & home. Found another
impudent letter from Fred Davis. To bed at 12.15am. (Red ink: News of Fritz
Jackson's engagement.)
Tuesday April 2
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.30. Slept very badly. Woke at 4.0am. Down, wrote
letter to Davis & went on Cob for ride. Otley left letter. Met Alfred Parsons.
Back. M in bed. After breakfast went on & finished drawing for Mr Brooke
Smith. At 1.0 a letter of apology came from Davis. All right. Lunch. Went on to
finish drawing after. At 2.45 took buss to have lesson on bicycle. Met
Partridge. Got on much better. Left 3.30 & walked with Partridge home. Miss
Wallace & mother called. Very pretty girl. After Ethel English. Tea & after
went on with drawing. Dined quietly with M at 8.0. Read & bed after at 12.0.
(Cutting glued in: Inquest on Alice Smith, formerly Mrs Ebb Smith.)
Wednesday April 3
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode Cob in the Park. Back 9.30. After packing
up & finishing drawing for Mr Brooke Smith got to work on drawing, or rather
writing rest of article for The Minster. Finished it between 1.0 & 4.0pm.
Dressed & took buss 5.30 for Dover Street. Called Bath Club & saw Turkish
bath. Walked on calling at Club at 6.30pm. Looked at portmanteau. Late for
Punch dinner. Lawrence B, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T & self. A
à B & E.I.M late. Very long discussion. 2 cuts to make up. Lasted till 11.0.
Headache. Left with Tenniel at 11.15 & home by cab. (Cutting glued in: Mr
Justice Hawkins gave judgement in an action "Robb v. Green".)
Thursday April 4
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode Cob in the Park. Very few people in. Sent
Otley for Stace. Skemed drawing of Nile & John Bull. Photod Stace in helmet
& sitting on box at 12.45 & developed them. Lunch. Rested. Dried plates. To
print at 4.0. No cycle lesson. Got to work at 5.0 & drew in from unwashed
prints. Dined 8.30pm. Roy's bills came in £85. Rested after dinner. Bed 12.0.
(Cutting glued in: Central Criminal Court. Mr Oscar Wilde examined.)
Friday April 5
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Out in Park on Cob. Met Sterne. Long talk. Back &
got to work. Roy home from Eton at 10.0am. Got on with drawing of John Bull
& Nile. Worked all day up to 9.0pm. M had made mistake about dinner invite.
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Sent Roy for dinner jacket to Wings. Roy went to dine with Stone & after to St
James's Theatre. Sat up for him. (Red ink: Roy back from Eton at 10.0am)
Saturday April 6
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15. At work 7.30 on drawing John Bull & Nile.
Breakfast 9.0. Finished at 11.25. Dressed & out on Cob. Cold & raw. Met
Galbraith. After Lockwood & Finlay. Saw good looking horse belonging to
Wolff. Home 1.30. Rain. Spencer there. After left at 2.15 for bicycle lesson.
Got on better, much. Saw Orton. Partridge there. Home by buss. Rested in
chair. Corrected proofs of article. After at 7.15 dressed. Left Roy & Mite at
dinner. M & self went in 4 wheel cab to dine at the Cameron Corbetts. Met the
Galbraiths. Took a Mrs Westlake in. Oh! my. Advanced. Dull slow stupid bad
dinner. Old colonial holding forth. Left at 11.15 & home by 4 wheeler. Unlaced
M's dress. Roy had been to the Lyric Theatre, back 11.40. Read W.G & to
bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Dined at the Cameron Corbetts. Very bad dull dinner.
Mite came home from Brighton at 7.0pm.)
Sunday April 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.40am. Bath & out for walk. Called for Tip. After
breakfast Mite went to church. Very wet. Sorted photos etc. Wrote diary. Sent
Roy for Mite at church. After looked over papers & cut extracts etc up to lunch
time. Wrote 3 or 4 letters. At 2.15 dressed & went at 2.50, Mrs Galbraith, Roy,
M, Mite & self, to see Pictures. Went to Stones, Thorneycroft, Fildes, Hunter,
Leighton, Prinsep & Forbes. Back home to tea. Rider Haggards called. Talked
till 5.45 when went in carriage to Niagara. Got there 6.0pm. Saw Mrs Hare,
Mrs Wagge etc, Sternes, Campbell P. Words with Director. Out 6.50 & home.
Dressed. Quiet evening all together & bed 12.0 after snooze. Curious dream
of lunch in a lodging house Mecklenburgh Square. (Red ink: Picture Sunday.
Went round with Roy, M, Mrs Galbraith & Mite. Niagara after.)
Monday April 8
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bath. Out 8.25. Called for Mrs Galbraith. Rode till
9.35. Beautiful morning. Back. Breakfast. Roy went for his cycle. Skemed
subject of Punch & Spring. Developed 10 plates at 11.30 of Miss Rose. Gave
M cheque. Afterwards got on with Punch & Spring in afternoon. Drew figure
out before dinner. Worked to 8.30pm when dined, M, Mite, Roy & self. Quiet
evening & bed early.
Tuesday April 9
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode in Park. Met Holland etc. Cap blew off in
Row. Back. Breakfast & after got to work on Spring & Punch. All day at it. Roy
at Club. Mite dined at Edwin Herapath's. Fanny & Alice called. M took Mite to
call on Critchett for her eyes at 5.0pm. Worked till 9.0pm. Boy never came. M,
Roy & self dined. Roy went to fetch Maud & just missed her, both coming
home in cab separately. Bed at 12.0 after rest.
Wednesday April 10
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15am. Down & went on to finish drawing of Spring &
Punch. On after breakfast until 11.15 when finished. Dressed & rode Cob in
the Row. Met the Galbraiths & after had long talk with Stone who was
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walking. Saw H.A.Jones & Alexander. After home. Lunch. Read & rested & at
3.30 dressed. Called with Roy at the L & County Bank. Gave instructions to
Mr Lemon to sell £700 of Buenos Aires & Rosario Railway Co shares.
Debentures. After out at 4.10. Walked up with Roy to Dover St & had Turkish
bath as Mr Williamson Milnes' guest. Good bath & swim. Played Roy 50 up
won by 13 self. Out 6.50. Saw Roy catch his buss & then went on to Punch
dinner by buss. William Agnew, P.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self,
Arthur a B, R.L, & E.I.M (late). Long discussion. Got cut of Japan & China.
Tenniel the Speaker. Lika Joko dead. Left with Tenniel at 11.10 & home in his
cab. Lehmann found out Herodotus spelt wrongly. (Red ink: Had Turkish
bath. The Bath Club.)
Thursday April 11
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Went with Roy to practise cycle up top of
Phillimore Gardens. Came off at pillar box. Back. Breakfast. After put all
photos away & sent Otley at 10.45am to London Bridge Station. Rode for 2½
hours in Park. Called Stace. Saw Mrs Tate & Miss Tate & after Heathorne &
Stone. Soldiers out. Most lovely April day. Back lunch at 1.15. M & Mite
preparing to go to Ramsgate. Otley could not get pass for S.E.Rly. After lunch
gave M funds etc. They left by 4 wheeler at 2.45pm. Roy & self went to Gays.
Rode 6 times round the track. Tired. Back by buss. Tea. After dressed & at
5.45 went by Met'n Rly to Portland Rd & called Strassen & Sons, bicycle
makers. After Roy & self had very good dinner at Paganis Restaurant & went
to see The Shop Girl for 3rd time. Very good. Out 11.20 & to Garrick. Had
supper. Carr & Gillie F there. Left 12.10 & home by carriage. (Red ink: M &
Mite went to Ramsgate. Roy & self went to see Gaiety Girl or rather The Shop
Girl at Gaiety.)
Friday April 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk with Tip. Roy went to Club. Skemed
subject of Jap & China at Counter. Wrote diary. At 11.0 got ready & at 11.30
photod Stace & boy for China & Japan. Developed plates (also photo of
Flag.) Roy back at 1.0. Lunch. Rested till 3.0pm & at 3.20pm rode mare &
Cob up along Euston road & thro' Lloyd Square & Holloway to Highgate.
Went to cemetery & at last found out the 2 graves. There fifteen past 5. Left
5.30 & home past Hampstead & Fitzjohn's Avenue. Back 6.30pm. Lovely
afternoon & delightful ride. Had tea & hot X buns. Changed plates & dressed
at 7.30pm. Roy & self dined together. After played 2 games of backgammon.
Won two out of three. Bed at 11.30pm. (Sketch plan of cemetery entrance
and path to Catacombs.) (Red ink: Rode to Highgate in afternoon. Plan of
graves at Highgate. Sharp turn to left after entrance.)
Saturday April 13
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Roy & self rode in Park 8.15am. Met gent in
Government office & saw De la Rue. Back 9.30. Bother with sweep. No fire &
all rooms upset. Breakfast. After up in bath room. Packed & printed photos &
put all things straight. After down in drawing room & attempted to put photos
away. Roy went to Strassen & Son. Lunch 1.30 & left 2.45 in 4 wheeler for
Victoria. Carriage reserved. Frenchman & two others in it. Arrived Ramsgate
6.0pm. M, Mite & Dora met us. Most bitterly cold east wind. Just time to
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dress. Had most uncomfortable dinner. Bottle of Claret. After played Roy at
billiards. Beaten. Went round to see M & Mite. Back & another 100 up at
Billiards. Bed 11.30pm.(Cutting glued in: Death of John Matherson.)
Sunday April 14
The Granville, Ramsgate. Up at 9.0am. Out. Bright sun but very cold. Went
round to see M & Mite at 9 Wellington Crescent. Back & had breakfast. Pretty
little girl. A Miss Mure. Walk with Roy. Met John Penn. After round to see M
again. At 11.30 walked along sands to Dumpton Gap & back. Then on to
West Cliff along new road. Saw Weigalls & F.C.B, Mrs Sismé etc. back.
Lunch. Made Hock cup. After rested in room & round to M's to tea. Walk to
end of pier. Dressed & met M & Mite. Dined at Table d'Hote, M, Mite, Roy &
self. Back & ½ of Hock. Concert after. Talk to the Dewars & John Penn. M left
9.45, walked home with her. Bitterly cold east wind. Back. Read Monte
Christo. Bed 10.45. (Red ink: Bright sun but very cold wind.) (Cutting glued
in: Death of Edward Willis. T, 24 April.)
Monday April 15
The Granville, Ramsgate. Up at 8.0am. Roy & self had beastly cold sea bath.
Oh! Out & on to see M. Nasty cold east wind & dull. Back & had breakfast. Up
in room after. Nothing to do out & failed with cycle. Walked at 11.30 down to
station & caught 12.0 train to Broadstairs. Walked on to Kingsgate.
Threatened rain. There 1.15. Met Luke & Mrs Fildes. Steam roller at the door.
A German doctor & Gordon Thompson there. Good lunch. Mr Maclean came
in. After mooched round & at 4.30 went to the Convent. Mr Brookes nice man
& very civil. Young Abernethy there. A high tea at 5.45. Mr B kindly sent me
home in wagonette. Very cold. Borrowed Mr Fildes' coat. Back to Wellington
Cres't 6.25. After to Granville. Dressed & dined. Music. Brown of Colorado
opposite. John Penn & party. Played Roy one game of 100. Had to pay 1/6
for it. Row with Marker. After went & sat with M. Back & went to bed at
10.40pm. J.W.Brookes Esquire. (Red ink: Bitterly cold wind. Went to
Kingsgate to see Fildes.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Robert Barnes.)
Tuesday April 16
The Granville, Ramsgate. Up 8.30. Bath in room. Down & went to see M.
Back & breakfast. People going. Talk to unknown. Wrote diary. Also wrote
many letters. Roy back. After M, Roy & self strolled to catch 12.0 train. Saw
Miss Goodenough & Pepys Cockerell's daughter. Roy & self to Margate.
Went on extension. Saw Hitchings. Out & up to Cliftonville after calling at Post
Office. Lunch at Cliftonville. Very good. Out. Called at Kimbers Hotel & round
by Albion House School. Walked along cliff. Cut name at Gap, R.S. To Fildes'
at 3.40pm. Toller there. After Marcus Stone & wife. Had tea & left at 5.15.
Walked to Ramsgate from Joss's gap. Great change in cliffs, many falls etc.
Just got round cliff at Broadstairs. Got to Ramsgate 7.40. Called M & back to
dress. Dined. Claret. Music. After played Roy for 1 hr. Beat him. Made 27
break. Just made 150. To M's 9.15. Row with flyman, surly brute. Out & Roy
& self walked. Race game. Roy lost 3/6 & M 2/6. Took whiskey which made
my head ache. Left M, Mite, Dora at 11.15. Roy & self walked to East Ciff. On
to hotel 11.30 & bed. (Red ink: Roy & self went to Margate.)
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Wednesday April 17
The Granville, Ramsgate. Up 8.0am. Blinds up & down. Called M. Breakfast.
After packed. Lovely morning. Out with M on sands. Saw Mr Mure &
daughters. Sat in chair. Had headache. Niggers. La diddy la de didder.
Singing children. Walked on to West Cliff. Saw Mrs Hammond & nieces.
Went in to their house & on to order fly at Woodwards. Back. Finished
packing. Lunch. After to M's again. Bill at Granville with lunch £10.0.0. Dear.
M & Mite & self sat out. Met Phillip B. Walked down to train. Only just caught
it. Roy & self had carriage to selves. Victoria at 6.20. Last view of Mures. Cab
home. Had been raining. Dressed & took cab to Café Royal. Had very bad
dinner. Roy no appetite. Walked to Garrick Club & on to Tivoli. There 9.15.
Roy felt ill & went out. Sick. Cab home at 10.20, Roy up to bed. Sent Alice to
stables & read. Snooze & bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Came up from Ramsgate.
Dined at Café Royal. Bad dinner. Roy ill in evening at the Tivoli.)
Thursday April 18
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Left Roy in bed. Dull morning. Rode 8.30 to 9.30.
Met Stanhope. Heard Claude W had married badly. Back. Roy better. House
being cleaned. Lunched at home. Got on with drawing of Japan & China.
Letters & wires from Milliken & F.C.B. Dined quietly at home. Played Roy
backgammon afterwards. Bed early. Drawing of Spring in 'Punch' too much
reduced.
Friday April 19
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out in Park on Cob. Met shop girl wrong side.
Also saw battalions of Guards in Dress Parade. After met Guscotte. Home &
worked hard all day on drawing of Japan & China. M & Mite back at 12.30 to
lunch from Ramsgate. Roy at Club to lunch. Nearly finished drawing by
dinner, 8.45pm. Wrote letter to Vaus & Co & Brightstone etc. Quiet dinner at
home. Beat Roy backgammon after. (Red ink: M & Mite back at 12.30pm
from Ramsgate.)
Saturday April 20
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Breakfast & after finished drawing of China &
Japan. Sent it off 9.45am. After photod Maud & Roy for Maud's work. Midge
round looking seedy. Developed the plates & went for a ride in Park. Met
Heathorne, Finlay etc & saw Betty, Miss de Mure. Band playing. Out at 1.15 &
home to lunch. All afternoon put things & photos away. Quiet dinner at home.
Went nowhere. Backgammon after. Beat Roy 3 out of 5 games. (Red ink:
Lovely bright morning.)
Sunday April 21
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Dull morning. Mite to church. At 10.10 rode
mare, Roy Cob, up Roehampton Lane. Lovely ride round Richmond Common
or rather Wimbledon. Home 12.50. Looked Reed's house. To let. Changed.
Lunch. Up in Maud's room & rested. Out at 4.30 (train 4.37.) Went to skate.
Not so many there. 1st day of new skates. Saw Campbell Praed & Sterne.
Pretty girls. Miss Tate etc. Out 6.45. Home. Only Bret Harte had called &
young Harold Paxton. Dressed & dined. Guessing acrostics & backgammon.
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At 10.15 Mr Galbraith called & stayed 1¼ hrs. Bed after at 1.0. Had snooze.
(Red ink: Lovely ride in morning. Skate at Niagara in afternoon.)
Monday April 22
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.55. x. Out on Cob. Strassen fetched Roy's cycle at
8.30. Out in Park. Rode with Mocatta. Spoke to Patrol about galloping
Jewess. Wertheimer. Back 9.30. Wrote letters all morning. Lunch. Read book
on China etc. M to Stores at 3.30. Roy at Club. After tea designed drawing for
Tuer's horse book. Decided to do mice. Worked until 7.45 when went up to
dress. Stone & Hobart Farquhar dined with us. So so dinner. They stayed till
12.10am. M tired. Bed 12.30. Slight cold came on. Took quinine. (Red ink:
Hobart Farquhar & William Stone dined with us.)
Tuesday April 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.55. On Cob 8.30. Posted letter to Tuer. Met Ristori
& Wax. After Sterne & De la Rue. Back 9.30am. Breakfast. Cleaned Roy's
coat. After wrote letters & diary. M out in carriage at 11.30. Wrote letters after
got to work & did Tuer's drawing of Mice & Horn Book. Finished it. Dined at
7.0pm & after M, Mite, Roy & self went in four wheeler to Adelphi Theatre &
saw 'The Girl I left behind me'. Very poor play on American cavalry & Indians.
Left at 10.45 & home by four wheeler. Supper & bed. Saw Christopher Sykes
in stalls. (Red ink: Slight cold in head. Went to Adelphi Theatre in evening.)
(Cutting glued in: Death of Taylor Whitehead.)
Wednesday April 24
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk. Lovely morning. After breakfast put
checked suit on & went up to 132 Sloane Street to be photographed. Curious
little French operators. Took about 8 negatives. Cob round & rode to the park.
Long talk with Stone, Finlay etc. Back home & changed. Took cab up &
lunched with Spencer & saw Peters at the St George's Club. Met Schmaltz, a
Mr Ackers (Times correspondent) Scotch painter, Sir J Heron Maxwell.
Curious incident of Haddon Chambers. Said he did not know Wirgman. Good
champagne. Out at 4.0 & took cab to skate at Niagara. M, Mite, Roy & self
there. Good skate till 6.30. Mite & Roy home Self on to Blackfriars. Punch
dinner. William Agnew, L.B, E.I.M (late) D.M, B.P, Phil M, H.W.L, E.T.R,
F.C.B, self, Arthur à B, R.L. Tenniel at Sir Henry Thompson's to meet H.R.H.
Very long talk about Oscar Wilde with D.M after. Left 11.45 & cab home.
(Red ink: Lunch at St George's Club. Photograph taken. Galbraiths called &
settled about Paris. Skated at Niagara.)
Thursday April 25
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Could not possibly ride owing to very heavy wet.
Walk in great coat. Back & wrote letters. Could not photo. After skemed
subject & sent for Otley. Did not turn up till nearly one. Had put glass down in
yard, Roy helping me. Took photo for German Emperor painting. Fogged two.
Late for lunch. M & Mite out after to leave drawing at Mr Fowler's. Got prints
quite late at 6.0 & worked till 8.15pm when dined, M, Mite & self. Game of
backgammon after. Beat Roy. Bed 11.30pm.
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Friday April 26
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk. Still dull & wet. Did not ride. Put prints out.
Got to work on drawing of German Emperor painting his own portrait. At 11.0
M & Mite went with the Galbraiths to Sandown. Roy at Club. Worked on. M
back at 6.0pm. M, Mite & Roy dined 7.0pm & M & Roy went to see An Ideal
Husband at the Criterion. Mite went to a ball at the Town Hall, Kensington.
Dined by self at 9.15 not having quite fiished my drawing. M & Roy back
11.30pm. Alice went for Mite. Not home till 3.0am. (Red ink: M & Mite went to
Sandown.)
Saturday April 27
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk. Breakfast. After by 11.0 finished drawing
of German Emperor painting his portrait. Sent it off with careful measurement
on blank sheet. Dressed & Roy & self took train to Blackfriars. Heavy
thundershower. Cab to Holborn Viaduct. Called on the Humber people. Saw
cycles. After walked & had lunch at the Holborn Restaurant. After called
Garrick Club, then on to Private View of the Grosvenor Gallery. Maud up in
carriage 3.45. Mite Roy & self went. Saw Goodalls, Finlays etc. Also Fritz &
his fiancée. Roy bored. Out at 5.40 & got in carriage with Cob in Savile Row.
Wet. Dropped Roy & self in Gardens near Memorial. Walked home. Bought
lobster, haddock, pine, asparagrass etc. Read Wilde case. Snooze heavily
before dinner. Dressed. Dined. Mite to bed early. Played Roy 4 games of
backgammon. Won every one. (Red ink: Private View of the Grosvenor.)
Sunday April 28
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Slept heavily. Out for walk. Dull morning. M in
bed. Breakfast. Spencer called. Did not ride. Looked over papers etc. Wrote
letters & diary. Lunch. M & Mite & Roy & self. After finished letters & rested an
hour. Then dressed. Molesworth, Norman Lockyer, Charley Burnand, wife,
etc called. Went by 3.37 to Niagara. Skated till 6.45. Saw Tates, Terraro etc.
Very pretty girl, Miss Bostock. Out & home. Dressed. Mite & self went in
carriage to dine at the Tates. M could not go. Difficulty about my wrap. 18 at
dinner. Took Mrs (blank) in. Husband like Mervyn. Pretty woman next to me.
(Plan of table seating) Mrs Tate's dinner. Mrs Tate, George Alex'r, Mite,
L.Stern, American actress, Frank Dicksee, Mrs Anderson Critchett, Mr (blank,
like Mervyn - Walker?) Mrs Hy.A.J, Mr Tate, Mrs Alexander, Anderson
Critchett, Miss Dash, Mr Pretty, Mrs Walker, L.S, Mrs Pretty, Hy.A.Jones. Left
at 11.30 after talk with Mrs Hy A.Jones.
Monday April 29
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk after breakfast. Dressed in check suit &
went for ride on Cob at 10.0 to Sloane St. Had photo taken 2 nd time. Silly little
Frenchman. Met Lockwood. Back in Park. Accident at Rotten Row to groom.
Met Mrs Heilbut & rode round with her. Back home 12.45. Changed. Lunch &
at 2.0 walked to Barkers. Selected Roy's flannels. Saw to great coat. Buss on
to R.A.Varnishing Day. Met many. Greatly delighted with Millais' picture.
Seymour Lucas & pupils. Tea at Mrs Calderons. After back till 6.50. Long talk
to North. Home by buss. Dressed & dined. Left by 9.40 & called Pavilion.
Could not get in. Walked to the Tivoli. Got in & stood. Uncomfortable seat
after. Met Galbraith & Livesey. Out 11.30 & on to Garrick. Bored by Wicks
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dreadfully. Had 6 plovers eggs after. Left 12.25 & Roy & self home by cab.
Snooze on sofa until 2.0am. Bed.
Tuesday April 30
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out. Called stable. Usual walk. Did not ride. M
out in carriage at 10.0am. Roy on cycle. In morning wrote letters etc. After
lunch rested & decided to have Turkish bath. Left at 3.0 & called Barkers to
have coat fitted on. Roy after me on cycle. Out & called Bank. Met Hy Woods.
On by buss to Lincoln & Bennetts & Wings. Then to Jermyn St baths. 1 st time
since 1882. Good bath. Weight 12.5, 12.3. Hair cut. Out 6.50 & home by
buss. Bought lobster. Dined. Very good mock turtle soup. Mite late. After Mite
left by cab at 9.0 to go to dance at the Harleys. Played Roy 3 games of
backgammon. Beat him 2. Snooze after. Bed 11.30. (Red ink: Turkish bath at
the Hamman.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Margaret Bramwell Davis.)
Wednesday May 1
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode Cob in Park. Met Wax. Good ride. Home
at 9.30. Breakfast. M in bed. After got to work & wrote article for Fowler up to
lunch time. Rest after & on again to 6.25 when dressed & went by Met Rly to
Blackfriars & to Punch dinner. W.A, E.I.M, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, Hy W.L, F.C.B,
J.T, self. Arthur à B & R.L there. Fair dinner. Subject of Chamberlain for J.T.
Self Duke of Cambridge. Left at 11.15 with Tenniel & put down at 31 Gt
Cumberland Place. Big at home at Mocatta's. Saw many. Dunlop, Miss
Chapman, etc etc. Away with Maud at 12.45 & home. Very cold at night.
Almost a frost.
Thursday May 2
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Ride in Park. Saw Percy Holland. Also Lockett
Agnew. Rode straight through to 51 Strand. There 9.0 to 9.15. Back home
9.45. Breakfast. After skemed subject of Lord Wolseley & Duke of
Cambridge. At 11.45 photod Stace for Duke in cocked hat. Developed them.
M out. At 1.15 Galbraith & Mr Blair called. Settled to go to Paris on Saturday.
They going on Friday. After printed photos & began to draw in afternoon after
a rest. Invite for Fritz's wedding. Quiet dinner, M, Mite, self & Roy. Roy very
subdued. Bottle of Champagne ½ Ayala. Roy left for Eton at 10.0pm. M &
Mite went to Ball at the Rhodes'. M came back at 11.30 very fresh & talkative.
Bed after. Mite back by Mrs Huish & carriage. (Red ink: Roy went back to
Eton at 10.0pm. Saw a Jack in the Green at Stafford Terrace.)
Friday May 3
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk. After got on all day with drawing for Duke
of Cambridge & Lord Wolseley. Worked till 3.0pm when at 3.45 went in
carriage with Mite to Private View of Academy. M did not go. Saw many. Mite
much admired. Conrad Cooke, McWhirter with crushed hat, Mrs Gordon etc
etc. Out at 6.15 & home by carriage. At 7.0 got to work & finished drawing by
9.30. Mistake about dinner. M & Mite down 8.15. Uncomfortable meal. Had ½
bottle Ayala, did not agree with me after. M & Mite packing. Bed 11.30. Sent
Otley to Stores in the morning. (Red ink: Private View of Royal Academy.)
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Saturday May 4
Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.0am & packed things by 8.30. Breakfast. Off by 4
wheeler for Paris at 10.0am Victoria. Had not drawn enough for tickets.
Pleasant passage. Deck cabin over to Calais. Nearly 2 hours passage.
Carriage reserved & on to Paris without incident. Bad food at Amiens. Got to
Paris 8.0pm. Met by Herlau. Buss to Metropole. 1 st person I saw was Mr Blair.
Up in room, 17 & 14 francs. Changed & down. Dined in Café for 17 francs.
After sat in corrridor & to bed at 11.0 without seeing anyone. M tired. (Red
ink: Left at 10.0am & arrived in Paris at 8.0pm. Staying in the Hotel
Continental. No Academy banquet this year owing to Leighton's illness or
1896 next. Not quite certain. 30 Apl '98.)
Sunday May 5
Hotel Continental, Paris. Woke in morning uncomfortable bed. Dull cold
wretched day. Dressed after breakfast in bedroom in checked coat. Down.
Mite went out with Galbraiths, M & self walked up to the Grand Hotel & had a
talk with the du Mauriers. Blair had brought buttonholes. Back to Hotel &
changed. Threatened rain. Met Sir Charles Hall in the courtyard. Introduced
him to M. After Mr Blair, Mrs G, Mite & self had dejeuner at Le Doyen. 26
francs very good. Out after & took fiacre on to the Bois. Met Livesey &
Galbraith. Settled to walk back with Livesey. Did so. Got very hot. Back Hotel
6.45. Dressed & down to dinner late. Table d'hote 21 Fr, then 3. Girl sick at
dinner. All sat in courtyard corridor & went to bed at 11.30. Galbraith stood
coffee. Had 2 of Carter's little Liver pills. All went to the Salon all afternoon.
Met Livesey & Galbraith there. Weary work & bad pictures. Out 4.30pm. (Red
ink: Lunch at Le Doyen 26Fr 90.) (Red ink across page: Very cold. Went to
Salon & the Bois in the afternoon.)
Monday May 6
Hotel Continental, Paris. Up at 8.0am. Lovely morning. Bright sun. Down & in
morning M, Mite & Mrs Galbraith out. M went to the Louvre. Blair & self
walked to call on Churchward. After we parted & I walked to Binda's & after
changed things & met at the Le Doyen. M, Mite self & Blair lunched there.
After M, Mite & Mr B sat hours in the Champs Elysée. I went to the Beaux
Arts. Walked there & back. Better show than the other. Saw M sitting on
same chairs & all back to Hotel. Dressed & again dined at the table d'hote.
Livesey leaving for England. After M went with Mr Blair to the play. Galbraith,
Mite, Mrs G & self to Cirque d'Eté. Empty house. Poor performance. Went
into stables. Could not smoke. Out & back. Could not find fly. Sat in
courtyard. Spencer came in. Saw Gilbert Smith & young Millar in Hotel. M saw
the Palmers after. (Red ink: Lunch at Le Doyen 27Fr 90. Curious painter in
the Beaux Arts. Louis Weldon Hawkins.)
Tuesday May 7
Hotel Continental, Paris. Up at 8.0. M & Mite did not sleep well & Mite had a
cold come on. Down 10.0 & all met together & went by boat to St Cloud. Met
American on boat who had settled at St Cloud. Lovely day. Walked on to
terrace & all had dejeuner in the Devil's Arbour. Looking glasses. Had sole &
entrecot a la Bordelaise etc. Good lunch. 49 Fr. Galbraith, M, Mite & Mrs G
drove on to Versailles. Blair & I went by train on the top. To Versailles. A fair
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on. Went into waxworks & on to the Palais. Cost £40,000,000. Joined by the
others & went thro' picture galleries etc. Out & had oranges. Ladies tired. On
to station & back to Paris. Dressed & all dined together at Le Doyen. Good
dinner 70Fr. Girl with wonderful blue hat. Out & into concert of
Ambassadeurs. Galbraith paid 20 Fr for drinks. After men hissed a singer.
Poor performance. Out at 11.15 & strolled home. Sat in courtyard. Had
whiskey etc. Spencer came round. (Red ink: Leurant Compey. Aine
compiegne.)
Wednesday May 8
Hotel Continental, Paris. Up 8.0am. Had water from chemist. Down & some
time waited. M, Mite & Mrs G accompanied by McGregor went to Bon
Marché. I went after to the Louvre & saw Venus of Milo & many pictures. Out
at 12.15 & strolled on to Le Doyen. Met Blair & Galbraith. Ladies not there.
Had cocktail. After Blair, M & Mite & self lunched. Large party carousing at
end & very neat little French lady at side of us. Good lunch 40Fr. After out &
drove straight to the Luxembourg. Saw sculptures & pictures. Met Pollen. Out
& into gardens. Very full. Punch & Judy show etc. After Blair left & M, Mite &
self walked home. Mite bought Ivanhoe. Dressed & all went to dine with
Galbraith at the Ambassadeurs. Bad smell & cold. Altogether not so good as
Le Doyen. Coat 25Fr per head. Same concert performance. Galbraith, Mite,
Mrs G & Blair went to the Opera. M & self stayed to end & then strolled back.
Joined by others. Had drinks. M left her vail on chair. Went down for it after.
Met Spencer & Nelson. Packed & bed 1.30pm. (Red ink: Snuffly summer cold
came on.)
Thursday May 9
Hotel Continental, Paris. Up at 7.0am. Finished packing. Breakfast. Bill 240Fr.
Down & got cheque changed. M bought a mantle. Saw Spencer etc. Off by
buss at 11.0. Goodbye. At station Herlau familiar. Back to Calais. Dusty
journey. Did not get out. Lovely passage. Left Calais 4.0, Dover 6.0pm. ¾
hour getting luggage. Home by 9.0pm. Dined quietly & bed after snooze
12.30am. x. Saw tall red haired girl & Curate on boat to Victoria. Bad
accommodation on boat. (Red ink: Expenses in Paris: Fares £11.5.0. Drew
10.0.0, Bill 8.0.0 = 29.5.0 In Paris: 5.0.0. = £34.5.0.)
Friday May 10
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & rode Cob in Park. Lovely morning. Saw Dalby,
Holland etc etc. Back 9.30. Breakfast. Evelyn in 10.0am. M out. Wrote diary &
waited till 12.30 for letter from F.C.B. F.C.B came in. Settled to do no cut.
Looked over Paris bills & thought them cheap. Kept riding things on & after
lunch at 3.15 rode mare along to Sheen Gate & thro' Richmond Park. She
shied in the Park. Out at Star & Garter & rode to see Sir Mountstuart Grant
Duff's house at Twickenham. Mare slightly lame. Turned home thro'
Richmond & along Richmond Road to Putney. Met Teddy Winslow. Mare
stalled in street. Home at 7.40. Changed & dined quietly at home. Quiet
evening & bed after.
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Saturday May 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast at 10.0 rode Cob in Park. Met
Faudel Phillips. Introduced to Miss Muse(?) Talk to Lockwood. Out at 12 &
home. Changed & dressed for Fritz Jackson's wedding. Left home in hansom,
M, Mite & self. Saw Con & Kindermann at Westminster. Great crowd. Sophy
upset about dog at wedding. Funeral outside. Went over to house. Saw
Spottiswoods, Mr Jackson etc etc. Left at 4.30 & back to town. Carriage at
Waterloo. Put down at St James's Park. Walked to Turkish bath, Jermyn St.
12.4, 12.3. Out 6.45. Walked to top of Park. Dropped glove. Carriage met me.
Dropped Queen's Gate. Bought pine, oranges, asparagrass etc. Home. At 8.0
Mr Blair, Mervyn & Con dined. Drank still Moselle cup. Dreadfully sleepy after
dinner & tired. Bed at 11.30. (Red ink: Fritz Jackson married.)
Sunday May 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Breakfast. At 10 Mr Blair called & we rode
from 10.30 to 1.45. Richmond etc. Awfully hot. Mr Blair lunched & stayed
afternoon after changing. Mr Stone called from cycling. Evelyn C. Then no
one else. At 7.0 dressed & went in cab to awfully bad dinner at the à
Becketts. Met Mr & Mrs Inderwicke, a Frenchman, a general & his wife etc. Mr
Inderwicke lost his coat. Left 11.0 & home by cab. Thermometer 75º in room
with window open. (Red ink: Dined at Arthur à Beckett's.)
Monday 13 May
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. & out in Park on Cob. Met Arthur Russell &
Lockwood etc. At 9.35 thrown from Cob. Cob right over on his back. Boot
came off & sprained thumb. On again & home 9.50. Breakfast. After photod
Evelyn C for Maud at 12.15pm. Very hot. Developed them. Lunch & rested. M
out in carriage at 4.0pm. Tea. Wrote diary. Sorted photos etc. Quiet dinner.
Rest after. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Cob came down with me at
9.35am. Nearly killed. Most thankful no worse. Sprained thumb. Great heat.
76º in room.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Rebecca Giovannelli.)
Tuesday May 14
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Bath. Out on mare 8.45. Cooler. Breeze. Met
Coward in Park. After Solomon. Introduced to ladies who saw my fall
yesterday. Out & home at 10.0. After Mervyn came. Photod him & Mite.
Developed. Read papers. Lunch. Rest. Looked over papers. Thumb in
bandage. Callers. Very hot & close. Sent Otley to Savoy Theatre for box.
After tea got out Andersen & began to do story of Tin Soldier again. To great
surprise Miss Rose Innes called. Took Maud off to dinner. M & self dined
together & at 8.0 drove in carriage to Savoy Theatre. Saw Hansel & Gretel.
Very poor. Back by 4 wheeler. Dropped Miss Rose Innes. (Red ink: Great
heat 76º in room all windows open.) Man leaning on railings outside house
when we came home.
Wednesday May 15
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode in Park on mare. Met Percy Holland.
Back. Breakfast. After skemed Anderson's Tin Soldier. Had 2 boys round &
photod them at 12.30 & also Marie. Developed them & after lunch rested.
Dressed at 4.0pm & left by Met Rly to Charing X. Bath at Northumberland
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Avenue. Few there. 12.5½, 12.4. To Punch dinner. W.A, E.I.M (late) B.P,
E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Discussion. Suggested
Bathing cut. Got Bismarck for self. Long talk after to Milliken, Tenniel,
Partridge & self, about alterations by F.C.B in 'Punch'. Left with J.T. Boy said
"Good old Punch". Home by 12.0. Fanny B had sent the Arabian
Supplemented Nights. Bed at 12.30am. (Red ink: Cold weather set in, east
wind.)
Thursday May 16
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Out on mare at 8.30. Rode. Met Wax & sister-inlaw. Very strong north east wind. Back by 9.30am. Mite down. New work from
Fowler. Dull & cold. After skemed subject for Bismarck & German Frau. Sent
Otley to Stace. Photod Stace at 12.45 lying down in dressing gown.
Developed the plates & put on easel to dry. After rested. Got to work at 4.30
after tea. Miss Rose Innes called. Dinner. M fetched her. Dined 7.30 & at 8.15
drove in 4 wheeler to Lyceum Theatre & saw Irving in 'A Tale of Waterloo' &
Don Quixote. Very good in the 1st piece. Out before over & home in 4
wheeler. Cold. Bed 12.30pm. Also photod Marie for Germany. (Red ink: Dull
cold wretched day. Went to Lyceum Theatre. Miss Rose Innes dined & went.)
Friday May 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No ride. Got to work early on drawing of
Bismarck. Dull cold day. Worked all day. M out in carriage. Could not finish by
8.30pm. M & self dined, Mite earlier. Bed quietly after. (Red ink: Dull cold
weather. No sun. East wind.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of the Duke of
Hamilton. May 18. In memoriam: William Duke of Hamilton.)
Saturday May 18
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.15am & got to work at drawing of Bismarck &
Germany. Breakfast & after finished it. Dull cold morning. Did not ride. After
tidied up & after lunch looked over papers etc. M out in carriage, Mite at work.
After dressed & put all clothes in order in dressing room. Dined at 7.30. Tabs
came & dined. Went in cab & carriage to Court Theatre & saw Vanity Fair.
Very good. Had high up box. Met Sir Edward Reed in smoking salon. Talk
about Tenniel's knighthood. Difficulty to find carriage. M & Mite put Tabs
down at Alexandra Hotel. Walked along Sloane St & picked up. Mare lame.
Home 11.40. Sandwich & bed. (Red ink: Dull cold wretched day.. Tabs dined
& went to Court Theatre after.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Laura Campbell.
Times Saty June 22. Disinterred for inquest.)
Sunday May 19
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast. No walk or ride. After in morning
sorted papers etc & wrote 7 or 8 letters. Dull grey wretched day. Cold. At 4.30
went to Sir Alfred Hickman's & played 8 sets of tennis. Won 3, lost 5. A son of
Sir H's there. Miss Hickman lame. Back at 7.40. Dressed & had quiet dinner,
M, Mite & self. Many had called. Tabs & an American. Young Carlisle. Mr &
Mrs Galbraith, young Paxton & Miss Rose Innes. Bed early & had compress
of cold water on thumb. Spencer lunched with us. (Red ink: Dull cold grey
day. Not a scrap of sun all day. Played 8 sets of lawn tennis at Sir
A.Hickman's. Saw lovely girl in Palace Gardens.)
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Monday May 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out in Row on mare. Dull grey morning & still
cold. Met Pepys Cockerell, Yates Thompson etc. Ride & home after talk. In
morning noted things to read. After lunch enlarged photos. Fairly successful.
Wrote letters after tea & sent out for Men & Women of the Day. Dressed & at
8.0 Edgar & Sophy dined with us. Sat at dinner till 11.0pm. Long talk. Read
paper & bed after at 12.0. Had thumb in cold water. Roy wrote to come home.
(Red ink: Dull wretched day. Edgar & Sophy dined wirh us. Stayed late.)
(Cutting glued in: Death of Theodosia Wright.)
Tuesday May 21
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. M in bed. Out on mare 8.25. Met Mocatta. Told
me of Horse Guards Dress Parade. Came home by 9.0 & after being in M's
room out by 9.55. Met Galbraith & all went to see the Parade. Met Guscotte.
Back & twice up & down Row. Home 12.0. M getting up. Sorted papers.
Lunch & rest after. M went to lunch with Tabs. Many callers. Tea. Wrote 5
letters & after diary got to work on Andersen. Did the outline of one drawing.
At 7.0 dressed & drove with M to dine at Portland Place at the Fagans'. Went
in cab & fetched by Cob. Mahogany doors. Fair dinner. Met Malcolm Morris,
amusing. M an Italian. Took Mrs Simmonds in. Smoke after. Good drawing
room & left 11.0 & home all right. (Red ink: Dined at the Louis Fagans.)
(Cutting glued in: Death of Lord John Kennedy. May 21.)
Wednesday May 22
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Rode mare in park. Dull morning. Did not speak
to a single soul. Back & home. After breakfast got to work on 2 drawings of
Andersen & finished one nearly. Lunch. Worked in afternoon. Dressed & went
by Metropolitan railway to Blackfriars. Punch dinner. W.A,, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R,
H.W.l, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, E.I.M, late. Suggested subject of Lord
Rosebery on horse. Thrown one for myself anyhow. Something wrong with
'Punch'. Left at 10.30 & drove to Collingham Gardens to meet Maud who had
dined at the Roger Wallaces. Mrs Tate's at home. Dull & bored with people.
Girl recited The American Shop Girl. Mr Stone there not very attentive to
Maud. Took Mrs Arthur Jones in & after Miss Chapman. Left at 1.0am. Cab
home. (Red ink: Tate's at home. Met Maud. Blues rather. Meet of the 4 In
Hand Club. Did not go.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Olivia Lady Sebright.)
Thursday May 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out in Park on mare. Met Mr Smith &
Cockerell. Back. Roy home from Eton. Breakfast. M in bed. Roy went off to
Oval after. In morning finished 2 drawings for Andersen & after skemed
subject of Britannia & young Afgan. Wrote Burnand. Rested after lunch. Roy
never came back until 7.0pm when photod him at that hour. Came out
perfectly well. Left him to have dinner by himself & M, Mite & self went off in
the carriage to dine at Mr Cohen's in Devonshire Place. Better dinner than
expected. Took in a Miss Egerton. Very nice. Met many admirers. Left 11.0 &
home by carriage. Met Mr Milner Killick, Chief Clerk, Vote Office, House of
Commons. (Red ink: Dined at Nathaniel Cohen's. Blues.)
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Friday May 24
st
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Neither rode nor went out for a walk. 1 thing
photod Alice in helmet etc. At 10.0am developed & also Roy taken last night.
After got on with drawing of Britannia & young Afgan Khan. M at her mother's,
went in Midge's carriage & the man let his horse fall down. Back to lunch.
Very tired & livery. Rested after. Miss Muir Mackenzie called. Worked till
7.0pm when drove in carriage with Cob to dine at Fred'k Macmillan's. Good
dinner but took a silly woman in, Mrs Scoones. Left at 11.0 & home. Talk of
Monte Carlo. (Plan of seating) Fk Macmillan dinner. Mrs Macm', Sir
G.H.Boughton A.K.A, a lady, Mr Hallé, Mrs Scoones, Linley Samb, Mrs
Norman, Fk Macm', Mrs Boughton, Mr Scoones, Miss Genevieve Ward, Mr
Richmond, Mrs L.S, Mr Norman. (Red ink: Dined at Frederick Macmillan's.
Took 5 little L.P. Drank Claret.)
Saturday May 25
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Down & did ¼ hrs work & then breakfast.
Weather dull at first. News of Dr Russell & Irving being knighted. After worked
till 12.30am when finished. M went in carriage to the Stores. Mite at work.
Tidied up & lunch. Did not go out. Up in M's room. M & Mite drove to the
Steincopffs at home. Mite back 6.15. Dined at 7.0 to go to 1 st night of Fedora.
Trooping of the colours. Mite went to dine at Bailey's Hotel with the Galbraiths
& after to see A Lady's Idol. Left in cab at 7.50 & drove to Haymarket.
Queen's Birthday. Iluminations & bells. Saw H.R.H go out of Marlborough
House. On to theatre, Vacant stalls next. Sat next Peruginis. Saw the De la
Rues etc. Miss Violet Hunt perched up. Saw Mrs Pat & play Fedora. So so.
Out & to Garrick. Arthur Stirling. Saw Sir E.Lawson etc, Wolff. Wicks in. Had
been assaulted by squirting water. Left 1.0 & home. (Red ink: Took 4 little
L.P. Irving, Besant, Lewis, Morris & Conway & others knighted.) (Cutting
glued in: Birthday Honours. Saty May 25.)
Sunday May 26
Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Breakfast after. At 11.0 rode mare to Battersea
Park. Walked. Hot & close. Back 1.0 & after lunch put skates on boots & went
at 3.30 to Niagara. Not so full. Saw Terraro, Miss May Carlisle etc. Felt cold.
Out 6.20 & home by 7.0. Dressed & after had a home dinner. Very good. All
went well. Had new waiter, Sayer. All left 11.15. Read & to bed. (Plan of table
seating) Home dinner. Linley S, Mrs Galbraith, Arthur Russell, Mrs S, Mr
Galbraith, Aunt Tabs, Mr Stone, Mrs Russell. Mite in morning room. (Red ink:
Took 3 little L.P.)
Monday May 27
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 after sleep. Out 8.30am on mare. Hot morning.
Rode with Wax & Bolding. Out & back by 9.35. Breakfast, after read. Spencer
called. Dressed & went with M to 22 Victoria Road. Called Chesterton. Met
Mrs Bosanquet & Miss Cotton. Very hot. Nothing worth having. Out. Put M in
buss. Called Barkers, Chesterton etc etc. Lunch 1.30 with Mite. M back
2.0pm. Rested. A Mr Hector Maclean, 34 Bindhurst road, Croydon, called.
Read & slept till tea time. M & Mite playing. After dressed & walked towards
the Levy's Bayswater Rd. Met Percy McQuoid. M & Mite in carriage. Big
dinner. Took a Mrs Samuels in. Mite had Mr Gore, or Gower. Left 11.0 &
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walked to Palace Gardens. Carriage back & home all right. Good dinner.
(Red ink across page: M, Mite & self dined at the Levys, the Henry Levys.)
(Cutting glued in: Death of Colonel George Hossack.)
Tuesday May 28
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am. Out & in Park. Met Sophy & had ride with
her. Breakfast. Letter from Chesterton about Bell's statuette. Went to Victoria
Road. Decided to buy it. £3.5.0. Very cheap. Sent Otley in cart for it. Back &
in afternoon worked. Spencer & Nelson up in room after caught me at work.
Dressed at 7.0 & went in hansom to dine at William Agnew's 11 Gt Stanhope
St. Staff & wives all there except Bernard Partridge. Miss Bradbury & a singer.
Had 4 tables of six each. At mine F.C.B, Mrs Phil A, Sir J.T, Mrs D.M, self,
Lucy. Fair dinner. Bad salad. '74 Perrier Jouet. Singing after. Left 11.15 &
home by cab. (Red ink across page: William Agnew's dinner to Punch staff &
wives.)
Wednesday May 29
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45am. Rode mare in Park. Met Wax & De la Rue.
Back & in morning did drawing for Andersen. Lunch. In afternoon decided to
go to Bath Club. Did so & had 1st bath. Weight 12.8, 12.5½. Met Robson
Roose. Had good bath. Lord Rosebery won the Derby with Sir Visto. Out.
Called at Lincoln & Bennetts & on to Garrick Club. Ordered lunch. Cab to
Bouverie St. Punch dinner. F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, Phil May, Milliken, B.P, E.T.R,
H.W.L, A.G. Wire from Arthur detained. Phil May won the sweep. Got cut of
Irving & Garrick. Tenniel Sharpening Axe of Closure. Left after writing letters
to Mervyn & May. With Sir J.T, home from Isthmian at 12.0. Bed quietly.
(Red ink: Derby Day. Disappointed not to go. Lord Rosebery's Sir Visto won.)
(Red ink across page: 1st Turkish bath at Bath Club.) (Cutting glued in: Death
of Frederick Locker Lampson.)
Thursday 30 May
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45 & out in Park on mare. Met Sophy & rode with
her. Frightfully hot. Called Albert Hall. Saw Mervyn who is to come at 3.30.
Home. Sent Otley for costumes to May's. Skemed subject of Irving & Garrick.
Put table etc out in yard & got ready. Mervyn came round at 3.30. Photod him
after photoing self. Mite helped. Developed them. Got 2 prints of self. Rested
but did no work before dinner in afternoon. Miss Muir Mackenzie dined with
us quietly alone. Frightfuly hot. (Cutting glued in: Obituary of Frederick
Locker-Lampson. Wedy May 29.)
Friday May 31
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride. In morning printed photos & after
got seriously to work all day on Irving & Garrick. Orton came to see Mite. M at
her mother's. M went to dine with Sylvinia Rose Innes & went to Royal
Institution. Worked till 9.0 when dined by self. Mite went to bed. Worked from
10.0 to 12.0pm on Irving. Put in legs & coat. Bed quietly. (Red ink: M went to
Royal Instittion. Mite seedy with a rash cannot go tomorrow to Hurlingham.)
(Cuttings glued in: Death of Frederick Locker-Lampson wrongly reported.
Letter on temperatures over 85º in the shade during May. May 31.)
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Saturday June 1
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Down & 1 hrs work before breakfast. After went
on to finish drawing of Irving & Garrick. Worked hard all morning up to 1.30
when finished. Lunch after. Tired. Rested. Had ordered cart. Looked like rain.
Went out & countermanded cart to carriage. Had hair cut at Belshaw's. At
5.15 left in carriage for the Agricultural Hall. Drove to Holborn. Took cab &
dined with Colonel & Mrs Tillotson. Met Marquis & Lady Ailesbury & Lady
Ernestine Bruce. Colonel Snagge etc. Very good tournament. Old costumes.
Saw Hickman after. Drove in cab to Garrick. Got wire from Tree. After drove
home. There by 10.55. Read & to bed 11.45pm. x. (Red ink: Dined at
Agriculural Hall with Col & Mrs Tillotson.)
Sunday June 2
Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Dressed in blue suit. Breakfast. Left at 10.20
in dog cart for Victoria. Met F.C.B. Sir Henry Hawkins in next carriage. Met
Fred Terry & wife. Down to Dover. Talk to F.C.B about Punch. On board. Mer
Sir Rivers Wilson & a Mrs Smith. Lady Randolph Churchill on board. Over in
hour & ¼. Lunch at buffet. F.C.B lost his ticket. Curious German & fat wife.
Good lunch. Back directly on board. Rest. Read Mary Queen o' Scots. Left
3.45. Saw Hamilton. Pretty girl rather stout in buckle shoes & little dog.
Photos. 'Marie avez vous mon billet'. Back in carriage by self. Cab & at
Stafford Terrace at 7.30 exactly. Miss Rose Innes, Galbraiths, Miss Holland,
Cap'n Marks etc had called. Quiet dinner with M & Mite. Galbraiths in after
dinner. Wrote 5 or 6 letters. (Red ink: Delightful run to Calais & back. Met
F.C.B, Sir Rivers Wilson & others. See last run Sunday Sep 18 1892.)
(Cutting glued in: Death of Right Hon Sir James Bacon.)
Monday June 3
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out on mare 8.30. Met Edgar & afterwards rode
with Sophy. Hot. Galloping groom. Could not find patrol. Back 9.45. Breakfast.
M preparing for Mary Nicol. Pottered in morning & put things right. Lunch &
worked hard all afternoon & wrote article 3rd part for Mr Fowler. Worked till
dinner when dined M, Mite, Mary Nicol & self. Quiet evening. Globe instead of
Westminster. Snooze & bed after at 11.30pm. (Cutting glued in: Will of James
Bacon proved. Will of William Lade.)
Tuesday June 4
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Did not ride. Finished proofs & sent off to Fowler
with books. Dressed in new brown suit. Walked up Argyle Rd. Changed mind
& back. Put new hat on. By carriage to G.W.R. Met Mr & Mrs De la Rue &
family & Miss Preston. Very nice woman. Down to Windsor. Awfully hot. Met
Roy at station. Missed party. All on launch. Very hot on river. Chaff with man
on lock. Cheeky brute. Launch broke down. Good lunch from Stores. Went to
Datchet & back. Saw Procession of Boats & Goldie with very pretty daughter.
Accident on the opposite bank. Woman in the water & boy hurt. Back & left
Eton at 9.0. Gave Roy cheque for £2.2.0. Home by bad 4 wheeler from
Paddington. M supper as usual. Bed after reading paper. Letter from Lord
Rosebery in morning. (Red ink across page: Went to Eton with the De la
Rues & on launch all day.)
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Wednesday June 5
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. & in Park on mare. Met De la Rue. Good ride.
Back & after changed. Rested. Looked out things for Fowler. At 12 went up to
Garrick Club calling at Butts to order flowers. On to Club by buss. Called
Camera Club. Saw to lunch. At 2.0 Mr & Mrs Beerbohm Tree, Mr & Mrs
Galbraith, M, Miss Mary Nicol, Mite, Col Hensman & Bret Harte lunched with
me. Lunch cost £6.4.6. Very good. Story of George Thomson. Shewed
Galbraith & Hensman over Club. Left at 5.0pm. Went on to Camera Club &
had bath. 12.7½, 12.5. Bath attendant told me about Roy’s watch. Out at
6.50. Cab on to Punch dinner. Phil A, Phil May, B.P, Lucy, A.G, F.C.B, J.T,
self, A à B & Milliken, late very. Difficult subject for J.T. The Turk & Powers.
Self got G.O.M on board ship. Wrote Lincoln & B. Home with Tenniel. Agnew
wrote to praise drawing of Irving. In morning met Edgar & Sophy riding. Left
them because Edgar did not want to trot his new horse. (Red ink: See Wedy
May 14 1890 & Wedy June 21 1891 for previous lunch at Garrick.) (Red ink
across page: Lunch at the Garrick to 10 people.)
Thursday June 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out in Park on mare. Good ride. Skemed
subject & at 12.30 photod Otley in deck chair. Developed. Paxton in to lunch
& bored M the whole afternoon. Photod him but slept & rested after. Paxton
left at 5.0. After traced Gladstone in. Sent Mite & Mary Nicol in carriage to the
opera & dressed at 7.40. Strolled up with M to dine with Pepys Cockerell.
Row with runner opposite. Slow dinner & goody goody people. Took in Mrs
Stanford. Up in studio after. Long talk with Stanford. Left at 11.0 & home. Mite
not back till 3.430am. Ball at Mrs Pickerings. Went to bed at 12.0. (Red ink:
Very slow dinner at Pepys Cock's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of James Punch.)
Friday June 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. Rode in Park. Met Wax (Reynard). After asked
Mills who he was. Out & home at 9.30pm. After breakfast got on all day with
drawing of Gladstone on deck of steamer. Worked away & up to dinner time.
Mite went with Miss Rose Innes to Royal Institute. Dined 8.30, M, self & Mary
Nicol. Lobster. After sat up & let Mite in at 11.45. Saw Miss Rose Innes. Bed
after.
Saturday June 8
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30am. After breakfast got to work till 1.30pm &
finished Gladstone on deck of ship. Girls at lunch. After left at 2.30 & took cab
to Gaiety Theatre. Saw Shop Girl for 4th time. Saw M & went to box. Out. Very
hot. Put M, Mary & Mite in carriage at King St. Went to Garrick & after to Bath
C. Weight 12.4½ after bath. Paid man 10/s & got Roy's watch out 7.40 &
home by buss. Met Col Grant in buss. Home. Girls had been to Hurlingham.
Dined & read after. Slept till 1.0am when to bed. Awfully hot 70º in bed room.
(Red ink: Went for 4th time to see Shop Girl.) (Cutting glued in: Death of
Florence à Beckett.)
Sunday June 9
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5. Intensely hot. Mite & Miss Nicol went to church.
At 10.20 rode mare along past Winslow's old asylum & round Fulham. Home
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12.0. Mite & Mary going to Park. M at her mother's never came home until
11.0pm. Printed phos till lunch time. At 2.0 after wrote in M's room till 7.45.
Very hot. Young Leslie Thomson came, Mr McCall, Miss Rose Innes. Dined
8.15. Sat out on door step. Sent corrected proofs to Mr Fowler. Wrote diary.
Disappointed no tennis at Hickmans. M never came back to dinner. Uneasy.
After dining with Mite & Mary N finished & sent off corrected MS to Mr Fowler
& magazine. Wrote model also. Sent Alice to 58 Albert Hall Mansions. M back
at 10.45. Read & to bed 12.30. (Red ink: Quiet Sunday. Went nowhere.)
Monday June 10
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & out on mare at 8.10. Dull & cooler. Met Mocatta.
Saw Edgar & after a talk with Campbell Praed. Little girl screamed at pony
running away. Out & met M going to Albert Hall Mansions. Back. Breakfast &
after changed. Printed phos & wrote 6 letters. At 12.10 took buss to Albert
Hall Mansions. Saw Mother. Did not know me hardly. Sat till 12.45 when back
home with Mite by buss. Changed & finished printing phos. Mite & Mary N
went off to lunch. Lunched by self & rested after. Put things away & after
skemed Index. Went up to dress 6.15. M not back to dinner in time. All dined
together & went off in 4 wheeler to Garrick Theatre. Saw 'The Notorious Mrs
Ebbsmith'. So so. Dull play. Olga Nethersole dowdy. Saw Norman Forbes
Robertson. Back in 4 wheeler. Bed 12.30am. (Red ink across page: Went to
Garrick Theatre. Saw 'Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith'.)
Tuesday June 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out 8.30 & met Pepys C. After rode with
Edgar & Sophy. Man bucked off his horse at top of Row. Home. M going off
early to her mother. Mite down not well. Printed phos. Paid gas bill etc. After
got to work & drew Index drawing. After rest in afternoon. At 6.30pm Miss
Rose Innes & Bret Harte dined & Mary Nicol. After M & Miss Rose Innes, Mite
& Bret Harte in his brougham drove to Haymarket Theatre. Stone met us.
Saw George Nicol & his mother. Had Royal Box & saw Fedora, self 2 nd time.
After young Leslie Thomson came in box & Tree. After put M in the brougham
& Mary Nicol. Mite, Miss Rose Innes & self supped with Stone at his rooms.
Left 12.30 & home by four wheeler by 1.15. (Red ink across page: Home
dinner to Bret Harte & Miss Rose Innes. Went to see Fedora at Haymarket &
supper at Mr Stone's.) (Cutting glued in: Death of George Rose Innes.)
Wednesday June 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode in park before breakfast. After Mervyn
round & photod him & Evelyn Coward for Mite's picture. Also self for Fishing
for Index. Developed them. Rested after lunch. Dressed at 4.30 & went up by
buss to Bath Club. Met Stanford. Got a girl's bathing dress. Saw Williamson
Milne. Out & cab to Punch dinner. Phil Agnew, E.I.M late, B.P, E.T.R, A.G,
F.C.B, J.T, self & Arthur à B. Long discussion about cut. Tenniel got opening
of Baltic Canal, self had Harcourt as Squirrel. Left at 10.0 & drove to Bath
Club. Mite met me at carriage at 10.20 & we went to the Royal Society's
soirée. Saw Lockyer, Farquharson & many others. After drove to Mrs Warre's
dance. Very crowded. Saw 'Murder' Snagge etc etc. Left 1.15 & home by cab.
(Red ink: Turkish bath, weight 12.5 after.) (Red ink across page: Went to
Royal Society's soirée & to Mrs Warre's dance.) .
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Thursday June 13
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Ride 8.30. Saw Edgar & Sophy. Back &
breakfast at 10.40. M & self went up in cart to Battersea Park to see the
cycling. Girl spilt off her cycle on bridge. Saw Mary Nicol breakfasting. After
drove & put M down at Albert Hall. Called Barkers & had trowsers fitted on.
Bought sponges after. Back at 1.0. Lunch. F.C.B called at 3.30. Had rested.
Long time settling revised cut of Bear & Chinese. At 6.45 dressed & left in cab
for Earls Court Exhibition. Dined with Bernard Partridge & Reed & saw the
Indian Ex. Very good & delightful evening. Effie Harrison at next table with
Weigall. Met Walter Austin, De la Rue 2nd etc. Left 11.0 & walked home with
B.P. Good night at bottom of Argyle Rd. Bed quietly after. (Red ink across
page: Dined with Bernard Partridge at the Indian Exhibition.) (Cutting glued in:
Death of Arthur Sebag-Montefiore.)
Friday June 14
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride. In morning got to work on Bear &
Chinese. Worked quietly all day at it. Mite went to lunch with Miss Nemhard &
to the Indian Exhibition. M & self had quiet dinner by ourselves. Paper had not
come. Sent Alice for it. Did not work after dinner. Snooze & bed after.
Saturday June 15
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Worked half an hour before breakfast on
drawing of Bear & Chinese. At 9.0 a fire in Stafford Terrace, No 2, end house.
Great commotion. After went on to work & finished drawings at 12.30.
Dressed & lunched.. Left at 1.45 & called stable. Took cab to Camera C
calling at Bath C. At 2.30 photod Miss Cornwallis. Plain woman. Finished
5.30. Put new plates in box & on to Bath Club. Saw Williamson Milne. Bath
12¾ after. Left 7.45 & home by cab. Dressed. First saw Ethel Dale. Mervyn
dined with us. Quiet evening & bed after at 12.0 after snooze. Cycle sent
home at 9.0am. (Red ink: Fire at end of Terrace at 9.0am. Photod Miss
Cornwallis.)
Sunday June 16
Stafford Terrace. Up 9.0.Breakfast. Miss Dale down. After at 10.20 went on
new cycle for 1st time. Went well. Not comfortable. Met Judge Stoner. Back.
Printed phos from 11.0 to 12.0. Worked on Index from 12.0 to 1.30. Lunch.
Rested from 2.15 to 5.40. Slept. Down. Young Arden called. Worked from 6.0
to 7.15, M reading Pepys' diary. Dressed & left in carriage at 7.30. Left Mite at
the Rhodes's to dine. Put down top of Park. Walked to Naval & Military Club.
Cab to Garrick. Dined with Dr Orwin. Good dinner. Saw next Dr Ransford. Left
at 1.0 & home. Paid bill for the 5th inst. (Plan of table seating) Dr Orwin's
dinner at the Garrick. Dr Orwin, Lord Dungarvan, Beard, Major Cook,
Paste(?), Mr (blank) like Mervyn, Dr Swan, Orwin's brother, Treadcroft, L.S,
Dr Ransford, Earl of Euston.
Monday June 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Beautiful warm morning. Out 8.30. Rode cycle
round Terrace & back. Rode mare in Park. Met Cockerell & after Sophy &
Edgar, after Reynard. Back 9.30. Mite met me. Miss Dale in room, M doing
washing. Hot lovely morning. Man at Aquarium. After resting set to work &
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finished drawing of Index, Punch fishing on river. M read Pepys' Diary. Began
tail piece at 7.0 & drew it. Went up & dressed. Mervyn & Ethel Dale to dinner.
They went after to the Indian Exhibition. Miss Dale back at 11.15. Slept till
12.15. Strange dream of Alice in chair.
Tuesday June 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Round to stable. Rode cycle round Essex
Villas etc. Got on better. Back & after breakfast dressed for Ascot. Packed up
Index drawing. At 10.30 Mite & self left in cart. Lovely morning. Bought gloves
at Barkers, on to Waterloo. Saw Ellie Ritchie in Park. Down to Ascot. Went to
Box 124 with Reynard. Mite & self got there & found one young man there,
young Simpson. Saw Prince drive up in state. Very hot. Saw Percy Holland,
Bolding, Woodville, etc. Dull X ladies. Mrs R & Miss Petre. Went to Paddock,
could not find Langley. Left after sixth race & home in carriage with Lord
Latham & daughter. Drove home from Vauxhall. Home 6.30 exactly. Drew till
8.0. Did tail piece, Punch & Fish. M back 7.30. Had felt seedy. She drove with
Adah Spencer. M, Mite & self dined together. Wire from Lucy from Kiel about
Gladstone. Mite went to dance at Charley Burnand's. Man fetched cycle from
stable at 3.0pm to put handle straight. Colder at night. Wrote diary & letters at
10.0pm. (Cutting glued in: Death of Hay Morant. Obituary of Lord Colin
Campbell.)
Wednesday June 19
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Raining & dull. Back to bed. Ethel D off in cab.
Maud dancing in room. After wrote letters. Filled in Income Tax paper for
£790 with deduction of insurance. Wrote letters etc. After got to work on
Punch drawing Harcourt as Squirrel. Worked on to 6.0pm when took Met Rly
to Blackfriars. At Punch dinner L.B, E.I.M late, R.L came at 10.0pm, B.P,
E.T.R, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self & A à B. George Agnew's at home, I going there.
Made up cut for J.T of Gladstone coming home as Sailor. Left after talk of
cycle etc with Lehmann & straw hat. At 10.15 home on top of a buss. Rest in
chair & bed. M & Mite drove over to Wimbledon in cart. M back at 6.15pm.
Ball at Mrs Carlisle's. She was shot at on Friday. Photod self & Stace for
Preface at 1.30pm, cricketing cut. (Red ink: Altered the above drawing of
Harcourt & Squirrel on Monday Oct 26 1896 for use in Punch. Put Opposition
in wheel instead of Gov't Business.) (Cutting glued in: Obituary of John
Hodgson.)
Thursday June 20
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Tried cycle for one round. Did not get on so well.
After rode mare in Park. Met Reynard etc. Back home. In morning finished
Squirrel for Punch etc. In afternoon began Preface & got an outline of Grace
etc. M back at 7.0 from her mother's. Said she saw great change & cried very
much. Dressed & left at 7.50 for Hartree's. Got 10 minutes late for dinner.
Good dinner. Sat next Johnson Ferguson MP. Hartree screwed after badly.
Talk to Mocatta about cycling. Walked home & had long talk with Arthur
Lewis. (Plan of table seating) Charles Hartree's dinner at which he got
screwed. Charles Hartree, Johnson Ferguson, L.S, a Major, someone,
someone, William Hartree, Elkin Mocatta, someone, Leslie Ward, Arthur
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Lewis, Sir Trevor Lawrence. M drove over in cart for Mite at 11.0am. (Red ink
across page: Spencer & Adah & Mervyn dined at Stafford Terrace.)
Friday June 21
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride or cycle. Got on with work,
Preface. Finished Preface at 5.0pm & sent it off. M all day at Mansions. Ethel
Dale left at 3.0pm. After did drawing for tail piece & finished at 8.30pm. Mite &
self dined alone. At 10.0 M came home with sad news her mother died at
6.30pm this afternoon. Also news in the paper of division in the House &
defeat of Lord Rosebery's Government. Sorrowful evening. M to bed at
11.0pm. First thought of A. (Red ink: Fall of the Rosebery Government by
vote of 7 against at 4.30pm.) (Cuttings glued in: Catherine Kempshall charged
with attempting to kill Mrs Carlisle by shooting. Death of Mary Ann Herapath.)
Saturday June 22
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not cycle or ride. Breakfast. News of
defeat of the Government. Very hot & close. M went early to Albert Hall
Mansions. At 11.0 after putting room straight rode in Park till 1.0. Saw Stone,
Finlay, Barclay, etc etc also Lockwood. Long talk. Out & called Gardens.
Home lunch. After rested. Sent Otley to Wimbledon on Cob. Went to have
Turkish bath at 5.30. Weight 12.6, 12.4½. Saw Milne. Out 7.45. Back by buss.
A walker, young woman, in buss. Pretty. Home. Mite & self dined. Long talk in
dining room till 11.0pm with Mrs Furrell. M had better night after. (Cutting
glued in: Obituary of Henry Moore, RA. Born 1831, RA '93, ARA '85. Times
Monday June 24th.)
Sunday June 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15am. Had long ride on cycle. Got on it twice for 1 st
time. Came back frightfully hot. Bath & changed. At 10.15 M & self went in
cart to Victoria. Went to Dover with F.C.B & Mrs B. F.C.B cross with Cuthbert.
Saw John Drew & also the Robbs. Lovely passage. Old Jacobi etc. Saw
Sherrif or Sir ? Harris & Lady. At Calais at 2.20. Long wait for lunch. Saw
Whitley, Davy etc etc. Left at 4.10pm & back. Long talk to Whitley etc. Heard
of poor Vincent Applin's death in February this year. Talk to Davy etc. Back at
5.15. Left 5.45, Victoria 7.45. Home by cab 8.10 pm. Tabs & Conrad there.
Bottle of Champagne. Good dinner. M came in after at 10.0. Talk of Ethel
Dale. They left at 11.15. Bed after. Intensely hot & close. Thermometer 77º in
room. (Red ink across page: Went to Calais. Delightful day. Intensely hot.)
Monday June 24
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Out on cycle. Saw all the Cowards at window.
Very hot. Bath & Condal after. Breakfast. Came over very dull etc. Did not
ride. Sent Otley with Mite's drawings to Mr Fowler. Printed cycle photos etc. M
off to Mansions. Lunch. Rest after. Lots in Times about resignation of Lord
Rosebery's Ministry. Sorted papers etc etc & after in afternoon began drawing
for Vol 109. Skemed the cycle etc. M, Mite & self quiet dinner & bed at 11.30
after.
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Tuesday June 25
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park before breakfast. Met
Shakespeare. Riding with him passed a black horse riderless. Proved to be
Campbell Praed's. Fell over backwards with him. Horse got out at Rutland
Gate. After rode with Stern. Told D'Arcy about it. Home. Breakfast. After got
on with heading for new volume. Put in figures of four girls & Punch. M did not
dine at home. Roy came back from Eton at 6.0pm. Went on with his mother
to Albert Hall Mansions. Mite, Roy & self dined together & bed quietly after at
11.30pm. (Red ink: Roy came up from Eton for his Grandmother's funeral.)
(Cutting glued in: Death of Mary Knowles.)
Wednesday June 26
Stafford Terrace. Up at 5.15am. M at Gardens. Breakfast, Mite, Roy & self, at
6.0am. Carriage at 6.40 & drove to Albert Hall Mans. There 6.50. Coffin in
hall. M, Midge & Tabs putting flowers on it. Left 7.0. Edgar & Spencer,
Conrad, Mervyn, Langley, Roy & self. To Victoria. There 7.30. Put coffin in
van. Thought one of the bearers was Edgar. It was Edgar I found after.
Saloon carriage down to Broadstairs. Difficulty of getting coffin in waiting
room. Terraro & Fletcher met us at Victoria. Terraro left, not going down.
Walked to St Peter's. Met Latham Tomlin with dyed beard. Interment at 12.30
- 45. Left & went to Albion at Broadstairs. Had soda & whiskey. Gave me a
headache after. Water & sprinkler on lawn. Caught the 1.30 back to town.
Stifling heat in saloon carriage. Back 4.45. Roy & self on to Bath Club. Met
Uniacke. Bath 12st 6lb after. Roy went home. To Punch dinner by buss.
William Agnew, E.I.M late, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L back from Baltic, A.G, F.C.B,
J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Got cut of Harcourt & Rosebery. Left with Tenniel at
11.10 & home by cab from Isthmium. (Red ink across page: Intensely hot
day. Interment of late mother-in-law at St Peters Thanet 12.30 - 45.)
Thursday June 27
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Very hot. Back with Pepys
Cockerell. Met Reynard etc. In morning skemed subject of Rosebery &
Harcourt in the shade. At 1.30 photod Stace & Stace self for subject.
Developed them & put to dry. After got on & went on to finish heading of Vol
109, Punch cycling. M came in at 7.0pm & said she was the only one of the
girls who did not receive her money absolutely. Both she & I dreadfully
annoyed & upset. Dined & after wrote to Edgar. Miss Rose Innes gave a
dinner, Maud could not go. M, Mite & self dined together. Talk of settlement
etc etc. (Red ink: Thermometer outside house 110º in sun. Marion & self
much upset about discovery of marriage settlement.)
Friday June 28
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not ride or cycle. Got to work after
breakfast & finished the drawing of head piece for Vol 109. Spencer called. M
went at 3.0 from Gardens to call on Mr Smith about her money. Came back &
said it was no good. At 1.30 finished the heading of girls cycling & began at
3.30 the cartoon of Lord Rosebery & Harcourt in the shade. Worked up to
8.30pm getting on very well & shading Harcourt. Dined. M & self dreadfully
annoyed about the trusteeship. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: M had
interview with Mr Smith.)
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Saturday June 29
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not go out or ride cycle. Got to work at 9.20
on drawing of Harcourt & Rosebery in shade. Finished at 1.30. Sent it off. M &
Mite had been to Stores. Rested in afternoon till 5.15pm. Tea. Mrs Fraser &
Midge in, also Evelyn Coward. At 5.40 rode mare to Wimbledon. Lovely
afternoon only silk shirt & coat on. Saw Vounteers on Common etc. Home
8.15. Gave mare to man. Had sent Otley to Vaus & Crampton. Dined 8.30pm.
Dividend from Canada & Pacific Rly. Read after Lord Wolesley's book on
Marlborough. Bed 12.30am after snooze.
Sunday June 30
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. At 8.50 ride on cycle. Went down Earl's
Court Road. Got on all right except getting on it. Back at 9.30. Breakfast. M &
Maud out. All morning wrote & sorted back blue photos. Lunch after. Rested.
Wrote invites for dinner on July 22nd. Only Miss Rose Innes called. Fresh
southerly wind. At 8.10 Hamilton Langley, Midge & Mrs Fraser dined with us.
2 bottles of Lanson. Left at 11.15pm. Cooler weather. H criticised Midge's
drawings.
Monday July 1
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50 & out on mare at 8.25. Did not ride cycle. Caught
up Pepys Cockerell & after talk to Coward. Walter Long's horse bothered with
kicking friend's horse. Coward said Lopes would have brushed his head(?)
did not know him now. Back at 9.30. Breakfast. News of William Agnew's
Baronetcy & Williamson made a Lord. Wrote letters of congratulation & drew
cheques for servants' wages. M out to dressmakers at 10.30am. In afternoon
put phos away & drew labels etc. Went out for ride on cycle at 7.30. Did not
get on so well, dented gear case. Back 8.50. Dressed. Edgar & Sophy dined
with us. Long talk over Estate. Sophy had pint of Champagne. They left at
11.15pm. Bed at 1.0 after snooze. (Red ink: Mr Williamson made a Lord,
William Agnew & Mr Blythe Baronets.)
Tuesday July 2
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. No cycle. Rode mare in Row. Met Pepys C &
after Romeo Williams, Agnew & Coward. Back at 9.30. After breakfast sorted
photos etc. Mite made out her accts for White & Punch. After M & Mite in
carriage. Otley sleepy, M complained. Took shirts out of drawers etc. After
lunch looked over papers & squared a lot up. Ethel English called. After
Midge & Dora called. Dinner 7.30 to go to R.A soirée. Left at 9.25 & at soirée
at 9.45. Saw Leighton who stood for 3 hours. Many friends. Hollands had our
tickets. Aird etc etc. Left 12.15. Went to Bath Club. Could get neither bite or
sup. Cab to Garrick, had eggs & lemon squash. Unsociable lot. Lords Euston
& Dungarvan, Borthwick etc etc. Looked at Daily News article & home by very
uncomfortable cab. Bed at 2.0am. Light in Mite's room. Read the Minster.
(Red ink: Went to Royal Academy soirée. Bath Club, could get no drink or
supper.)
Wednesday July 3
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Felt tired. Did not ride or cycle. After breakfast
rode at 10.30am. Met Finlay & clergyman. Long yarns. After saw Stone.
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Heard of Colonel Welby's engagement to Miss Steincopff. Saw Miss S & her
mother. Congratulated them. Hair cut & home at 1.15. Lunch. M rather seedy
& rested. Wrote letters etc. M out in carriage. Tilda called. Evelyn Coward at
tea. Left at 5.15 & took buss to Dover St. Bath at 5.45. Weight 12.6¾ after.
Can't understand it. Out & cab to Bouverie St Punch dinner. L.B, E.I.M (late
very) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B. Tenniel got cycle cut.
Self had Italia & Punch. Talk after of puzzles. Left 11.15 with J.T & home. Bed
12.45am. (Red ink: Stayed in hot room. Brought on a smarting of eyes after
which troubled me of & on till (blank)
Thursday July 4
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Rode mare in Row. Met Hickman & 2
daughters. Also D'Arcy. Heard of poor Campbell Praed's illness. Home 9.45.
Sent cycle to Tenniel. Looked out photos. Decided to go to Lords with Mite.
Left at 1.20 & drove to Lords in cab. Lunched with Hartree. Rainy & dull.
Oxford & Cambridge match. Saw nephews of Hartree & Sir Trevor Lawrence.
Small man batting well for Cambridge. Left at 4.45 & home 5.10. Got to work
& skemed subject of Punch & Italia for Italian Navy. Worked to 8.30pm when
dined, M, Mite & self quietly. (Red ink: Went to Lords for lunch at Hartree's
table. Oxford & Cambridge cricket match.)
Friday July 5
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Did not cycle or ride. Worked hard all day on
drawing of Punch & Italia. After at 12.30 Mite went to Lords for 2 nd day. Came
back in Mrs Mocatta's carriage. Mite left in afternoon to go to Cohens' at
Englefield Green. Worked to 9.0pm when dined with M quietly. Had very large
(much too large) lobster for dinner. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Mite went to
Lords 2nd day, Oxford & Cambridge. After to Englefield Green.)
Saturday July 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Got to work before breakfast. After at 9.30 also.
Finished at 12.15. Lunch & packed bags. Got off at 3.0 for Liverpool St. Took
1 hr to drive nearly, slow 4 wheeler. Went down to Lowestoft. Arrived 7.20.
Edgar & Sophy met us. Small room. Flowers in it. Thoughtful. Dined 8.0pm.
Drank a whole bottle of Claret. Sorry I did. Stroll on pier after. Looked thro'
telescope at moon. Had lemon squash. Bed 11.0pm. (Red ink: Left town for
Lowestoft.)
Sunday July 7
The Royal Hotel, Lowestoft. Woke 5.50. Out 7.15 & walked along to shore &
bathed. Woke up with bilious haedache. Met Edgar & Sophy going to bathe.
Made good breakfast. Herrings good. After stroll with M in town. Dull & hot.
Headache came on. Wrote 2 letters. Crowds of people, a sort of church
parade. Lunch. Out on to sea shore. Headache came on very badly. Went &
laid down & slept for 2 hours which sent it away. Tea. Went for walk to Grand
Hotel, Edgar, Sophy, M & self. Looked over hotel. Good very. Back in time to
dress for dinner at 7.15. Discussion of Port wine. After coffee put greatcoat on
& saw the moon rise. Wrote letters, Tabs etc. Man asked to spell a word & if
making a long stay. Bed 11.15. M did not sleep so well complained of
indigestion. (Red ink: At Royal Hotel Lowestoft. Very seedy in afternoon.)
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Monday July 8
Royal Hotel, Lowestoft. Up at 7.30. Out 8.0 & had bathe from machine. Good.
Back & wrote Tabs etc. Very good breakfast. After went in town, Sophy on a
bike. Talk to Edgar about business. Extraordinary cheap strawberries, 2d pint.
Edgar & Sophy left at 1.0. M & self lunch. After went into town. Wired Emma.
Back. Bill £3.15.4. Tipped waiter. Walked to station & off by 2.35 train. Arrived
Liverpool St 6.0. Home 7.0. Letters from Mr Ainger & Roy. Mr Ainger
complaining about Roy leaving Eton with Maud without leave. Mite still at
Cohens'. M & self dined quietly at 8.0 by ourselves & bed after. (Red ink:
Came up home from Lowestoft. Very close & hot.)
Tuesday July 9
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on mare 8.15. Met Mocatta & rode with him.
After Coward & Witt QC. Home 9.25. Had to complain of mare's neck to
Otley. Wire from Critchett about Maud. M to Mansions again. Very hot
weather. Mite back from staying at Cohen's. Printed a good many blue photos
etc & squared up a good many prints. Wrote letters etc. Sent will to Mr Smith
to be drawn up. Dined quietly, M, Mite & self. Bed 12.0am after reading.
Wednesday July 10
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. x. Went for ride on cycle. Got frightfully hot.
Breakfast & after for ride on mare. Met Sophy. Listened to Band etc etc. Talk
to clergyman on chestnut horse. After back. Rested in afternoon & got on with
drawing for Williamson Milne. Did not have Turkish bath. Put on flannels &
silk shirt & went by Met Rly to Punch dinner. 20 minutes late. Good dinner.
Phil Agnew, E.I.M (late) B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, & Phil
May back from Paris. Good dinner & talk. Tenniel got Old Warder, self John
Bull & Greece. Left with Tenniel at 11.15 & home after by omnibus. Lemon
squash & bed.
Thursday July 11
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in park. Met Edgar & Sophy. Rode
with Lockett Agnew & Romer. Accident at top, concussion of brain. Home &
skemed subject. Photod Marie & Stace for John Bull & Greece. At 12.0 to 1.0
developed & put out to dry. Mervyn to lunch. M at 58 Albert Hall Mansions. In
afternoon after rest got to work put in subject & also Greek temple in. Dressed
7.20 & drove in a very poor cab wretchedly weak horse to dine with Edgar &
Sophy at 42 Brook St. Good dinner, poor Champagne etc. Talk of the estate.
Left 11.15. Beautiful rain came on just as we started. Thought a spoke dropt.
Mite had been on the river to Henley with the Schwann's, met a young
Ferguson. (Red ink: Dined with Edgar & Sophy at Brook Street.)
Friday July 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No ride, no cycle. In morning got on with
drawing of John Bull & Greece. Put in figures etc. M at Albert Hall Mansions
almost for last time. After at 1.15 drove with Mite in cart to Lords & saw Eton
& Harrow match. Eton made 260 in 1st innings. Difficulty to find table, No 80.
Good lunch with Mite. Roy turned up. Introduced him to Hartree Sen'r. Very
windy but remained 1 hr after lunch when left in cab & home. Got on with
work. Finished figures & nearly finished outline. Dressed at 7.15 & left in
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carriage with Mite to dine with Anderson Critchett. Took in a Miss Kennedy.
Old Mrs Gabrielli next to me with no one to take her in to dinner. Amusing to
talk to. Harleys & Sir John Tenniel there. Very tall lady & husband, Mrs
Mathews. Talk to Dr Harley after. Left at 11.15 & home by carriage. Mervyn &
Roy & Tilda had dinner. Bed at 12.30 after lemon squash. (Red ink: Went with
Mite to Eton & Harrow match. Met Roy.)
Saturday July 13
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Work at 8.0am. Breakfast. Roy & Maud left in
cart at 10.30 for Lords. Worked till 1.0 when finished John Bull & Greece.
Dressed hurriedly. Mervyn in to lunch by himself. M & self left in hansom. Put
M down to lunch with Mrs Barker. Drove on to Lords, 2nd day's match. Eton in,
no wickets down at 1.45pm. Lunch A1. Sir John Tenniel turned up. After sat
in break. Tenniel enjoyed it. Roy yelled. Tea. Good again. Young Ferguson &
Miss Samuda. Long afternoon. Eton declared innings out at 6.15 for 28.
Harrow went in & played till 7.30. Drawn match, only one wicket to get tho'.
Left & home in cart. Spencer there. Dined 8.10pm. Had got a grit in my eye
which made it exceedingly painful & spoilt the evening. At 9.10 went by mare
to Exhibition. Intensely crowded & very uncomfortable. Wandered about &
could get no chairs. Bought Indian cigars. The wheel not working. Left at
10.30 & home by cab. M still up. Bathed eye & bed at 12.0. M massaging
fingers. (Red ink: Went to Eton & Harrow 2nd day. Interesting match. Got grit
in my eye. Very painful. Bad evening at Indian Exhibition.)
Sunday July 14
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Out with Roy on cycles. Went down Earls
Court Road & Cromwell Rd & home by Addington St. After in morning printed
photos. Roy & Maud out for walk in Row. Lunch. After rested & read Dumas'
Life of Napoleon. Evelyn Coward in. After squared up a lot of back prints etc.
At 7.0 went for 2nd spin on cycle. Got on better, Roy out too. Spencer stayed
to dinner. Played Roy 3 games of backgammon. Roy won 2. Snooze till
12.15am when to bed. (Red ink: Very quiet day for Roy. Did nothing. Cycled
morning & evening.)
Monday July 15
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. Out & on mare 8.15. Rode in Park. Met Percy
Holland & also Reynard & Miss Petre. Short ride. Home by 9.0. Roy to go
back to Eton by 9.25 to catch 9.55. Left. Gave him 10/s. M in bed. In morning
printed reed photos taken more than 11 years ago. Squared up & put away
the rest of back prints. Dull morning & not so hot. Mite out in carriage. In
afternoon got on & drew figure for Milne's drawing. At 7.15 out on cycle went
up Campden Hill & Bedford Gardens. Met Boughton on hill. Could not stop.
Did not get on quite so well. Miss Rose Innes to dinner. Stayed till 11.40. Too
late. Left for good & to go to Brittany. Read & to bed at 12.15am. Much
annoyed the way the Greek cut was reproduced on Punch. Tore leaf out &
sent it to Vaus & Crampton & wrote Brightmore. (Red ink: Roy went back to
Eton.)
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Tuesday July 16
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on mare 8.20 & rode in Park. Met Mocatta &
after Rhodes & his daughter. Asked to Skibo. Back. Good canter on mare. In
morning wrote letters etc. After got on with drawing for Milne. Printed blue
photos of Reed. Mite went to the Indian Exhibition with Miss Lockyer. Sent
carriage to fetch her. M & self dined together. Out on cycle 7.15. Practised
getting up & down. Dined 8.14. Mite back 11.20. Read Napoleon by Dumas &
to bed 12.15am.
Wednesday July 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Rode mare 8.35. Met & spoke to Gill. Very hot.
Back 9.25. Breakfast. M in bed. Elections going strong for the Unionists.
Lunch. In afternoon worked on drawing for Mr Milne & also in morning. Did
not do much. At 3.0 left in carriage with M. Called on Bath Club & took 4
photos of bath. On to Lincoln's Inn Fields. Very close & hot. Had inteview with
Mr F.Smith. M & self made our wills & also signed paper appointing new
trustees. Left 4.30. Called Evered's lamp shop. After put down at Vigo St. On
to Turkish bath. Young shampooer left. Had bath & swim. Weight 12.6 after
bath. By buss to Punch dinner. F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L, Phil A & Phil M,
B.P, A.G. Milliken late. Phil Agnew remarked where I had been at Lincoln's
Inn. Got cut of Hansom. Left 10.45 & home by bus. Great row with Elections.
Buss out of its course up Church Lane. On home 11.30 & read & to bed.
(Red ink: M & self made our wills. Interview with Mr Smith.)
Thursday July 18
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride or cycle. Skemed subject & at 10.30
photod hansom cab in mews. Stace & Otley in it. After Stace & Otley in
Stafford Terr. Developed. Spencer round. Rested after lunch. Got to work at
3.30. Altered drawing at the last to other way round. Could not cycle on
account of wet. Edgar & Sophy dined with us. Dinner 8.15. Champagne. Talk.
Heavy rain. Eye rather troublesome. Bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Eye troubled me.
Brought on from Turkish bath, see July 3rd, never well since.)
Friday July 19
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am & got to work 9.30 & worked very hard all day on
drawing of Salisbury & Balfour in Hansom Cab with Chamberlain driving. Eye
rather troublesome. Worked to 9.55 when dined 10.0pm. Sent it off. Had to
get done earlier on acct of bean feast for Messrs V & C. Bed at 12.0. Poor
dinner. Boiled mutton, stewed fruit etc. (Red ink: Eye troubled me.)
Saturday July 20
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Had intended to cycle to Tenniel's & B.P's. Rain
in morning & very heavy up to 2.0pm. Put things away & did up drawings etc.
Very tired & slack. Close & muggy. Wore spectacles all morning. Eye troubled
me. Fear strained optic nerve. Spencer & Hilda in. Mite drawing. Rested after
lunch & read Lord Wolseley's Marlboro'. At 5.10 rode mare to Wimbledon &
down Putney Hill. Met carriage on Putney railway bridge. Mare stumbled. One
of the carriage horses fell down in Fulham Road after. Home 7.15. Saw
Purnell. Cycled till 7.50 when in & dressed. Dined, M, Mite & self. Mite
mimicing. Bed 12.0. x. Wine etc came from Stores. Collar & cycle things etc.
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(Red ink: Dull slack day. Eye troubled me. Wore glasses in morning. Rode &
cycled in evening.)
Sunday July 21
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Breakfast at 9.0. A pouring wet morning.
Intended to have gone to Calais & to cycle. Did neither. After breakfast wrote
letters & diary etc. Pouring with rain at noon. Did nothing all day too wet. Got
through a lot of work etc. Quiet dinner in evening, M, Mite & self & bed early.
Monday July 22
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. After breakfast. At 10.0 went
with M in carriage. Put down at Knightsbridge & went on to Edwards &
Roberts. Saw Mr Sargent & chose cabinet, vases etc. Had candelabra lent.
After on to Garrick. Lunch. Met Critchett & Evans, Anthony Jones etc. Coffee
& liqueurs & on home by 4.0. Rode mare to Tenniel's to ask him to dinner.
Home, Spencer & Edgar there. Bother about dinner table & words with M.
Prepared. At 6.30 2 waiters came. Dressed 7.30. At 8.0 Schomberg
McDonnell, F.C.B, Fletcher Moulton, Sir Charles Hall, Vernon Watney, Fritz
Jackson, Roger Wallace & Lord Russell dined. Lord Russell kept us waiting
for ½ an hour. Very good dinner & all went off well. All left by 11.30. Lord
Russell & Sir C.Hall leaving early. 12 bottles of Ayala & Pol Roger drunk &
one of Chateau Y'Quem. 2.'74, 4.'80 Ayala, 2.'74, 4.'80 Pol Roger. (Plan of
table seating) Home dinner Monday July 22. Fritz Jackson, Vernon Watney,
Hon Schomberg McDonnell, Lord Russell, self, Sir Charles Hall, Sir John
Tenniel, Fletcher Moulton QC, Roger Wallace, F.C.B.
Tuesday July 23
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in park 8.20. Met Holland, Dr Fowler
etc. After in morning enlarged plates from Bath Club & 2 others. Lunch. Miss
Gill there. In afternoon worked on drawing for Milne & redrew it. Reed came
round at 6.0. Went for a ride down road on cycle with him. 1 st time so far.
Back 7.0 & went on to work after dressing. Dined quietly after, M, Mite,
Mervyn & self. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: 1st cycle ride in traffic with Reed.)
Wednesday July 24
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Saw Coward. After breakfast
got on with drawing for Milne. Worked all day up to 6.0pm. Dressed & went to
Punch dinner by Met Rly. Block on the line. Delay. Very hot & close at Punch
dinner. Phil A, Phil M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B &
Lehmann. Talk. Arthur à B suggested meeting of Wellington & Blucher. Self
suggested & got Rosebery as Napoleon. Back with J.T as far as Isthmium.
Home by buss after. Bed. Letter from Fritz Jackson about investments for M.
Very good.
Thursday July 25
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Very hot & close. Felt slack.
Back & breakfast. After skemed subject of Rosebery as Napoleon. Costume
came at 11.15. Photod Otley at 12.15 in Napoleon's uniform. Self after.
Mervyn back to lunch. Mite had little workwoman at work stitching. Developed
plates. Rested. Got them printed & to work at 4.45. Worked till 7.15. Dressed
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& drove in carriage to dine with Edgar & Sophy in Brook St. There 8.10. Stuffy
rooms. Left 11.10 & home by Cob in carriage. Mite & Mervyn dined together.
(Red ink: Dined with Edgar & Sophia at Brook Street.)
Friday July 26
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in park. Saw Phil Agnew & elderly
gentlemanly Colonel. Back. Breakfast. After got to work on Rosebery as
Napoleon. Mite out at Waterloo for Datchet in cart at 11.45. Emma went.
Worked on to 9.0 when dined. Mervyn left to go to see Edgar. Back 11.30.
Bed.
Saturday July 27
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Did not ride. After breakfast went on & added to
drawing of Lord Rosebery as Napoleon up to 11.0. After rode in park. Very
few there. Trotted mare on to Battersea Park. Back by 1.15am. Sent Otley to
Reed's. Lunch. Mervyn there. After rested with Spencer in day nursery. Read
books. M & Spencer went out in carriage 3.30pm. Rested till 5.30. Put photos
away etc. At 6.30 rode cycle to Battersea Park with Edward Reed. Enjoyed it
st
very much. 1 cycle ride so far. Back 7.40. Practise in Terrace. Midge &
Mevyn to dinner. Bed 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Cycled to Battersea Park.
1st ride so far.)
Sunday July 28
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0. Looked out. Pouring wet. To bed again. Decided
after breakfast to go to Calais. Cart at door at 10.15. Down to Victoria. Went
down with Harry McCalmont. Saw Arthur Blunt on steamer. Introduced to H.M
& had long talks all day. Little Tich etc went over. Lady Dorothy Nevill & the
Goetz's. Good lunch, 2 portions. After walked to Lord Waterford's yacht. Saw
the Duke of Beaufort, Lady Waterford & the Duchess. The Duchess doing
curious work on a panel. Back to boat. Rougher going back. At Dover 5.20.
Goodbye to Harry McCalmont. Up to town. Very wet. Home 7.40 by cab. Met
Spencer. Midge & Mervyn dined. Drank Zeltinger. Val Kerrie, right
pronounciation. (Red ink: Had delightful run to Calais. Met Harry McCalmont,
Arthur Blunt, Duke of Beaufort etc etc.)
Monday July 29
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. Went at 8.30 for cycle ride through Kensington for
1st time. Through Park to Bayswater Road. Met Sir Henry Lopes & daughter.
Oh! Back 9.5. After got to work & finished in the day Milne's drawing. In
evening Tabs dined with us, also Midge & Mervyn, Mite & M. Bottles of
Perinet & Burgundy. Mervyn's last evening as a bachelor. Wrote letters.
Spencer in after dinner. Posted letters. Bed at 12.30 after snooze. (Red ink:
st
Cycled thro' Kensington for 1 time.)
Tuesday July 30
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Out at 9.40. Rode mare in Park. Met Sir
H.Lopes & daughter & Reynard. Back after delightful ride. Put touch or two on
drawing for Milne. Mr Sargent called at 11.30. At 1.30 lunch. Mervyn, Tabs,
Mite, M & self. At 2.0 Mervyn married quietly at St Mary Abbots. Dale division
& Herapath division. All over at 2.30pm. Back to Stafford Terrace. Midge,
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Sophy, Yolande Dietz etc etc. Fine day. Spoke to Carr Glynn. After went
round & got cycle to show Sophia Herapath. Carriage at door. Miss Ritchie
had called & was with Mite upstairs. Back & worked on drawing for Andersen.
Two boys. At 6.30 went on cycle to the Earls Court Exhibition. Did not ride it
so well. Seat too far behind. Left a letter. Back. M decided not to go to the
Exhibition so dined quietly at home, M, Mite, Midge & self. Midge goodbye &
left at 11.0. Bed 12.30pm. (Red ink: Mervyn married at Kensington Church,
2.0pm.)
Wednesday July 31
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Rode mare in Park. Saw Lockett Agnew on a
cycle. Met Sir Redvers Buller. Back. Left at 11.30. After finished drawing of
boys for Anderson's Fairy Stories. M out. Lunch by self at 1.15 & left at 1.40
in cab to call for Mr Frederick Barr to go to call on Mr Smith at 44 Lincoln's
Inn. Interview about the Barr Estate. Unsatisfactory. Left at 2.45 & back in
cab. Dropped Mr Barr at home.Went on immediately in carriage with M who
went to dressmaker & Stores. Walked up Piccadilly & on to Garrick Club.
Wrote letters. Saw old Stirling. Afterwards went to Moss's & bought dressing
bag, box. Called on Goff's about portmanteau. Then after tea strolled on to
Punch dinner. Got gold watch case & met Bernard Partridge. Back & got 17/6
Waterbury watch. Back to Punch D. L.B, P.M, E.T.R, B.P, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B,
J.T, self, A à B, D.M there. Photod by Van der Weyde with 6 flash lights.
Tenniel got subject of Gamekeeper suggested by self. G.O.M & Duke of
Westminster for me. Left at 11.15 & home by cab with Tenniel to Isthmium &
then on home by cab. Brought proofs of Punch Table home. (Red ink across
page: Interview with Mr Barr at Lee & Pemberton's.)
Thursday August 1
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Out & on mare in Park. Met Reynard & had
talk. Said goodbye. Out 9.20 & home. Breakfast. Skemed subject of
Gladstone & Duke of Westminster. Sent Otley for shoes. Spencer came at
10.45. Waited for Otley ¾ hour. Took 2 plates & after enlarged them & got all
ready by 1.30pm. Lunch. Rested after & got to work at 4.0pm. Went on & got
outline in & well forward by 8.30pm when dined with M quietly. Found Alice
had put proofs in waste paper basket. Very angry. Smoke after dinner & bed
quietly at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Last ride on mare before turning her out.)
Friday August 2
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.10am. Down & went to finish drawing of Gladstone &
Duke of Westminster. Roy back from Eton at 9.0am. No money to pay for
cab. Worked till 11.30 nearly finished when finished packing & dressed. After
put drawing right by 1.0pm & lunched. Left in cabs at 1.10, 2 4 wheelers to
Waterloo. Spencer came in & delayed & went in cab with us as Roy following
with Otley. Caught the 2.15 for Ch Ch. 2nd class carriage reserved. Yolande
Dietz & Sophy came. Nearly took Sophy away with us. Arrived Ch Ch &
cycled to Anchorage. Tea & went round lawn. Gwenny very good on a cycle.
Lady Maud & Mr Hooper there. Roy & self had a swim. After dressed early for
dinner & looked at Ill.L.N. Mr Nugent came for dinner. Slow game of billiards
with Roy. Beat him by 30 pts. Bed at 11.45. To go on yacht tomorrow.
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Saturday August 3
The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up at 8.0. Roy & self went for swim. Wet dull
morning. After back. Breakfast & game of billiards. Cleaned cycle etc. Looked
at Ill.London News. The Hoopers left. Lunch. Lobster etc. After sat by sea.
Snooze. Roy went to play cricket. Changed. Wrote diary. Tea. Pouring wet
afternoon. Roy back at 4.45pm. Hamilton away at Cowes. After went in wet
for cycle ride into Ch.Ch. Bought envelopes. Back & went with Roy for
delightful swim. Water quite warm. Dressed. H back from Cowes. Dinner.
Champagne. After played Roy 100 up. Roy won. Bed 11.0.
Sunday August 4
The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up at 8.0. Roy & self went for swim. After breakfast
looked at Ill L.News. Quiet morning. Wet. H writing. Lunch. Heavy wet. Went
cycling past High Cliff Castle. Back. A Mr Morell Sol'r to the University of
Oxford to tea. After Tabs, Roy & self cycled to High Cliff. Tabs tore her dress.
Very good ride there & back twice. Back at 7.0. Again bathed. Water
delightful. After dinner smoke. No billiards. Bed at 11.0. To get up to go to
Cowes tomorrow.
Monday August 5
The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up at 7.30. No swim. Breakfast 8.15. After packing
got off by 9.0 to catch 9.30 train at Ch.Ch. M, self & H to go on yacht. Met Mr
Morell at station. Turned out to be Warren's father-in-law. At Southampton Mr
Morell & self walked to pier. Talk of Oxford & Roy. Maudlin the college. M & H
in fly. Got on steamer. Saw Lennox Browne & a pronouncée laidy. Off & on to
Cowes. Sent portmanteau on board. All went to lunch at the Hotel. H paid.
After went for walk & M & self went in to Redfern's. M measured. Bought
Indian cigars. Went in front of Marine Hotel. Rain came on. Met Mr
Pemberton. M did not know him. H back, off to yacht. Very nice boat. Just on
board when the German Emperor's yacht Hohenzollern came to her moorings
at 3.0pm. Emperor on bridge. Saluting of big guns from 5 German ironclads &
the guard ship. Tea. Mr Morell left. Cap'n "Be an Englishman". After heavy
rain. Dinner. Sleepy. Yachts lighted up. Turned in after walk on deck. Did not
say goodnight. Woke at 2.15am. Slept after all right. Helped H to put up
pictures & clock etc in morning.(Red ink across page: Went on board the
'Abafan'. Saw the German Emperor.)
Tuesday August 6
On board S.S. Abafan. Up at 7.0. Tub on deck with canon's bucket. All yachts
dressed for Duke Coburg's birthday. Very good breakfast. After saw Emperor
leave in his pinnace for the German battleship Worth. Very heavy squalls of
rain & gale of wind. Expecting Con. Lunch. Con turned up about 4.0pm. Ham
& self went ashore leaving M & Con on board. Had walk etc. Well dressed
foreigner walking along sea wall. On landing saw the 2 Miss Knowles's,
Buckler Lethbridge & after Archie Stuart Wortley with John Ryder. Went to
P.O. Saw Brookfield after with wife. Bought Carlsbad Salts. Dropped it
through mackintosh. Saw the Queen twice, 2nd time very well. Squelches of
rain. Shelter in bun shop. Went back & got 2nd bottle of Carlsbad Salts & back
to boat at 7.15. Dined 7.45. Had 2 bottles of Krug Champagne. Very good leg
of mutton. Smoke & read & after turned in at 11.0.
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Wednesday August 7
On board S.S. Abafan. Cowes. Up at 7.0 & on deck for tub. Breakfast.
Clearer morning. Con & Ham going ashore. Stopped by Captain of
Enchantress shifting the Aberfan's moorings. German ships saluting. The
yachts not dressed. At 11.30 Mr Welch Thornton came on board about Alba's
damages. Left in boat & went ashore. Lunched at the Hotel & said goodbye to
Hamilton & Con. Left by 1.0 boat & to Southampton. Rather pretty little dark
girl on board. Train right up to town. Sleepy young man. Drove to Garrick.
Saw Gillie Farquhar & Coningsby D'Israeli. Called & left Waterbury watch in
Strand & on to Punch dinner. Wm Agnew, Phil,May, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L,
F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & E.I.M (late). Photos taken last week shewn. Told
them about yacht. Tenniel got subject of Railway Truck (Reed). Self the
Shaharzar(sic). Left in cab with Tenniel. Put down at Garrick Club. Home in
cab from there. Woke up in night & opened window. Bed 12.30. Mrs Reffell
away for holidays,The ‘Fountain Hotel’, Cowes.
Thursday August 8
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Down. Put clocks right. Bother with pin of long
clock on landing. Skemed subject & photod at 11.15am self & Otley for
picture of Punch & Sharazar(sic). Developed by 12.30 & printed all by 1.30.
Sent Otley for Pass book. About £500 in hand. Got to work at 4.0 after rest.
Worked till 8.30 when dressed. Had decided to dine at home. After dinner it
poured with rain so did not go to Empire Theatre. Stayed at home. Rested &
bed 12.15 after sleep in chair. Wearther hot & stuffy.
Friday August 9
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0am. Work 7.30 to 8.45. Finished drawing of
Sharazar(sic) & Punch by 1.0. Sent Otley to William Agnew & for watch.
Lunch & caught 2.15 from Waterloo. Lame cab horse. Carriage to self all way
dawn. Court with The Brick met me. At Anchorage by 5.0. Tea. Mrs Reeves
there & Miss Grant Duff or Duff Gordon. A man & Mrs Neck. After played 4
sets of lawn tennis with Roy & two youths. Had delicious bathe at 7.30 &
dined 8. Beat Roy 2 games of billiards 100 up & bed at 11.30pm.
Saturday August 10.
The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up at 7.50. Went to bathe with Roy from shore, 3
girls also alongside. Breakfast. Good sole. Played Roy 100 up. Beat him.
Wrote Galbraith. Tabs went off with M in the carriage at 11.0. Roy going to
cricket match at Hinton. Wrote long letter to Milliken. After intensely close &
hot. Cleaned oiled etc cycle, shifted leg guards & rests. Lunch with the 2
children, Yolande & Evelyn. After looked at 1885 I.L.N. M & Tabs back at 2.0.
After tea rode cycle to Hinton Admiral to see Roy's cricket match. Roy run out.
st
Cycle hard at 1 . Met Col Sermon. After enjoyed run home immensely. Met
Tabs & after went back nearly to Highcliffe. Heavy thunder shower came on.
Went to bathe. Dinner 7.50. After played 200 up. Each won 1 game, Roy &
self. Bed 11.0pm. M reading. (Red ink: Frightfully close in morning. Great
thunder storm in London.)
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Sunday August 11
The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up at 8.0. Gale of wind blowing. Went for lovely
bathe with big waves. Pompon & sand. Breakfast. Extraordinary good ham.
After read & played Roy 100 up. Beat him. Wrote letters. Lovely sun after. H
away on yacht. In afternoon sat in summer house with M. At 4.30 tea. Three
young gunners from Ch Ch there. After went into Col Sermon's collection of
weapons. 5/s each on average. Game of bowls. After Roy & self bathed. Self
in brown suit. Dinner 7.50. After played Roy two games of billiards. Roy won
both.
Monday August 12
The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up 7.45. Had bathe with Roy, after went round the
Hook. Difference in shore. Met Miss Gillson. After breakfast looked at News
etc. Lunch. M & self sat at summer house. M & Tabs went calling. Roy on
tricycle. After went into Ch Ch. Roy on tricycle, missed him. Back by road to
Highcliffe. Cup of tea & back. Again into Ch Ch. Roy knocked a little boy
down. Home again. Talk to Mrs Sermon. Yolande practising. After Roy & self
bathed. Water warm. Hamilton back at 8.0. Dinner. H & Roy played game of
billiards. H won. Bed 11.0pm. Beat Roy at billiards 100 up in the morning.
Tuesday August 13
The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up 8.30. Late. Pouring wet. No bathe. Down 9.0. H &
Roy at breakfast. After played Roy 100 up. Roy won. Felt seedy. Wrote diary.
Wet again. Looked at Vol I.L.N 1866. Interesting. Lunch. M & self at end of
garden. Dozed. After H on cycle. Went at 4.10 into Ch Ch to meet Mite. Saw
her at ticket office. Dora down too. Back to Anchorage. Lady at tea. After rode
cycle with Tabs & Roy past Highcliffe. Puppy lost. Had bathe with Roy. Water
warm. Dinner. Champagne. Played Roy 100 up after. Roy won by 25 points.
Bed 11.0. Mite & Dora came down to Christchurch.
Wednesday August 14
The Anchorage, Ch.Ch. Up at 7.40. Went for bathe. 1st really fine morning
without much wind. Water cold. Roy would not go to Lagoon. Breakfast.
Letter from Agnew. After packed. Played Roy 100 up. Roy won & a 50 up
after. Looked at 1866 in summer house. After lunch at 12.50 Roy & self
cycled to Hinton Admiral, M after in carriage. Up to town. Got out Vauxhall &
cycled home. M in omnibus. Left the mule pannier behind. Sent Otley.
Changed & went to Punch dinner by Met Rly. Arthur à B, J.T, self, Lehmann,
B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L & Milliken late. Long talk about F.C.B's method of
conducting Punch. Left with J.T at 11.0 & home by cab. Got Lucy's signature
to the proof of Punch table.
Thursday August 15
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Breakfast. Bother with lost pocket book. After
sent Otley for Stace. At 12.0 photod Stace for Father Thames with basket
hamper. Developed them etc. Sent Otley for guns & to à Beckett. Got to work
at 5.0pm. Roy at cricket match. At 6.50 went on cycle to call on Tenniel, there
& back & talk in less than an hour. Dinner. Vernon Watney's grouse. Letter
from Stone. Indian Exhibition after. Wire from Galbraith expecting us on the
22nd. Bed 11.30pm. Went after dinner by cab, M, Roy & self, to Indian
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Exhibition. Very hot. Went up in wheel. M nervous. Wheel very jumpy. After
saw conjuror. Listened to music. Bought Indian cigars & home. (Red ink
across page: Went to Indian Exhibition in the evening. Got stuck on big
wheel.0
Friday August 16
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Roy off to cricket match. Worked hard all day on
drawing of Father Thames & Waterworks. M busy. Letter from Mite. Very hot
& close. Quiet dinner with grouse. Bed 11.30pm.
Saturday August 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. After breakfast finished drawing of Father
Thames & Waterworks. Put things away & tidied up. In afternoon at 5.30pm
on cycle. Something wrong with it. Called on Reed with Roy. After blowing
wheels out went round by Barnes & Putney & home by 7.0pm. Dressed &
after dinner M, Roy & self took cab & went to the Palace Theatre. Good
programme. John Le Hay very good. Back 11.45. Read book on Court of
Louis XV & bed 1.30pm, M reading.
Sunday August 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out with Roy on cycle at 8.0 & rode round
Battersea Park on cycle. Lovely morning. Roy complained of empty stomach.
Back 9.0 & changed. Breakfast at 10.15. Left at (blank) for Victoria in hansom
cab. Got 1st compart't. Saw Sir George Armstrong, Wedgwood, young Morell
Mackenzie, John Hollingshead etc. Ran down to Dover, M, Roy & self. Very
hot sun. Delightful run over, M talking to Lady Armstrong. Lunch at buffet,
langouste & chicken. Very good. 25 Fr. Back by boat. Talk with Knowles &
French correspondent of Figaro & the Temps. American gentleman & wife in
carriage. Long talk. Home 7.50pm. Dressed. All very tired. Heavy sleep after.
Very hot at night. (Red ink: Lovely run to Calais & back, M, Roy & self.)
Monday August 19
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Very tired. Forgot dear Roy's birthday. Out on
cycle & round by Gloucester Rd at 8.40am & breakfast 9.0am. Wrote letters
of thanks etc after. In morning very hot sun etc. Printed a great many photos
in blue of Miss G in French Republic dress etc. Packed portmanteau for Ayton
& wrote letters etc. Scribbled subject for Arthur of Lord Wolseley. Reed came
in at 6.0pm. At 6.15 rode with him on cycle thro' Hammersmith & round
Barnes & home 7.10. Race thro' Redcliffe Gardens. After dressed & dined, M,
Roy & self. Took cab & had very good box for Artists Model. Very poor play.
Out & home by cab. Very hot & close. (Red ink: Dear Roy's birthday 17 years
old. Went to see The Artists Model.)
Tuesday August 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out & round on cycle by Gloucester Rd.
Kensington very crowded for the morning. Back & skemed subject Lord
Wolseley & Duke of Cambridge. Photod Otley at 11.0 in cocked hat etc for
Wolseley. Did without Stace. Developed them & after rest got to work.
Outlined the drawing. Enlarged one. Reed came to dinner. Decided to alter
drawing of Duke as pensioner. After Reed, Roy & self went in hansom to
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Gaiety. Accident top of Prince's Gate. Two people killed. Saw Shop Girl for 5 th
time. Gen'l Marshall at theatre. Back home by hansom cab. Reed took cab
on. Cats catawauling. Bed at 12.0. (Red ink: E.T.Reed dined with us. Roy,
Reed & self went to Gaiety Theatre.)
Wednesday August 21
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.30. x. Down & worked hard all morning & day on
drawing of Lord Wolseley & Duke of Cambridge. Altered Duke to civilian
costume. Roy off to Oval. M packing. Sent Otley for gun etc & finished putting
things up. Finished drawing at 6.20. Put photos away. Dressed & off by cab to
Punch dinner. Good cab. There by 7.30pm. Arthur, J.T, self, Phil May, E.I.M
late, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L. Good talk & dinner. After Arthur read letter from
F.C.B pitching into cut of Father Thames. Self suggested cut of Healy &
Omnibus. Left in cab with Tenniel & Reed. Cab on from Isthmium Club with
Reed & gave him photos. Bed 12.30pm. Man & cats again next door, in night.
Thursday August 22
Stafford Terrace. Up at 6.15. Packed bags etc. Put up artists bag. Heavy wet.
Buss at door at 8.30 exactly. Got off by 8.45. Heavy thunder shower. Arrived
Kings X at 9.20. Fat fussy porter & Otley. Luggage objected to. Went to
station master. Uncivil lout. Got off by 10.0. Noisy servants in next carriage.
York 2.0, Berwick 5.0 & Ayton 6.0. Galbraith met us. Roy & self rode cycled to
Ayton. Met Mrs G in road & Miss Wilson. Mr Blair came up with cycle hired.
Dressed. Dined. Played Roy 100 up after. Roy won. Game of billiards fives &
bed at 12.0. Tired. (Red ink: Very hot & close. Left Stafford Terrace with
cycles en route for Ayton Castle. Arrived there 6.0pm.)
Friday August 23
Ayton Castle. Up at 8.0. Roy & self out on cycles at 8.20. Rode to Eyemouth
& back. Met Mr Blair on cycle. Breakfast. After in morning wrote about 1 doz
letters up to lunch time. After lunch played Roy 100 up & beat him. Also fives.
Rested on sofa till 4.30. Snooze. Mr Galbraith had high cycle out. Short run
after tea. Roy & self went to shoot. Got after ferreting 8 rabbits. Back at
7.15pm. Dressed. Dined at 8.0. Mr Aitken came to dinner. Long talk of cycling
after. Mr A left 11.45. Bed at 12.0am. (Red ink: Shot rabbits with Roy at
Ayton.)
Saturday August 24
Ayton Castle. Up at 8.15. M not very good night. Out on cycle & went down
drive & along thro' Ayton, about 8 miles. Back & breakfast at 9.15. After read
in boudoir & played Roy 100. Roy won. Lunch. Smoke & snooze till 5.0. Tea
& Roy & self went to shoot rabbits. Got 5. Mr Blair brought rifle out. Back at
7.15. Fed hedgehog etc. Ladies had been to a garden party. Dull rainy day.
Colder. In morning rode cycle round walk, 1 mile. Not comfortable. Lunch.
Rested after. Longish sleep. After went to shoot with Roy. Went round, got 5
rabbits. Mr Blair joined us with rifle. Back 7.15. After fed hedgehog etc.
Dinner. Quiet evening. Mr Galbraith back at 9.0 & dined after. Parrot talked a
good deal. Bed at 11.30.
Sunday August 25
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Ayton Castle. Up at 8.15. At 8.40 Roy & self cycled to Reston. Uncivil yokels.
Uphill work going. Difficulty in finding Dr Crooke. Lovely run back. Breakfast
10.0. After all went to church, Roy too for a wonder. Put brown suit on. Met M
& all from church. Sat in summer house. Mr Blair solemn. Back. Lunch. Rest
after. Looked at horses & puppies. After at 5.30 went nearly to Berwick &
back on cycles. Good run. Roy & girls. Dressed. Dinner. Very sleepy after.
Prayers. Bed 11.45. Read A Modern Buccaneer by Ralf Bolderwood in
morning. Letter from Mite. (Red ink: Delightful cycle ride to Burnmouth &
along towards Berwick.)
Monday August 26
Ayton Castle. Up at 8.30. Out on cycle 8.45. Went by self to Eyemouth &
round to Burnmouth road. Breakfast by self 10am, back 9.45. After Galbraith
put me in gun room for work. At it from 11.0 to 1.0am. Lunch. Played Roy
100. Beat him. All out driving. Rested till 5.0pm. Tea. Roy shooting. Felt lazy
& not very inclined to work but went on till 6.30pm. Roy shot 2 pigeons & 7
rabbits. Went out on cycle along towards Berwick on road. Back & dressed for
dinner. Captain & Mrs Liddell & Charley Livesey came. Roy took Miss Livesey
in. Dinner slow. In drawing room looked at Bird book. Cork pool after. Roy
won 7s. Bed at 12.0am. M did not sleep well. (Red ink: Began cartoon of
Horses.)
Tuesday August 27
Ayton Castle. Up 8.15 & endeavoured to ride. Very wet. Met Mr Aitken. Back.
Breakfast. After went on to work. Outlined cycles etc. All day & nearly full
outline of drawing. Lunch. Miss Livesey & Mrs Liddell missed the train at
Berwick & drove back in a fly. All out in coach. At 6.40 went for cycle ride as
far as farm etc on Berwick road. Met Roy coming back. Home. Dressed for
dinner. After Mr McColl played banjo. Cork pool with the ladies. Won it myself
at last, 4/6. Bed 12.0. A Scotch clergyman dined. (Red ink: Worked all day.)
Wednesday August 28
Ayton Castle. Up 8.15 & out on cycle. Went by self as far as Burnmouth &
back. After breakfast got on with drawing. Worked all day & inked in most of
details. Lawn tennis in the afternoon. No one told me so did not play. Roy &
self went a long way along the Berwick road. Met Mr Blair coming back. Home
a good pace. After dinner an impromptu dance got up in the hall. Reels etc.
Game of billiards fives after. Bed at 12.0. A good day. (Red ink: Worked all
day.)
Thursday August 29
Ayton Castle. Up at 8.14. Out with Roy on cycle as far as Burnmouth. Coming
back Roy found a nest of weasels. Put one in his pocket. Home & breakfast.
After worked hard all day on drawing of Hackney & Shire Horse. Finished at
7.0pm & sent it off. M came in gun room. Roy shot with Captain Liddell & only
got one rabbit. Did not cycle. Dressed & dined. Played Roy 100 up after
dinner. Roy won. Talk in smoking room of Trilby. Bed 1.0am. Roy & Mr Blair
went by train & cycled back. (Red ink: Finished cartoon at 6.30pm.)
Friday August 30
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Ayton Castle. Up 8.20. Had been very wet. Out on cycle at 8.55 & back by
self from Burnmouth at 9.40. Breakfast with Mr Blair. After went & put away all
drawing things. After wrote diary & many letters up to lunch. Rest & then
changed. A garden party at Ayton Castle. Lots of people. Scotch clergymen
etc. Very smart woman Mrs Tennant came with Lady Boswell. Played golf
putting etc. After could not get tennis. Went for spin on cycle with Roy.
Beyond Burnmouth & back. Dressed. Dinner. No billiards. Banjo music. (Red
ink: Garden party at Ayton. Mrs Tennant & Lady Boswell.)
Saturday August 31
Ayton Castle. Up 8.20am. Went by self on cycle past style where we rested
last Sunday. Coming back Roy waiting at Inn. Back home with Roy. After
mooned in morning posting etc letters. Lunch. Rested after. Mr Haddon came
with Mr G. Had met him at Macdonald's in 1880. Played two sets of lawn
tennis. Self & Captain Liddell against Roy & Mr McColl. Beaten 2 sets. After
at 5.40 Roy & self went to Berwick & back on cycles. Rode 17 miles without
getting off on 1hr 25m. Back in 42 minutes. There 43. Changed. Dinner. 3
Champagnes. Mr Haddon's bag not arrived. After played games. Felt
pleasantly tired. Cork pool. Won one. Bed at 12.30am. Berwick a rough &
dirty place. (Red ink: Cycled to Berwick & back.)
Sunday September 1
Ayton Castle. Up in morning at 8.45. M in bed. Out on cycle at 9.0am. Went
along road to Chirnside. Great grind going but very fast coming back.
Breakfast 9.50. In M's room after. Letters. After Roy went to church with
others. M seedy in bed. Read & changed etc. Lunch. Took beer. Heavy.
Rested on Roy's bed 2 hours. After tea went with Roy to Chirnside. Went to
church. Back home in ¼ hr, 4½ miles at rate of 18 miles an hour. Very good.
Changed. Dined. After music etc. Talk & bed 11.0am. Roy sleepy. (Red ink:
Cycle ride to Chirnside & back, very fast, 4¾ miles in 15 minutes.)
Monday September 2
Ayton Castle. Up at 8.30. Went by self along towards Chirnside as far as 2 nd
milestone. Corrected the cyclometer, out 3/20th in 2 miles. Short. Back
changed & breakfast. Saw last of Hadden going. Back & read in morning.
Finished Under Red Rose. Intensely hot in morning. Played putting. Did the
scale. Back & wrote. Lunch. Played Roy 100. Roy won. Out in break at 2.50.
Miss W, Mrs T, Mrs Liddell & Miss L. Mrs G, Galbraith & self went with Mrs
Wilson. Very pleasant drive. Saw Mr Wilkie's place & a house in Doric style.
Back at 6.0. Tea & cycled to gate in Berwick Road. Roy would not go.
Smoked cigarette & home. Dressed. Dinner. After Cap'n Liddell mesmerised
Miss Livesey. Tired. Bed after cork pool. Roy won two pools. Roy not well.
(Red ink: Mr Blair left on cycle in morning.)
Tuesday September 3
Ayton Castle. Up at 8.30. Out on cycle 8.50. Went to Burnmouth. Roy did not
go. Back 9.30. Changed & breakfast. Galbraith alone. After general exodus.
Mrs Temple, Miss Williams, Captain Liddell & wife, Miss Livesey with
Galbraith all left. Letters from railway official & Mite & Midge. In M's room. Mr
McColl & Mrs G out riding. Played Roy at putting. Very hot. Did the scale
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twice running. Wrote letters. Got very hot. Lay on Roy's bed & read the
Scotsman. Changed for shooting things. After lunch at 2.20 Mr McColl &
Galbraith & self went partridge shooting. Only got 3½ brace. Walked till
6.30pm. Rain came on. Saw Roy at door of Castle. An elderly couple, Mr &
Mrs Maclean, came & dined. After music. M played. Talk & bed at 11.30. Very
tired. (Red ink: The Liddells & Miss Livesey & Miss Williams & Mrs Temple
left. Roy very depressed.)
Wednesday September 4
Ayton Castle. Up at 8.0. Out & finished packing. Got off after breakfast from
Ayton. Roy took both cycles down. Goodbye to all. Left by 10.30. Berwick. No
'Punch'. Left 11.25. At Darlington young man & lady & tiresome boy got in.
Out at York. Sandwich. No 'Punch'. Arrived King's X at 6.55. Got cycles in
buss etc. Cab to Bouverie St. Arrived 7.15. Wash & Punch dinner. Room very
close. A à B, J.T, self, R.L, Phil M, Lucy, E.I.M late. Tenniel got John Bull
'Forty Winks'. Self Lord Mayor. Left with J.T at 11.15 home. Mite up. Dear
thing could not sleep at night for Bobby. (Red ink: Left Ayton for London.
Dined at the Punch dinner & home at Stafford Terrace. Mite up to meet me.)
Thursday September 5
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Bobbie had barked in the night. Complained to
maid. Cycled round Battersea Park. Poor Taff's house being done up.
Breakfast. After wrote letters about travelling etc. Very hot. Skemed subject of
Lord Mayor going to Paris. Photod self at 12.0 & Otley at 12.30 for subject.
Developed. Rested after lunch. Mite out at dressmakers. Worked & wrote
letters etc. Dined 7.0pm & at 8.0 Mite & self left in cab & saw The
Swordsman's Daughter at the Adelphi. Col Routledge & family in box next to
us. Poor play. Good fencing. Never left box. Back home. Very hot. Sandwch
& bed 12.0am. (Red ink: Mite & self went to see 'The Swordsman's Daughter'
at the Adelphi Theatre. Saw Routledge.)
Friday September 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round by Gloucester Rd & Redcliffe
Gds & along down the Kensington Road. Back to breakfast. Got on with work
on Lord Mayor going to Paris. All day. Sent Otley to Stores. Leakage in pipe
in spare room & drawing room. Had to send for plumber. Dined at 9.0pm.
Good dinner, Mite & self. Bed 11.30. Woke at 4.0am by most frightful wind &
violent thunderstorm. Alice down to shut window. Continued until 8.0am.
Saturday September 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Did not cycle. No bath. Men had not come. Very
much annoyed. Got to work after at 9.30am. Did finish Lord Mayor at 1.0pm,
sent it. Lunch. Tired. Rested after in M's room. Mite came in in new cloak. Left
after a cup of tea at 4.20 & went by Met Rly to Bouverie St to see Arthur.
Frightfully hot. Missed him. Cab on to Garrick Club. Long talk to Arthur about
Bouverie St. Went to Northumberland Avenue Turkish baths. Called
Spooners. Shut. Weight 12.8¾ before, after 12.6½ . Out 7.20. Home by Met
Rly. Bought fruit. Dined 8.25. Very good dinner. M & Roy home at 7.45 from
Ayton. Bed 11.30. x. (Red ink: Had Turkish bath. M & Roy back from Ayton in
the evening.)
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Sunday September 8
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Roy & self cycled from 9.0 to 9.45 round
Battersea Park. Breakfast. After packed portmanteau & put all photo bags etc
in order up to 12.0 when at 12.20 had a small lunch. After wrote labels etc,
letters. Skemed subject of Valkyrie. Roy went to Club. Wrote letters. M & Mite
playing. Mite expected Mr Blair. Never came. Dined at 5.45. Very hot at
dinner. 2 bottles of Ayala 1825. Good dinner. Mite & self left in 1 horse
omnibus at 7.0pm. Off to Euston. No Mr Jupp. Not so good a 1 st class
carriage as usual. Off by 8.0 & no one bothered us for tickets till we got to
Stirling. Colder in night. Mite slept. Read Tichbourne Confession by candle.
Slept off & on from 11.0pm. (Red ink: Mite & self left for Scotland at 7.0pm
by L & NW Rly.)
Monday September 9
On board train for Tressady. Woke up about 3.0 by Mite striking a fusée to
light her spirit lamp. Nasty smell. At Perth by 4.50am. Goodbye to Mite who
went on to Aberdeen in reserved carriage. Wash & miserable breakfast 2/s.
Back to carriage which a porter had got coupé. By self. Off at 7.10am & on to
Inverness. Gent got in at Nairn. Cricket match at Inverness. Same carriage
right thro' to Rogart. Another man got in at Bonar Bridge to Inverskin. Arrived
Rogart 2.45. Wired. Walked towards Tressady. Dog cart overtook me. Had
bath & changed. Tea with Lady M & very long talk on astronomy after. Wrote
letters 6.45 to 7.35. Vernon back 7.0. Saw Rosalind. Richards & Newton after.
Wrote cheque for accident insurance & diary. Dined 8.20. A Mrs Leybourne
Popham arrived. Good dinner. Took Lady M in. Drank Champagne. Sleepy
after dinner very. Whist. V & self x H.E.R & H.N. Lost 1/6. Bed 11.15pm. (Red
ink: 1st day at Tressady 1895.) £3.13.0 exactly.
Tuesday September 10
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath. Put shooting things on. Breakfast. Got off
walking at 10.0am. 4 guns. V.W, H.E.R, H.N & self. Walked the Ferkins.
Lovely day. Sun & delightful wind. Shot a hare & it got in rocks. Saw a raven.
No birds to lunch to own gun. Lunch at 1.0. Hillside (illeg) a debauch. At 2.0
started again. Shot over 3 small lochs. Missed hare. Got a good brace right &
left. Home by 5.45pm. Milk & soda. Tea. Letters from M & Rhodes. Bath.
After dressed. Wrote letters etc. Very thirsty. Good dinner. After in drawing
room. Slept on sofa in smoking room. No whist. Bed 11.15pm & glad to get
there. (Red ink: 1st day's shoot at Tressady. Delightful walk. 4 guns.)
Wednesday September 11
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath. Breakfast. After got to work on cartoon of
Columbia & Britannia in a yacht race. Richards & Newton went to fish.
Worked to lunch time. Put up tables etc. Lady M, Mrs Popham & Miss T. Back
in room. Rested in chair. Someone shouted my name outside. Work again
3.0pm. Back from shooting & fishing on acct of wind. Tea 5.30. No Scotsman.
Game of croquet going on. Work till 4.30 when too dark to do more. Wrote 7
letters. Dressed. Dined 8.0pm. Claret. Felt a peg low. Took Miss Taylor in.
After a game of Dum Crambo. Suggested V.W, self & Newton went out.
Could not think of a word. Richards came for us. Game of whist. Newton &
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self v. V.W & Richards. Lost rubber & 2/6. To bed at 11.15 & glad to get
there. Slept well. (Red ink: Began cartoon Britannia & Columbia.)
Thursday September 12
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Tired. Bath. After at 9.30 got to work & kept at it
all day doing cartoon of Yacht Race with Britannia & Columbia. Late down to
lunch. Back again. Letter from Arthur & trowsers from Barker also yachts. Not
much done shooting so did not miss anything. No letter from M. Worked till
7.0pm packed up & wrote letters. Dressed. Dinner 8.15. A Mrs Buxton
arrived. Rather pretty woman. Dum Crambo after dinner, did 'Dun Raven' with
yacht after. Richards & Vernon & Douglas had been shooting. Richards shot
raven. Game of whist after, 2 rubbers. Won 2/3. Paid Richards 2/6 for Leger
sweep. (Red ink: Worked all day. Finished cartoon at 7.0pm & sent it off.)
Friday September 13
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Breakfast after dressing. Used typewriter. Left
by buss at 10.0 & drove to Lairg. At 11.30 started in launch & went length of
Loch Shin. Lady M, Miss Taylor, Mrs Leybourne Popham & Mrs Buxton.
Richards & Rev A.K Douglas fished. Self, Newton, Vernon on boat. Lovely
spot to lunch. Hot on boat over boiler. Race with dog cart & white horse along
shore of yacht home. At hotel at Lairg 5.20. Had tea. Handsome man there
son of General Marshall, with his wife. News of Valkyrie's giving up the yacht
race. Wired Arthur from Lairg. Started for home 6.0pm. Tressady 7.15.
Letters from M, Mite etc. License. Dined. Good dinner. Talk with Gerald
Buxton on Epping. Whist after. Won 1/6d. (Red ink: Delightful day on Loch
Shin in steam launch. News of the 'Valkyrie' not going to complete the series
of races.) Met in the drive by Gerald Buxton who appeared to know me.
Saturday September 14
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Bath. After breakfast started in break at 9.30 to
shoot Brora Wood for Black Game. Long drive. Took two coats. Very hot &
put on thin one. 3 brace of Black G got. Lovely in wood. After walked to lunch
place by croft. Same as in 1883-9. Lunch. Left at 1.45. Long walk along the
Brora. A bit done up in afternoon. Stayed for tea. Shot hare & brace of
grouse. At Murray's croft by 5.30. Milk & drive home. Slight attack of P &
indigestion all afternoon. Letters. Bath & Dressed. Dined 8.10. Took Lady M
in. Talk of Fritz's wife. After rubber of whist. Won 3/s from Richards. (Red ink:
2nd day's shoot at Tressady. Black Game & walk in line over the Brora with 6
guns.)
Sunday September 15
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.45am. Last bath. Down 9.30. After breakfast at 10.50
played golf championship, Vernon, Mr Buxton & self. Went round in 45 & 42.
Only one off winning the medal. Lunch 1.30. After played croquet. Golf match
finished by the ladies. Out of it. Read Arctic book. Sat out on lawn. Tea there.
Wrote many letters & nearly missed the post. Dressed 7.45pm. Dined. Made
speech after dinner in honour of Richards. After looked at Telescope. Smoke
& bed 1.15. (Red ink: Annual golf tournament won by Richards with 1 point.)
12 hole championship. (List of scores.)
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Monday September 16
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0. After breakfast Richards left at 9.30. Vernon & Mr
Gerald Buxton went off to shoot over dogs. Long talk with Douglas. Out & up
hill to try to find Newton shooting rabbits. Drove a staple in post at far gate.
Could not find Foot's tee lost yesterday. Very interesting book on Eskimos.
After to Newton again. Shot 3 rabbits. Lunch at 1.10pm. After A.K.Douglas
left at 2.0pm. Wrote type letter to M. Down & read book. Wrote many letters.
Corrected diary etc. Heavy rain came on at 5.0pm. Again wrote letters. Tea.
Vernon & Gerald Buxton arrived to dinner. Bad attack of P in evening.
Curious. After wrote pencil games. Whist, Newton & self v. Vernon & Gerald
B. Lost 3/6. Bed at 11.30. In different room. (Red ink: Hon Mr & Mrs Farrer
arrived.)
Tuesday September 17
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. 1st night in changed room. Dogs barking at
night. Turned out a hopelessly wet day. Could not go to shoot. In smoking
room. Mr Farrer. Oh! After up in room. Wrote letters etc. Drew 'Make him run!'
After pottered & tried to get to drawing. Looked through Art & Letters. Lunch.
Good roast mutton. Words with Mr Farrer over railway matters. Out with 4
guns to Loch. All keepers etc. Missed a hare. Shot a snipe after. Plover shot
by Newton. Intensely close & still, no air. Very hot. Back at 5.45. Had milk &
soda. Letters & 'Punch' came. Wrote letters after bath. Dressed. Ladies not
home. Got papers & read in smoking room with candle by fire. Very hungry.
Took Lady M in. Talk of ghost in Borneo. Mr Jack Wallop. Champagne. Very
hungry at dinner. After had whist. Won 2/6. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Very wet
morning. Loch shooting in afternoon. Very hot & close.) Dear Roy had bicycle
accident.
Wednesday September 18
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. After breakfast 6 of party went off to Loch
Craggie. Not for me. Decided to work. Got to it at 10.15. Skemed subject with
great difficulty but managed. Good room to work in. Lunch. Mrs Popham,
Lady M & Vernon. Took down book on Guiana. After Vernon wrote 2 type
letters for me. Back to work 3.0 to 6.15pm. Went for walk over the hills with
Nick. Saw grouse & many rabbits. Back 6.45. Wrote letters etc. No letter from
M today. Dressed & read Times etc. Dinner. Took Mrs Popham in. Talk of
Nansen & North Pole. Talk to Miss Taylor after on photography. Very long
game of whist 11.0 to 12.30. Mr Farrer & self against Newton & Gerald
Buxton. In the end won 1/6. Bed 1.0am. (Red ink: Stayed in & worked all
day.)
Thursday September 19
Tressady, Rogart. Up 8.0am. Finer morning. After breakfast at 9.30 got to
work & at it all day until 7.30 when sent cartoon off of France & Triple
Alliance. Went down at 10.0 & wished the Gerald Buxtons goodbye. Lunch at
1.0pm. Mrs Leybourne Popham going. Worked. Letter from M saying accident
to dear Roy on cycle yesterday. Very grieved. Had lamp out of passage.
Answered very well. Dressed. Dined. Took Lady M in. Talk of Gerald Portal &
his father. After Chinese pagodas made. Game of whist. Won 3/s from
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Newton. (Red ink: Worked all day. Letter from M saying accident to dear
Roy.)
Friday September 20
Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.40. 1st bath. After breakfast started at 9.30 in break
for Brora. Rosalind went with us. Game of ball at station. At Brora by 11.0.
Played 1 round, V & self versus Miss T & Newton. Mr & Mrs Farrer following.
Won 9 hole course by 1 hole. Lunch at 12.40 by sea. Lovely day. Gulls &
cormorants about. At 2.0 began an 18 hole. 2 rounds. Miss T & N won by 2
holes up. Back & into Brora for tea at Inn. On to platform. A Col Yates walking
up & down. Russian labelled portmanteaus. Saw Miss Weston at Rogart
station. On home. A wire from Burnand altering subject could not have done
it. Wrote letter to M etc. No letters from M or Mite. 2 new ladies one a widow.
Good dinner. Out with telescope after. All very tired after dinner. Got into
smoking room & slept. No cards. Bed 11.30pm. Slept well. (Red ink: Golf day
at Brora. Lovely day.)
Saturday September 21
Tressady, Rogart. Up 7.40. Put on shooting things. Breakfast 8.15. The
Farrers going. After said goodbye. Miss Milly Taylor also left at 10.30. Started
9.30 with Vernon & Newton to shoot. Walked the home beat over dogs.
Newton shot an adder. Long walk before lunch. Delightful rest. Long Angus
with a head on going to sleep two or three times. Nick running loose. After
walked towards home. Shot a snipe, also hare etc. Scott covered a leveret &
caught it. Back by 5.30. Letter from M etc. Delightful bath. Wrote letters etc till
7.30. After dined. Took Champagne. Very sleepy after doze & all. Game of
whist. Won 4/3. Bed 11.30 & glad to get there. (Red ink: Hon Mr & Mrs Farrer
& Miss Taylor left. Lovely walk after grouse with dogs. Home beat.)
Sunday September 22
Tressady, Rogart. Up at 8.30. 1st bath. Full of hot water. Breakfast. After
down & wrote letters the whole mornig. Cleared a lot off. Lunch 2.0pm. After
rest & Pepys. Played foursome 12 holes, V & self & Dept & Newton. Beaten
by 4 holes. Most lovely afternoon. Brilliant sun. Letters. One from F.C.B. None
from M. Tea & after Vernon took 2 photos on lawn. Played 4 holes with
Depart't & in to write letters to F.C.B etc. After dined. Claret. Games on paper
& looked at stars. Got Pepys Diary & read it 2 hours at night.
Monday September 23
Tressady, Rogart. Up later 8.0am. Newton in bath. Breakfast. Goodbye to
Newton. Depart't fishing. Vernon & self at 9.40am started rabbit ferreting.
Along by high rocks etc. Out all day & to lunch. Left off at 5.0pm. Got 54
rabbits. No letters except one from Mite. Mrs Howard (of Greystokes) Mrs
Leyborn Popham & Rev A.K.Douglas arrive. Read with great delight Pepys
Diary. Dressed & dined. Tok Mrs Leyborn Popham in. After stars & pagodas.
Down in smoking room. Last night. Very sleepy in chair. No cards. Bed 11.45
with Pepys. (Red ink: Delightful day's rabbit shoot, Vernon & self. Shot 54.)
Tuesday September 24
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Tressady, Rogart. Up at 7.45. Bath etc. Breakfast. Vernon & Dep't & Douglas
off to shoot at 9.30am. Left me alone. Sad to say goodbye. Wrote letters to
Tabs & typewriters etc. Finished packing. A dull foggy morning & still up to
noon kept dull. After lunch said goodbye to Mrs Howard (of Greystoke) Miss
Dorothy Leake & Mrs Mather. Learnt that an accident had happened to old
lady caller, fell backwards off coach. Left Tressady at 1.45. Down to station.
Girls about. Long wait. After got off to Mound. There 3.10. Drove in mail
coach to Dornock. To Ryle's, had tea. Ryle down. After met Rhodes & Miss R,
Sir Edward & Lady Carbutt & H.W.B.Davis. Luggage left in middle of the road.
At last a trap. Drove to Skibo. Letters from M (2) & 'Punch'. F.C.B had not put
my subject in, D him. Took Mrs Rhodes in to dinner. Very slow evening after.
Stupid game of rolling balls on billiard table after. No lemons. Took whiskey.
Bed. Thermometer in London 86º. (Red ink across page: Left Tressady for
Skibo.)
Wednesday September 25
Skibo Castle, N.B. Up 7.30am. Breakfast 8.30. Only man down. Beautiful
morning. Got off at 9.0am in wagonette. Sir E.C, Mr Gridley, Mr Watson, Mr
Davis, self, Rhodes, Mr Snagge & Ireland (keeper) shot 8 guns. Drove 12
miles. Grouse day. Got to shoot at 11.0. Long walk before lunch. Missed a
bird that got up under my feet. The only chance all day. Sir E.C a duffer, done
up. Ladies met us at lunch. Crofter's daughter married at 14, 2 children at 17
yrs. Dog fight. Retriever lay down before spaniel. After a very long stretch. A
bit done. Very poor shooting. Back 5.30. Picked up Sir E.C. Drove home by
7.15. A pile of letters. Wires from F.C.B. Dinner. Ryle dined. Took in Lady C.
After went up & wrote letters. Had rubber of whist. Lady C & self v. Mr Gridley
& Davis. Lost 2/6. Bed after lemon squash. Tired. (Red ink: Grouse shoot. 12
mile drive from Skibo. 8 guns.)
Thursday September 26
Skibo Castle, N.B. Up 8.0am. Breakfast 9.0 after. After had to walk after dog
cart with Sir E.Carbutt's cartridges. Sir E altogether too funny. Drive to where
we were yesterday for beer. Where ruined mill is. Ladies came too. Guns Sir
E.Carbutt, Col Rhodes, Mr Snagge, gun & rifle, Mr Watson, self, Mr Davies.
Long awful toil up hill. Got awfully hot. Carried coat & gun etc. Had four drives
for deer. 1st over by lunch. Slight rain. Mrs Rhodes, Lady Carbutt & Miss Dent
left. After 3 more drives saw 1 red deer & after 4 red deer. Did not shoot. Not
once. Bagged by guns. Sir E.C very funny about his lost chance. Lovely view
of Loch & side view of sun through mist. Drove home. Letters from F.C.B,
Arthur etc. Up to bath. Dressed . Late in room for dinner. Took Miss Rhodes
in, called Ryle a nice old gentleman Oh! After pyramids. Rhodes almost rude
to Sir E.Carbutt. Played game. Up & after changed coat. Lemon squash. Talk
of Oscar Wilde & bed. Drew a pig blindfolded. (Red ink across page: Deer
drive from Skibo Castle.)
Friday September 27
Skibo Castle, N.B. Up at 8.0. Curious dreams at night, L.Price etc. Breakfast
& got off walking at 10.0. Sir E.Carbutt, Col Rhodes, Mr Watson, Mr Gridley,
Mr Davis, Mr Snagge & self. Frightfully hot sun. Wore thin McDougall coat &
silk shirt only. Long dreary walk thro' swedes & turnips. Shot a hen pheasant
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& a partridge. Sir E.C very funny about his gaiters. He left at once. Obliged to
knock out on acct of the heat. Lay about. Got good drink of water from a
crofter. On to lunch. Bagged a couple of rabbits. Enjoyable lunch with Davis.
Got 3 brace of birds after. Long walk home by 5.30. Whiskey milk & soda.
Letters. Lovely bath. Wrote 4 or 5 letters & arranged about journey tomorrow.
Good letter from Jupp. Dinner. Took Mrs Rhodes in. Talk of Paris etc. After
went into dancing room. Stupid games. Retired to smoking room. After
marked 25 game for Sir E.C & Davis. Smoke & lemon. Talk of guns etc. Bed
12.0am. (Red ink: Awfully hot day. Partridge shoot. Obliged to knock out.)
Saturday September 28
Skibo Castle, N.B. Up 6.30am. After bath packed bags etc. Down & got some
tobacco & wrote wires. Breakfast. After photos in porch. Trap round 10.15am.
Adieu. Off with traps to ferry near cottage where I got water yesterday. 5/s
trap, ferry 2/s. A small shabby pony cart with a sing song driver to meet me.
Drove to Tain. 5/s. Sent wires. Man in street brushed coat. Surley ticket boy in
office. Got traps together. Off by 12.40. Coupé to self. Party from Dornoch
Castle, the Barrows. Inverness 3.0. Bought pear etc. On to Perth 7.15. Had
cut of beef. After met Sir Wm Pearce. Wash. Met Mr & Mrs Kettle. Delightful
carriage to self. Left 8.0. Got soda at Stirling. Read till 10.0pm when slept
uneasily till 5.0am. Guard woke me. Lavatory wash & out at Rugby. (Red ink:
Death of Harry Paine, clown. Left Skibo Castle.)
Sunday September 29
On board train for South. Up at 5.0am. Lavatory wash. Just in time. Out at
Rugby 5.55am. Left traps with porter & strolled into the town of Rugby.
Walked about till 7.0am. Saw bootmaker Furniss. Into the George Inn &
ordered breakfast for 7.45. Looked at Graphic for '70. Breakfast 2/6. Wrote 2
letters F.C.B & Darling. Out & strolled back to station by 9.30am. Protestant
tracts. A train came in reserved for Gaiety Com'y, 'Don Juan'. They could get
nothing to drink or eat. Left by 10.2 for Northampton. Changed at Roade.
Found Roy & Con waiting for me. Large break & 2 horses. Drove to Earl's
Barton. Dear M & Midge, Dora, Mrs Fraser & H & Con there. Wash & lunch.
Changed. After sat in chair on lawn with News. Slept. Tea. Had cycle out after
going with Roy to see the doctor. Saw the locum tenens. Arm re-bound up.
Cat & kittens. Rode cycle a little, got very hot. Dressed. Good dinner. Game
of billiards after. Beat H by 2 only. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Arrived Earl's
Barton 12.30am.)
Monday September 30
The Grange, Earl's Barton. Up at 8.0. Went for cycle ride to Earls B. Many
factory hands about. Back 9.0 breakfast. Had rest after. Looked at I.L.N. After
saw 2 pairs of horses out. Took photos. Wrote 6 or 7 letters. Lunch. At 2.20
went with H delightful drive with pair of dark greys to Wellingborough. Back
3.30. Finished letters & diary. Roy ennui. Tea. Game of bowls. Midge & self v.
Roy & M. We won. 100 up before dinner. Con in bed with pain in the
afternoon. Dined. Claret. Felt very sleepy after. 100 up billiards. H won. (Red
ink: Delightful drive into Wellingborough.)
Tuesday October 1
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The Grange, Earl's Barton. Up at 8.0. Did not cycle. Breakfast. After looked at
News etc. More wind. Con down. Read Fair Maids of Perth. Lunch. Again
smoke & rest. At 4.0 went on cycle towards Wellingborough. Met break & also
M in landau with Midge & Dora. Turned back. The axle of cycle slipped for
good & had to walk home. Tea. Callers. After played Roy game of bowls.
Won. After M. Midge, H & self played till dusk. Game of billiards 50 up before
dinner. Won. Whiskey & soda did not agree with me. Champagne dinner.
Very sleepy. Spoof after 100 up with H & bed after at 11.30. M awake. (Red
ink: Quiet day at The Grange Earl's Barton.) (Cutting glued in: Death of John
Lysaght.
Wednesday October 2
The Grange, Earl's Barton. Up 8.15. Bath. Stroll in grounds. Breakfast. Letters
from Vernon, Jupp etc. Hamilton got off by 10.0am. Looked at Vols News
after, 3 vols missing. Pig on the lawn. Wrote Jupp & diary. At 12.15 packed &
dressed. Shaved etc. Lunch 1.45. In billiard room after. Got off with pile of
luggage at 3.5pm. Goodbye to Conrad & Mrs Fraser & Dora. To Castle
Ashby. Hurt hand & oil on Roy's bag from cycle. Long wait at Northampton.
Comfortable run to town. Collector wanted letter. Otley & buss met us. Rode
to corner of Tottenham Ct Rd & walked to Punch dinner. There 7.5pm. F.C.B,
Tenniel, A à B, B.P, P.May, E.T.R there. Cuts easy. Presented with socks &
philibeg etc sporran. Left with J.T at 11.20 home. Mite coming back. Otley
went to meet her. Arrived at 12.45am. Had beef tea etc. Looked over all my
letters. Nothing of importance. Bed 1.30am. (Red ink: Came up from Earl's
Barton, M, Roy & self.)
Thursday October 3
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Dull rainy morning. Disappointed wiith
cyclometer on cycle. Went for short run on it to Redcliffe Gdns. Back at
9.0am. Breakfast. Roy down. After wrote letters & got to work. Skemed
subject. Dull wet morning. After photod Otley in 2 positions & developed
plates. Lunched & rested in a way afterwards. Roy about. At 3.45 dressed.
Tea. Left at 4.45 for G.W.Rly. Caught 5.5 & down to Eton. Saw Mr Ainger &
the doctor. Left Roy with his tutor. Rain. Long wait at Slough. Home by 8.30.
Dined. Sleepy after. Bed 11.15. x. (Red ink: Took Roy back to Eton in the
afternoon. Left him there. Saw Mr Ainger.)
Friday October 4
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0. At 8.30 out on cycle. Lovely morning. Went to
Battersea Park. Coming back cycle slipped sideways & broke crank. Hurt
knee. A draughtsman met me & called on his advice at shop in Fulham Rd.
Walked on. Tried to get on & had 2nd fall. Walked to Watkinsons in Earls
Court Road. Left bicycle. Breakfasted. Changed & got to work late 11.30am.
Got on with drawing all day up to 8.30pm when dined. M & Mite out calling at
the Cowards etc. Smoke after & bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Accident with
cycle. Slipped sideways.)
Saturday October 5
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Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Dull morning. At 9.30 got to work on drawing
of Hicks Beach & Harcourt. Worked till 1.0 when finished. Lunch. Put things
away, rested. Tea at 4.15. Was to have had cycle ride. Heavy wet. Read &
began calendar. At 6.45 dined & left in 4 wheeler at 7.30 for Lyceum Theatre.
Mite imitating etc. Saw Romeo & Juliet. Mrs Patrick Campbell good. Mr Stone
in box. Lots of Jews in theatre. Out at 11.20. Walked with Mite along the
Strand. Got 4 wheeler. On to Stone's rooms & had oysters & grouse, old
Champagne. The Weedon Grossmiths there. Mrs W.G very pretty. Left at 1.0
& back in cab. Very heavy rain, awful. Home 1.30. Bed 2.0am. Tired. (Red
ink: Went with Mite & M to see Forbes Robertson's Romeo & Juliet. Supper at
Stone's rooms. Frightfully wet night.)
Sunday October 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0. Slight headache. Dull wet wretched day.
Breakfast. After M pottering about in room. Took out leaves from all the
Weeklies etc. Lunch. Long rest in afternoon till 4.0pm. After walked up to the
Garrick through the Park. Met Burney Yeo. Wrote 11 letters & home by buss
from Piccadilly at 8.10. Edgar & Sophia Herapath dined with us. 1 bottle
Burgundy, 1 of Zeltinger. Long talk of Estate. They stayed until 11.30pm. Bed
12.0. Alum. x. (Red ink: Very wet Sunday. Walked to Club. Edgar & Sophia
Herapath dined with us.)
Monday October 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45am. Lovely bright sun. Left at 8.30. Met Sophia
Herapath at the door. Round to stable & rode cycle up the Row with her &
round Hyde Park. Home by Bayswater at 9.5am. Breakfast. After found moth
had got into my clothes dreadfully. Put them straight. Printed some photos &
after got to work to design Calendar. Mite v seedy. Castor oil. Lunch. Rest &
after at 4.0 rode cycle to Barnes. Met Mrs Stone & a friend at St Paul's
School. Home 5.15. That A of a Paxton here. Tea. After wrote Mrs K for
sitting. Worked till 7.30. Paxton left 7.20. Dined & quiet evening by selves.
Thank goodness. Snooze & bed at 11.30pm.
Tuesday October 8
Stafford Terrace. Up 7.45. Dull grey morning. Out on cycle 8.20. Went twice
round Hyde Park. Home 9.0. Been 7 miles. Breakfast & after squared prints.
Got to work 11.30 on calendar. Mite not down to breakfast. M went off to
Whiteleys. Worked till 1.30. Designed both pages. After Effie Harrison came
in. Lunch. Rest. Mite not to go to the theatre. Very wet afternoon after. Went
on to work from 4.0 to 6.0pm. Dressed. Dinner 6.30. M & self left for Drury
Lane 7.15. Very wet. Good hansom with chirruping man there. Found 2 Miss
Harrisons in Box LL. Bad box. Saw 'Cheer Boys Cheer'. Old Neville, Mrs
Harry Burnand as walking lady. Out at 11.0 & home in hansom. Sandwiches
& bed at 12.0. (Red ink: Otley fetched mare from Horlicks at noon today.
Westwood put up for sale at Ramsgate.)
Wednesday October 9
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am, then snooze. Dull damp morning. Out on cycle
& round Park 8.30 to 9.0am. Letter from Langley etc. Breakfast. Otley putting
up pictures in lavatory. Work on calendar 11.30am till 1.0. After lunch rested
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& read. At 4.30 M & self walked through Kensington Gardens as far as Peals.
On after to Brook St. Left M at Sophy's, after walked thro' Regent St & on to
Garrick. Called Camera Club. Met Henschel in the hall. Wrote Mr Harrison &
strolled on to P.D. L.B, E.I.M (late) P.M, E.T.R, F.C.B, J.T, self, Arthur à B &
R.L there. Good dinner. Was shewn an American paper (Harpers) with my
name instead of Hy F to Lika Joka. Long time over J.T's French cartoon. Left
11.10 with J.T & cab home. Read & to bed 12.30 or 1.0am.
Thursday October 10
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Mistake with linament for C.C. Out on cycle at
8.5. Went round Park met Sophia Herapath. After to call on B.P at 11
Marlboro Road. Left name of spanner. Long ladder across road. Back 9.10.
Breakfast. After photod Stace & Otley for John Bull & Yankee. Sent to
Barkers for drawers etc. Developed. 2.0 lunch. Amy Herapath there. At 3.0
rested till 5.0. Much colder weather at last. Lit a fire. Worked till 8.30. Drew 2
figures of Bull & Jonathan. Dinner & quiet evening. Bed 11.30. x.
Friday October 11
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Lovely morning, sunny. At 8.25 rode cycle twice
round Park & out at Bayswater. Home 9.10am. Got to work after writing
letters at 10.30. Carpet shifted. Worked all day on drawing of John Bull &
Yankee. Mrs Fraser called in afternoon & stayed to tea. Dinner at 8.30pm.
After snooze & bed 11.45pm.
Saturday October 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Cycled round Park. Met Sophia H. Also saw
Rook, Joe Parkinson, Mr Aird jun'r & Reynard on cycles. Coming back met
Pepys Cockerell & home 8.45am. Good breakfast. Got to work 9.20 on
drawing John Bull & America over sports. Workd till 1.0pm when lunched at
1.30, Mrs Fraser there. M & Mrs F went off in cab to Royalty Theatre. Mite & I
followed in another cab. Stupid cabby took us to 'The Royal'. At Royalty saw
Mrs Charles Mathews & Mrs Wheeler. Very good play. Mr & Mrs Bouchier
acted very well. Out & saw M & Maud & Mrs F to Hanover Sq. Walked to
Garrick. Avoided Marks RA. Had tea. Looked over papers. Changed cheque
for 2d & home by buss. Bought lobster, pine, pears etc. Home 7.0. M not in.
Very late getting home. M home at 7.50. Dinner 8.5. Lobster. Good pears etc.
Snooze after. Bed at 11.45. (Red ink: Went to see 'The Chili Widow' at the
Royalty Theatre.)
Sunday October 13
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Cycled 9.0 to 9.30 round Earls Court. Good
breakfast. Left at 10.30. Buss to C.C. M & Mite at church. Photod at 11.45
Mrs K for Almanack. Out 2.0pm. Amateur & spectacle lens. At Garrick to
lunch. Talk to Burney Yeo & after Sterry. Learnt reason of Col Welby's
engagement being broken off. Queer in his head. After in smoking room talk
to Christie. Left & changed plates at C.C. Cart at Garrick 4.45. Home. Mr &
Mrs Fowler there, long talk. They left 6.30. Wrote letters F.C.B. Sent copy to
Illustrate. M had left her purse in Kensington Church. Sophia & Edgar lunched
at 18 S.T. After had quiet dinner at home, M, Mite & self. Bottle of old
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Burgundy. Not very good. Pine. Quiet evening & bed early. (Red ink: Photod
Mrs King for Almanack.)
Monday October 14
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. x. Rode mare in Park 8.15 to 9.30 for 1 st time
since August 1st. Met Pepys Cockerell & Mills. Talk of Ray Lankester. Back &
developed plates taken yesterday. Looked for moth in clothes. Lunch. Rest.
Out on cycle at 3.35 along Hammersmith Road, Bedford Park, Q Bridge &
Mortlake & Putney. Bad roads. Home 5.15. Had ridden 14 miles. Dressed &
did 1½ hrs work on Xmas Nº. Left in cart at 7.35 & dined with Ayala at the
Savoy. (Plan of table seating) Ayala's Savoy Dinner. Mr Yates, Froggy, Mr
Lockett, Mrs Lockett (Col North's daughter) Comyns Cole, Ayala, L.S, Mr
Treherne (knew Hamilton's father) Very good dinner. Left 11.30 & called at
Steak. Saw Blunt & Leslie Ward. Home by 12.30. Slept in chair till 2.20 when
bed. (Red ink: Rode mare 1st time since Aug 1.)
Tuesday October 15
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on cycle at 8.25. Twice round Park. Saw
Lethbridge on cycle. Home 9.10. Put phos to print. Wrote letters etc. Foggy
morning. After got to work on Almanack. Drew signs X Nº. Quiet afternoon.
Rest & on to work again. M, Mite & self dined quietly & bed early.
Wednesday October 16
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on cycle & met Reynard. Round Park.
Home breakfast. After got on with work on Xmas Nº up to lunch. After began
Stag Beetle & Elf. At 5.45 left in dog cart & drove to Holborn Viaduct called on
Mariott & Cooper & on to Punch dinner. Full dinner. Phil A, E.I.M (late) E.T.R,
B.P, Guthrie back, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, A à B, Phil M & R.L. Discussion a long
time over cartoon of Blue Beard. Self got Nelson & Column & another cut of
Chamberlain. Talk with Guthrie about Melbourne. Great laugh. Left with J.T at
11.15 to Isthmium. Got cart at top of Row & home by 12.15. Letters of Edgar
& long type letter from Lee & Pembertons. Read it.
Thursday October 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Wrote letters & went out on cycle to call at
Edgar's. Met him & after Sophia. Most lovely morning. Went nearly to Brook
St with Sophy & after called on Guthrie & left the name of spanner. Back
home along the Bayswater Rd. Heard shouting in Black Maria. Home & in
morning finished drawing of Stag Beetle. Drove in cart at 1.0 to Trafalgar
Square. Photod column. Saw Lawrence Bradbury in Pall Mall. Coming back
found that ass Paxton in S.T. Had him at lunch, M away at Auntie's.
Developed plates after lunch, 5 spoilt out of 8. After a rest after lunch began
Chamberlain as Toreador & worked up to 8.30pm when dined. Quiet evening.
Mite dined at the Edwin Herapaths. Bed 11.30. (Cutting glued in: Death of
Susan Murray Shirreff.)
Friday October 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Out on cycle 8.25 & back by 9.0. Went round
Park. Very foggy. Got on & finished Chamberlain as Toreador by 11.10.
Skemed subject of Britannia & Nelson. Developed 3 plates by 1.35. Lunch.
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Dried plates & got prints by 4.0pm with boxes. Miss Meiggs here. Rested in
chair till 4.0 & at 5.0 began cartoon. Got it outlined by 8.30. Dressed & dined.
Quiet evening, Mite, Mrs Fraser, M & self. Dozed & bed 11.0. (Red ink:
Began cartoon at 5.0pm & finished it 1.30 tomorrow.)
Saturday October 19
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.40. Out at 8.10 on cycle round Park & back 8.35.
Breakfast. After at 9.15 got to work & finished by 1.30 the cartoon of Nelson &
Britannia. Lunch. Dressed & Mite & self went in the cart to Charing X. Walked
to Terry's Theatre & with the 2 Herapath girls. Saw Kerr in The Strange
Adventures of Miss Brown. Very good. Miss Felipe very good little school girl.
Put Mite & girls in cab at 5.15 & home. Called at Moss's & after bargaining
bought a tray & 2 old leather bags for £5.10.0. Changed cheque for £7.10.0 at
Club. Had tea & home by cab to Hyde P Corner. Cart met me. Called at Butts
& bought fruit. Home 7.30pm. Dinner 8.15. 2 Miss Herapaths, Mrs Fraser &
ourselves to dinner. After they had table & glass for divining. (Red ink: Bought
tray & 2 bags. Went to see Strange Adventures of Miss Brown, Terry's
Theatre.)
Sunday October 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. x. Not out. Breakfast. After at 10.30 Reynard
called on cycle. Went with him thro' Richmond Park. Most uncomfortable with
P. Home 12.15. Rode 15 miles. Put hooks in bath room & after dressed.
Lunch & rest. At 3.15 M, Mrs Fraser & self went to Niagara. Lady band. Saw
Mrs Bingham etc, Miss Hood & Miss Robson Roose, Terraros etc. Left 5.45
home by 6.15. Found Col Welby there. Edgar had been. Maud imitating etc
etc. Winnie Lockyer in to lunch. Felt suspicion of cold on chest coming on.
Hope not. Dined quietly, Mrs F, Mite, M & self.
Monday October 21
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out 8.30am. Met Reynard. Round Park &
home. In morning printed phos & got on with Xmas page. Put goat etc in.
Lunch. Mary Burnand in. At 3.15 to 4.45pm cycled 15 miles. Same as
yesterday. Tea. Mary B still there. Dressed & worked from 5.30 to 8.0pm.
Dinner. Felt after slight cold come on in nostrils after snooze. Horrid. (Red ink:
1st bad cold since Tuesday September 4th 1894 at Tressady.)
Tuesday October 22
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. M in bed. Wet morning & wretched grey day.
Breakfast. Woke up with irritation in nostrils. Cold coming on. Sent Otley for
quinine & alkeram. Suffered from cold all day. Callers in afternoon. Jerry
Weigall & Miss Effie Harrison. Effie H was at lunch. In evening young
Buckmaster dined & stayed till 11.30pm. Bed quietly after. Cold in head bad.
(Red ink: Cold very bad in head.)
Wednesday October 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.45. Very cold morning & bad cold in head.
Nevertheless out on cycle & thro' Kensington. Home 8.50. Met Sophia H.
After got to work all day on Xmas Nº. M down. Mite went in cart in afternoon
to Burnands & dined there. Left at 6.30 & went by Met'n Rly to Blackfriars.
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Punch dinner. William Agnew, Edwin James Milliken (late) Bernard Partridge,
Edward Tryan Reed, Henry Wadsworth Lucy, Frederick Anstey Guthrie,
Francis Cowley Burnand, Sir John Tenniel, Edward Linley Sambourne, Arthur
à Beckett, Phillip May (late) & George Busson Du Maurier there. Long talk of
success of Trilby. Cold bad. Told B.P to shut up. Cartoon made up easily. No
subject for self. Left 10.15 & home by buss from Bouverie Street. Saw old
Lewis, wife & Ernest in buss at Piccadilly. Read & dozed. Bed 12.0. Fire in
room. (Red ink: Atrocious & heavy cold in head at Punch dinner.)
Thursday October 24
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10. Very cold. 1st frost. Did not go out. Bright sun.
Acct of suicide of the Marquis of Waterford. In morning began drawing of
Kipper. After lunch at 2.30 went for ride on cycle. Put M in cart. Round
Richmond Park & home down Putney Hill. Delightful ride. Smoked cigarette in
Park. Back at 4.45. Tea. F.C.B called & left paper for Law subject. Got to
work. Dined 8.0pm. Quiet evening. & bed early. Cold in head bad. (Red ink:
Very good cycle ride to Richmond Park.)
Friday October 25
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Very cold. Could not cycle. Went for walk up
Campden Hill. Back & wrote letters. After finished small drawings. Waited for
letter from F.C.B. Lunch at 2.10. Went on cycle to F.C.B's. Very
uncomfortable with P. Saw F.C.B & settled for drawing of Russian Bear in
Chinese Dress. Own idea. Back. M going out in dog cart. Rested. Felt seedy.
At 4.30 got to work & worked till 8.15pm when dined quietly M, Mite, Mrs
Fraser & self. Cold in head bad & on chest slightly. (Red ink: Did drawing of
Rusian Bear. Proved a great success.)
Saturday October 26
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walked round Campden Hill. After at 9.14 got
to work until 1.30 when finished Russian Bear as Chinese. M, Mrs Fraser &
Mite went in hansom to Gaiety Theatre & saw The Shop Girl. Dressed & left
at 2.30pm in cart. Felt awfuly cold. Got out at Leicester Square & walked. Had
4d whiskey. Very good box. Saw The Shop Girl for the 6 th time. New young
Appleby. Very good song 'Well you know the sort of song I mean'. Rowdy
boys in next box. Out & put M & others in hansom in Strand. Walked to Club.
Bought alligator skin bag, very good one at Moss's 25/s. Club. Tea. Felt not
quite the thing. Walked sharp home. Called & bought lobster & pine etc. Otley
at shop waiting. Bath & dined. Very poor apppetite for dinner. Seedy. Bed
11.30. Chest rubbed. Thankful felt better in the morning. (Red ink: Went to
see The Shop Girl for the 6th time.)
Sunday October 27
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Breakfast. Did not go out. Too cold. Frost
etc. Wired to Reynard. M, Mrs F & Mite going out to church. Looked over
letters etc & sorted them. Wrote diary. Stuck razor & strop etc. After Evelyn
Coward in. Lunch. At 2.0pm got on cycle & rode to Richmond Park. Saw
Charley Burnand & brother-in-law. On to Ham Gate & delightful run to
Kingston. Had ginger & gin at Greyhound. Left 3.30 & thro' Bushey. Bad road.
Twickenham, Putney Bridge 4.30. Home 4.45. 25 miles in 2½ hours. No one
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had called. Changed & dressed. After dined quite quietly & pleasant peaceful
evening. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Delightful cycle ride to Kingston &
Richmond etc etc.)
Monday October 28
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Bitterly cold morning. Walk round Campden Hill.
Back. After got on with shading of 2 pages for Xmas Nº. Worked all day. Got
on & began the two upper figures. Dinner at 8.0pm. Miss Holland came in
afternoon & sat a long time. Talk of Egyptology & Prof Flinders Petrie. After
lunch tried cycle but came round West Kensington & back. Sent Otley for the
carriage at 3.0pm. (Red ink: Carriage sent back from Corben's.)
Tuesday October 29
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Bitterly cold morning. Frost. Walk round
Campden Hill. Breakfast. After got to work on Xmas Number. Got on with
shading. Lunch. Finished in afternoon. Annoyed I did not see letter from
Hitchings. After many called. Old Mr Maclean etc. Dined at 6.0pm & after M &
self drove in carriage to Haymarket Theatre & saw the dress rehearsal of
Trilby. Next Mr Wood & Levance etc. Arthur à B, Du Mauriers etc etc. Long
waits. Miss Baird very good. Left at 12.0. Drove home by cab. Very cold. Hard
frost. Sandwiches & bed at 1.0am. Tried cycle after lunch. Came back again.
(Red ink: Went in evening to dress rehearsal of 'Trilby' at the Haymarket.
Finished the two pages for Xmas Nº 1896.)
Wednesday October 30
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Slight headache. Why? Breakfast. At 10.30 after
skeming subject left & walked thro' Kensington Gardens. Buss to Camera
Club. Photod Miss Rose. Learnt that she had been married 5 years. Come in
to her property. Changed plates & left at 1.45. Lunch Garrick. Beetle, Pinero
etc. Saw Sooby, after Furniss & Spielmann. Out & walked to Globe Theatre.
Saw Charley's Aunt for the 3rd time. Put M & Mrs Fraser & Maud in buss.
Walked to cycle place & saw them. Back thro' Chancery lane. Bought
spectacles. On to Punch dinner. F.C.B not there. At dinner A à B, J.T, self,
Phil May, E.I.M, B.P, E.T.R, H.W.L, Great talk of the Trilby boom etc. (Red
ink: 1st night of Trilby at the Haymarket.)
Thursday October 31
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Out 8.20 & rode cycle round Park, out
Kensington. Met Sophia. Round home. Breakfast. Papers about 'Trilby'.
Change in the weather. After at 11.0 skemed subject of Duke of Cambridge &
Tommy Atkins saluting. At 12.20 Stace came round. Photod Otley & he. After
developed & luncheon. At 2.30 on cycle. Called on Reed. On after thro'
Mortlake & all thro' Richmond Park. Down Putney Hill & thro' past Walham
Green. Called on F.C.B. Talk of ‘Punch’ depressing. Hope may be better.
Walter Austin there. After at 5.0 lit lamp & home. Enjoyed ride. Tea. Dressed
& got to work at 6.0pm on Kipper. Heavy rain came on 5.45pm. Dined quietly
8.0pm. Snooze & read after dinner. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Called on
Burnand. Told of the serious state of P. Good cycle ride.)
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Friday November 1
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Out & walked instead of cycling as the mud
was very bad. Breakfast. Very foggy. Had lamp instead of daylight. Finer
after. New birdcage put up. Finished drawing of Kipper. Printed phos. After
lunch rested & did not begin cartoon until 4.0pm. Worked till 8.30 & after
dined. Quiet evening & bed at 12.30 after snooze. Had nearly the last of the
liqueurs. Wrote Edgar in evening after dinner in answer to long letter about
the reserve of Angel Court received last night.
Saturday November 2
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.10am. Walk round Campden Hill. At 9.30 got to
work & finished cartoon of Duke of Cambridge & Tommy Atkins by 1.40.
Hamilton Langley in to lunch. Changed & down with Mite in a hansom to the
Duke of York's theatre. M & Mrs F went in carriage. Saw 'Her Advocate' by
Walter Frith. Cartwright & Miss Gertrude Kingston very good. Miss Frazer
came in box. Saw Bancroft & Mrs B opposite. Out at 5.10. Put M, Mite & Mrs
F in carriage. Went to Club & had tea & wrote 5 letters. Saw Percy Reeve,
Weldon etc. Out at 6.15 & walked home. Got cheque changed for £2.0.0.
Bought pine, pears, nuts etc. Home 7.45. Paid wages. Quiet dinner, M, Mite &
Mrs Fraser. Quiet evening & bed at 12.0 after snooze. (Red ink: In afternoon
went to the Duke of York's Theatre & saw the play called 'Her Advocate'.)
Sunday November 3
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15 & out on cycle at 8.50. Went right round Park &
home 9.30. Breakfast. Was sorting papers when Reynard called. Again out
on cycle to Richmond Park, Kingston & home by Barnes. 11.10 to 1.35, 21
miles exactly. Uncomfortable with P. Had bath. Lunch. Was to have gone to
Tattersalls. Too tired. Wet afternoon. Snooze in bedroom. After came down &
read Pepys Diary. Molesworth called from 5.30 to 6.0pm. Talk of horoscope
etc etc. Dined quietly, M, Maud Mrs F & self. Maud a nasty influenza cold in
her head. After dinner read Frank Stackton's story of Adventures of Captain
Horn, about the gold of the Incas. Finished it & bed at 12.0am. (Red ink:
Cycled about 28 miles in the day. Went to Kingston with Reynard.)
Monday November 4
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Out on cycle 8.34. Stopped by Keeper in
Kensington Gardens. Horribly muddy & wretchedly wet. Back 9.15. In morning
came on worse. Tidied up etc etc. After left at 3.0pm for Tattersalls. M & Mrs
F had left before. Saw sale of Hamilton Langley's horses. Average 54 gns.
After saw Effie & Con, Ethel English, Percy Holland, Talland, Frisby etc. Had
whiskey & soda. M & Mrs F went all the way to Warwick Crescent to have tea
with Mrs Raikes. Decided not to go to Empire Theatre. Sent Otley with letter
to Mudie's & Empire. Wrote many letters for photos for Mr Thornton's Art J.
Drawings. Dined 8.0. Quiet evening after. Snooze till 12.0. Maud a bad cold in
her head. Read An Artist's Reminiscences by Rudolph Lehmann. (Red ink:
Sale of Hamilton Langley's horses. Charge against George Alexander.)
Tuesday November 5
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. x. Dull wet morning. Walk round Campden Hill. In
morning sorted letters etc etc. News of Alexander's having been charged with
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improper behaviour. M out in carriage to the Stores.Wet. Lunch. Mite not out
having a cold. Looked thro' diary. Developed 16 plates in the morning taken
last Wednesday. Sooby called. Sent Otley for hose etc to Stores & with bags.
Dined 7.0 & after took M & Mrs Fraser to the Empire Theatre. Spencer called
at dinner time. Gale of wind & heavy wet. Very poor entertainment. Thought I
saw K.M looking as thin as a ghost. Left 10.50 & home by 4 wheeler. Man just
on.
Wednesday November 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & walked up Campden Hill. Very windy but fine
sun. After in morning printed a heap of blue photos from plates taken from
Miss Rose on Wedy last & also old Stace plates Apl 1885. Mrs Fraser left &
Miss Fraser (Grace) came. Galbraith called in the afternoon. Dressed & he
drove me to Sloane St. Walked to Club & P.D. Met Spencer & after Heilbut.
Talk of Alexander. Wrote 3 letters at Club & on to P.D. William Agnew, L.B
(saw him at Club & talked about the 9th.) E.I.M, late, Reed (with bad eyes)
A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & R.L, Phil M. Talk etc. Settled double cut for J.T.
Turkey going over the Falls. Self the Magisterial Blunder abt Alexander.
Suggested by self. Left at 11.0 with J.T in cab & told him about the state of P.
Home 12.0 & bed after reading paper.
Thursday November 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0 & being wet walked over Campden Hill into
Notting Hill Rd & back by Holland Park. Breakfast. Miss Fraser there. After
wrote letters & then skemed subject for Magistrate & Policemen. At 11.45
photod Stace & Otley & developed them. Lunch. Ladies cycling. Posted
letters & rested in chair. Read China. M & Miss Fraser went in carriage to call
on the D.M's. Mite in with a cold. Wrote Spielmann. After got to work & got on
with subject of Magistrate & Policeman. Dined at 8.0pm. Quiet evening & bed
11.30 after.
Friday November 8
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walked over Campden Hill. Breakfast. After
got to work & all day at cartoon of Policeman & Magistrate. Dined at 8.30.
Rest after. Strange dream of a haunted room & Edgar. Bed 12.30am after
snooze. M went to tea at Rev M Maclean's.
Saturday November 9
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Usual walk. At work on drawing till 12.45. Late.
Roy back from Eton at 10.0am. Lunched at home. Gave up the Lord Mayor's
Show. Roy, Miss Fraser & Mite went in carriage to Drury Lane Theatre & saw
Cheer Boys Cheer. M & self followed in a cab. Called Box Office at
Haymarket & saw where Box 16 was. On to Theatre. Put M & girls in a 4
wheeler. Club & tea. Walked to Lyceum Theatre before. After left letter at
Haymarket. Bought sausages & home by buss. Bought lobster & fruit etc.
Dined 7.30pm & after Roy & self went by the carriage to Lyceum Theatre &
saw Romeo & Juliet. Sir William Dalby & Pepys Cockerell in stalls. After with
Roy to supper at the Garrick. Joe Carr & Cyril Maude there, also Nutcombe
Gould. Left 12.30 & home. Joe Carr's stories. Eel & balls. (Red ink across
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page: Went to Drury Lane Theatre matinée & to Romeo & Juliet in evening.
Roy's exeat.)
Sunday November 10
Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. Tired. Usual walk. After M & Mite went to
church. Roy out with girls after. Felt very tired in morning. Spencer came in.
After lunch Roy & self cycled 19 miles, Richmond Park etc. Home. Called Phil
May & saw Davis RA at Val Princep's. Home tea. Marshall there. After
American girls & Coupé London called. Read book of Barr's & up to dress at
6.45. Cab to Garrick at 7.30. There 7.50. Dined with Sir Charles Hall. Mistake
about Russell's letter getting to him. (Plan of table seating) Sir Charles Hall's
dinner at the Garrick Club to meet H.R.H the Duke of Coburg. Sir Charles
Hall, Sir William Howard Russell, John Hare, L.S, Arthur Blunt, Admiral Sir
Henry Keppel G.C.B, His R.H. the Duke of Coburg, Lord Borthwick,
H.Beerbohm Tree, Equerry in waiting, F.C.Burnand. Good dinner. Long
stories from the Duke. The mutton beefsteak (illeg) affair Sir O.Brierly. etc. 84
days home from Australia. H.R.H liked onion salad. Long talk. Enjoyed dinner.
Afterwards H.R.H talked half an hour to me & told me about Punch & the
German Emperor 'My dear nephew'. Also mentioned about no soles to boots
of Tenniel's men etc. Also about Prince Albert. Hare's story of the Scotchman
& Irving. Refused cigar that H.R.H had given to Irving. Scotchman
(distinguished member of Scotch Academy) Balfour & Churchill there etc.
Scotchman not to be taken in by Prince of Wales. Thought it was a hoax. 'I no
care for reminiscences of Royalty'. Tree distant about box yesterday. Left
12.30. Home 1.0. Terrific gale of wind & heavy rain. Read story & bed at
2.0am. H.R.H's story of the cups etc of ships to be left at a depot. Admiralty
refused. (Red ink across page: Good cycle ride with Roy. Dined at Garrick
with Sir Charles Hall.)
Monday November 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk to Notting Hill. Breakfast. Roy late down.
Went back to Eton at 9.20. After lovely morning. Printed photos. Wrote letters
& diary etc. Busy all morning. After lunch from 2.15 to 4.30 cycled 19 miles
round Barnes, Richmond Park & Putney. Tea & bath. M still out. After got to
work on Fables. Sketched out puppy. Miss Fraser out to dinner. M, Mite &self
dined quietly. After rest. M to bed 11.0, self 12.0. x. Miss Fraser back 11.30.
Tuesday November 12
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Walked round Notting Hill. After measured
bicycles. Breakfast. After came on pouring wet. Wired to put off sitting Miss
G. M & lamps. After cleared up. Very sorry had not taken studies Miss G. M
back at 1.0. Drew small drawing. After lunch sent Otley to the Stores for wine
etc etc. After worked & read. At 8.0 H.W.B.Davis & Coupé London dined with
us. Davis came early. Fair dinner. Gave D big cigar. Too much for him. He felt
giddy & seedy after. Shewed all my drawings etc. Put them up after. Bed
12.0am. Otley took Roy's cycle round to Phil May's. (Red ink: H.W.B.Davis &
Coupé London dined with us.)
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Wednesday November 13
st
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round by Lewis's. Home. After 1 thing
photod Otley for drawing of Emperor of Germany drawing cartoon. Took 2 in
blouse & 2 in smoking jacket. Developed them by 11.0. Prints after. Then did
small drawing Chamberlain as Chief of Kaffirs. M out at dentist. Mite & Miss
Fraser went to Comedy Theatre. Got back by 6.0pm. Miss Fraser missed her
train. Left at 6.15 & went by Met Rly to Bouverie Street. Lehmann in cab. P.D.
Phil Agnew, E.I.M, P.M, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, A à B, R.L & D.M.
Good dinner. Talk of Trilby. Suggested Tenniel's cut of Britannia, Lord
Wolseley & King Koffee Kalenli's umbrella. Left at 10.15. Went to Garrick
Club. Wrote letters. On by cab home at 11.30pm. Very bad attack of P all
day. Something disagreed with me last night.
Thursday November 14
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.0 & before breakfast got on with drawing. Breakfast.
After worked on. Miss Fraser left at 11.0. Worked on to 2.0pm when finished.
Lunch. After packed bags & left by omnibus at 4.0 for Waterloo. Took Mite &
left her in Gloucester Road. On. Offficial met us at Waterloo. Comfortable
carriage to ourselves down. Arrived Ropley 7.15 & Brookwood 8.10. Only
found Hamilton Langley there, no Midge. Dressed hurriedly & dined. Had
burgundy. After talk, bed at 11.30. Good night. Slept well. (Red ink: Went
down with M to Brookwood Park, Alresford.)
Friday November 15
Brookwood Park, Alresford, Hants. Up at 8.15. M awake "waiting to be
roused". Out on cycle. Shocking bad roads. Went to Bramdean & back.
Breakfast. After at 10.30 began to shoot from Park, 5 guns. Mr Walter Long,
Mr Dutton, Ham L, Ham F & self. Got some pheasants & hares etc. 1
partridge drive. Heavy rain came on at 1.0. Lunch in tent. Went on to shoot in
the rain. Postman carried my cart'gs. Gave him 2/s. Home 4.0pm. Changed
everything. Tea & after wrote many letters. Read The King in Yellow. Dined
7.45 & had burgundy No 6. After felt sleepy. Bed 11.45. M awake. Violent
gale all day & heavy wet. (Red ink: Shot with Hamilton Fletcher at
Brookwood, 5 guns.)
Saturday November 16
Brookwood Park, Alresford, Hants. Up at 8.45. M in bed. Breakfast 9.10. Fine
morning but much wind. After left at 10.35 in wagonette to shoot Bramdean
Common, 6 guns. Ham L, Ham F, self, Mr Tracey, Capn Wynne & Mr Higgins.
Much wind. 170 rabbits, 5 pheasant, 2 woodcock, jay & 1 squirrel. Self got 3
pheasants. Very much troubled all day with P. Lunch in a tent. Back home at
4.45. Tea. After dressed & wrote letters & diary. Letter from model. Dined
7.55. Burgundy & after Ham F, Ham L, M & Tabs played Spoof. Self very
sleepy. Went into smoking room. Bed at 11.30pm. (Red ink: Rabbit shoot at
Brookwood. Six guns.)
Sunday November 17
Brookwood Park, Alresford, Hants. Up at 8.40. Chequed suit. No cycling. M in
bed. Breakfast. Lovely morning after. Looked at cycles etc. Read book on
Hogarth. After played 2 games of bowls with Hamiliton L. Each won one. At
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1.30 lunch. After read & at 3.0 cycled till 4.30. Very bad attack of P. Spolit
ride. Changed. Tea. Wrote letters. Dined 7.30. Indifferent Claret. Tabs went
to bed early. H sang. Bed 11.0. Good night.
Monday November 18
Brookwood Park, Alresford, Hants. Up at 8.30. Out on cycle at 8.45. Went as
far as George Inn & back along the grass. Just missed Tabbie's carriage.
Home. Breakfast by self. After at 10.30 started with Ham to Captain Wynne to
shoot. Notwithstanding every precaution sorely troubled with P all day. This is
the 6th day since Wednesday night. Too bad. Most lovely morning out all day.
Good shoot, unlucky for self. Very few birds came my way. Shot the last hen
phasant. Back at 4.40. Tea & changed. Wynne left 5.30. Wrote Otley &
Liddell. Quiiet dinner after, H, M & self. Tabs went up to bed quietly. Pipe &
bed at 11.0. (Red ink: Shot with Hamilton Fletcher & Captain Wynne all day.)
Tuesday November 19
Brookwood Park, Alresford, Hants. Up at 8.30. Walk round house. Tried
Ham's cycle. After Hamilton got away 9.40 by himself in pony cart. Gwenny
went to meet. M & self & Evelyn in carriage went to Hinton. Meet of hounds.
Went into house. Saw Mrs Dutton & Miss Christie. Had cherry brandy. Cold.
Saw hounds go into cover. Back. Met Tabs in lane with Tags & governess.
Back & packed. Lost button hook. Lunch. After left at 2.15pm Ropley with
cycle. Up to town. Otley met me. Home, quiet dinner. After by carriage to
Camera Club, Pavilion & Empire theatres. At Garrick Club after. Wrote letters,
Liddell etc etc. Left after having eggs. Saw Gilly Farquhar. Cab home. Bed
2.0am. Read Lord Wolseley's book on Napoleon. (Red ink: Came up from
Brookwood Park in afternoon. Went after dining at home to Pavilion &
Empire.)
Wednesday November 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.55. Overslept. Breakfast. Looked over letters etc.
Afterwards at 11.30 carriage drove me to Camera Club. Waited till 12.45 from
then to 3.0 took 3 dozen photos Miss G. Another came with her. Changed
plates & out at 4.0. Wrote letters at the Garrick. At 5.15 Mr Edgcome of Fair
Nude Club called on me. Had a false nose. Long talk. After left at 6.30 &
walked to Punch dinner. Present Agnew, Phil M, E.I.M (late) H.W.L, A.G,
F.C.B, Sir J.T, self, A à B, R.L. Discussion. Tenniel got Waggoner & Jupiter
Fair Trade, self taxing bicycles. After Sir W.Agnew left F.C.B made a
statement about the Proprietors. Very unsatisfactory state of things. Lawrence
Bradbury had written insulting letter especially about my Almanack work &
D.M. Great discussion & all agreed to stand by Editor's decision & by him.
Left with Tenniel at 11.30. Called Garrick for bag & camera. Home & bed at
1.0am. M sleeping. Tap dripping. (Red ink: Photod Miss G at Camera Club.
After interview with Mr James Edgcome at the Garrick.) (Red ink across page:
Bernand unfolded unsatisfactory state of things with Bradbury & Agnew.
Lawrence Bradbury's attack on my Almanack work.)
Thursday November 21
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0. Went for cycle ride. Altered saddle. Round Park.
Sir William Dalby called out after me. Round Bayswater & home. Tabs & M at
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breakfast. After skemed subject of Deputation to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach of
Taxed & Licenced People. Decide to photo Otley. Did so at 12.5 for Hicks B &
coachman etc. Developed them & put to dry. After worked at 4.0 & got on.
Self & M dined after 8.30. Tabs back from her lecture & debate at the Pioneer
Club. She had dined there. Bed quietly 11.30. Wrote several letters, Guthrie
etc. Asked him for tomorrow to go to play.
Friday November 22
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Went for cycle ride round park. After home &
got to work all day on drawing of Hicks Beach & deputation of Taxed People.
Worked all day. Tabs & M out in the carriage. Dined at 7.20 & after Tabs, M,
Miss (blank) & self went to the Royalty Theatre & saw The Chili Widow for 2 nd
time. Guthrie met us in box. Dined at the Savoy Restaurant at Tabbie's
expense, £2.3.6 dinner. Not bad. Turned out very heavy wet at night. Got
hansom at Royalty & sent M, Miss W & Tabs home. Self in another. A very
chattering cabby who spoke to everyone down the road. Guthrie & self had
been down to see Arthur Bouchier. When I got home I found Conrad there.
Tabs settled up for dinner. After to bed tired. (Red ink: Dined with Tabs at
nd
Savoy Restaurant. After for 2 time to see 'The Chili Widow'.)
Saturday November 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Got on with drawing of Michael Hicks Beach &
Deputation at 8.30. Tabs & M down for breakfast. Worked till 12.30 when
finished. Put things away & down to lunch. Rested after. Went at 3.0 &
changed & went by buss to the Garrick Club & saw Mr Edgcome, Lord
Masham's agent for cartoons. Settled to draw 3 for 75 guineas. Had tea. Left
at 5.0 & walked to Knightsbridge. Buss home. Bought sausages at Crafts &
fruit etc. Home. Saw Otley & sent him to Roger Wallace's. Dined at 6.30 & M
& self left in carriage for St James's Theatre. Saw Alexander's new plays, The
Mysogenist & The Divided Way. Furniss very kindly gave M his seat. Had
good stalls. After introduced to Lady Lewis. Home by carriage. Colder. Had
supper & bed. x. (Red ink: M & self went to première at the St James's
Theatre, 'The Divided way'.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Alexander Collie.)
Sunday November 24
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Breakfast 8.45. Sent Otley with coat to Mr Roger
Wallace's. Left at 9.15 & walked to 21 De Vere Gardens. R.W not down to
breakfast yet. Mrs W had had a little daughter 7 weeks ago. Left in cab at
9.45. Bitterly cold wind. Got to Vauxhall. Saw Walter Austin & a friend a
young architect Mr Cooper. Went to Woking 3rd class. Cab to course. Played
1 round with Wallace before lunch. Lost by 3 holes. After had cold beef
pickles etc. Story after with cigars. Played a foursome. Won 6/s. Mr Cooper &
I against Wallace & Austin. Won by 3 holes. Very seious attack of P. Most
uncomfortable. Back by fly & train. Home 7.15. Dressed & hot bath. Conrad in
at 7.50, Effie H afterwards. Quiet evening. Bed 12.0. Conrad went to the
Schusters musical evening. x. (Red ink: Had very good day at Woking Golf
Links with Roger Wallace.) This day Mr H.S.Lewis was 8 hours in the sea
trying to get to Calais in The Fram, nearly wrecked. Great gale in the channel.
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Monday November 25
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am. Out on cycle right round Park. Home 9.20. After
breakfast Con & Effie wrangling. Put papers straight. etc. Sent cheque for
Willis's Life Assurance. Long talk to M about 'Punch' after. Dated photos.
Wrote diary etc. Dull wretched morning.. Lunch 1.45, Effie H, M & self. At
2.20 cycled thro' Richmond Park. Bought 2 cigars at Hammersmith Bridge.
Strong north east wind but good ride. Home 4.15. Changed. Tea. The Punch
Almanack came. M & Effie out up to 6.0. Got to work on Mr Thomson's
drawing. Con & Effie out to dinner. M & self dined quietly. After rested.
Snooze in chair. Strange dream of Alice on mat.
Tuesday November 26
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50. Out on cycle 8.40 & went round park. Cold wind.
Saw Romeo Williams. Back. Conrad bad cold. After breakfast Midge came for
M. By self in room. Read The Bible for an hour. Much struck with the beauty
of Ecclesiastes 'All is vanity'. Capital notice in 'Times' of Punch Xmas Nº. In
morning put things away etc. M back at 1.15. Lunch. At 2.0 Mr Hector
Maclean called & kept me about an hour. After sat in chair & read. Mrs Cohen
called. After skemed two cartoons & wrote letters. Went up & dressed at 6.30
pm. Out. Met Arthur Lewis & Luke Fildes on platform Met Rly. On to Charing
X. Talk of gale to Fildes. After to Whitehall Rooms of Metropole, banquet to
John Hare. Sat between Godfrey & Clement Scott, opposite Arthur à B.
Delightful speeches. Lord Hothfield & Lockwood & Hare. F.C.B told me had
had satisfactory interview with Philip Agnew. After left with D.M & Abbey. On
to Garrick Club. Had poached eggs etc. Opposite Furniss. Long talk. Left
2.0am & drive with Parsons. Heard of illness of Miss Bourne. Bed at 2.30am
very tired. (Red ink across page: Farewell banquet at the Metropole to John
Hare.)
Wednesday November 27
Stafford Terrace. M up early & woke me. Had slight head on & tired. Up at
8.15. Out on cycle at 9.0. Round park. Stopped to see a Bantam & Crypto
cycle. After called Parsons. Home 9.30. Con & Effie leaving for Rome at 10.0.
Not a penny in their pockets. M out to Whiteleys. Rested & read. Looked over
my stocks & shares etc. After lunch at 2.0 rested etc. Had snooze. Left at
5.45 for Garrick in fur coat. Saw Sir Rivers Wilson & Carr. On to Punch
dinner. Called Spooners. Sir W.A, Phil A, L.B, P.M, E.I.M, late, H.W.L, A.G,
F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B, R.L there. Got cut of Pig. After dinner F.C.B read a
written speech about last week to effect that letter written was burnt &
forgotten. Never more to be alluded to. Hum! Time shews. W.A replied in a
feeling & really good speech & so all ended happily for a time. Left with Sir
J.T & put down Isthmium. Home at 12.0. Young cabman whipping horse. Bed
12.30am. Jackemot dined with M. (Red ink: F.C.B read written statement at
'Punch' dinner. Agnew replied.)
Thursday November 28
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Pouring wet morning. Could not ride cycle.
Felt fairly well. In morning at 10.0am Mr Edgcome called & settled about
cartoons. After skemed Pig & Hicks-Beach & Harcourt. Too wet to photo
Stace at 1.30. Photod Otley after lunch for Hicks B as farmer leaning over
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gate. Very dark. Developed. & had a snooze after. M out in carriage in the
wet. Got to work at 4.30pm up to 8.0 when wrote letters & dined 8.30, M &
self. M very sleepy. Bed 12.0 after dreams. x. (Cutting glued in: Death of
Thomas Matravers.)
Friday November 29
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Both M & self oveslept ourselves. Dream of
mare being killed hunting. Breakfast & after got to work at 10.0 on Pig &
Hicks-Beach. Sent Otley to Stores for plates. Dull wretched dark morning.
Piano tuned. Worked all day & up to 8.0pm. M & Midge out in carriage. Left
off at 8.0pm. Wrote letters. Dined quietly, M, Midge & self. Midge came at
5.0pm. (Red ink: Midge came to stay till Wednesday.)
Saturday November 30
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. After breakfast got to work on drawing of Pig &
Hicks-Beach. Worked up to 1.30pm when finished. Had intended to go to see
cycles. Could not. Roy was to have come home. Read in dining room after
lunch. Did not go out entire day. After at 5.30 up in room & skemed 2
cartoons for Lord Masham. Dined at 8.0, M, Midge & self, & bed quietly after
at 12.0.
Sunday December 1
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30am. Cycled round by Kensington looking for shop
to photo. Went in & out of Kensington Court. Back by Earls Court. Breakfast
9.30. After went out & photod shops by hand camera. Back. M & Midge going
to church. At 12.0 Stace round. Photod him as John B Boxer, & putting up
shutters etc. Finished by 1.15. Developed. After lunch at 2.20 went on cycle
thro' Richmond Park, 16 miles. Back 4.0pm. Frisby, Mr Fair & Rooth called.
Developed more plates by lamp light. Harry Rooth kept me till 7.20. Dressed
& went with M to dine at F.C.B's. Drove with Cob. Mr & Mrs Cameron there &
Milliken & ourselves. Pleasant evening. Left 11.25 & home. A stray dog ran in
to Burnands. Smoked on sofa till 12.30 when to bed tired.
Monday December 2
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.20am. Colder & sun after. Did not go out. Felt very
sleepy after Burnand's dinner. Breakfast. Invite from Mrs Temple. Wrote diary
etc. Printed photos developed yesteday. Midge & M at lunch. After at 2.15
went out on cycle. Not comfortable. Went as far as Jarvis Road Lillie Road &
then back. After began cartoon for Lord Masham & got on with it till dinner
time. M, Midge & self dined quietly.
Tuesday December 3
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Went for cycle ride. Passed Lockett Agnew in
Park. Spoke to Mocatta. Home breakfast. Got on with drawing of cartoon for
Lord Masham. At 2.0 photod Otley & also paper written on Free Trade.
Developed them & put in tank. At work. Very many callers, Ellie Kitchen & Mrs
Galbraith etc, 12 or 14. Midge & M a long time down in morning room. Dined
8.15 & quiet evening after. Bed at 12.0. Slight nightmare in chair.
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Wednesday December 4
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Out on cycle in park. Machine clicked very
much. Found it was the mile register. Passed right round Park & home.
Breakfast. After long day's work on cartoon for Lord Masham. Printed photo
of Otley taken yesterday & got on. Put cap in press. Midge left us at 2.0pm for
home. Row between two fourwheel cabmen. Dressed at 6.15 & went by
Underground Rly to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, Phil May, H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T,
self, Arthur à B there only. Milliken ill. Got preface. Long discussion
Chamberlain cut for Tenniel. Self Russian Emperor & German Emperor.
Chaffed Lucy about Covent Garden Ball. Left with Tenniel at 11.15 & home at
12.0. Bed. Gale o' wind. (Red ink: Midge left at 2.0pm for Earls Barton.)
(Cutting glued in: Obituary Charles Lucas.)
Thursday December 5
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Gale of wind. Out & walked over Campden
Hill. Tried to find Mount House. Could not. Met Reynard on his cycle. Walked
thro' Holland Lane & home. After breakfast wrote letters. M off at 10.45 to
Sandown with the Galbraiths. Skemed subject for cartoon of Emperor of
Russia agast at Emperor of Germany. Photod Otley in coat etc & self being
taken up. At 12.30pm lunch. Cycled from 2.10 to 4.0 in a gale of wind thro'
Richmond Park. Actually stopped by the wind at Mortlake. Enjoyed ride very
much. Rather tired. Back & had tea. M back 5.30. Began drawing of Prof
Leckey. Did not get on very well. Spoilt drawing of Cock a Lecky. Dined 8.15.
Quiet evening & bed at 12.0 after snooze.
Friday December 6
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Did not walk or cycle. After breakfast got to
work & finished drawing of Cocky Leckie. At 12.0 began cartoon. Spencer
came in & stayed to lunch off pheasant. Worked all day up to 7.15 when went
to dress. At 7.35 went in carriage to Berkeley Square & dined with the
Steincopffs. Took Mrs Playfair in. Talk of Sargent & Fildes etc. M had old
Lehmann. Mrs Crackenthorpe etc. Left 10.45 & home by carriage. Colder.
Saturday December 7
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. x. Worked from 9.15 to 1.30pm when finished
cartoon of Emperors of Russia & Germany. Lunch. Rest & after at 5.0pm
went on with cartoon for Lord Masham. Put John Bull's & Potter's coats in. M
read. Dinner 8.25. News from Tabs, Mervyn had typhoid fever. Bed 11.30
after snooze. (Cutting glued in: Death of George Augustus Sala.)
Sunday December 8
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Cycled round Park at 9.10. Saw soldiers (Life
Guards) going to church. Back 9.40. M saw me in Kensington. After breakfast
worked till lunch on Lord Masham's cartoon. M read. Lunch. After rest. Went
out at 3.10 to 4.0 on cycle. Spencer & Hilda in in morning. Spencer had lost
his hat last night. Changed & got to work at 5.0pm. After young Swatzer
called, Weigall & Miss Harrison, Richards, Molesworth & Mr & Mrs Phil May.
Mays stayed till 7.15. Whiskey. Worked till 8.0. Dined. Wrote 6 letters after
dinner till 10.0am. Colder. Bed at 12.0 after snooze. Dream at night of D.M &
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Lord Charles Beresford at theatre. My umbrella stolen in dream. (Cutting
glued in: Obituary of George Augustus Sala.)
Monday December 9
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.15. Dull dark wretched morning. Did not cycle. News
of George Augustus Sala's death in the papers. Got to work 9.45 & finished
Lord Masham's 1st cartoon by 12.45. Mite back from the country as I sent it
off. Changed. Lunch 1.30. Off 1.50 on cycle. Went to Richmond thro'
Mortlake. Up Richmond Hill, thro' Park & home down Putney Hill. Very good
ride. Home 4.0. Called on Mr Watkinson. Gas collector had called. Paid his
acct by letter. M & Mite back at 5.0. Stace called & got letter of
recommendation from me. Tidied up & began Index. Thought of Punch
feeding Robins. Mite at dinner. Quiet evening. Were to have dined at the
Cottons. Bed at 11.30 after snooze. (Red ink: Mite returned at 1.0pm from
Midge's.)
Tuesday December 10
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Cycled round Park. Out Marble Arch & down
Bayswater Rd home. Breakfast. Mite down with cold. In morning at 10.30
photod self for Punch & Robins. After developed it & at 11.30 got on with
Index drawing. After lunch cycled round Richmond. To hollow tree & home
3.45. Miss Chapman, Carter & Lockyer there. Changed. Tea. Went on to
work at 4.0. At 8.0 Mr & Mrs Galbraith, Mr & Mrs Armstrong & Walter Austin
dined with us. Good dinner. Harris waited. (Plan of table seating) Home
dinner 8.0pm. Grouse. Mr Galbraith, Mrs Armstrong, self, Mrs Galbraith, Lieut
Armstrong, M, Walter Austin, Mite. Stayed till 11.30pm. Rest in chair till 12.0.
Bed.
Wednesday December 11
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. M wakeful & restless. Mite in bed with bad
cold again. Sent Otley to Mrs Wallace. News of Mervyn, not so good. Emma
R had been ill in the morning. Cramp etc. Very seedy. Wrote advertisement
for horse. After finished Index by 1.0pm. In afternoon had snooze after being
bored by Paxton. Oh! At lunch Paxton eat ravenously. After tea did tail piece
of Index. After M back. Miss Wheat came, up in Maud's room. Stayed with M.
Left at 6.35. x. Went by Met'n Rly to Punch dinner. Sir W.A, E.I.M, Phil M,
H.W.L, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & R.L there. After long discussion about
Turkey. Got cut to do of Irish fighting over Justin McCarthy. Did not like it.
May's stories of taking Lucy out. Left with J.T at 11.10 & home by cab. Had
been heavy wet. Read Mrs Clifford's Aunt Anna. Bed 12.45.
Thursday December 12
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.15am. Walk round Campden Hill. Slightly bilious.
Skemed subject for Irish & Justin McCarthy. At 11.0 photod self & Otley for it.
Quart pots, bottle of beer etc. Took 10 plates. Sent Otley to Phil May's. Not up
till 12.0. Sent twice. M went to luncheon at Charley Hartree's. Mite could not
go on acct of cold. Rest in chair afterwards & snooze. Printed Platinotype
prints from 9 plates. All ready by 5.0pm. Finished tail piece of Robins from 4.0
to five pm. Heavy rain in afternoon. M back from Hartree's & up in
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schoolroom. Worked till 8.15pm when dined, M & self. Quiet evening & bed.
(Red ink: M lunched at Charles Hartree's.)
Friday December 13
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.5am. Walk. Called stable. Got Otley to get P.O.O
for 3/s. Went with Tip round Campden Hill. Breakfast. After got to work &
went on with drawing of Justin McCarthy & Irishmen. V & C sent for tail piece
Index. Worked all day up to 8.30pm. In afternoon little James I.Galbraith here
to tea. Mr & Mrs G after. Quiet dinner M & self. Mite upstairs. Smoke &
snooze in chair. Slept till 2.0am when to bed. Lay awake an hour & then good
night after.
Saturday December 14
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.25. No walk. Breakfast. After at 9.20 sent Otley with
drawing done by a young Parnell (friend of Mr Reynard's) to F.C.B. Then to
work & by 12.30 finished cartoon of Justin McCarthy & Irishmen. Wire from V
& C. Wire from F.C.B about Fancy Portrait. After at 1.30 lunch, M & Mite &
self. Then after changing rode cycle at 2.35 to Richmond Park & down
Roehampton Lane & home by 4.15pm. Changed. Bath. Read Prehistoric
Man. Col Welby called at 6.45 to 7.20. Wrote diary. M resting on sofa. Quiet
dinner, M, Mite & self. Read book as above & bed quietly after snooze.
Sunday December 15
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.30am. Went for cycle ride round Gloster Road etc.
Breakfast. In morning skemed Preface etc. Lunch. After had most
uncomfortable ride on cycle ever had. Went to Barnes etc. Attack of P. Home
by 3.50. Painful bath & cold douche. Dressed. Miss Clarke called. After Dietz
& his wife. Quiet dinner in evening, M, Mite & self, & rest after. Spencer called
with Daggles & Hilda in morning, hindering me. (Cutting glued in: Death of
Edwin Brett.)
Monday December 16
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Sent cycle to be
finished putting up. Began the Preface & worked hard all day at it. Worked all
day on Preface to Vol 109. Don Quixote & Punch in Clouds. M in bed. Better
news of Mervyn. Midge wrote & asked us to spend Xmas at Earls Barton.
Quiet dinner at home, M, Mite & self. Bed after snooze.
Tuesday December 17
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Round to stables & tried cycle. Went better.
Walk up Campden Hill after breakfast. Finished Preface by 4.0pm. V & C sent
for it. Did tail piece after at 5.0 to 6.30pm. Dressed & went by Met Rly to the
Punch dinner. Sir W.A, E.I.M, Phil M, A.G, F.C.B, J.T, self, A à B & D.M there.
Settled cuts easily. 2 for J.T. Self Tournament. Talk to D.M about Lesbianism
etc & after left with Phil May & went to the Socy Illustrators dinner. Linton
presiding. Saw Parsons & Millet. Went after to Arts. Sat & had whiskey &
soda. Saw Val Princep. Talk of carpets etc. Sargent came in. Left at 1.10am
& home by cab. Spoke to man about lashing horse. (Red ink: Punch dinner
on acct of Xmas. Went with Phil May to dinner of Socy of Illustrators & to Arts
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Club after.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Charlotte Spottiswoode) Tabs in to
lunch with us before going to Germany.
Wednesday December 18
Stafford Terrace. Up at 7.50am. M going off in carriage to Stores at 9.0. Up &
walked round Campden Hill. Headache & slightly tired from yesterday. Read
'Times'. Nerve of President Cleveland's message about Venezuela. Great
sensation. M not back. Put on coat at 11.0 & went round to F.C.B's. Had talk,
settled cut. Left 12.0. Called Stace & Otley. Skemed subject & at 1.45. photod
Stace for Cleveland & Salisbury. Developed them. After tea did Fancy Portrait
of Gen'l Sir Robert Biddulph. Mite went to Edwin Herapaths in afternoon for
the night. M & self dined quietly 8.30 & bed quietly afterwards. (Red ink:
News in morning of President Cleveland's message to Congress threatening
war with Great Britain.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Edward Woolmer.)
Thursday December 19
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. M in bed. Down. No walk. After printed
Platinotypes prints from negatives taken yesterday. Sent drawing of Biddulph
off & got to work in morning on cartoon of Cleveland & Salisbury. Letter from
F.C.B etc. M went at 11.0 to fetch Mite from Edwin Herapaths. Worked to
7.15pm when dressed & went to dine at Colin Hunters. Met some very nice
people of the name of Donaldson. Glasgow people. Tall girl that sang very
well. M's tooth hurt her very much. Went up in Jack Hunter's studio. No
carriage up. Cab 4 wheeler home. No Maud back from Roger Wallace's
where she had been dining. Did not come back until 12.15pm. M's tooth bad
& anxious about her. Sat down & worked until 1.30am. Pipe & bed 2.0am.
(Red ink: M had swollen face come on. Dined at Colin Hunters to meet the
Donaldsons. Mite at the Roger Wallaces. Roy's Eton bill £105.)
Friday December 20
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. No cycle. No walk. Went on to work at cartoon
of Cleveland & Salisbury. Great push to get done. Roy back at 10.30am.
Dispute with cabman. Finished 1.15. Sent Otley on Cob to F.C.B with letter.
After lunch rested & slept in chair. Tea. Tidied things up. Adah S.J here
grumbling about affairs. Dressed at 6.45. Dined 7.15pm, Roy, Mite & self. M
upstairs to bed with toothache. Left at 8.0 in carriage to Court Theatre. Saw
most admirable performance of 'The Rivals'. Mrs John Wood Mrs Malaprop.
Prince Teck & Princess Mary in box. Sir Henry Poland & Arthur à Beckett,
Susy & boys. Back by carriage. Home 11.30. Had sandwiches. Bed 12.30pm.
(Red ink: Went to see 'The Rivals' at the Court Theatre.)
Saturday December 21
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. M in bed with bad tooth. Down. Mite down.
Wrote to dentist after breakfast for M & sent Otley in morning. Dated 1886
photos. After at 1.0 took M in carriage to Mr Herbert's for tooth. Would not
take it out. Got plaster at Garners & back at 2.0. The carriage drove Roy &
self to see 'The Benefit of the Doubt' at the Comedy Theatre. Mrs Cyril Maude
good. Out. Got sausages. Home by buss. Bought fruit. Dinner, Mite, Roy &
self. M not down, went to bed at 7.45. Roy & self drove in carriage by Cob to
end of William St & went to the Adelphi Theatre. Saw 1 st night of 'One of the
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best'. H.R.H there. Very good. Military A1. Saw à Beckett & others. Out & to
Garrick. Sat next Campbell Praed & Bouchier. Kendall looking young. Left at
12.45. Home by hansom. Very cold. Letter from F.C.B etc etc. (Red ink:
Went to see 'The Benefit of the Doubt'. In evening to première of 'One of the
Best'. M went to dentist at 1.0pm.)
Sunday December 22
Stafford Terrace. Up at 9.0am. M's face still bad, remained in bed. Mite to
church. After in morning skemed Volume 110. Spencer & chicks came in. M
down at 1.0. Mite & Roy went for walk & met Mr Blair. Changed for cycle
clothes. Lunch at 2.20. Cycled round Richmond Park & home cold. Not
altogether comfortable but better than last Sunday. Back 4.15. Changed. Not
one soul called. Wrote 15 letters. Dined 8.0. Mr Blair came to dinner. Stayed
up to 12.0 after keeping M up. Diarrhoea valley. Bed 1.0am after reading.
(Red ink: Cycle ride round Richmond Pk. Mr Blair dined with us. M's face very
bad.) (Cutting glued in: Death of Arthur Swanborough. Monday Dec 23.)
Monday December 23
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. Breakfast. Very cold. M in bed with bad face.
More news from America. Read paper in bed room until 11.30. After got to
work & went on with drawing for Volume 110. Dull wretchedly miserable grey
weather. Roy went to lunch with Mr Blair. Back in afternoon. All up in Mite's
room to tea, Mr Blair & all. Down again & to work up to dinner. Put in Punch
etc. Mr Blair left left at 6.30. Quiet dinner all together at 7.30pm. Weather
bitterly cold. Afterwards to Colin Hunter's billiards. Wired Langley to say we
would not go to Earl's Barton. M saw Orton about her face at 3.0pm. After
dinner at 9.30 Roy & self went to Colin Hunter's to play a game of billiards.
Met Val Princep & Fildes. Played 4 games. V.P & Roy against C.H & self. We
won. After 3 100 up, V.P & self against C.H & Luke F. We won all 3. Won 4/s.
Left at 12.15 & home. Bed 1.30am. (Red ink: Billiards at Colin Hunter's.)
Tuesday December 24
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.0am. Walk round Campden Hill. Dull wretched
weather could not photo Roy. Went on to work on opening of Vol 110, Duke
of York & Baby. Maud out in carriage.shopping for M. Lunch. Rest. At 4.0pm
sent Otley to Stores to get wine etc. Back at 6.30pm. Worked till 8.0pm when
dined quietly, M, Maud, Roy & self. M a little better. Game of backgammon &
bed 12.0am.
Wednesday December 25
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Dull misty sleety morning. Cold, raw &
altogether disagreable. Doubts as to ride. Did not. Otley dined with the
servants. Worked all morning on opening for Vol 110. Lunch by selves. After
at 3.0 Roy & self walked to the Garrick through Kensington Gardens.
Deserted & miserable. No one about. Tea. After took Roy round the Club.
Saw Percy Reeve. Left at 4.30 & walked down Piccadilly. Carriage with Cob
met us in Hyde Park. Home. Miss Rose Innes there. Got to work at 5.30
again. Dined 7.45. Christmas dinner to ourselves. Trick crackers etc after.
Played Roy at backgammon after. Bed 11.30. (Red ink: Dull wretched
weather. Damp drizzly & cold.)
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Thursday December 26
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Walk round Campden Hill. After worked all day
on opening Vol 110. Winnie Lockyer in to tea. Dined at 6.0pm & left at 7.0 in
carriage for Drury Lane. Left opera glasses in carriage. Saw Harris. 17 th
Pantomime with Roy, 'Cinderella'. Charley Livesey just behind us in stalls.
Saw Phil May, Harry Livesey etc etc. Out at 12.0. Walk to Club with
Chudleigh. Supper opposite Sir Arthur Sullivan & Joe Knight. Left 12.45.
Difficulty about cab. Got a 4 wheeler at end of Garrick St & home by 1.20,
3/6. Roy to bed. Card from A.G. Bed 1.45am. (Red ink: Boxing Day. Went to
Drury Lane pantomime in evening.)
Friday December 27
Stafford Terrace. x. Up at 8.0am. Down & went for walk round Campden Hill.
Dull wretched morning. Dark & miserable. After breakfast went on until 4.0pm
& finished the opening for Vol 110. Letter & wire from F.C.B. After at 5.0
commenced cartoon of the American Eagle & H.R.H the Prince of Wales &
the Duke of York. Worked up to 8.30 when changed & dressed. Maud & Roy
out in carriage. Both said Otley had had too much to drink. Much upset.
Dinner 8.30pm. After 2 games of backgammon with Roy. Beat him both. Bed
at 11.45. Good rest. (Red ink: M's face still bad.)
Saturday December 28
Stafford Terrace. Up later, 8.40. Dull wretched dark morning. No walk. Bother
about lights at breakfast table. At 9.45 up in room & went on with drawing of
Prince of Wales & Duke of York as Dove & American eagle. Roy went out on
cycle at noon. M blew Otley up about drunkenness. M & Mite went to dentist.
M would not have her tooth out. Lunch 2.0pm. After put all photographs away
& went up in Mite's room & rested. Read a novel, The Mystery of the Patrician
Club, by Vandam. Roy & Mite out in carriage. Back 4.45pm. Tea upstairs.
After down & wrote diary etc. Roy went at 8.10 to Royalty Theatre with
Banbury. Read after till 11.40 when Roy home. Again read till 1.0am when to
bed. (Red ink: M's second visit to the dentist.)
Sunday December 29
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.45. x. Dull wretched morning. Went for walk
Campden Hill. Breakfast. After in drawing room looked over '88. Spencer &
Hilda & Daggles in. Roy, Maud, Evelyn Coward & Miss Winnie Lockyer went
for walk. Put cycle things on & after lunch at 2.15 cycled round Richmond
Park. Very wet but had good ride. Back 4.15. Asked Otley about cheque.
Found he had not delivered it to Pearks. £30.0.0. Annoyed. Miss Rose Innes
called at 4.45pm. Winnie Lockyer still there. Changed things & down 5.30.
Looked over diary & wrote letters. Put up Maud's photograph for Mr
Williamson. Dined 8.0pm. After 3 games of B.G with Roy. Roy won 2. Read
Life of Napoleon. Bed 11.30. Good night. M's face better.
Monday December 30
Stafford Terrace. Up at 8.30. Dull muggy warm morning. Went round
Campden Hill. Breakfast. Roy not down till 10.0am. Wrote 2 nd cheque for
£29.19.6 for Pearks. Sent Otley with it. Also to Camera Club etc etc. Dated
photos of the year '88. Lunch. After at 4.0pm began cartoon of John Bull
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sparring. Worked till 7.30 pm. Dressed. Dinner. Carriage up at 9.0pm. Drove
to the Pavilion. Swanborough gave us good box. Saw R.G.Knowles, Marie
Lloyd, good conjuror & boxing brothers etc. Left at 11.15 & home by hansom.
Good letter from F.C.B, a wonder. Bed 12.15am.
Tuesday December 31
Stafford Terrace. Up 8.0am. x. Letters. Box for today, Lyceum pantomime.
Walk round Campden Hill. Lovely morning. Thermometer 50º outside window.
At 10.0 got on with cartoon, John Bull sparring. Roy out on cycle. M & Maud
to go out. Worked on cartoon of John Bull sparring. Doubts as to photoing.
Did not. Lunch at 1.0. Dressed & left with Roy in cab at 1.35. Drove to
Lyceum Theatre & saw rotten Cotton pantomime of Robinson Crusoe. Not
good. Lauri as usual. Pappa. Out 5.30. Put M & Maud in carriage at King St,
Roy & self to Club. Saw Yeo etc. Tea. Saw incandescent light being put up.
Walked to bottom of Piccadilly. Carriage home. Wrote letters. Dined 8.0.
Bottle of Lanson. Crackers. Played Roy 3 games backgammon. Roy won. M
& Mite & Roy to bed 11.10. Self snoozed the New Year in. Heard bells
ringing. Bed at 12.40am. Alice had had sore throat. (Red ink: Went to
Lyceum, Robinson Crusoe.)
Notes at back of diary:
Books read: A journey across Thibet. Capt'n Bower.
(Red ink: Queens Taxes, when paid:)
(Dates in red ink:)
1885 35.9.2 17 April
1886 34.7.6. 13 April
1887 36.18.4 4 May.
1888 33.2.11 7 May
1889 29.7.6. 8 May
1890 30.2.6 25 April
1891 29.2.6 16 May
1892 28.7.6 17 March
1893 28.15.3 3 May
1894 28.10.8 23 May
1895 34.12.9 17 May
1896 37.0.3 20 May
1897 35.15.1 4 May
1898 35.18.5 4 May
(Dates in red ink)
1890 99 Punch on board his Yacht.
1891 100 Football (+Calendar Jan '91)
101 Punch & Children in the Sea.
1892 102 Punch Golfing.
103 Punch Diving into the Sea.
1893 104 Punch Skating.
105 Punch at Royal Wedding.
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1894 106
107
1895 108
109
1896 110
111
1897 112
Punch & Maxim Gun.
Punch & Prince Edward of York.
Punch Covert Shooting.
Punch & Lady Cyclists.
Duke of York & Baby.
Time lighting Pipe.
Big Guns.
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