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J'irai a Knowsley dans la seconde quinzaine d'octobre; a Sandringham, dans les premiers jours de novembre; puis mes neveux viendront tirer mes faisans. J'espere bien prendre part aux agapes du Club le 27 novembre et 11 decembre, et serai bien heureux de vous revoir un peu. En attendant je vous serre la main, mon cher confrere. To Lord Derby Foxholes, October 2nd.
To Dieppe and back by Havre on the 24th. William Longman came to Foxholes. Mrs. Reeve gave 'Ianthe, whom they met at a luncheon party at Bournemouth, a fuller notice. She wrote, 'A bad husband and narrow means kept her out of England for thirty-five years or so, and she is now a corpulent matron of seventy, with no trace of those charms sung by the poet.
Foxholes, August 24th. Your correspondent is the coolest fellow I ever heard of. He not only proposes to complete Macaulay's 'Lays' by some new ones, but to re-edit and correct the original Lays, which, he says, 'are very irregular. His own verses have not a spark of poetry or fire in them; they are mere trash, and he is an impertinent fellow. Here the Journal has: September 7th.
28th. April 2nd. To Christchurch. On the 4th, in torrents of rain, we fixed, with Cockerell, the exact site of Foxholes House. May 8th. Ball to the Prince of Wales at the French Embassy. Duchess of Edinburgh there. Lord Hertford, the Tory Lord Chamberlain, omitted me from the Court ball this year, for the first time since 1847.
'Very rough weather all the time. In September a journey to Edinburgh and on the 14th to Chesters, chronicled as 'my first visit to my daughter. A week later Reeve returned south; and, paying a few short visits on the way, including a day at Knowsley, was back at Foxholes by the 26th. From Count Vitzthum Villa Vitzthum, Baden Baden, August 30th. My dear Mr.
Are you going to stay in London? I hope so. I shall return to town on November 6, and should be very glad to find you there. And the Journal accordingly has: November 6th. Returned to London. 18th. The troops came back from Egypt. December 3rd. 4th. The Law Courts opened. 16th. To Foxholes till the end of the year. Gambetta died just as the year expired. To Lord Derby Foxholes, December 23rd.
The incident you point out is very curious, and England becoming Protectionist, and England becoming Protectionist again under Mr. Gladstone, would be an astonishing spectacle.... Je ne savais pas que l'ile de Man fut 'le royaume des chats sans queue. The Journal meantime notes: June 3rd. To Foxholes: beautiful weather; 13th, back to town. More dinners. 30th.
To Lord Derby Foxholes, October 28th I am much obliged to you for your note. We might elect three new members of The Club, because there remain two vacancies caused by the honorary list, besides the death of Houghton. I should very much like to see Edward Stanhope and Harry Holland in The Club.
Je suis si honteux de ce qui se passe en France que je n'ose pas vous en parler, et je me borne a vous serrer bien cordialement la main. The Journal then notes: The year began at Foxholes. The Ogilvies there for three weeks. Came to London on January 3rd. February 4th. Sir Henry Maine died at Cannes. A great loss. March 5th. The railroad from Brockenhurst to Christchurch opened.
Marc Girardin, Duchesse de Montpensier. 21st, drive in the Great Park. Treport. 24th, returned to London. 28th, to Foxholes: quiet life. To Mr. E. Cheney Foxholes, October 20th. The perusal of these private letters and correspondence has considerably altered and raised my estimate of Shelley as a man.
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